OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 48. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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	191
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reshape the stability and complexity of micro-food webs in the shrubland soils of a dryland ecosystem	173
Effects of allelochemical 4-vinyl guaiacol and pathogen co-treatment on the physiological characteristics and soil microbial community structure in the Lanzhou lily	133
Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows	122
Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil microbiotas as compared to monocultures in a multilocation field experiment	115
Soil fungal communities associated with chili pepper respond to mineral and organic fertilization and application of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum	110
Do neighbours matter? Soil mycobiome and mycorrhizal colonization of Ulmus laevis seedlings grown in the vicinity of arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal trees	101
Mitomycin C-induced prophage activation for exploring the Lysogeny-lysis functional dynamics in situ	101
Too much of a good thing: Evidence of sodium stress in an inland subtropical riparian detrital system	88
Symbiotic soil fungi suppress N2O emissions but facilitate nitrogen remobilization to grains in sandy but not clay soils under organic amendments	85
Temperature mediates microbial multitrophic communities assembly and soil-borne fungal pathogens in coastal ecosystems	83
The effect of tillage and no-tillage system on culturable fungal communities in the rhizosphere and soil of two spelt cultivars	82
Adding ligneous litter to cultivated organic soil changes the soil micro-food web and alters soil nitrogen availability	81
Contribution of Suillus variegatus to the ecological restoration of 10-year-old Pinus tabuliformis on the Loess Plateau	77
Earthworms increase soil carbon dioxide emissions through changing microbial community structure and activity under high nitrogen addition	75
The use of manure shifts the response of α-diversity and network while not β-diversity of soil microbes to altered irrigation regimes	73
Editorial Board	73
Microbial community assembly elucidates differential biotic homogenization in soils caused by agricultural expansion in the Yangtze River estuary	72
Effects of controlled release potassium chloride application on rhizosphere bacterial community and metabolites under reduced irrigation volume	68
Editorial Board	68
Elevated CO2 alters aggregate‑carbon and microbial community but does not affect total soil organic C in the semi-arid tropics	66
Soil sulfur cycle bacteria and metabolites affected by soil depth and afforestation conditions in high-sulfur coal mining areas	65
A cryptically diverse microbial community drives organic matter decomposition in forests	63
Deep-rooted winter wheat cover crop promotes subsoil organic carbon storage through improved microbial functional traits	62
Effects of nitrogen and water addition on N2O emissions in temperate grasslands, northern China	62

Root hydraulic redistribution underlies the insensitivity of soil respiration to combined heat and drought	62
Insights into soil carbon metabolism and carbon sequestration capacity under organic fertilizer substitution model	62
Temporal and spatial dynamics and functional metabolism of dark septate endophytes of Gymnocarpos przewalskii Maxim. in Northwest Desert, China	61
Composition and activity of soil microbial communities in native and non-native vegetation of southern California	60
Functional diversity and behavioral changes of microbial communities under salt affected soils	57
Biochar amendment shifts bacterial keystone taxa regulating soil phosphorus dynamics	57
Effect of value-added organic co-products from four industrial chains on functioning of plant disease suppressive soil and their potentiality to enhance soil quality: A review from the perspective of	57
Fungal-based soil food webs, not local plant nor abiotic properties, are most affected by rhizome-derived secondary metabolites of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)	55
One-time application of struvites, ashes and superphosphate had no major impact on the microbial phosphorus mobilization capabilities over 15-months in a grassland field trial	54
Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America	54
Niche-conserved bacterial consortia enhanced maize agro-physiological performance and soil biological P-related traits under low-P conditions	54
Co-existence of Glomus versiforme and nitrile butadiene rubber has an antagonistic effect on soil greenhouse gas emissions	53
Lure and starve: Host root exudates to suppress field populations of cyst nematodes	52
Enhancing the immobilization efficiency of mercapto-palygorskite on soil Cd through earthworm addition: Cd fractions, soil aggregates, and bacterial community	52
Organic carbon negatively affects the diversity of soil nitrous oxide reducers in Chinese fir plantations at a regional scale	52
Deciphering the mechanisms through which arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis reduces nitrogen losses in agroecosystems	51
Impact of plant litter decomposition on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality	51
Biological soil conditioner with reduced rates of chemical fertilization improves soil functionality and enhances rice production in vegetable-rice rotation	50
Unveiling changes in the rhizosphere bacteriome of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) inbred lines linked to their resistance to the soil borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae Kleb	49
Effects of anthropogenic activities on soil microbial community structure and methane anaerobic oxidation rate in coastal wetlands of Yellow River Delta, China	49
Influence of distillery sewage sludge application placement methods on microbial community functions in sorghum rhizosphere: Focus on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling	49
Vermicompost and Azotobacter chroococcum amendment of saline-alkali soil decreases nitrogen loss and increases nitrogen uptake confirmed by ZmNRT1.1B of maize	49
Topographic patterns of soil traits and macro fauna in oriental beech forests in Iran	49
Niche differentiation shapes the community assembly of fungi associated with evergreen trees in the Horqin desert	48
Editorial Board	48
Potential effect of biogas slurry application to mitigate of peak N2O emission without compromising crop yield in North China Plain cropping systems	48