OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is 1. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 2	64
Estimating macronutrient contents in Thai paddy soils using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and locally weighted partial least square regression analysis	49
Digital soil mapping using drone images and machine learning at the sloping vegetable fields in cool highland in the Northern Kanto region, Japan	28
The comparative soil fertility in traditional and alder-based shifting cultivation of varied fallow lengths in Eastern Indian Himalayas	26
Positive priming effects through microbial P-mining in tropical forest soils under N₂-fixing trees	18
Critical reevaluation of an efficient sampling design for assessing soil properties using bootstrap sampling and geostatistical analysis in Japanese large-scale paddy fields	17
Experimental verification of solubilization effect of soil bromine by waterlogging reduction	15
Effect of biodegradable mulching plastics on soil chemical properties, greenhouse gas emission, and plant growth under aerobic and flooding conditions	15
Nitrogen cycling and management focusing on the central role of soils: a review	15
The mass water content of paddy soil after harvest is strongly associated with the accumulation of organic matter as the source of available nitrogen	15
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 2	13
Aberrant RNA splicing of the phytic acid synthesis gene inositol-1,3,4 trisphosphate 5/6-kinase in a low phytic acid soybean line	12
Peri-urban agricultural management impacts the soil nutrient status of Nitisols in the central highlands of Kenya	11
Organ specific transcriptome analysis of upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ) in response to low phosphorus stress during early stage of growth	11
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 3	10
Soil extraction with pyrophosphate-dithionite mixture: a practical method to estimate organic carbon associated with metal cations and reactive mineral phases	10
Comparison of soil characteristics related to C and N processes in Eastern Hungarian and Central Japanese soils under different land use and nutrient supply	10
Physical qualities of acid sulfate soil: its limitations and implications for oil palm production	10
Study on the occurrence, impact, and mitigation of soil-derived environmental loads in agricultural ecosystems	10
Effects of drought stress on the oxidation of the reaction center chlorophyll of photosystem I and grain yield in paddy-field grown rice plants	10
Evaluating phosphorus nutritional status of potato by instant testing of petiole phosphate concentration	9
Alteration of aluminum tolerance mediated by insertion of same transposable element at different sites in the upstream region of HvAACT1 in Japanese barley accessions	9
Plant material decomposition and bacterial and fungal communities in serpentine and karst soils of Japanese cool-temperate forests	8
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers	8
Decoupling of cellulose decomposition and glucose mineralization in volcanic forest soils	8

Co-application of fly ash and zeolite increases N uptake but decreases P uptake and biomass of rice fertilized with fermented liquid manure	8
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 4	8
Modeling and simulation of sulfur availability in paddy soils under reducing environment considering heavy metal content	8
Residence time effects on arsenate sorption on an allophanic Andosol	8
Effect of freeze-thaw disturbance on soil C and N dynamics and GHG fluxes of East Asia forests: review and future perspectives	7
Seasonal changes in soil properties caused by slash and burn agriculture practice in a humid temperate region of northeast Japan	7
Nursery inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improves yield of Allium fistulosum during a 3-year field trial	7
Effect of sugarcane residue management (pre-harvest burning versus green cane retention) on soil organic carbon fractions and aggregate stability in Umbric Rhodic Ferralsols	7
Different strategies for colonization and prevalence after inoculation with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria revealed by a monitoring method	7
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 5	7
Polyphosphate polymerizing and depolymerizing activity of VTC4 protein in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus	6
Correction	6
Effects of nutrient conditions to stem photosynthesis and growth in Ephedra intermedia (Ephedraceae)	6
Relative importance of Asian-dust-derived micas estimated from oxygen isotopic analysis of fine quartz on specific retention of radiocesium in Andosols in Tohoku Region, Japan	6
Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soil amended with kitchen compost of varying ages	6
Protective role of reactive aluminum phases to stabilize soil organic matter against long-term cultivation in the humid tropics under volcanic influence	6
Combined effects of biochar addition with varied particle size and temperature on the decomposition of soil organic carbon in a temperate forest, China	6
Exploring the impact of shoot nutrient uptake on soybean yields in a paddy-upland rotation field in Akita, Japan: a path analysis approach	6
Nitrogen addition suppresses microbial respiration but enhances the release of water-extractable organic carbon in a non-allophanic Andosol	5
Elucidation of efficient photosynthesis in plants with limited iron	5
Long-term application of fused magnesium phosphate and calcium silicate change soil chemical properties, C decomposition and N mineralization in a single rice paddy field of Northeastern Japan	5
Effects of aged microplastics on paddy soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions under laboratory aerobic conditions	5
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 92-5	5
Estimate the contribution of water-derived ¹³⁷ Cs in the total ¹³⁷ Cs in brown rice using water-to-brown rice transfer parameters	5
Possible involvement of nitric oxide in promoting the initial growth of rice seedlings at low temperature by inoculation of Bacillus pumilus strain TUAT1 spores	5
Long-term experiments to identify response patterns of available soil nitrogen, rice, and soybeans to rice straw compost in a paddy-upland rotation field in Akita, Japan	5
Steel slag-based silicate fertilizer suppresses grain cracking in brewer’s rice cultivar “Yamada-Nishiki”	5
Understanding yield-limiting factors for sorghum in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: beyond soil nutrient deficiency	5
Indica rice “Takanari” exhibited superiority to Japanese rice “Koshihikari” on N-uptake and biomass production under no-weeding practice	4
Ethylene works as a possible regulator for the rootlet elongation and transcription of genes for phosphorus acquisition in cluster roots of Lupinus albus L.	4
Controlled decay of citric acid cross-linked paperpots for sustainable agriculture	4
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 92-6	4
Field investigation of soil moisture profile in the seedbeds of clayey paddy fields composed of large clods (aggregates)	4
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 95 - 4	4
Spatial variation of soil characteristics affected by biochar materials from traditional slash and burn agriculture in Sabah, Malaysia	4
Spatial relationship between peach tree productivity and soil properties in a newly reclaimed orchard	4
Variability of soil characteristics around an active volcano, Mt. Mayon in the Philippines with special reference to the distance and direction from the crater	4
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 6	4
Time-course analysis of the transcriptome of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves under high-concentration ammonium sulfate treatment	4
Effects of soil and phylogeny on sulfur and phosphorus concentrations in wild plants on volcanic and non-volcanic soils in Japan	4
Organic farming enhances soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in oil palm crops from Southeast Amazon	4
Seed glucosinolates in rapeseed ( Brassica napus ) provide sulfur nutrition required for early seedling growth under sulfur limitation	4
Humic substances from various coal sources alter ¹⁵ N-Labeled urea nitrogen distribution in soil	4
Preface to the special section 'Recent developments on dynamics of substances in the rhizosphere'	4
Correction	4
Detection of metabolites in rhizosphere of soybean under different status of soil potassium	3
Direct evidence that complexation with aluminum enhances the resistance of humic acid to degradation	3
Soil carbon sequestration and soil quality change between no-tillage and conventional tillage soil management after 3 and 11 years of organic farming	3
Low phosphorus tolerance of plants forming root clusters: can the specialized functions be used to resolve the phosphorus crisis?	3
Soil silicon availability and silicon uptake by winter wheat in Tokachi district, Hokkaido	3

Impact of effective soil depth on agronomic recommendations for sorghum and its economic viability in Africa	3
Preface to the special section on “past, present, and future biochar utilization for soil sustainability from Asian agronomical and ecological perspectives”	3
Insights into microbial removal of ammonia and nitrous oxide from biological air purification reactors used for livestock farming: a review	3
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 96-2	3
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 1	3
Changes in carbon and nitrogen contents and greenhouse gas emissions during the vermicomposting of rice straw amended with Azolla	3
Shoot and root responses to low phosphorus and their genotypic variability in selected cultivars of Japanese core collections of maize and soybean	3
Long-term application of organic matter improves soil properties and plant growth-promoting bacteria in soil communities of oil palm plantation	3
Effects of soil types and fertility management practices on soil silicon availability and banana silicon uptake	3
Relationship between soil phosphorus dynamics and low-phosphorus responses at specific root locations of white lupine	3
Changes in soil characteristics and rice yield under straw returning in saline sodic soils	3
Effects of pellet inorganic nitrogen on nitrous oxide emissions from cattle manure compost pellets	3
Adsorption and desorption of carbon dioxide by volcanic ash soil: quantitative analysis using the flow-through chamber method	3
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 3	3
Suppressive and promotive effects of rice bran on germination of Monochoria vaginalis in organic rice ( Oryza sativa L.) production	3
Growth, yield, and biochemical traits of tomato plants under mycorrhizal inoculation and licorice root extract applications	2
Soil carbon stocks and main nutrients under cocoa plantations of different ages	2
Mechanisms of halophilic and salt tolerance in Suaeda edulis Flores Olv. & Noguez	2
Nitrogen fertilizers and the future of sustainable agriculture: a deep dive into production, pollution, and mitigation measures	2
Response of mycorrhizal symbiosis to phosphorus and its application for sustainable crop production and remediation of environment	2
Efficacy of phosphate solubilizing bacteria in mobilizing soil P for supporting rice cultivation is determined by the soil moisture management strategy	2
Effect of long-term maize and cassava cropping management on soil organic carbon sequestration in different soil aggregate fractions	2
Effects of long-term application of inorganic fertilizers and organic amendments on the turnover rates of fractionated soil organic carbon and their determining factors in paddy fields	2
Influence of Azolla incorporation and/or dual cropping on CH ₄ and N ₂ O emission from a paddy field	2
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 96-3	2
Effect of different light conditions on the growth response of sugar beet to NaCl	2
Effect of soil and plant nutrients on starch yield of potato for processing under growers’ management in Hokkaido, Japan	2
Gas transport enhancement under windy condition in poorly tilled seedbed of clayey rotational paddy field	2
Correction	2
Mechanisms of weed suppression by an autonomous weeding robot in organic rice paddy field	2
Radioactive Cs transfer to vegetables after the FDNPP accident	2
Effect of stand age on the temporal dynamics of soil active carbon and nitrogen in Chinese cypress artificial forests	2
Optimization of poultry litter as a fertilizer for cotton production in a marginal upland soil	2
Alleviating effect of calcium sulfate on aluminum stress through enhanced malate release with increased gene expression of malate transporter and sulfate transporter	2
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 96-1	2
Induction of citrate transporter gene expression in soybean roots by sulfur application	2
Three years of biochar and straw application could reduce greenhouse gas and improve rice productivity	2
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 1	2
The effects of phosphate and pH on arsenate adsorption on allophanic Andosols in Miyazaki	2
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics as affected by land-use and management change from original rice paddies to orchard, wetland, parking area and uplands in a mountain village located in Shonai region, Nort	2
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 5	2
Enhancing soil quality in intensive rice cultivation through short-term growth of green manure and its incorporation combined with rice husk or its ash: a laboratory incubation study	2
Impact of methane fermentation waste fluid application rates on maize yield and fate of N with special reference to soil textures	2
Effects of simultaneous Rubisco, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and triosephosphate isomerase overexpression on photosynthesis in rice	1
Introduction of a consecutive first-order reaction model for soil nitrogen mineralization and derivation of parameters based on chemical analysis values	1
Grass sward cover improves soil organic carbon and nitrogen in a vineyard	1
Effects of P deficiency on behaviors of the photosystems II and I in rice: a comparative study with N deficiency	1
Preface to the Special Section “Research Frontiers on Organic Rice Farming from the Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Perspectives (SSPN-ORF)”	1
The effect of slow adsorption of phosphate on its transport during the infiltration process in saturated agricultural soils	1
Weed control by application of fresh organic materials to paddy soil in organic rice production	1
Isolation and molecular identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at two sites of perennial rice fields in Yunnan	1
Factors controlling available soil nitrogen in Japanese paddy fields	1
Enhancement of alkali- and oxidation-modified biochars derived from water hyacinth for ammonium adsorption capacity	1
The phytosiderophore analogue proline-2′-deoxymugineic acid is more efficient than conventional chelators for improving iron nutrition in maize	1
Higher rice yield and lower greenhouse gas emissions with cattle manure amendment is achieved by alternate wetting and drying	1
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers	1
Prediction of the soil properties of Malagasy rice soils based on the soil color and magnetic susceptibility	1
Mechanisms underlying abiotic immobilization of inorganic arsenic in flooded paddy soils: a review	1
Effects of bio-based compound amendments on Na ⁺ , Ca ²⁺ , Mg ²⁺ , and K ⁺	1
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 6	1
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) salt tolerance assessment	1
Changes in fractionated rhizosphere soil phosphorus in acidic tea fields	1
Effects of microtopography on soil development of the conserved area in the Isahaya Bay polder	1
Responses of rubber tree seedlings (Hevea brasiliensis) to phosphorus deficient soils	1
New estimation model for paddy soil temperature in early growth stage, and its application to estimate nitrogen mineralization of organic fertilizer	1
Weather stress events during growing seasons associated with large losses in final soybean yields and changes in soil carbon content and nitrogen fertility under a warming climate: a review and synthe	1
Nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency in Japan	1
Effects of controlled release N fertilizers and reduced application rate on nitrous oxide emissions from soybean fields converted from rice paddies	1
Sustainable soil and organic matter managements for reducing straw burning, greenhouse gas production and emission, and their influencing factors in Northwest India	1
Successive incorporation of Azolla ( A. filiculoides Lam.) as green manure increases rice yield in lowland paddy soil	1
The benefits of no-till on soil organic carbon are greater under drier than humid moisture regimes: exploring the causes	1
Promotion of germination, rooting, and seedling emergence of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) by soaking seeds in converter slag suspension before sowing	1
Separation and spectroscopic characterization of soil fulvic acid constituents by hydrophilic interaction chromatography and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with π–π interactions	1
Nutritional characterization on growth and ionome profiles in Japanese wasabi cultivars ( Eutrema japonicum ) under hydroponics	1
Arsenic and cadmium concentrations in brown rice can be controlled by understanding the impacts of weekly water contributions before and after heading	1
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 95 - 1	1
Transport of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles coated with polyacrylic acid under unsaturated water flow in soil columns	1
Multiple inter-tillage weeding effect on methane and nitrous oxide emissions pathways from rice paddy fields in Hokkaido, Japan	1
Pool size of microbial biomass potassium in various farmland soils	1