OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is 34. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The Allelopathic Activity of Festuca arundinacea Shreb. Rhizospheric Soil Is Exacerbated Under Drought Stress	152
Application of Species Diversity Theory to Quantitatively Assess the Degree of Preferential Flow in Forest Ecosystems	109
The Combined Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Compost Improves Growth and Soil Parameters and Decreases Cadmium Absorption in Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Plants	104
Both Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens and Selenite Fertilizer Application Improved Spring Tea Quality and Selenium Content	92
Changes in Soil Particulate Organic Carbon and Their Response to Changing Environments on the Tibetan Plateau, Mongolian Plateau, and Loess Plateau, China	81
Impact of Thirty-Four Years of Fertilization and Manuring on Soil Nutrients Availability, Yield and Quality of Crops in Indo-Gangetic Plains	77
The Application of Orychophragmus violaceus as a Green Manure Relieves Continuous Cropping Obstacles in Peanut Cultivation by Altering the Soil Microbial Community and Functional Gene Abundance	70
Morphophysiological Changes in Genipa americana Seedlings in Response to Root Deformation and Substrate Attributes	68
Natural δ13C and δ15N Abundance of Plants and Soils Under Long-term N Addition in a Temperate Secondary Forest	67
Superabsorbent Polymer Reduces β-ODAP Content in Grass Pea by Improving Soil Water Status and Plant Drought Tolerance	60
Development of Coriander Microgreens as a Function of the Ionic Strength of the Nutritional Solution and Seed Coating	56
Distribution and Mineralization of Organic Nitrogen in Fluvo-Aquic Soils with Varying Textures	55
Crop Diversification in Rice-Based Agroecosystem: Medium-Term Effects on Soil Properties, Carbon and Other Nutrients’ Stoichiometry, and System Productivity	54
Relative Effectiveness of Iron in Complex with Organic Ligands on Functional Iron Status of Maize Plants	52
Bioaccumulation of Potentially Toxic Elements in Lettuce and Soil Fertility Treated with Biosolid	50
Unravelling the Mechanisms of Improving Wheat Growth, Yield, and Grain Quality Under Long-Term Corn Straw Return plus N Fertilizer Mode	46
Effects of Humic Acid on Antioxidant Defense System and Senescence-Related Gene Expression in Leaves of longiflorum × asiatic of Lilies (LA Lilium Hybrid)	44
Sepiolite Dissolution by Different Silicate Solubilizing Bacteria	44
Acidic Medium pH Mitigates the Effects of Long-Term Salinity on the Physiology, Biochemistry, and Productivity of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Plants	44
The Effects of Sterilisation on Abiotic Soil Properties and the Challenge this Poses to Untangling the Influence of Abiotic and Biotic Soil Variables on Plant Growth	43
Efficacy of Peroxidase Activity and Isozyme as Molecular Markers for Assessing Iron Deficiency and Toxicity Via in Vitro Culture as a Rapid Technique in Banana	42
Paclobutrazol and Amino Acid-Based Biostimulant as Beneficial Compounds in Alleviating the Drought Stress Effects on Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)	40
Substituting Manure with Rice Husk to Improve Phosphorus Adsorption and Immobilization in High Phosphorus Accumulated Greenhouse Vegetable Soil	39
Soil Carbon Fractions under Vetiver Grass in Australia and Ethiopia Relative to other Land Uses	39
Effects of Simulated Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Active Carbon Fractions in a Wet Meadow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	38

Reduced Nitrogen Loss and Sustained Seed Yield of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) by Optimizing the Use of NPK, Cow Manure, and Vermicompost	38
Effects of Continuous Grafting on the Growth and Selenium Accumulation Characteristics in the Post-Generations of Tomato	37
Responses of Microbial Community Composition, Diversity, and Stability To Pepper Cultivation in Degraded Vegetable Soils Under Reductive Soil Disinfestation and Biochar Amendment	37
Phosphorus Use Management in Paddy Fields by Enriching Periphyton with Its Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria and Fungi at the Late Stage of Rice Growth	37
Influence of Different Nutrient Management Practices and Cropping Systems on Organic Carbon Pools in Typic Ustochrept Soil of Indo-Gangetic Plains in India	37
Root–Soil Friction Mechanism of Typical Grasses on Purple Soil Bunds in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	36
Hydrogen Peroxide-Modified Biochar Alters Soil Inorganic Nitrogen Dynamics, Enzyme Activities and Enhances Fertilizer Recovery in Fertilized Soil: A 15N Urea Tracer Study	36
Evaluation of the Effect of Intercropping with Faba Bean on Wheat Performance Under Combined Stress of Water Deficit and P Limitation in the Greenhouse	35
Evaluation of the Potential of Rhizobacteria in Supplying Nutrients of Zea mays L. Plant with a Focus on Zinc	34