OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 45. 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
Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality	111
Residues of currently used pesticides in soils and earthworms: A silent threat?	104
Biochar and vermicompost improve the soil properties and the yield and quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in plastic shed soil continuously cropped for different years	95
Soil Acidification caused by excessive application of nitrogen fertilizer aggravates soil-borne diseases: Evidence from literature review and field trials	94
Contrasting effects of straw and straw-derived biochar applications on soil carbon accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency in double-rice cropping systems	91
Soil organic carbon is affected by organic amendments, conservation tillage, and cover cropping in organic farming systems: A meta-analysis	90
Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species	88
Rhizosphere effects promote soil aggregate stability and associated organic carbon sequestration in rocky areas of desertification	82
Paddy soils have a much higher microbial biomass content than upland soils: A review of the origin, mechanisms, and drivers	74
Application of systematic strategy for agricultural non-point source pollution control in Yangtze River basin, China	74
Impacts of agronomic measures on crop, soil, and environmental indicators: A review and synthesis of meta-analysis	71
Effect of chemical fertilizer and straw-derived organic amendments on continuous maize yield, soil carbon sequestration and soil quality in a Chinese Mollisol	70
Effects of long-term no tillage and straw return on greenhouse gas emissions and crop yields from a rice-wheat system in central China	68
Biochar alters soil microbial communities and potential functions 3–4 years after amendment in a double rice cropping system	67
Landscape crop diversity and semi-natural habitat affect crop pollinators, pollination benefit and yield	67
Manure application increases microbiome complexity in soil aggregate fractions: Results of an 18-year field experiment	66
Soil organic carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems – A meta-analysis	66
Intercropping increases soil extracellular enzyme activity: A meta-analysis	66
No-tillage with mulching improves maize yield in dryland farming through regulating soil temperature, water and nitrate-N	61
Crop rotation history constrains soil biodiversity and multifunctionality relationships	61
Karst ecosystem and environment: Characteristics, evolution processes, and sustainable development	59
Comprehensive assessment of the effects of nitrification inhibitor application on reactive nitrogen loss in intensive vegetable production systems	58
The impact of crop diversification, tillage and fertilization type on soil total microbial, fungal and bacterial abundance: A worldwide meta-analysis of agricultural sites	57
Effects of agricultural activities coupled with karst structures on riverine biogeochemical cycles and environmental quality in the karst region	56
Long-term soil organic carbon dynamics in temperate cropland-grassland systems	55

Annual intercropping suppresses weeds: A meta-analysis	55
Reducing ammonia volatilization and increasing nitrogen use efficiency in machine-transplanted rice with side-deep fertilization in a double-cropping rice system in Southern China	55
Niche differentiation of comammox Nitrospira and canonical ammonia oxidizers in soil aggregate fractions following 27-year fertilizations	54
Spatial patterns of county-level arable land productive-capacity and its coordination with land-use intensity in mainland China	53
Impacts of field-edge flower plantings on pollinator conservation and ecosystem service delivery – A meta-analysis	53
Soil properties and the growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) in response to reed (phragmites communis) biochar use in a salt-affected soil in the Yellow River Delta	53
The application of Bacillus Megaterium alters soil microbial community composition, bioavailability of soil phosphorus and potassium, and cucumber growth in the plastic shed system of North China	52
A first-year melon/cowpea intercropping system improves soil nutrients and changes the soil microbial community	52
Effect of grazing exclusion on nitrous oxide emissions during freeze-thaw cycles in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia	52
Soil aggregates are key factors that regulate erosion-related carbon loss in citrus orchards of southern China: Bare land vs. grass-covered land	50
Global meta-analysis of nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency in rice, wheat and maize	49
Film mulching, residue retention and N fertilization affect ammonia volatilization through soil labile N and C pools	49
Soil carbon sequestration by agroforestry systems in China: A meta-analysis	49
Deficit irrigation and organic amendments can reduce dietary arsenic risk from rice: Introducing machine learning-based prediction models from field data	48
Application of enhanced-efficiency nitrogen fertilizers reduces mineral nitrogen usage and emissions of both N2O and NH3 while sustaining yields in a wheat-rice rotation system	48
Microbial assembly and association network in watermelon rhizosphere after soil fumigation for Fusarium wilt control	48
Long-term fertilisation reveals close associations between soil organic carbon composition and microbial traits at aggregate scales	46
A global synthesis of soil denitrification: Driving factors and mitigation strategies	46
Enhancing the ecological services of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau’s grasslands through sustainable restoration and management in era of global change	46
Environmental soil quality and vegetable safety under current greenhouse vegetable production management in China	46
Increasing landscape complexity enhances species richness of farmland arthropods, agri-environment schemes also abundance – A meta-analysis	45
Long-term effects of softwood biochar on soil physical properties, greenhouse gas emissions and crop nutrient uptake in two contrasting boreal soils	45
Olive agroforestry can improve land productivity even under low water availability in the South Mediterranean	45
The Grain for Green project eliminated the effect of soil erosion on organic carbon on China’s Loess Plateau between 1980 and 2008	45
Productivity and quality of banana in response to chemical fertilizer reduction with bio-organic fertilizer: Insight into soil properties and microbial ecology	45
Soil erosion leads to degradation of hydraulic properties in the agricultural region of Northeast China	45
Diverse herbaceous cover crops promote vineyard arthropod diversity across different management regimes	45
Sustainable agriculture through perennial grains: Wheat, rice, maize, and other species. A review	45