OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biology and Fertility of Soils is 25. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects	100
Diversity and co-occurrence network modularization of bacterial communities determine soil fertility and crop yields in arid fertigation agroecosystems	55
Long-term manuring increases microbial carbon use efficiency and mitigates priming effect via alleviated soil acidification and resource limitation	53
Divergent mineralization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic substrates and their priming effect in soils depending on their preferential utilization by bacteria and fungi	47
Biological nitrification inhibition in maize—isolation and identification of hydrophobic inhibitors from root exudates	44
Hyphosphere microbiome of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a realm of unknowns	42
Carbon investment into mobilization of mineral and organic phosphorus by arbuscular mycorrhiza	39
Microbial carbon-use efficiency and straw-induced priming effect within soil aggregates are regulated by tillage history and balanced nutrient supply	39
Depth distribution of soil organic matter and burrowing activity of earthworms—mesocosm study using X-ray tomography and luminophores	38
Soil microbial biomass phosphorus can serve as an index to reflect soil phosphorus fertility	34
Biochar co-application mitigated the stimulation of organic amendments on soil respiration by decreasing microbial activities in an infertile soil	34
Revisiting plant biological nitrification inhibition efficiency using multiple archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidising cultures	33
The effect of agroecosystem management on the distribution of C functional groups in soil organic matter: A review	33
Litter-inhabiting fungi show high level of specialization towards biopolymers composing plant and fungal biomass	33
Plant growth–promoting bacteria improve maize growth through reshaping the rhizobacterial community in low-nitrogen and low-phosphorus soil	33
Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria	32
Rare microbial taxa rather than phoD gene abundance determine hotspots of alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity in the karst rhizosphere soil	32
Earthworm ecological categories are not functional groups	32
Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils	31
C:P stoichiometric imbalance between soil and microorganisms drives microbial phosphorus turnover in the rhizosphere	31
Application of N2-fixing Paenibacillus triticisoli BJ-18 changes the compositions and functions of the bacterial, diazotrophic, and fungal microbiomes in the rhizosphere and root/shoot endosphere of w	30
Hydrolyzable microplastics in soil—low biodegradation but formation of a specific microbial habitat?	29
A new primer set for Clade I nosZ that recovers genes from a broader range of taxa	28
Effects of moisture and temperature on C and N mineralization from surface-applied cover crop residues	27
Revealing interactions between root phenolic metabolomes and rhizosphere bacterial communities in Populus euphratica plantations	26

Theory of microbial coexistence in promoting soil–plant ecosystem health	25
Higher ammonium-to-nitrate ratio shapes distinct soil nitrifying community and favors the growth of Moso bamboo in contrast to broadleaf tree species	25
Biochar significantly reduced nutrient-induced positive priming in a subtropical forest soil	25
Effects of rotational and continuous overgrazing on newly assimilated C allocation	25
Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity	25