OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil Use and Management is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01.)

Article	Citations
New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment	174
Biochar effects on crop yields with and without fertilizer: A meta‐analysis of field studies using separate controls	161
A review of green remediation strategies for heavy metal contaminated soil	85
Soil salinity: A global threat to sustainable development	54
Biochar composites: Emerging trends, field successes and sustainability implications	53
Bio‐mediated soil improvement: The way forward	44
Soil microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: Limitations and opportunities	38
Biochar effects on soil chemical properties and mobilization of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in paddy soil	34
Perspectives on validation in digital soil mapping of continuous attributes—A review	33
Ameliorative effect of Lantana camara biochar on coal mine spoil and growth of maize (Zea mays)	31
Bio‐mediated soil improvement: An introspection into processes, materials, characterization and applications	31
Evaluating the effect of biochar on salt leaching and nutrient retention of Yellow River Delta soil	30
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	30
Tillage and residue management practices affect soil biological indicators in a rice–wheat cropping system in north‐western India	28
Effect of conservation agriculture on soil organic and inorganic carbon sequestration and lability: A study from a rice–wheat cropping system on a calcareous soil of the eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plains	28
Organic fertilizer enhances rice growth in severe saline–alkali soil by increasing soil bacterial diversity	26
Transport and transformation of microplastics and nanoplastics in the soil environment: A critical review	26
The need to prioritize sustainable phosphate‐based fertilizers	24
Biochar for sustainable soil management	23
Impacts of rainstorms on soil erosion and organic matter for different cover crop systems in the western coast agricultural region of Syria	23
Effect of tillage and crop management on runoff, soil erosion and organic carbon loss	22
Best management practices for agricultural non‐point source pollution in a small watershed based on the AnnAGNPS model	21
Application of mixed straw and biochar meets plant demand of carbon dioxide and increases soil carbon storage in sunken solar greenhouse vegetable production	20
Soil health at a crossroad	20
Digital mapping of soil texture classes using Random Forest classification algorithm	20

Soil organic and inorganic carbon sequestration by consecutive biochar application: Results from a decade field experiment	19
Soil amendments for sustainable agriculture: Microbial organic fertilizers	19
Soil quality and fertility in sustainable agriculture, with a contribution to the biological classification of agricultural soils	18
Deep incorporation of corn straw benefits soil organic carbon and microbial community composition in a black soil of Northeast China	17
Soil aggregate stability and aggregate‐associated organic carbon under different land use or land cover types	16
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	16
Use of ammonium sulphate as a sulphur fertilizer: Implications for ammonia volatilization	15
Soil carbon improvement under long‐term (36 years) no‐till sorghum production in a sub‐tropical environment	15
Enhanced‐efficiency nitrogen fertilizers reduce winter losses of nitrous oxide, but not of ammonia, from no‐till soil in a subtropical agroecosystem	15
Effects of cover crops sown in autumn on N and P leaching	14
Phosphorus availability and grass growth in biochar‐modified acid soil: A study excluding the effects of soil pH	14
Soil organic carbon in cropping sequences with predominance of soya bean in the argentinean humid Pampas	14
Evaluating the long‐term effects of tillage systems on soil structural quality using visual assessment and classical methods	13
Effects of biochar nanoparticles as a soil amendment on the structure and hydraulic characteristics of a sandy loam soil	13
Material flow analysis of plastic in organic waste in Switzerland	13
Combined effect of biochar and soil moisture on soil chemical properties and microbial community composition in microplastic‐contaminated agricultural soil	13
Soil risk maps – Interpreting soils data for policy makers, agencies and industry	13
Digital soil mapping of soil salinity using EM38 and quasi‐3d modelling software (EM4Soil)	13
Soil carbon increases with long‐term cattle stocking in northern temperate grasslands	13
Impact of natural zeolite on chemical and biochemical properties of vineyard soils	13
Carbon addition reduces labile soil phosphorus by increasing microbial biomass phosphorus in intensive agricultural systems	13
Different rates of biochar application change ¹⁵N retention in soil and ¹⁵N utilization by maize	13
Comparison of improved shear strength of biotreated sand using different ureolytic strains and sterile conditions	12
Sustainable soil management and climate change mitigation	12
Effects of phosphogypsum and water treatment residual application on key chemical and biological properties of clay soil and maize yield	12
The microbial diversity and structure in peatland forest in Indonesia	12
Co‐selection for antibiotic resistance genes is induced in a soil amended with zinc	12
Long‐term manure application for crop yield stability and carbon sequestration in subtropical region	12
Nitrous oxide dynamics during denitrification along a hydrological gradient of subtropical grasslands	12
Digital mapping of soil texture classes for efficient land management in the Piedmont plain of Iran	12
Assessing soil P fractions changes with long‐term phosphorus fertilization related to crop yield of soybean and maize	11
Soil bacterial community responses to cadmium and lead stabilization during ecological restoration of an abandoned mine	11
Variation of intra‐aggregate organic carbon affects aggregate formation and stability during organic manure fertilization in a fluvo‐aquic soil	11
Pig manure digestate‐derived biochar for soil management and crop cultivation in heavy metals contaminated soil	11
Early plant height: A defining factor for yields of silage maize with contrasting phosphorus supply	11
Legacy phosphorus in calcareous soil under 33 years of P fertilizer application: Implications for efficient P management in agriculture	11
Field applications of gypsum reduce pH and improve soil C in highly alkaline soils in southern Australia’s dryland cropping region	11
Quantifying and simulating carbon and nitrogen mineralization from diverse exogenous organic matters	11
Effects of biochar incorporation on soil viable and necromass carbon in the luvisol soil	10
Soil carbon change across ten New South Wales farms under different farm management regimes in Australia	10
Impacts of farmland size and benefit expectations on the utilization of straw resources: Evidence from crop straw incorporation in China	10
Soil quality assessments in integrated crop–livestock–forest systems: A review	10
Soil dissolved organic carbon responses to sugarcane straw removal	10
Soil quality assessment based on soil organic matter pools under long‐term tillage systems and following tillage conversion in a semi‐humid region	10
Soil organic matter storage in temperate lowland arable, grassland and woodland topsoil and subsoil	10
Dynamics of zinc under long‐term application of chemical fertilizers and amendments by maize–wheat cropping sequence in Typic Hapludalfs	10
Application of biochar and organic fertilizer to saline‐alkali soil in the Yellow River Delta: Effects on soil water, salinity, nutrients, and maize yield	10
Expediting climate‐smart soils management	10
Soil microstructure alterations induced by land use change for sugarcane expansion in Brazil	10
Magnesium slag for remediation of cadmium‐ and arsenic‐contaminated paddy soil: A field study	10

Soil fertility and bacterial community composition in a semiarid Mediterranean agricultural soil under long‐term tillage management	10
Effect of long‐term balanced and imbalanced inorganic fertilizer and FYM application on chemical fraction of DTPA‐extractable micronutrients and yields under rice–wheat cropping	9
Soil Olsen P response to different phosphorus fertilization strategies in long‐term experiments in NW Italy	9
Effects of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type on biochar characteristics pertinent to soil carbon and soil health: A meta‐analysis	9
Soil and geologic formations as antidotes for CO₂ sequestration?	9
The safe use of compost derived from municipal solid waste depends on its composition and conditions of application	9
Nutrient and trace element concentrations influence greenhouse gas emissions from Malaysian tropical peatlands	9
Nitrous oxide emissions from cassava fields amended with organic and inorganic fertilizers	9
Phosphorus fractions and dynamics as affected by land‐use changes in the Central Mexican highlands	8
Trafficking intensity index for soil compaction management in grasslands	8
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	8
A spectral parameter for the estimation of soil total nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen of winter wheat growth period	8
Biochar combined with nitrogen fertilizer affects soil properties and wheat yield in medium‐low‐yield farmland	8
Large‐scale detection and quantification of harmful soil compaction in a post‐mining landscape using multi‐configuration electromagnetic induction	8
Nitrogen recovery in reclaimed mine soil under different amendment practices in tandem with legume and non‐legume revegetation: A review	8
AI‐enhanced soil management and smart farming	8
Organic acid regulation of inorganic phosphorus release from Mollisols with different organic matter contents	8
Conservation agriculture practice influences soil organic carbon pools in intensive rice‐based systems of the Eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plain	8
Is ‘soil health’ meaningful as a scientific concept or as terminology?	8
Metal contamination of agricultural soils amended with biosolids (sewage sludge) at a ceramic production area in NE Spain: A 10‐year resampling period	7
Functional evaluation of the various calculation methods for precompression stress	7
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	7
The relative impacts of dairy and non‐dairy ruminant sectors on the Olsen‐P status of grassland soils and hence water quality in Northern Ireland	7
Soil organic carbon fractions and its association with water‐stable aggregates under different fertilization management practices	7
Effect of subsoil tillage during pipeline construction activities on near‐term soil physical properties and crop yields in the right‐of‐way	7
Carbon emission flux and storage in the degraded peatlands of the Zoige alpine area in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	7
Indicators of soil quality and crop productivity assessment at a long‐term experiment site in the lower Indo‐Gangetic plains	7
Changes in the carbon concentrations and other soil properties of some Scottish agricultural soils: Evidence from a resampling campaign	7
Land‐use change alters the stocks of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in a Haplic Cambisol in the Brazilian semi‐arid region	7
Using frost‐sensitive cover crops for timely nitrogen mineralization and soil moisture management	7
Long‐term effects of bone char and lignocellulosic biochar‐based soil amendments on phosphorus adsorption–desorption and crop yield in low‐input acidic soils	7
Changes in sandy soil hydro‐physical properties as function of biochar and biogas slurry amendments	7
Compressive properties and least limiting water range of plough layer and plough pan in sugarcane fields	7
The role of women empowerment and labour dependency on adoption of integrated soil fertility management in Malawi	7
Does mixed vs separate sheep and cattle grazing reduce soil compaction?	7
Effect of fertilization of a biochar and compost amended technosol: Consequence on Ailanthus altissima growth and As‐ and Pb‐specific root sorption	7
Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen content, associated with aggregate fractions, after conversion of sandy desert to irrigation farmland, northwest China	7
Effects on nitrate leaching of the timing of cattle slurry application to leys	7
Carbon dioxide flux and soil carbon stock as affected by crop residue management and soil texture in semi‐arid maize croplands in Tanzania	7
Biochar and zeolites did not improve phosphorus uptake or crop productivity in a field trial performed in an irrigated intensive farming system	7
Ash and biochar amendment of coarse sandy soil for growing crops under drought conditions	7