OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil Use and Management is 6. 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
A review of green remediation strategies for heavy metal contaminated soil	141
Soil salinity: A global threat to sustainable development	119
Soil microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: Limitations and opportunities	115
Biochar composites: Emerging trends, field successes and sustainability implications	79
Perspectives on validation in digital soil mapping of continuous attributes—A review	52
Soil amendments for sustainable agriculture: Microbial organic fertilizers	50
Bio‐mediated soil improvement: An introspection into processes, materials, characterization and applications	50
Organic fertilizer enhances rice growth in severe saline–alkali soil by increasing soil bacterial diversity	44
Transport and transformation of microplastics and nanoplastics in the soil environment: A critical review	43
Effects of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type on biochar characteristics pertinent to soil carbon and soil health: A meta‐analysis	35
Impacts of rainstorms on soil erosion and organic matter for different cover crop systems in the western coast agricultural region of Syria	34
Deep incorporation of corn straw benefits soil organic carbon and microbial community composition in a black soil of Northeast China	30
Soil quality and fertility in sustainable agriculture, with a contribution to the biological classification of agricultural soils	29
Combined effect of biochar and soil moisture on soil chemical properties and microbial community composition in microplastic‐contaminated agricultural soil	29
Biochar for sustainable soil management	28
Effect of LDPE microplastics on chemical properties and microbial communities in soil	27
Use of ammonium sulphate as a sulphur fertilizer: Implications for ammonia volatilization	27
Soil health at a crossroad	26
Effects of biochar nanoparticles as a soil amendment on the structure and hydraulic characteristics of a sandy loam soil	26
Soil greenhouse gas emissions, organic carbon and crop yield following pinewood biochar and biochar–manure applications at eroded and depositional landscape positions: A field trial in South Dakota, U	25
Comparison of improved shear strength of biotreated sand using different ureolytic strains and sterile conditions	25
Application of biochar and organic fertilizer to saline‐alkali soil in the Yellow River Delta: Effects on soil water, salinity, nutrients, and maize yield	24
Soil organic matter storage in temperate lowland arable, grassland and woodland topsoil and subsoil	21
Digital mapping of soil texture classes for efficient land management in the Piedmont plain of Iran	21
Field applications of gypsum reduce pH and improve soil C in highly alkaline soils in southern Australia’s dryland cropping region	21

Effect of conservation tillage on crop yield and soil organic carbon in Northeast China: A meta‐analysis	20
Effects of biochar incorporation on soil viable and necromass carbon in the luvisol soil	20
Quantifying and simulating carbon and nitrogen mineralization from diverse exogenous organic matters	18
Variation of intra‐aggregate organic carbon affects aggregate formation and stability during organic manure fertilization in a fluvo‐aquic soil	18
Organic acid regulation of inorganic phosphorus release from Mollisols with different organic matter contents	18
Expediting climate‐smart soils management	18
Impacts of farmland size and benefit expectations on the utilization of straw resources: Evidence from crop straw incorporation in China	17
Digital soil mapping of soil salinity using EM38 and quasi‐3d modelling software (EM4Soil)	17
Magnesium slag for remediation of cadmium‐ and arsenic‐contaminated paddy soil: A field study	17
AI‐enhanced soil management and smart farming	17
Nitrogen recovery in reclaimed mine soil under different amendment practices in tandem with legume and non‐legume revegetation: A review	17
The safe use of compost derived from municipal solid waste depends on its composition and conditions of application	16
Legacy phosphorus in calcareous soil under 33 years of P fertilizer application: Implications for efficient P management in agriculture	16
Sustainable soil management and climate change mitigation	16
Soil dissolved organic carbon responses to sugarcane straw removal	15
Long‐term manure application for crop yield stability and carbon sequestration in subtropical region	15
Pig manure digestate‐derived biochar for soil management and crop cultivation in heavy metals contaminated soil	15
Nanoplastic–plant interaction and implications for soil health	15
Soil bacterial community responses to cadmium and lead stabilization during ecological restoration of an abandoned mine	15
Effect of 46 years' application of fertilizers, FYM and lime on physical, chemical and biological properties of soil under maize–wheat system in an acid Alfisol of northwest Himalayas	14
Early plant height: A defining factor for yields of silage maize with contrasting phosphorus supply	14
Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis	14
Sustainable soil management for food security	14
Long‐term effects of bone char and lignocellulosic biochar‐based soil amendments on phosphorus adsorption–desorption and crop yield in low‐input acidic soils	14
Aging of colloidal contaminants and pathogens in the soil environment: Implications for nanoplastic and COVID‐19 risk mitigation	14
Alleviating Cd translocation and accumulation in soil–rice systems: Combination of foliar spraying of nano‐Si or nano‐Se and soil application of nano‐humus	13
Grassland rehabilitation significantly increases soil carbon stocks by reducing net soil CO₂ emissions	13
Long‐term rice–crayfish farming aggravates soil gleying and induced changes of soil iron morphology	13
Soil Olsen P response to different phosphorus fertilization strategies in long‐term experiments in NW Italy	13
Biochar combined with nitrogen fertilizer affects soil properties and wheat yield in medium‐low‐yield farmland	13
Land‐use change alters the stocks of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in a Haplic Cambisol in the Brazilian semi‐arid region	13
An assessment of potential pesticide transmission, considering the combined impact of soil texture and pesticide properties: A meta‐analysis	12
Digital mapping of soil carbon sequestration potential with enhanced vegetation cover over New South Wales, Australia	12
Indicators of soil quality and crop productivity assessment at a long‐term experiment site in the lowerIndo‐Gangeticplains	12
Nutrient and trace element concentrations influence greenhouse gas emissions from Malaysian tropical peatlands	12
A simple soil organic carbon level metric beyond the organic carbon‐to‐clay ratio	11
Nitrous oxide emissions from cassava fields amended with organic and inorganic fertilizers	11
Ash and biochar amendment of coarse sandy soil for growing crops under drought conditions	11
Effects of biochar on bacterial genetic diversity in soil contaminated with cadmium	11
Nutrient dynamics from surface‐applied organic matter amendments on no‐till orchard soil	11
Evaluating the merits of climate smart technologies under smallholder agriculture in Malawi	11
Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen content, associated with aggregate fractions, after conversion of sandy desert to irrigation farmland, northwest China	11
Complementary resource use in intercropped faba bean and cabbage by increased root growth and nitrogen use in organic production	11
Delineation of nutrient management zones for precise fertilizer management in wheat crop using geo‐statistical techniques	11
Soil organic carbon fractions and its association with water‐stable aggregates under different fertilization management practices	10
Biochar and zeolites did not improve phosphorus uptake or crop productivity in a field trial performed in an irrigated intensive farming system	10
Silvopastoral systems improve carbon stocks at livestock ranches in Tabasco, Mexico	10
Agroforestry potential for adaptation to climate change: A soil‐based perspective	10
Cover crop effects on soil structure and early sugar beet growth	10
Large‐scale detection and quantification of harmful soil compaction in a post‐mining landscape using multi‐configuration electromagnetic induction	10

Carbon dioxide flux and soil carbon stock as affected by crop residue management and soil texture in semi‐arid maize croplands in Tanzania	10
Sequential effects of spent coffee grounds on soil physical properties	10
Chemical composition of cover crops and soil organic matter pools in no‐tillage systems in the Cerrado	9
Optimizing fen peatland water‐table depth for romaine lettuce growth to reduce peat wastage under future climate warming	9
Soil organic carbon content and soil structure quality of clayey cropland soils: A large‐scale study in the Swiss Jura region	9
Developing scoring functions for soil quality to assess land suitability for irrigated wheat in Southern Algeria	9
Conservation agriculture practice influences soil organic carbon pools in intensive rice‐based systems of the Eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plain	9
Is ‘soil health’ meaningful as a scientific concept or as terminology?	9
Evaluation of organic carbon stocks in mineral and organic soils in Lithuania	9
Effects of integrating grass‐clover leys with livestock into arable crop rotations on soil carbon stocks and particulate and mineral‐associated soil organic matter fractions in conventional and organi	9
Metal contamination of agricultural soils amended with biosolids (sewage sludge) at a ceramic production area in NE Spain: A 10‐year resampling period	9
Cadmium accumulation in rice and its bioavailability in paddy soil with application of silicon fertilizer under different water management regimes	8
Impact of different chloride salts and their concentrations on nitrification and trace gas emissions from a sandy soil under a controlled environment	8
New hybrid evolutionary models for spatial prediction of soil properties in Kurdistan	8
Effects of long‐term phosphorus fertilizer inputs and seasonal conditions on organic soil phosphorus cycling under grazed pasture	8
Sewage sludge biochar increases nitrogen fertilizer recovery: Evidence from a ¹⁵N tracer field study	8
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from sheepfolds and cattle sheds	8
No significant influence of biochar and manure application on nitrogen fate and sequestration by tomato and garlic crops: A field experiment in California, USA	8
Effect of long‐term fertilization on soil microbial activities and metabolism in Paulownia plantations	7
Soil respiration during three cropping cycles of durum wheat under different tillage conditions in a Mediterranean environment	7
Improving nitrogen‐use efficiency by using ridge tillage in rice paddy soils	7
Soil microbiome biomass, activity, composition and CO₂ emissions in a long‐term organic and conventional farming systems	7
Effects of intercropping and drought on soil aggregation and associated organic carbon and nitrogen	7
Spatial variability of surface peat properties and carbon emissions in a tropical peatland oil palm monoculture during a dry season	7
Aggregate mass and carbon stocks in a paddy soil after long‐term application of chemical or organic fertilizers	7
Effects of cover crops on soil hydraulic properties during commodity crop growing season	7
Mapping soil pH levels across Europe: An analysis of LUCAS topsoil data using random forest kriging (RFK)	7
Quantifying influence of tillage practices on soil aggregate microstructure using synchrotron‐based micro‐computed tomography	7
The economics of liming in arable crop rotations: analysis of the 35‐year Rothamsted and Woburn liming experiments	7
A model ensemble approach to determine the humus building efficiency of organic amendments in incubation experiments	7
Impact of agricultural land use on distribution of microbial biomass and activity within soil aggregates	7
Digital assessments of soil organic carbon storage using digital maps provided by static and dynamic environmental covariates	6
Soil quality assessment via the factor analysis of karst rocky desertification areas in Hunan, China	6
Scale‐dependent effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon, soil nutrients and stoichiometry under two contrasting land‐use types	6
Effects of fertilizer type on nitrous oxide emission and ammonia volatilization in wheat and maize crops	6
A framework for integrating the terrestrial carbon stock of estates in institutional carbon management plans	6
Comparison of a digital soil map and conventional soil map for management of topsoil exchangeable sodium percentage	6
The role of biochar in improving soil properties, water retention and potato yield in a Fluvisol under temperate monsoon climate	6
Nitrogen release from different polymer‐coated urea fertilizers in soil is affected by soil properties	6
Market access and resource endowment define the soil fertility status of smallholder farming systems of South‐Kivu, DR Congo	6
Do different agronomic soil tests identify similar nutrient deficiencies?	6
The response of finely textured and organic soils to lime and phosphorus application: Results from an incubation experiment	6
Challenges for utilization and management of crop straw from Cd‐contaminated soil	6
Effects of biochar addition on greenhouse gas emissions during freeze–thaw cycles in a black soil region, Northeast China	6
Increased phosphorus availability from sewage sludge ashes to maize in a crop rotation with clover	6
Intercropping with herbs minimizes cadmium availability through altering physicochemical dynamics and metabolite profiles in wheat rhizosphere	6
The use of visible and near‐infrared spectroscopy for in‐situ characterization of agricultural soil fertility: A proposition of best practice by comparing scanning positions and spectrometers	6
Amount and speciation of N leached from a sandy soil fertilized with urea, liquid digestate, struvite and NH₄‐enriched chabazite zeolite‐tuff	6
Forest soil penetration resistance following heavy traffic: A 10‐year field study	6
Detecting spatial variability of soil compaction using soil apparent electrical conductivity and maize traits	6