OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 41. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Soil biological activity as an indicator of soil pollution with pesticides – A review	120
Biochar amendment ameliorates soil properties and promotes Miscanthus growth in a coastal saline-alkali soil	117
Review on migration, transformation and ecological impacts of microplastics in soil	84
Chemical fertilizer reduction with organic fertilizer effectively improve soil fertility and microbial community from newly cultivated land in the Loess Plateau of China	80
Fertilization regime has a greater effect on soil microbial community structure than crop rotation and growth stage in an agroecosystem	80
Repeated applications of organic amendments promote beneficial microbiota, improve soil fertility and increase crop yield	77
Soil pH and C/N ratio determines spatial variations in soil microbial communities and enzymatic activities of the agricultural ecosystems in Northeast China: Jilin Province case	75
The hidden potential of saprotrophic fungi in arable soil: Patterns of short-term stimulation by organic amendments	70
Beneficial effects of microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) in plants	68
Long-term fertilization rather than plant species shapes rhizosphere and bulk soil prokaryotic communities in agroecosystems	67
Relationships between root morphology, root exudate compounds and rhizosphere microbial community in durum wheat	65
Saline-alkali soil applied with vermicompost and humic acid fertilizer improved macroaggregate microstructure to enhance salt leaching and inhibit nitrogen losses	64
Influence of biochar and biochar-based fertilizer on yield, quality of tea and microbial community in an acid tea orchard soil	64
Assessing the effect of soil salinization on soil microbial respiration and diversities under incubation conditions	64
Vermiremediation of organically contaminated soils: Concepts, current status, and future perspectives	62
Rhizobacteria inoculation benefits nutrient availability for phytostabilization in copper contaminated soil: Drivers from bacterial community structures in rhizosphere	61
Proline accumulation and glutathione reductase activity induced by drought-tolerant rhizobacteria as potential mechanisms to alleviate drought stress in Guinea grass	61
Contribution of glomalin-related soil proteins to soil organic carbon in trifoliate orange	60
Soil microbial community structure affected by biochar and fertilizer sources	59
Cover crop biomass and species composition affect soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in semiarid cropping systems	58
Phase changes of continuous cropping obstacles in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) production	56
Global evaluation of commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants under greenhouse and field conditions	55
Nitrification and urease inhibitors improve rice nitrogen uptake and prevent denitrification in alkaline paddy soil	54
Use of compost and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria affect sugarcane mineral nutrition, phosphorus availability, and the soil bacterial community	53
Meta-analysis demonstrating that moderate grazing can improve the soil quality across China's grassland ecosystems	53

Long-term organic fertilization improves the productivity of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch.) through increasing rhizosphere microbial diversity and network complexity	53
Effects of long-term no-tillage with different straw mulching frequencies on soil microbial community and the abundances of two soil-borne pathogens	49
Soil microbial communities affected by vegetation, topography and soil properties in a forest ecosystem	49
Enzymatic activity of soils and soil organic matter stabilization as an effect of components released from the decomposition of litter	48
Colonization of Vigna radiata by a halotolerant bacterium Kosakonia sacchari improves the ionic balance, stressor metabolites, antioxidant status and yield under NaCl stress	47
Simulated root exudates stimulate the abundance of Saccharimonadales to improve the alkaline phosphatase activity in maize rhizosphere	47
Tea leaves biochar as a carrier of Bacillus cereus improves the soil function and crop productivity	47
Crop rotation, but not cover crops, influenced soil bacterial community composition in a corn-soybean system in southern Wisconsin	46
Long-term fertilization enhanced carbon mineralization and maize biomass through physical protection of organic carbon in fractions under continuous maize cropping	45
Evaluation of the ecological restoration of a coal mine dump by exploring the characteristics of microbial communities	45
Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis	44
Meta-analysis reveals benefits of co-inoculation of soybean with Azospirillum brasilense and Bradyrhizobium spp. in Brazil	42
Impacts of soil microplastics on crops: A review	42
Do tree plantations or cultivated fields have the same ability to maintain soil quality as natural forests?	42
Bacterial functional prediction tools detect but underestimate metabolic diversity compared to shotgun metagenomics in southwest Florida soils	41
Denitrifier abundance and community composition linked to denitrification activity in an agricultural and wetland soil	41
Differences in bacterial community structure and potential functions among Eucalyptus plantations with different ages and species of trees	41