OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil & Tillage Research is 46. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Yield sustainability, soil organic carbon sequestration and nutrients balance under long-term combined application of manure and inorganic fertilizers in acidic paddy soil	143
Management impact and benefit of cover crops on soil quality: A review	109
Superabsorbent hydrogel (SAH) as a soil amendment for drought management: A review	108
Cover crop management and water conservation in vineyard and olive orchards	104
Effects of PGPR microbial inoculants on the growth and soil properties of Avena sativa, Medicago sativa, and Cucumis sativus seedlings	93
Does occasional tillage undo the ecosystem services gained with no-till? A review	93
Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, available nutrients, and yield under different straw returning methods	87
Effects of biochar application on crop productivity, soil carbon sequestration, and global warming potential controlled by biochar C:N ratio and soil pH: A global meta-analysis	79
Micro-structural characteristics deterioration of intact loess under acid and saline solutions and resultant macro-mechanical properties	79
Combined organic amendments and mineral fertilizer application increase rice yield by improving soil structure, P availability and root growth in saline-alkaline soil	74
Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and microbial nutrient limitation during secondary succession of natural grassland on the Loess Plateau, China	73
Does biochar application improve soil aggregation? A meta-analysis	71
Organic and inorganic fertilizers respectively drive bacterial and fungal community compositions in a fluvo-aquic soil in northern China	71
Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning	70
A cover crop and no-tillage system for enhancing soil health by increasing soil organic matter in soybean cultivation	70
Changes in soil organic carbon and microbial community under varying straw incorporation strategies	69
Stoichiometry of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soil: Effects of agricultural land use and climate at a continental scale	68
Comparing laboratory and airborne hyperspectral data for the estimation and mapping of topsoil organic carbon: Feature selection coupled with random forest	67
Effect of no-tillage on soil bacterial and fungal community diversity: A meta-analysis	63
Effects of five different biochars on aggregation, water retention and mechanical properties of paddy soil: A field experiment of three-season crops	60
Expansion of no-tillage practice in conservation agriculture in Brazil	59
Long-term experience with conservation tillage practices in Austria: Impacts on soil erosion processes	58
Microbial-derived carbon components are critical for enhancing soil organic carbon in no-tillage croplands: A global perspective	58
Soil aggregates, aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen, and water retention as influenced by short and long-term no-till systems	57
Influence of biochar on the soil water retention characteristics (SWRC): Potential application in geotechnical engineering structures	56

Dynamics of soil aggregation and organic carbon fractions over 23 years of no-till management	55
Effects of straw incorporation and potassium fertilizer on crop yields, soil organic carbon, and active carbon in the rice–wheat system	54
Bio-tillage: A new perspective for sustainable agriculture	54
Vegetation restoration and fine roots promote soil infiltrability in heavy-textured soils	54
Classification of soil aggregates: A novel approach based on deep learning	53
Long-term combined effects of tillage and rice cultivation with phosphogypsum or farmyard manure on the concentration of salts, minerals, and heavy metals of saline-sodic paddy fields in Northeast Chi	52
Depth of straw incorporation significantly alters crop yield, soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in the North China Plain	50
Straw recycling in rice paddy: Trade-off between greenhouse gas emission and soil carbon stock increase	50
Long-term excessive phosphorus fertilization alters soil phosphorus fractions in the acidic soil of pomelo orchards	50
Coastal saline soil aggregate formation and salt distribution are affected by straw and nitrogen application: A 4-year field study	49
Soil physicochemical properties and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield under brackish water mulched drip irrigation	49
Effect of long-term organic amendments on the full-range soil water retention characteristics of a Vertisol	49
Mapping cation exchange capacity using a quasi-3d joint inversion of EM38 and EM31 data	48
Soil quality indicators of integrated rice-crayfish farming in the Jianghan Plain, China using a minimum data set	48
Straw alters the soil organic carbon composition and microbial community under different tillage practices in a meadow soil in Northeast China	48
Blended controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer with straw returning improved soil nitrogen availability, soil microbial community, and root morphology of wheat	47
Temporal changes in soil microbial properties and nutrient dynamics under climate smart agriculture practices	47
Influence of tillage based crop establishment and residue management practices on soil quality indices and yield sustainability in rice-wheat cropping system of Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains	46
Effects of pore structure characterized by synchrotron-based micro-computed tomography on aggregate stability of black soil under freeze-thaw cycles	46
Determination of discrete element model parameters for a cohesive soil and validation through narrow point opener performance analysis	46
Exploring the variability of soil properties as influenced by land use and management practices: A case study in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia	46