OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pedobiologia 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Functional significance of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes (Formicidae) in coffee plantations: An enemy or an ally?	20
Soil biotic effects and competition; What are the mechanisms behind being a successful invader?	18
Microclimatic, climatic, and anthropogenic factors strongly affect cultivable soil microfungal communities at a canyon in the Mediterranean region	17
Occurrence of plant suppression gradients through common mycorrhizal networks across ecological groups during successional dynamics	16
Soil physicochemical properties shape distinct nematode communities in serpentine ecosystems	16
A field mesocosm method for manipulation of soil mesofauna communities and repeated measurement of their ecological functions over months to years	15
Testate amoebae from two low-lying tropical islets of Tuvalu, South Pacific	14
Importance of traditional knowledge to understanding Plebeina armata (Apidae, Meliponini) ecology in the savanna woodland in northeast of Burundi	14
Soil environment influences plant growth-promotion traits of isolated rhizobacteria	12
Contradiction with enzymatic stoichiometry theory: Persistent low ratios of β-glucosidase to phosphomonoesterase following 10-year continuous phosphorus fertilization in three subtropical forests	12
Responses of Collembola communities to mixtures of wheat varieties: A trait-based approach	11
Nematode community structure in sugarcane fields under continuous vinasse fertigation	11
Soil nematode communities vary among populations of the iconic desert plant, Welwitschia mirabilis	11
Taking sides? Aspect has limited influence on soil environment or litter decomposition in pan-European study of roadside verges	11
Termite mound as nutrient hot-spots in savannah with emphasis in P cycling and the potential use of mounds as soil amendment	11
Editorial Board	10
Communicating about soil biodiversity: Insights from science editorials and future recommendations	10
Responses of bacterial and archaeal communities to nitrogen fertilization in a compost-amended soil	9
Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to rehabilitation in iron ore mining areas from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon	9
Variance, locality and structure: Three experimental challenges in the study of the response of soil microbial communities to multiple perturbations	8
Impact of litter quality on soil nematode communities with the intensifies of grassland degradation: Shifting from resource input to environmental stress	8
First record of Enchytraeidae in a no-tillage system in Southern Brazil	8
Trophic groups of soil fauna in semiarid: Impacts of land use change, climatic seasonality and environmental variables	8
Effects of multispecies management on the soil protist community in Pinus massoniana plantations in subtropical China	7
Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India	7

A standardized and miniaturized method to investigate rhizosphere microorganisms, with a focus on methanogenic archaea and methanotrophic bacteria	7
Effects of experimental warming on soil enzyme activities in an alpine swamp meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	7
Soil properties and climate affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil microbial communities in Mediterranean rainfed cereal cropping systems	6
Decreased burrowing activity of endogeic earthworms and effects on water infiltration in response to an increase in soil bulk density	6
Organic matter content rather than farming practices modulates microbial activities in vineyard soils	6
Fast improvement of macrofauna communities and soil quality in plantain crops converted to agroecological practices	6
Reintroduction of threatened digging mammals influences soil microbial communities differently along a rainfall gradient	6
Below-ground pitfall traps for standardised monitoring of soil mesofauna: Design and comparison to Berlese/Tullgren funnels	6
Soil macrofauna and water-related functions in patches of regenerating Atlantic Forest in Brazil	6
The effects of sample storage duration on tardigrade density and community composition in moss samples	6
Oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) diversity in natural and altered open arid ecosystems of South-Eastern Caucasus	6
Editorial Board	6
Litter thickness and soil pH influence the diversity of saprotrophic fungi in primary forest fragments in the Amazon	5
Microbial, physical and chemical indicators together reveal soil health changes related to land cover types in the southern European sites under desertification risk	5
Control strategies for the invasive plant kudzu (Pueraria montana) only minimally impacts soil activity, chemistry, and bacterial and fungal communities	5
Asian knotweed’s impacts on soil chemistry and enzyme activities are higher in soils with low-nutrient status	5
Soil properties are affected by vegetation types in a semi-arid mountain landscape	5
Climate change in edaphic systems – Impact of salinity intrusions in terrestrial invertebrates	5
The effects of straw returning and nitrogen fertilizer application on soil labile organic carbon fractions and carbon pool management index in a rice–wheat rotation system	5
Collembola community contains larger species in frequently flooded soil	5
Soil metabolomics reveal complex interactions between Arthrobacter ureafaciens and Trichoderma harzianum when co-inoculated on wheat	5
Bacterial communities in the potato tuberosphere share similarities with bulk soil and rhizosphere communities, yet possess distinct features	5
Greater impacts of phosphorus fertilization on soil phosphatase activity in tropical forests than in non-tropical natural terrestrial ecosystems: A meta-analysis	5
Food choice and pharyngeal pumping activity of bacterial-feeding nematodes are driven by different functional traits	5