OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Soil Science is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Short-term impacts of winter bale grazing beef cows on forage production and soil nutrient status in the eastern Canadian Prairies	21
Analysis of persistent macroaggregates on the surface of agricultural soils	21
The influence of nitrogen source and stabilization in fertilizer formulations on Western Canadian spring wheat	21
Short-term legacy effects of feedlot manure amendments on surface soil CO₂ efflux under irrigated silage barley in Southern Alberta	20
Response to side-banded phosphorus and zinc fertilizer for corn grown after canola or soybean in southern Manitoba	19
Cropping history allows tracking of C4 cover crop residues by δ¹³C natural abundance	19
A self-adjusting parametric model for attenuation characteristics of WUSN signal	17
Effect of prescribed fire on microbial indicators of soil biogeochemistry in a mixed-grass prairie	16
Biochar mitigation of allelopathic effects in three invasive plants: evidence from seed germination trials	15
Crop rotational diversity alters the composition of stabilized soil organic matter compounds in soil physical fractions	15
Enzyme activity after applying alkaline biosolids to agricultural soil	14
Improving drought tolerance of Opuntia ficus-indica under field using subsurface water retention technology: changes in physiological and biochemical parameters	14
Bentonite effects on soil physical properties and millet yield components in a semi-arid region in China	14
Reduction of raindrop kinetic energy by moss crust on rare earth tailings and its potential impact on soil erosion	13
Variation of soil microbial communities in alpine meadows across different degradation degrees and related environmental drivers in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China	13
Influence of pulse–wheat crop rotations on aggregate size distribution dynamics in the brown soil zone in southern Alberta, Canada	12
The exposure of prairie soils to millennia of climate variability and change	12
Do cover crops on the Canadian prairies affect soil nitrogen cycling?	11
miyo wîcêhtowin “good relations”: reckoning with the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and soil science in Canada	11
Predicting soil organic matter and soil moisture content from digital camera images: comparison of regression and machine learning approaches	11
Early improvement of soil health under cropping systems including perennial forage crops and dairy cattle slurry in a cool humid climate	11
Grazing and fertilizer, compost or manure application effects on a meadow bromegrass pasture on a thick black chernozem I. Productivity and sustainability	10
Improving agricultural productivity of podzolic soils in Schefferville using local amendments and fertilizers	10
Softwood biochar and greenhouse gas emissions: a field study over three growing seasons on a temperate agricultural soil	10
Influence of a one-time biosolids application on elemental and nutrient concentrations on mine tailings	9

Pedological trends and implications for forest productivity in a Holocene soil chronosequence, Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada	9
Changes of soil test phosphorus and phosphorus fractions with single and blended soil chemical amendments	9
Using an ensemble learning approach in digital soil mapping of soil pH for the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia	9
Proposed new soil order — Leptosolic order for Canadian System of Soil Classification	9
University farm benefits from a long-term student-generated soil data set	9
Proposed revision to Canadian System of Soil Classification: broaden taxonomic criteria for applying LFH horizons to include nonforest soils	8
Degree of compaction, aeration, and soil water retention indices of a sugarcane field without soil disturbance after initial tillage	8
Predictive soil mapping in the Boreal Plains of Northern Alberta by using multi-temporal remote sensing data and terrain derivatives	8
Integrated agroforestry system affects the dynamics of inorganic phosphorus fractions in the savanna of Brazilian Northeast	8
Soil nitrogen dynamics in canola agroecosystems of eastern Canada	8
Evaluating the Impact of Organic Amendments on Soil Erosion Dynamics: A Comprehensive Examination of Application Methods and Timing	7
Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in southwestern Ontario	7
Ratio of non-growing season to growing season N₂O emissions in Canadian croplands: an update to national inventory methodology	7
Biochar–manure changes soil carbon mineralization in a Gray Luvisol used for agricultural production	7
Irrigated crop rotation and phosphorus fertilizer-manure addition impacts on soil water repellency of a clay loam soil in southern Alberta	7
Co-application of wood biochar and paper mill biosolids affects yield and short-term nitrogen and phosphorus availability in temperate loamy soils	7
The fate of dissolved sulfamethoxazole during spring-thaw snowmelt in a field with a history of manure application	7
Forage mixed planting can effectively improve soil enzyme activity and microbial community structure and diversity in agro-pastoral interlacing arid zone	7
Complementary teaching approaches facilitating interdisciplinary soil science education	7
Soil fungal communities are primarily influenced by vegetation rather than fertilizers and fungicides in a lowbush blueberry production system	7
Soil conditions in the “donga” soils in subhumid zone in West Africa	7
Response of soil nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification to milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) application in a paddy field	7
Determination of emamectin benzoate residues in topsoil and surface water of crop production areas in Thailand	6
Elevation gradient drives distribution of soil carbon in a semiarid grassland of British Columbia	6
Antagonistic effect of copper and zinc in fertilization of spring wheat under low soil phosphorus conditions	6
No differences in soil structure under winter wheat grown in different crop rotational positions	6
Growth and survival of native upland and wetland species in shallow capped thickened tailings: a meso-scale greenhouse study	6
Comparison of conventional methods with Haney H3A version 4 for available phosphorus and potassium in southern Manitoba soils	6
Impact of manure and biochar additions on annual crop growth, nutrient uptake, and fate of ¹⁵N-labelled fertilizer in two contrasting temperate prairie soils after four years	6
Ex situ soil respiration assessment using minimally disturbed microcosms and dried–sieved soils; comparison of methods to assess soil health	6
Soil responses to inclusion of corn, soybean, and cover crops under rainfed conditions in the northern Great Plains	5
Biochemical components of Sphagnum and persistence in peat soil	5
Use of biochar for alleviating negative impact of salinity stress in corn grown in arid soil	5
Evaluating the nitrification inhibition potential of selected botanicals and their non-target effects	5
Rationalizing mottling and gleying in the characterization and classification of Canadian soils	5
Antibiotic use in commercial broiler chicken farming and its consequential resistance development in root colonizing bacteria of carrot grown in manure-applied soils in a middle-income country	5
Better recognition of limnic materials at the great group and subgroup levels of the Organic Order of the Canadian System of Soil Classification	5
Earthworm distribution around tile drainage in agricultural fields of southwest Quebec, Canada	5
Crop yields under no-till in Canada: implications for soil organic carbon change	5
Effects of ferulic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids on Fusarium community structure and abundance in cucumber seedling rhizosphere	5