OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant and Soil is 34. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Microplastics in soil-plant system: effects of nano/microplastics on plant photosynthesis, rhizosphere microbes and soil properties in soil with different residues	117
Root anatomy and soil resource capture	115
Root traits with team benefits: understanding belowground interactions in intercropping systems	89
Flavonoids improve drought tolerance of maize seedlings by regulating the homeostasis of reactive oxygen species	85
Changes in physicochemical properties, enzymatic activities, and the microbial community of soil significantly influence the continuous cropping of Panax quinquefolius L. (American ginseng)	79
Intercropping legumes and cereals increases phosphorus use efficiency; a meta-analysis	70
Pseudomonas simiae WCS417: star track of a model beneficial rhizobacterium	66
The effects of pH on nutrient availability depend on both soils and plants	64
Soil organic nitrogen: an overlooked but potentially significant contribution to crop nutrition	63
Physiological response of maize plants and its rhizospheric microbiome under the influence of potential bioinoculants and nanochitosan	58
Biochar-based fertilizer effects on crop productivity: a meta-analysis	54
What is a plant nutrient? Changing definitions to advance science and innovation in plant nutrition	54
Exploring the secrets of hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: processes and ecological functions	52
Processes in submerged soils – linking redox potential, soil organic matter turnover and plants to nutrient cycling	50
Fertilization effects on microbial community composition and aggregate formation in saline‐alkaline soil	50
Physiological and molecular advances in magnesium nutrition of plants	50
How much carbon input is required to preserve or increase projected soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands under climate change?	48
Biofortification of major crop plants with iron and zinc - achievements and future directions	48
Soil pH - nutrient relationships: the diagram	48
Inconsistent responses of soil microbial community structure and enzyme activity to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in two tropical forests	46
Enhancing plant N uptake with biochar-based fertilizers: limitation of sorption and prospects	45
Belowground processes and sustainability in agroecosystems with intercropping	45
Quantifying country-to-global scale nitrogen fixation for grain legumes: I. Reliance on nitrogen fixation of soybean, groundnut and pulses	44
Organic fertilization increased soil organic carbon stability and sequestration by improving aggregate stability and iron oxide transformation in saline-alkaline soil	42
Interactive regulation of root exudation and rhizosphere denitrification by plant metabolite content and soil properties	41

The fertile island effect varies with aridity and plant patch type across an extensive continental gradient	40
Linkages of litter and soil C:N:P stoichiometry with soil microbial resource limitation and community structure in a subtropical broadleaf forest invaded by Moso bamboo	40
Intercropping improves soil ecosystem multifunctionality through enhanced available nutrients but depends on regional factors	38
Assembly of rhizosphere microbial communities in Artemisia annua: recruitment of plant growth‐promoting microorganisms and inter‐kingdom interactions between bacteria and fungi	38
Strong phosphorus (P)-zinc (Zn) interactions in a calcareous soil-alfalfa system suggest that rational P fertilization should be considered for Zn biofortification on Zn-deficient soils and phytoremed	38
Different bacterial co-occurrence patterns and community assembly between rhizosphere and bulk soils under N addition in the plant–soil system	38
Nitrogen fertilization increases fungal diversity and abundance of saprotrophs while reducing nitrogen fixation potential in a semiarid grassland	37
Microbial deterioration and restoration in greenhouse-based intensive vegetable production systems	35
Reduced root mycorrhizal colonization as affected by phosphorus fertilization is responsible for high cadmium accumulation in wheat	34