OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 59. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Ontogenetic shifts in alfalfa root distribution and morphology drive soil water depletion and productivity decline in Loess Plateau pastures	333
Comparison of distinctive diversities, co-occurrence patterns and potential ecological functions of microbial communities in heterogeneous soil areas in typical subtropical forests, southeast China	165
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	157
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	155
Contrasting impacts of grassland restoration methods on soil greenhouse gases emissions under warming conditions in Northern Tibet	151
Parent materials influence in the formation of vertical textural differentiation in humid tropical landscapes	129
Climate dynamics during the last 3000 years forced environmental and sedimentation changes in southern Spain: The Laguna Grande de Archidona record	123
Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors	115
Editorial Board	115
Unravelling chemical and physical processes in Fourier transform spectra of low frequency dissolved oxygen time series in Swiss lakes	112
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	111
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	109
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	103
Boreal soil homogenization after conversion to agricultural use is constrained by carbon dynamics and soil health	99
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	94
Contributions of mycorrhizal fungi to soil aggregate formation during subalpine forest succession	93
Isoerodent surfaces of the continental US for conservation planning with the RUSLE2 water erosion model	90
Assessing the impacts of lithology on short-term gully evolution within the karst Mediterranean area	88
Effects of slope aspect and tillage type on soil microbial biomass and its stoichiometric ratios in karst trough valley	86
Response of hydrological processes to event- and annual-scale precipitation extremes in a rocky mountainous area of northern China	86
Coupling effects of soil and vegetation from an ecosystem service perspective	85
Low-severity fire promote carbon emissions in permafrost peatlands of the Great Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	84
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	83
Spatiotemporal variability of rainfall erosivity and its teleconnection with atmospheric circulation in monsoon-driven climate region	83
Increased radiocarbon age offset of crater lake sediments linked to cool-dry intervals during the past 40,000 yr	82

Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	82
Wildfire reshapes the composition and symbiotic networks of soil microbial communities in alpine marshy meadows	80
Fault-related basins as carbon reservoirs: Soil CO2 emissions in the SE Korean Peninsula	80
Microtopography and surface features of the mid-Pleistocene Kalkkop impact crater and Palaeolake, South Africa	79
Corrigendum to “Carbon storage in typical ecosystems of coastal wetlands in Jiangsu, China: Spatiotemporal patterns and mechanisms” [Catena 254 (2025) 108882]	78
Historical and future runoff changes and their impacts on stormflow characteristics in the upper Yangtze River basin, China	77
Direct rain splash and downwearing of internal surfaces as an important erosion process in alluvial gully development	76
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	76
Continental–scale distribution and source identification of boron in soils of China	75
Clay mineral assemblages of the Luojiawopeng Formation red bed in the Songnen Plain, NE China and their paleoenvironment implications	72
Evaluation of soil erosion rates in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau in China in the past 60 years using global fallout plutonium	72
Exploring the impact of rainfall spatial differentiation on sediment yield of a typical watershed in the Loess Plateau of China	69
Effects of warming and precipitation reduction on soil respiration in Horqin sandy grassland, northern China	69
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	68
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	67
Runoff hydrodynamic variations on terraced slopes with different soil types in the dry–hot valley region, Southwest China	67
The effectiveness of sediment and phosphorus removal by a small constructed wetland in Norway: 18 years of monitoring and perspectives for the future	67
Integrating the SLIDE model within CAESAR-Lisflood: Modeling the ‘rainfall-landslide-flash flood’ disaster chain mechanism under landscape evolution in a mountainous area	66
Testing a low-complexity spatially distributed model to simulate the intra-annual dynamics of soil erosion and sediment delivery	66
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	65
Use of multifractal parameters to determine soil particle size distribution and erodibility of a physical soil crust in the Loess Plateau, China	65
Land use change effect on organic matter dynamics and soil carbon sequestration in the Brazilian Cerrado: A study case in Mato Grosso do Sul state (Midwest-Brazil)	64
Low-level nitrogen and short-term addition increase soil carbon sequestration in Chinese forest ecosystems	64
Evaluating the effectiveness of four representative land uses in soil and water conservation on a typical rainfed Mediterranean agricultural landscape in La Rioja (Spain)	63
Spatial variations in water use efficiency across global terrestrial ecosystems	63
Response of soil aggregate stability and rill erodibility to soil electric field	63
Fertile island effects across developmental stages of Caragana korshinskii nebkhas drive microbial nutrient cycling in arid ecosystems	62
The impact of sampling depths on quantification of soil organic carbon stock in mangrove environments	62
Spatial variation in soil aggregate stability and erodibility at different slope positions in four hilly regions of northeast China	62
Spatiotemporal dynamics of river dissolved organic matter in small watershed with vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau	62
Prescribed burning of scrubland only affects very sensitive topsoil properties: A decadal-scale study in encroached grasslands of the southern Pyrenees	62
Spatial prediction of soil sand content at various sampling density based on geostatistical and machine learning algorithms in plain areas	60
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	60
An improved spatial case-based reasoning considering multiple spatial drivers of geographic events and its application in landslide susceptibility mapping	60
Dissolved organic matter movements from forests influence downstream soil CO2 flux during thawing	59
Linking hydrological and landscape characteristics to suspended sediment-discharge hysteresis in Wudinghe River Basin on the Loess Plateau, China	59