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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Functional significance of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes (Formicidae) in coffee plantations: An enemy or an ally?	25
Soil biotic effects and competition; What are the mechanisms behind being a successful invader?	19
Occurrence of plant suppression gradients through common mycorrhizal networks across ecological groups during successional dynamics	18
Microclimatic, climatic, and anthropogenic factors strongly affect cultivable soil microfungal communities at a canyon in the Mediterranean region	18
A field mesocosm method for manipulation of soil mesofauna communities and repeated measurement of their ecological functions over months to years	17
Importance of traditional knowledge to understanding Plebeina armata (Apidae, Meliponini) ecology in the savanna woodland in northeast of Burundi	17
Soil environment influences plant growth-promotion traits of isolated rhizobacteria	16
Contradiction with enzymatic stoichiometry theory: Persistent low ratios of β-glucosidase to phosphomonoesterase following 10-year continuous phosphorus fertilization in three subtropical forests	15
Termite mound as nutrient hot-spots in savannah with emphasis in P cycling and the potential use of mounds as soil amendment	15
Testate amoebae from two low-lying tropical islets of Tuvalu, South Pacific	12
Editorial Board	12
Assessment of soil feeding activity using different bait materials for the bait-lamina test: A small-scale study in Eucalyptus blocks	12
Taking sides? Aspect has limited influence on soil environment or litter decomposition in pan-European study of roadside verges	11
Soil nematode communities vary among populations of the iconic desert plant, Welwitschia mirabilis	11
Nematode community structure in sugarcane fields under continuous vinasse fertigation	11
Responses of Collembola communities to mixtures of wheat varieties: A trait-based approach	11
Editorial Board	10
Impact of litter quality on soil nematode communities with the intensifies of grassland degradation: Shifting from resource input to environmental stress	10
Communicating about soil biodiversity: Insights from science editorials and future recommendations	10
Variance, locality and structure: Three experimental challenges in the study of the response of soil microbial communities to multiple perturbations	9
Trophic groups of soil fauna in semiarid: Impacts of land use change, climatic seasonality and environmental variables	9
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
First record of Enchytraeidae in a no-tillage system in Southern Brazil	8
Effects of experimental warming on soil enzyme activities in an alpine swamp meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	8

A standardized and miniaturized method to investigate rhizosphere microorganisms, with a focus on methanogenic archaea and methanotrophic bacteria	8
Effects of multispecies management on the soil protist community in Pinus massoniana plantations in subtropical China	8
Organic matter content rather than farming practices modulates microbial activities in vineyard soils	7
Editorial Board	7
Soil macrofauna and water-related functions in patches of regenerating Atlantic Forest in Brazil	7
Below-ground pitfall traps for standardised monitoring of soil mesofauna: Design and comparison to Berlese/Tullgren funnels	7
Oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) diversity in natural and altered open arid ecosystems of South-Eastern Caucasus	6
Reintroduction of threatened digging mammals influences soil microbial communities differently along a rainfall gradient	6
Soil properties are affected by vegetation types in a semi-arid mountain landscape	6
Fast improvement of macrofauna communities and soil quality in plantain crops converted to agroecological practices	6
Climate change in edaphic systems – Impact of salinity intrusions in terrestrial invertebrates	6
Bacterial communities in the potato tuberosphere share similarities with bulk soil and rhizosphere communities, yet possess distinct features	6
The effects of sample storage duration on tardigrade density and community composition in moss samples	6
Soil properties and climate affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil microbial communities in Mediterranean rainfed cereal cropping systems	6
Corrigendum to “Microplastics lead to behavioral disorders in soil nematode movement, foraging and food choice” [Pedobiol. - J. Soil Ecol. 111 (2025) 151054]	6
Litter thickness and soil pH influence the diversity of saprotrophic fungi in primary forest fragments in the Amazon	6
Microbial, physical and chemical indicators together reveal soil health changes related to land cover types in the southern European sites under desertification risk	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
Rehabilitation promotes rapid recovery of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in iron mining areas	5
Control strategies for the invasive plant kudzu (Pueraria montana) only minimally impacts soil activity, chemistry, and bacterial and fungal communities	5
Collembola community contains larger species in frequently flooded soil	5
Asian knotweed’s impacts on soil chemistry and enzyme activities are higher in soils with low-nutrient status	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
Responses of bulk and rhizosphere soil microbiomes to different cover crop inputs and their connection and contribution to soil fertility and plant growth	5