OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science is 7. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fast selection opportunity of salt tolerant guar bean genotypes with GGE biplot method	30
Agrochemical impacts on arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and activity in smallholder farming: a systematic review	28
Biochar addition to organo-mineral fertilisers delays nutrient leaching and enhances barley nutrient content	24
Pullout properties of Hippophae rhamnoides L. roots in the loess area	23
Soil health in temperate agroforestry: influence of tree species and position in the field	22
Effect of vanadium on Nicotiana tabacum L. grown in vanadium-loaded soil	16
Impact of straw return and decomposition agent on Tibetan barley yield and soil microbial community in Xizang, China	16
Effects of cultivars and habitats on rhizospheric arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Gannan navel oranges	16
Effects of agricultural waste returning on soil nematode community composition	15
Nitrogen uptake and utilization of two maize hybrids with contrasting nitrogen use efficiencies depending on fertilization amount	15
Integrated nutrient management in spring-maize improves yield, nutrient use efficiency and minimizes greenhouse gas intensity	15
Water footprint in wheat production under conservation tillage	14
The Bouyoucos method in Peruvian soil laboratories: establishing a correction factor to standardize for international methods	12
Alleviation of soil acidification using livestock manure increases nitrogen supply while stimulating N ₂ O emission in a tea plantation	11
Optimizing essential oil, fatty acid profiles, and phenolic compounds of dragon’s head (Lallemantia iberica) intercropped with chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with biofertilizer inoculatio	11
Effects of poultry manure on structure and some indicators of fertility in tropical soils	11
Effect of soybean–wheat rotation on soil aggregation, organic nitrogen and net nitrogen mineralization characteristics: a four-year field study	11
Profile distribution of trace elements under different land-use systems in North East India	11
Nitrification inhibitor application at stem elongation stage increases soil nitrogen availability and wheat nitrogen use efficiency under drought stress	10
Comparative study on changes in biochemical constituents, yield and quality of lemongrass ( Cymbopogon flexuosus ) grown under different soil types	10
Application of soil amendments to enhance soil carbon and biological properties in a paddy field under elevated CO₂ conditions	10
Soil chemical characteristics, yield and technological quality of sugarcane under subsurface drip irrigation with treated sewage effluent	10
Effect of calcined/non-calcined phosphate rock application on crop yield and phosphorus availability to replace commercial fertilizer on a lixisol in Burkina Faso	10
Crop residue interactions with fertilizer rate enhances volatilization loss and reduces nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated maize and potato	10
Relationship between soil fertility and pasture composition on milk quality in Simmental-Fleckvieh production systems in the Peruvian Amazon	10

Efficacy of exopolysaccharide-producing, mineral-solubilizing biofertilizers to enhance cotton productivity in nutrient-deficient soils	10
Behavior of coffee plants under different cropping systems with a focus on mitigating water scarcity	9
Potential of novel Rhizobium strains as biofertilizer for improved groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) cultiv	9
Techniques for sustainable coffee crop management: impacts on growth and yield	9
Economic, water saving and energy efficient crop establishment and inter-culture practices for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Indian humid subtropics	9
Soil quality assessment of different land use systems of peri-urban - rural landscape of Deccan plateau, hot semi-arid agro-ecosystem	9
Sugarcane straw management by inoculation of microbial consortia and its impact on short-term N source and amelioration of ratoon sugarcane yield	9
Assessment of sludge application in maize ( Zea mays L.): influence on crop biomass and heavy metals bioavailability	9
Effect of soil compaction and cover crop management on soil physical quality, biomass production and corn and soybean yield	9
Myco-ecological warfare with Meloidogyne species	9
Elevations change fungal communities of the bulk soil, rhizosphere and root ofRhododendron delavayiFranch (Ericaceae) by affecting soil properties in a karst area, southwest China	9
Soil quality assessment based on machine learning approach for cultivated lands in semi-humid environmental condition part of Black Sea region	8
Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhances the wheat yield, water use efficiency and soil physicochemical properties of the arid area in the Northwest China	8
Temperature sensitivity of organic carbon mineralization in composted sludge amended soil: results from four Q ₁₀ estimation approaches	8
Polyhalite improves lettuce yield, nutrient uptake and reduces Ca leaching in acidic soils	8
Soil Diseases Suppressiveness Conferred by Organic Farming, Practices and Microbial Metabolites	8
Synthesis, characterization and application of silicon and titanium nanoparticles to enhance the early development of maize ( Zea mays L.)	7
Influence of the application of charred and uncharred spent coffee grounds on soil Carbon and Nitrogen cycles	7
Invasive and native plants differ in their effects on the soil microbial community and plant-soil phosphorus cycle	7
Soilborne nematodes as bioindicators of soil health in cropping systems: a systematic review	7
Exogenous application of Atonik (sodium nitrophenolate) under skip irrigation regimes modulated the physiology, growth and productivity of Zea mays L	7
Twenty—eight years long chemical fertilization effects on soil potassium status under rice-wheat-green gram cropping sequence	7
Positive influences of the compost made from distillers’ grains waste on maize agronomic performances and greenhouse gas emissions	7
Effects of integrated rice-animals co-culture on paddy soil and water properties and rice yield: a meta-analysis	7
Pyrolytic synthesis and performance efficacy comparison of biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron on soil polluted with toxic metals	7
Silicon and arbuscular mycorrhizal species complement in improving soil characteristics, sulfur metabolism and antioxidant defense responses in arsenic stressed Cajanus cajan	7
Nitrogen-fixing biofertilizers and organic liquid fertilizers enhance growth, yield, and biochemical traits in lettuce	7
Evaluation of intra-row spacing on growth, yield, grain quality and economic performance of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes under semi-arid	7
The role of management practices on soil seed bank agrobiodiversity and agronomic sustainability in a horticultural cropping system	7
Straw, biochar, and nanocarbon altered the enzymatic reaction kinetics and thermodynamic process of catalase in the black soil under continuous warming	7
Bioethanol potential of switchgrass cultivars for rainfed and irrigated conditions in marginal lands	7
Evaluation of soil quality and land suitability in different management systems	7
Optimizing nitrogen fertilization for forage maize production to maximize profit and minimize environmental costs in a rainfed region in China	7
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer and straw management promote root extension and nitrogen uptake to improve grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of winter wheat ( Triticum aest	7
Subsoiling reduces CO2 concentrations in soil profile of winter wheat – summer maize rotation ecosystem in the North China Plain: a strategy to achieve carbon neutrality in farmland	7
Reductive soil disinfestation to improve soil properties in long-term tobacco cultivation	7
Effect of controlled traffic on maintaining physical soil quality in sugarcane fields under different crop management systems	7
Using a single base addition for lime requirement of Acrisols: a case study in Southeastern Vietnam	7
Influence of nitrogen sources on grain yield of wheat and net global warming potential	7
Response of soil micro-food webs to the addition of maize straw and animal manure in a mollisol	7
Biodegradable film mulching promotes better soil quality and increases summer maize grain yield in North China Plain	7
Soil aggregate variation in two contrasting rice straw recycling systems for paddy soil amendment over two years	7