Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Papers
(The H4-Index of Soil Biology & Biochemistry is 62. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plant- or microbial-derived? A review on the molecular composition of stabilized soil organic matter322
Rare microbial taxa as the major drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in long-term fertilized soils237
The microplastisphere: Biodegradable microplastics addition alters soil microbial community structure and function231
Do cover crops benefit soil microbiome? A meta-analysis of current research204
Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems203
A meta-analysis of global cropland soil carbon changes due to cover cropping196
Carbon and nitrogen recycling from microbial necromass to cope with C:N stoichiometric imbalance by priming190
Microplastics in the agroecosystem: Are they an emerging threat to the plant-soil system?179
Soil moisture mediates microbial carbon and phosphorus metabolism during vegetation succession in a semiarid region134
Effects of microplastics on plant growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a soil spiked with ZnO nanoparticles132
The physical structure of soil: Determinant and consequence of trophic interactions127
Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reflects the shift from P- to N-limitation of microorganisms with grassland restoration103
Soil microbial diversity and composition: Links to soil texture and associated properties99
Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition97
Deliberate introduction of invisible invaders: A critical appraisal of the impact of microbial inoculants on soil microbial communities96
Network analysis and subsequent culturing reveal keystone taxa involved in microbial litter decomposition dynamics95
Changes in soil bacterial and fungal community composition and functional groups during the succession of boreal forests93
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on microbial community composition and element cycling in a grassland soil92
Soil microbial community responses to labile organic carbon fractions in relation to soil type and land use along a climate gradient91
Global patterns and associated drivers of priming effect in response to nutrient addition90
Nutrient addition reduces carbon sequestration in a Tibetan grassland soil: Disentangling microbial and physical controls90
Negative effects of multiple global change factors on soil microbial diversity90
Network analysis reveals the strengthening of microbial interaction in biological soil crust development in the Mu Us Sandy Land, northwestern China89
Organic amendments drive shifts in microbial community structure and keystone taxa which increase C mineralization across aggregate size classes87
Direct measurement of the in situ decomposition of microbial-derived soil organic matter86
Rewetting of soil: Revisiting the origin of soil CO2 emissions84
Does ecoenzymatic stoichiometry really determine microbial nutrient limitations?84
Soil textural heterogeneity impacts bacterial but not fungal diversity83
Microbial necromass on the rise: The growing focus on its role in soil organic matter development82
Similar drivers but different effects lead to distinct ecological patterns of soil bacterial and archaeal communities82
Soil aggregate size-dependent relationships between microbial functional diversity and multifunctionality79
Glomalin – Truths, myths, and the future of this elusive soil glycoprotein78
Soil microbial carbon and nutrient constraints are driven more by climate and soil physicochemical properties than by nutrient addition in forest ecosystems77
Long-term high-P fertilizer input decreased the total bacterial diversity but not phoD-harboring bacteria in wheat rhizosphere soil with available-P deficiency76
Microbial growth and enzyme kinetics in rhizosphere hotspots are modulated by soil organics and nutrient availability75
Use of untargeted metabolomics for assessing soil quality and microbial function74
Nitrogen addition has contrasting effects on particulate and mineral-associated soil organic carbon in a subtropical forest74
Changes in assembly processes of soil microbial communities during secondary succession in two subtropical forests74
Fertilization changes soil microbiome functioning, especially phagotrophic protists74
Anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy soil: Role of electron acceptors and fertilization in mitigating CH4 fluxes73
Microbial communities in crop phyllosphere and root endosphere are more resistant than soil microbiota to fertilization72
Application of biofertilizer containing Bacillus subtilis reduced the nitrogen loss in agricultural soil71
Tradeoffs among microbial life history strategies influence the fate of microbial residues in subtropical forest soils71
Soil microbial network complexity predicts ecosystem function along elevation gradients on the Tibetan Plateau70
Sticky dead microbes: Rapid abiotic retention of microbial necromass in soil70
How soil biota regulate C cycling and soil C pools in diversified crop rotations70
Assembly of abundant and rare bacterial and fungal sub-communities in different soil aggregate sizes in an apple orchard treated with cover crop and fertilizer69
Rusty sink of rhizodeposits and associated keystone microbiomes69
Decoupled diversity patterns in bacteria and fungi across continental forest ecosystems69
Adaptive pathways of soil microorganisms to stoichiometric imbalances regulate microbial respiration following afforestation in the Loess Plateau, China68
Soil properties rather than climate and ecosystem type control the vertical variations of soil organic carbon, microbial carbon, and microbial quotient68
Long-term excess nitrogen fertilizer increases sensitivity of soil microbial community to seasonal change revealed by ecological network and metagenome analyses68
Strong priming of soil organic matter induced by frequent input of labile carbon67
The ‘soil health’ metaphor: Illuminating or illusory?66
Priming mechanisms providing plants and microbes access to mineral-associated organic matter66
Prevalent root-derived phenolics drive shifts in microbial community composition and prime decomposition in forest soil66
Increased contribution of root exudates to soil carbon input during grassland degradation64
Metagenomics and stable isotope probing reveal the complementary contribution of fungal and bacterial communities in the recycling of dead biomass in forest soil64
Biogeographic patterns of microbial co-occurrence ecological networks in six American forests63
Global biogeography of fungal and bacterial biomass carbon in topsoil63
Stoichiometric imbalance and microbial community regulate microbial elements use efficiencies under nitrogen addition63
Management practices differently affect particulate and mineral-associated organic matter and their precursors in arable soils62
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