OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 45. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America	217
Niche-conserved bacterial consortia enhanced maize agro-physiological performance and soil biological P-related traits under low-P conditions	210
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reshape the stability and complexity of micro-food webs in the shrubland soils of a dryland ecosystem	161
Organic fertilization improves activities of phosphomonoesters hydrolase in rhizosphere to facilitate phosphorus acquisition in cucumber and accumulates organic phosphorus in soil	141
Microbial community assembly elucidates differential biotic homogenization in soils caused by agricultural expansion in the Yangtze River estuary	137
Comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are metabolically active in a subtropical estuarine wetland	133
Rhizosphere priming mechanisms on soil organic carbon decomposition differ among exudate components and are regulated by mycorrhizal type: Insights from a temperate forest in northeast China	106
The use of manure shifts the response of α-diversity and network while not β-diversity of soil microbes to altered irrigation regimes	104
Temperature mediates microbial multitrophic communities assembly and soil-borne fungal pathogens in coastal ecosystems	99
Effects of controlled release potassium chloride application on rhizosphere bacterial community and metabolites under reduced irrigation volume	97
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Straw-mediated CH4 production via distinct methanogenic pathways in two paddy soils	84
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Cover crop by irrigation and fertilization improves soil health and maize yield: Establishing a soil health index	77
Bacterial diversity loss weakens community functional stability	75
Enhancing the immobilization efficiency of mercapto-palygorskite on soil Cd through earthworm addition: Cd fractions, soil aggregates, and bacterial community	75
Rhizospheric microbial community in plant species from the Phaseolus genus	74
Effects of allelochemical 4-vinyl guaiacol and pathogen co-treatment on the physiological characteristics and soil microbial community structure in the Lanzhou lily	73
Deciphering the mechanisms through which arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis reduces nitrogen losses in agroecosystems	72
Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows	68
Effects of nitrogen and water addition on N2O emissions in temperate grasslands, northern China	63
Elevated CO2 alters aggregate‑carbon and microbial community but does not affect total soil organic C in the semi-arid tropics	63
Ageing conditions of tire wear particles alter the effects of their leachates on soil	61
Soil sodicity affected the arbuscular mycorrhizal community and its interactions with bacteria in the Western Songnen Plain	61

Soil fungal communities associated with chili pepper respond to mineral and organic fertilization and application of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum	58
Do neighbours matter? Soil mycobiome and mycorrhizal colonization of Ulmus laevis seedlings grown in the vicinity of arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal trees	57
Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil microbiotas as compared to monocultures in a multilocation field experiment	57
Earthworms increase soil carbon dioxide emissions through changing microbial community structure and activity under high nitrogen addition	56
Co-existence of Glomus versiforme and nitrile butadiene rubber has an antagonistic effect on soil greenhouse gas emissions	56
Soil sulfur cycle bacteria and metabolites affected by soil depth and afforestation conditions in high-sulfur coal mining areas	56
Vermicompost and Azotobacter chroococcum amendment of saline-alkali soil decreases nitrogen loss and increases nitrogen uptake confirmed by ZmNRT1.1B of maize	56
Influence of distillery sewage sludge application placement methods on microbial community functions in sorghum rhizosphere: Focus on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling	55
Insights into soil carbon metabolism and carbon sequestration capacity under organic fertilizer substitution model	54
Winter cover crops alter nematode community composition and soil health dynamics in corn-soybean systems	54
Functional diversity and behavioral changes of microbial communities under salt affected soils	52
Soil microbiota resilience in a two-decade long-term experiment comparing an organic and a conventional cropping system	52
Effect of salt-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation on soil bacterial community and ecological function groups in coastal saline land	52
Tree growth is linked to the diversity of belowground fungal functional guilds across nine Chinese fir plantations in subtropics	51
Cessation of manure application diminishes the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genes by altering bacterial interaction patterns in soil–lettuce systems	50
Returning farmland to forests and grasslands promotes soil quality restoration in Northeast China: Evidence from soil nitrogen cycle	48
Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology	48
Vegetation drives soil microbial metabolic limitation through modifications of soil properties and microbial biomass during desert grassland-shrubland state anthropogenic transition	47
Impact of plant litter decomposition on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality	45
Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study	45