OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil & Tillage Research is 48. 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
Plow layer management during the fallow season can enhance the wheat productivity and resource utilization in a semi-arid region	172
Deep tilling and localized liming improve soil chemical fertility and sugarcane yield in clayey soils	136
Zero-valent iron addition stimulated straw-derived carbon accumulation in submerged soil	121
Development of pedotransfer functions for predicting hydraulic parameters of van Genuchten model by incorporating environmental variables on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	120
Loss and conservation of soil organic carbon and nutrients in arid and semiarid China during aeolian dust emissions	109
Control of landscape position on organic matter decomposition via soil moisture during a wet summer	102
Changes in micronutrient concentrations under minimum tillage and cotton-based crop rotations in irrigated Vertisols	100
Does spontaneous cover crop increase the stocks of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in commercial olive orchard?	97
Evaluating the Splintex model for estimating the soil water retention curve for a wide range of soils	83
Future warming-induced phosphorus loss mitigated by land conversion and degradation	82
Spatio-temporal evolution of water erosion in the western Songnen Plain: Analysis of its response to land use dynamics and climate change	82
Long-term straw return increases fungal residual contribution to soil microaggregate nitrogen pool: An eco-enzymatic stoichiometric study	82
Soil microstructure as affected by tillage, rotation and residue management in a sweet sorghum-based cropping system in soils with low organic carbon content in South Africa	81
Investigating spatial relationships of soil friability and driving factors through co-regionalization with state-space analysis in a subtropical watershed	80
Using ground-penetrating radar to investigate the thickness of mollic epipedons developed from loessial parent material	78
Physical properties of technosols at brown coal mine wastes in Eastern Siberia	76
Effect of hardpan on the vertical distribution of water stress in a converted paddy field	76
Editorial Board	75
Effects of long-term fertiliser application on cropland soil carbon dynamics mediated by potential shifts in microbial carbon use efficiency	75
Editorial Board	69
A 44-year balanced fertilizer application affected rill erosion resistance by changing humus, aggregates, and polyvalent cation	64
Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption improves wheat grain yield in rotation with legume crops in south-eastern Australia	64
Combined impact of no-tillage and cover crops on soil carbon stocks and fluxes in maize crops	63
Long-term manure application to improve soil macroaggregates and plant-available nitrogen in a Mollisol	61
Response of soil microbial biomass C, N, and P and microbial quotient to agriculture and agricultural abandonment in a meadow steppe of northeast China	60

A high-resolution physical modelling approach to assess runoff and soil erosion in vineyards under different soil managements	60
Legume-based crop diversification reinforces soil health and carbon storage driven by microbial biomass and aggregates	59
Hydraulic and pore functions of differently textured soils modified by biochar from different parts of the mango plant	58
Dynamics and influencing factors of soluble organic nitrogen in paddy soil under different long-term fertilization treatments	57
Micro/nanobubble-aerated drip irrigation affects saline soil microenvironments and tomato growth by altering bacterial communities	55
A comparison of preferential flow characteristics and influencing factors between two soils developed in the karst region of Southwest China	55
Effect of different underlying surfaces on hydraulic parameters of overland flow	54
Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter and inorganic solutes in soil profiles of tropical pasturelands	54
Carbon accumulation dynamics and development processes of peatland established after the Changbaishan Millennium eruption	54
Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin phenol induced by adding maize straw to fertilized soils	53
Physiological-biochemical responses of wheat to blending controlled-release potassium chloride and soluble potassium chloride	52
Fitting process-dependence performance of the van Genuchten soil water retention model to simulate the soil water flow	52
A chemotaxis-haptotaxis coupled mechanism reducing bacterial mobility in disturbed and intact soils	52
Effect of modified bentonite on copper migration via bank soils in the Jialing River, Southwest China	51
Roots are the key for soil C restoration: A comparison of land management in the semiarid Argentinean Pampa	50
Interpretation of uniaxial, confined compression test data for agricultural topsoils	50
Control of snow mold damage of winter wheat by snow compaction (Yuki-fumi)	50
Depth-dependent patterns in the C:N:P stoichiometry of different soil components with reclamation time in coastal poplar plantations	50
Response of leaf, litter, and root ecological stoichiometries to grazing exclosure duration on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	50
Improving nitrogen use efficiency and reducing environmental cost with long-term nutrient expert management in a summer maize-winter wheat rotation system	49
The effect of long-term soil surface mulching on SOC fractions and the carbon management index in a semiarid agroecosystem	49
Green manure provides growth benefits for soil mesofauna by promoting soil fertility in agroecosystems	48
Soil respiration and net carbon flux response to long-term reduced/no-tillage with and without residues in a wheat-maize cropping system	48