OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 43. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Temporal and spatial dynamics and functional metabolism of dark septate endophytes of Gymnocarpos przewalskii Maxim. in Northwest Desert, China	161
The effect of tillage and no-tillage system on culturable fungal communities in the rhizosphere and soil of two spelt cultivars	141
Soil microbiota resilience in a two-decade long-term experiment comparing an organic and a conventional cropping system	113
Short-term effects of co-applied biochar and paper mill biosolids on soil microbial communities under field conditions	113
Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America	100
Effects of controlled release potassium chloride application on rhizosphere bacterial community and metabolites under reduced irrigation volume	97
Nitrogen deposition in the middle-aged and mature coniferous forest: Impacts on soil microbial community structure and function	93
Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology	84
Composition and activity of soil microbial communities in native and non-native vegetation of southern California	79
Editorial Board	74
Temperature mediates microbial multitrophic communities assembly and soil-borne fungal pathogens in coastal ecosystems	74
Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil microbiotas as compared to monocultures in a multilocation field experiment	68
Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows	67
Comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are metabolically active in a subtropical estuarine wetland	65
Adding ligneous litter to cultivated organic soil changes the soil micro-food web and alters soil nitrogen availability	64
Soil fungal communities associated with chili pepper respond to mineral and organic fertilization and application of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum	63
Editorial Board	62
Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study	62
Effects of soil microbial communities associated to different soil fertilization practices on tomato growth in intensive greenhouse agriculture	60
Biological soil conditioner with reduced rates of chemical fertilization improves soil functionality and enhances rice production in vegetable-rice rotation	57
Combined pot experiments and subsequent DNA-SIP incubations reveal a core microbiota involved in modulating crop nitrogen uptake derived from soil	57
Biochar amendment shifts bacterial keystone taxa regulating soil phosphorus dynamics	56
Soil sulfur cycle bacteria and metabolites affected by soil depth and afforestation conditions in high-sulfur coal mining areas	56
Functional diversity and behavioral changes of microbial communities under salt affected soils	55
Soil sodicity affected the arbuscular mycorrhizal community and its interactions with bacteria in the Western Songnen Plain	52

Deciphering the mechanisms through which arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis reduces nitrogen losses in agroecosystems	51
Earthworms increase soil carbon dioxide emissions through changing microbial community structure and activity under high nitrogen addition	51
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	51
Bacterial diversity loss weakens community functional stability	51
Symbiotic soil fungi suppress N2O emissions but facilitate nitrogen remobilization to grains in sandy but not clay soils under organic amendments	50
Rhizospheric microbial community in plant species from the Phaseolus genus	50
Niche differentiation shapes the community assembly of fungi associated with evergreen trees in the Horqin desert	49
Lure and starve: Host root exudates to suppress field populations of cyst nematodes	49
Contribution of Suillus variegatus to the ecological restoration of 10-year-old Pinus tabuliformis on the Loess Plateau	48
Relationships of bacterial-feeding nematodes, phosphatase-producing bacteria, phosphatase activity and their effects on soil organic phosphorus mineralization under straw return	47
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	47
Impact of rhizosphere priming on soil organic carbon dynamics: Insights from the perspective of carbon fractions	47
Returning farmland to forests and grasslands promotes soil quality restoration in Northeast China: Evidence from soil nitrogen cycle	46
Elevated CO2 alters aggregate‑carbon and microbial community but does not affect total soil organic C in the semi-arid tropics	46
A cryptically diverse microbial community drives organic matter decomposition in forests	45
Too much of a good thing: Evidence of sodium stress in an inland subtropical riparian detrital system	44
Vegetation drives soil microbial metabolic limitation through modifications of soil properties and microbial biomass during desert grassland-shrubland state anthropogenic transition	44
Deep-rooted winter wheat cover crop promotes subsoil organic carbon storage through improved microbial functional traits	44
Root hydraulic redistribution underlies the insensitivity of soil respiration to combined heat and drought	43
Effects of nitrogen and water addition on N2O emissions in temperate grasslands, northern China	43
Stimulation versus inhibition: The effect of microplastics on pak choi growth	43
Enhancing the immobilization efficiency of mercapto-palygorskite on soil Cd through earthworm addition: Cd fractions, soil aggregates, and bacterial community	43