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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reshape the stability and complexity of micro-food webs in the shrubland soils of a dryland ecosystem	218
Organic fertilization improves activities of phosphomonoesters hydrolase in rhizosphere to facilitate phosphorus acquisition in cucumber and accumulates organic phosphorus in soil	214
Microbial community assembly elucidates differential biotic homogenization in soils caused by agricultural expansion in the Yangtze River estuary	167
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	150
The use of manure shifts the response of α-diversity and network while not β-diversity of soil microbes to altered irrigation regimes	140
Temperature mediates microbial multitrophic communities assembly and soil-borne fungal pathogens in coastal ecosystems	135
Editorial Board	107
Effects of controlled release potassium chloride application on rhizosphere bacterial community and metabolites under reduced irrigation volume	106
Editorial Board	105
Editorial Board	102
Enhancing the immobilization efficiency of mercapto-palygorskite on soil Cd through earthworm addition: Cd fractions, soil aggregates, and bacterial community	97
Bacterial diversity loss weakens community functional stability	92
Rhizospheric microbial community in plant species from the Phaseolus genus	90
Effects of allelochemical 4-vinyl guaiacol and pathogen co-treatment on the physiological characteristics and soil microbial community structure in the Lanzhou lily	86
Ageing conditions of tire wear particles alter the effects of their leachates on soil	77
Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows	77
Do neighbours matter? Soil mycobiome and mycorrhizal colonization of Ulmus laevis seedlings grown in the vicinity of arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal trees	76
Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil microbiotas as compared to monocultures in a multilocation field experiment	75
Co-existence of Glomus versiforme and nitrile butadiene rubber has an antagonistic effect on soil greenhouse gas emissions	74
Vermicompost and Azotobacter chroococcum amendment of saline-alkali soil decreases nitrogen loss and increases nitrogen uptake confirmed by ZmNRT1.1B of maize	68
Influence of distillery sewage sludge application placement methods on microbial community functions in sorghum rhizosphere: Focus on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling	64
Soil microbiota resilience in a two-decade long-term experiment comparing an organic and a conventional cropping system	63
Effect of salt-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation on soil bacterial community and ecological function groups in coastal saline land	63
Tree growth is linked to the diversity of belowground fungal functional guilds across nine Chinese fir plantations in subtropics	61
Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology	59

Impact of plant litter decomposition on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality	58
Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study	58
Topographic patterns of soil traits and macro fauna in oriental beech forests in Iran	58
Short-term effects of co-applied biochar and paper mill biosolids on soil microbial communities under field conditions	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)	57
Comparison of Lycium barbarum and Chenopodium glaucum litter decomposition reveals differential impacts on fusarium abundance and microbial community structure under field conditions	57
A cryptically diverse microbial community drives organic matter decomposition in forests	57
Lure and starve: Host root exudates to suppress field populations of cyst nematodes	56
Temporal and spatial dynamics and functional metabolism of dark septate endophytes of Gymnocarpos przewalskii Maxim. in Northwest Desert, China	56
Biological soil conditioner with reduced rates of chemical fertilization improves soil functionality and enhances rice production in vegetable-rice rotation	55
Organic carbon negatively affects the diversity of soil nitrous oxide reducers in Chinese fir plantations at a regional scale	54
Stimulation versus inhibition: The effect of microplastics on pak choi growth	53
Niche differentiation shapes the community assembly of fungi associated with evergreen trees in the Horqin desert	52
Cessation of manure application diminishes the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genes by altering bacterial interaction patterns in soil–lettuce systems	51
Soil fungal communities associated with chili pepper respond to mineral and organic fertilization and application of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum	50
Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America	49
Comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are metabolically active in a subtropical estuarine wetland	49
Winter cover crops alter nematode community composition and soil health dynamics in corn-soybean systems	48
Straw-mediated CH4 production via distinct methanogenic pathways in two paddy soils	47
Earthworms increase soil carbon dioxide emissions through changing microbial community structure and activity under high nitrogen addition	47
Soil sulfur cycle bacteria and metabolites affected by soil depth and afforestation conditions in high-sulfur coal mining areas	45
The effect of tillage and no-tillage system on culturable fungal communities in the rhizosphere and soil of two spelt cultivars	45