OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biogeochemistry is 12. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley	98
Estimating phytoplankton stoichiometry from routinely collected monitoring data	97
Biogeochemical evolution of soil organic matter composition after a decade of warming and nitrogen addition	49
Decomposing the novel decomposer-sphere concept: decomposition byproducts can shape surrounding communities through space and time	44
Freezing–thawing cycles affect organic matter decomposition in periglacial maritime Antarctic soils	42
Organic matter cycling in a model restored wetland receiving complex effluent	41
Extreme drought conditions increase variability of nitrate through a stream network, with limited influence on the spatial patterns of stream phosphate	30
Isoetid mediated radial oxygen loss prevents iron reduction and the related mobilisation of ammonium and methane: an experimental approach	28
Fingerprinting the elemental composition and chemodiversity of vegetation leachates: consequences for dissolved organic matter dynamics in Arctic environments	25
Plant community effects on soil moisture and nitrogen cycling in a semi-arid ecosystem	25
Decoupling of silica, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in a meromictic subalpine lake (Lake Iseo, Italy)	25
In-situ N2:Ar ratios describe the balance between nitrogen fixation and denitrification in shallow eutrophic experimental lakes	24
DOM in the long arc of environmental science: looking back and thinking ahead	24
The use of stable carbon isotopes to decipher global change effects on soil organic carbon: present status, limitations, and future prospects	23
The need for knowledge transfer and communication among stakeholders in the voluntary carbon market	23
C:N:P stoichiometry in six distinct habitats of a glacier terminus in the source area of the Yangtze River	22
Effects of tree pollen on throughfall element fluxes in European forests	20
High initial soil organic matter level combined with aboveground plant residues increased microbial carbon use efficiency but accelerated soil priming effect	20
Landscape controls on total mercury and methylmercury export from small boreal forest catchments	20
Impact of ecosystem water balance and soil parent material on silicon dynamics: insights from three long-term chronosequences	19
Patterns in riverine carbon, nutrient and suspended solids export to the Eastern James Bay: links to climate, hydrology and landscape	19
Element stoichiometry and nutrient limitation in bog plant and lichen species	19
Quantifying erosion rates and weathering pathways that maximize soil organic carbon storage	19
Optical properties of dissolved organic matter in throughfall and stemflow vary across tree species and season in a temperate headwater forest	19
Changes in soil iron biogeochemistry in response to mangrove dieback	19

Vegetation and hydrology stratification as proxies to estimate methane emission from tidal marshes	19
Changes in organic matter properties and carbon chemical stability in surface soils associated with changing vegetation communities in permafrost peatlands	18
Soil organic matter turnover rates increase to match increased inputs in grazed grasslands	18
Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest	17
Recent increases of rainfall and flooding from tropical cyclones (TCs) in North Carolina (USA): implications for organic matter and nutrient cycling in coastal watersheds	17
Nitrogen fixation facilitates stream microbial mat biomass across the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica	17
Characterisation of riverine dissolved organic matter using a complementary suite of chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods	16
Spatial and temporal patterns of urea content in a eutrophic stream continuum on the Northern Great Plains	16
Storms and pH of dam releases affect downstream phosphorus cycling in an arid regulated river	15
Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic nutrient cycling define the extensive role of internal loading in an agriculturally influenced oxbow lake	15
Ice cover and thaw events influence nitrogen partitioning and concentration in two shallow eutrophic lakes	15
Further investigations into the use of tree rings as archives of atmospheric mercury concentrations	15
Predicting high resolution total phosphorus concentrations for soils of the Upper Mississippi River Basin using machine learning	15
Temporal patterns in sediment, carbon, and nutrient burial in ponds associated with changing agricultural tillage	15
Iron overload consequences for submerged plants stoichiometry, homeostasis and performance	15
Effectiveness of phosphorus control under extreme heatwaves: implications for sediment nutrient releases and greenhouse gas emissions	15
Artificial ponds as hotspots of nitrogen removal in agricultural watershed	15
Correction to: Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley	15
Nitrogen fixation associated with epiphytes on the seagrass Zostera marina in a temperate lagoon with moderate to high nitrogen loads	15
Mycorrhizal type affects forest nitrogen availability, independent of organic matter quality	14
Rock weathering controls the potential for soil carbon storage at a continental scale	14
Increased interactions between iron oxides and organic carbon under acid deposition drive large increases in soil organic carbon in a tropical forest in southern China	14
Layered structure significantly inhibits CO2 transfer through the depositional profile: as simulated by well-mixed vs. interlaid soil columns	14
The role of clay content and mineral surface area for soil organic carbon storage in an arable toposequence	14
Impacts of storm disturbance and the role of the Feammox process in high nutrient riparian sediments	14
Soil microorganisms regulate extracellular enzyme production to maximize their growth rate	14
Surprising relationships between soil pH and microbial biomass and activity in a northern hardwood forest	14
Soil mineral fraction influences the bacterial abundance: evidence from a mineral and plant materials incubation study	13
Long-term nitrogen fertilization impacts plant-microbial interactions differently in arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees	13
Biological nitrogen fixation and nifH gene abundance in deadwood of 13 different tree species	13
Phosphorus availability and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi limit soil C cycling and influence plant responses to elevated CO2 conditions	13
Integrated isotope and microbiome analysis indicates dominance of denitrification in N2O production after rewetting of drained fen peat	13
Biogeochemical constraints on climate change mitigation through regenerative farming	13
Acidification alters sediment nitrogen source-sink dynamics in eelgrass (Zostera marina (L.)) beds	13
Supplemental precipitation accelerates decay but only in photodegraded litter and implications that sunlight promotes leaching loss	13
Nitrogen fixation across the aquascape: current perspectives, future priorities	12
Biosignatures of in situ carbon cycling driven by physical isolation and sedimentary methanogenesis within the anoxic basin of perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica	12
Using fixed-potential electrodes to quantify iron and manganese redox cycling in upland soils	12
Microbial responses to soil cooling might explain increases in microbial biomass in winter	12
Response of biomass, hydrology and biogeochemistry to alternative approaches of cutting a northern forest: model comparisons	12
Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests	12
Expanding the scope of biogeochemical research to accelerate atmospheric carbon capture	12
Soil science in the time of climate mitigation	12
Soil nitrogen availability in a temperate forest exhibits large variability at sub-tree spatial scales	12
The biogeochemical redox paradox: how can we make a foundational concept more predictive of biogeochemical state changes?	12
Mycorrhizal type determines root–microbial responses to nitrogen fertilization and recovery	12
Dynamic and allocation of recently assimilated carbon in Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) and birch (Betula platyphylla) in a temperate forest	12
Isotopic evidence for sources of dissolved carbon and the role of organic matter respiration in the Fraser River basin, Canada	12
Active methane processing microbes and the disproportionate role of NC10 phylum in methane mitigation in Amazonian floodplains	12
Nitrogen-bedrock interactions regulate multi-element nutrient limitation and sustainability in forests	12

Bark controls tree branch-leached dissolved organic matter production and bioavailability in a subtropical forest