OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil Use and Management is 21. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment	197
A review of green remediation strategies for heavy metal contaminated soil	110
Soil salinity: A global threat to sustainable development	80
Soil microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: Limitations and opportunities	69
Biochar composites: Emerging trends, field successes and sustainability implications	66
Perspectives on validation in digital soil mapping of continuous attributes—A review	43
Bio‐mediated soil improvement: An introspection into processes, materials, characterization and applications	40
Enhancing phosphorus availability, soil organic carbon, maize productivity and farm profitability through biochar and organic–inorganic fertilizers in an irrigated maize agroecosystem under semi‐arid	38
Soil amendments for sustainable agriculture: Microbial organic fertilizers	34
Ameliorative effect of Lantana camara biochar on coal mine spoil and growth of maize (Zea mays)	34
Transport and transformation of microplastics and nanoplastics in the soil environment: A critical review	33
Evaluating the effect of biochar on salt leaching and nutrient retention of Yellow River Delta soil	32
Organic fertilizer enhances rice growth in severe saline–alkali soil by increasing soil bacterial diversity	32
Digital mapping of soil texture classes using Random Forest classification algorithm	30
Impacts of rainstorms on soil erosion and organic matter for different cover crop systems in the western coast agricultural region of Syria	28
Effect of tillage and crop management on runoff, soil erosion and organic carbon loss	27
Soil organic and inorganic carbon sequestration by consecutive biochar application: Results from a decade field experiment	26
The need to prioritize sustainable phosphate‐based fertilizers	26
Biochar for sustainable soil management	24
Application of mixed straw and biochar meets plant demand of carbon dioxide and increases soil carbon storage in sunken solar greenhouse vegetable production	22
Soil health at a crossroad	22
Use of ammonium sulphate as a sulphur fertilizer: Implications for ammonia volatilization	21