OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is 4. 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
The mass water content of paddy soil after harvest is strongly associated with the accumulation of organic matter as the source of available nitrogen	54
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 92-3	46
Positive priming effects through microbial P-mining in tropical forest soils under N₂-fixing trees	39
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 2	32
Digital soil mapping using drone images and machine learning at the sloping vegetable fields in cool highland in the Northern Kanto region, Japan	27
Estimating macronutrient contents in Thai paddy soils using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and locally weighted partial least square regression analysis	23
Effect of biodegradable mulching plastics on soil chemical properties, greenhouse gas emission, and plant growth under aerobic and flooding conditions	22
The comparative soil fertility in traditional and alder-based shifting cultivation of varied fallow lengths in Eastern Indian Himalayas	18
Nitrogen cycling and management focusing on the central role of soils: a review	17
Critical reevaluation of an efficient sampling design for assessing soil properties using bootstrap sampling and geostatistical analysis in Japanese large-scale paddy fields	17
Soil microbial community responding to moderately elevated nitrogen deposition in a Japanese cool temperate forest surrounded by fertilized grasslands	16
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 92-02	13
Study on the occurrence, impact, and mitigation of soil-derived environmental loads in agricultural ecosystems	12
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 2	12
Experimental verification of solubilization effect of soil bromine by waterlogging reduction	12
Organ specific transcriptome analysis of upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ) in response to low phosphorus stress during early stage of growth	11
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
Aberrant RNA splicing of the phytic acid synthesis gene inositol-1,3,4 trisphosphate 5/6-kinase in a low phytic acid soybean line	10
Modeling and simulation of sulfur availability in paddy soils under reducing environment considering heavy metal content	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	9
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 3	9
Optimal P fertilization using low-grade phosphate rock-derived fertilizer for rice cultivation under different ground-water conditions in the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso	9
Plant material decomposition and bacterial and fungal communities in serpentine and karst soils of Japanese cool-temperate forests	9
Soil extraction with pyrophosphate-dithionite mixture: a practical method to estimate organic carbon associated with metal cations and reactive mineral phases	8
Evaluating phosphorus nutritional status of potato by instant testing of petiole phosphate concentration	8

Physical qualities of acid sulfate soil: its limitations and implications for oil palm production	8
Alteration of aluminum tolerance mediated by insertion of same transposable element at different sites in the upstream region of HvAACT1 in Japanese barley accessions	8
Decoupling of cellulose decomposition and glucose mineralization in volcanic forest soils	8
Rhizosphere effect on phosphorus availability to soybean in Vertisols	7
Effect of freeze-thaw disturbance on soil C and N dynamics and GHG fluxes of East Asia forests: review and future perspectives	7
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers	7
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 4	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
Seasonal changes in soil properties caused by slash and burn agriculture practice in a humid temperate region of northeast Japan	7
Residence time effects on arsenate sorption on an allophanic Andosol	7
Effects of land-use types on the temporal dynamics of soil active carbon and nitrogen in the rocky mountainous of North China	6
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 94 - 5	6
Nursery inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improves yield of Allium fistulosum during a 3-year field trial	6
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate tomato silicon absorption	6
Distribution of organic carbon and nutrients in soil aggregates under different stand types ofCunninghamia lanceolatain southern Guangxi of China	6
Different strategies for colonization and prevalence after inoculation with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria revealed by a monitoring method	6
Effects of nutrient conditions to stem photosynthesis and growth in Ephedra intermedia (Ephedraceae)	6
Co-application of fly ash and zeolite increases N uptake but decreases P uptake and biomass of rice fertilized with fermented liquid manure	6
Combined effects of biochar addition with varied particle size and temperature on the decomposition of soil organic carbon in a temperate forest, China	5
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	5
Elucidation of efficient photosynthesis in plants with limited iron	5
Steel slag-based silicate fertilizer suppresses grain cracking in brewer’s rice cultivar “Yamada-Nishiki”	5
Effects of aged microplastics on paddy soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions under laboratory aerobic conditions	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
Correction	5
Understanding yield-limiting factors for sorghum in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: beyond soil nutrient deficiency	5
Application of biofertilizer containing Bacillus pumillus TUAT1 on soybean without inhibiting infection by Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110	5
Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soil amended with kitchen compost of varying ages	5
Protective role of reactive aluminum phases to stabilize soil organic matter against long-term cultivation in the humid tropics under volcanic influence	5
Polyphosphate polymerizing and depolymerizing activity of VTC4 protein in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus	5
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 92-5	5
Seed glucosinolates in rapeseed ( Brassica napus ) provide sulfur nutrition required for early seedling growth under sulfur limitation	4
Spatial relationship between peach tree productivity and soil properties in a newly reclaimed orchard	4
Quantification methods of pyrogenic carbon in soil with soil as a complex matrix: comparing the CTO-375 and Cr₂O₇ methods	4
Preface to the special section 'Recent developments on dynamics of substances in the rhizosphere'	4
Dynamics of soil aggregate stability as induced by potassium in a soil-plant system	4
Time-course analysis of the transcriptome of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves under high-concentration ammonium sulfate treatment	4
Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi 93 - 6	4
Possible involvement of nitric oxide in promoting the initial growth of rice seedlings at low temperature by inoculation of Bacillus pumilus strain TUAT1 spores	4
Estimate the contribution of water-derived ¹³⁷ Cs in the total ¹³⁷ Cs in brown rice using water-to-brown rice transfer parameters	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
Humic substances from various coal sources alter ¹⁵ N-Labeled urea nitrogen distribution in soil	4
Indica rice “Takanari” exhibited superiority to Japanese rice “Koshihikari” on N-uptake and biomass production under no-weeding practice	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
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	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
Spatial variation of soil characteristics affected by biochar materials from traditional slash and burn agriculture in Sabah, Malaysia	4