OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil & Tillage Research is 44. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, available nutrients, and yield under different straw returning methods	132
Cover crop management and water conservation in vineyard and olive orchards	115
Does biochar application improve soil aggregation? A meta-analysis	92
Micro-structural characteristics deterioration of intact loess under acid and saline solutions and resultant macro-mechanical properties	91
Combined organic amendments and mineral fertilizer application increase rice yield by improving soil structure, P availability and root growth in saline-alkaline soil	91
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	90
Stoichiometry of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soil: Effects of agricultural land use and climate at a continental scale	84
A cover crop and no-tillage system for enhancing soil health by increasing soil organic matter in soybean cultivation	83
Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning	82
Expansion of no-tillage practice in conservation agriculture in Brazil	78
Microbial-derived carbon components are critical for enhancing soil organic carbon in no-tillage croplands: A global perspective	72
Effects of five different biochars on aggregation, water retention and mechanical properties of paddy soil: A field experiment of three-season crops	69
Soil aggregates, aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen, and water retention as influenced by short and long-term no-till systems	68
Bio-tillage: A new perspective for sustainable agriculture	67
Long-term excessive phosphorus fertilization alters soil phosphorus fractions in the acidic soil of pomelo orchards	66
An overview of natural soil amendments in agriculture	65
Effects of straw incorporation and potassium fertilizer on crop yields, soil organic carbon, and active carbon in the rice–wheat system	65
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	64
Evaluation of the impact of freeze-thaw cycles on pore structure characteristics of black soil using X-ray computed tomography	61
Depth of straw incorporation significantly alters crop yield, soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in the North China Plain	59
Determination of discrete element model parameters for a cohesive soil and validation through narrow point opener performance analysis	59
Blended controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer with straw returning improved soil nitrogen availability, soil microbial community, and root morphology of wheat	59
How farmers approach soil carbon sequestration? Lessons learned from 105 carbon-farming plans	59
Machine learning applications for water-induced soil erosion modeling and mapping	57
Straw alters the soil organic carbon composition and microbial community under different tillage practices in a meadow soil in Northeast China	57

Effects of pore structure characterized by synchrotron-based micro-computed tomography on aggregate stability of black soil under freeze-thaw cycles	57
Partial substitution of chemical fertilizer by organic fertilizer benefits grain yield, water use efficiency, and economic return of summer maize	57
Reduced tillage in organic farming affects soil organic carbon stocks in temperate Europe	56
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	55
Long-term effects of crop rotation, tillage, and fertilizer nitrogen on soil health indicators and crop productivity in a temperate climate	55
Monitoring long-term gully erosion and topographic thresholds in the marginal zone of the Chinese Loess Plateau	50
A combined data mining approach for on-line prediction of key soil quality indicators by Vis-NIR spectroscopy	50
Phenology-based classification of crop species and rotation types using fused MODIS and Landsat data: The comparison of a random-forest-based model and a decision-rule-based model	49
Response of soil nutrients and stoichiometry to grazing management in alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	48
Partial substitution of chemical nitrogen with organic nitrogen improves rice yield, soil biochemical indictors and microbial composition in a double rice cropping system in south China	47
Long-term crop rotation and different tillage practices alter soil organic matter composition and degradation	46
Changes in soil organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities in response to tillage practices in the Loess Plateau of China	46
Linking soil microbial community traits and organic carbon accumulation rate under long-term conservation tillage practices	46
Grazing altered soil aggregates, nutrients and enzyme activities in a Stipa kirschnii steppe of Inner Mongolia	46
How does soil structure affect water infiltration? A meta-data systematic review	45
A 3D root system morphological and mechanical model based on L-Systems and its application to estimate the shear strength of root-soil composites	44
Impact of conservation tillage on the distribution of soil nutrients with depth	44
Life cycle assessment, life cycle cost, and exergoeconomic analysis of different tillage systems in safflower production by micronutrients	44
Dynamics and composition of soil organic carbon in response to 15 years of straw return in a Mollisol	44
Three decades of ephemeral gully erosion studies	44