OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 49. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

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	196
Effects of allelochemical 4-vinyl guaiacol and pathogen co-treatment on the physiological characteristics and soil microbial community structure in the Lanzhou lily	183
Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows	134
Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil microbiotas as compared to monocultures in a multilocation field experiment	123
Soil microbiota resilience in a two-decade long-term experiment comparing an organic and a conventional cropping system	119
Soil sodicity affected the arbuscular mycorrhizal community and its interactions with bacteria in the Western Songnen Plain	118
Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology	107
Soil sulfur cycle bacteria and metabolites affected by soil depth and afforestation conditions in high-sulfur coal mining areas	102
Too much of a good thing: Evidence of sodium stress in an inland subtropical riparian detrital system	97
Temperature mediates microbial multitrophic communities assembly and soil-borne fungal pathogens in coastal ecosystems	91
Editorial Board	90
Effects of controlled release potassium chloride application on rhizosphere bacterial community and metabolites under reduced irrigation volume	84
Editorial Board	83
Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America	76
The effect of tillage and no-tillage system on culturable fungal communities in the rhizosphere and soil of two spelt cultivars	76
Niche-conserved bacterial consortia enhanced maize agro-physiological performance and soil biological P-related traits under low-P conditions	75
Influence of distillery sewage sludge application placement methods on microbial community functions in sorghum rhizosphere: Focus on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling	74
Effects of anthropogenic activities on soil microbial community structure and methane anaerobic oxidation rate in coastal wetlands of Yellow River Delta, China	71
Tree growth is linked to the diversity of belowground fungal functional guilds across nine Chinese fir plantations in subtropics	71
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reshape the stability and complexity of micro-food webs in the shrubland soils of a dryland ecosystem	69
Co-existence of Glomus versiforme and nitrile butadiene rubber has an antagonistic effect on soil greenhouse gas emissions	67
Impact of plant litter decomposition on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality	66
A cryptically diverse microbial community drives organic matter decomposition in forests	65
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	65
Topographic patterns of soil traits and macro fauna in oriental beech forests in Iran	65

Vermicompost and Azotobacter chroococcum amendment of saline-alkali soil decreases nitrogen loss and increases nitrogen uptake confirmed by ZmNRT1.1B of maize	64
Nitrogen deposition in the middle-aged and mature coniferous forest: Impacts on soil microbial community structure and function	62
Editorial Board	62
Insights into soil carbon metabolism and carbon sequestration capacity under organic fertilizer substitution model	60
Composition and activity of soil microbial communities in native and non-native vegetation of southern California	59
Biochar amendment shifts bacterial keystone taxa regulating soil phosphorus dynamics	57
Temporal and spatial dynamics and functional metabolism of dark septate endophytes of Gymnocarpos przewalskii Maxim. in Northwest Desert, China	57
Deep-rooted winter wheat cover crop promotes subsoil organic carbon storage through improved microbial functional traits	55
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	54
Bacterial diversity loss weakens community functional stability	54
Microbial community assembly elucidates differential biotic homogenization in soils caused by agricultural expansion in the Yangtze River estuary	53
Straw-mediated CH4 production via distinct methanogenic pathways in two paddy soils	53
Vegetation drives soil microbial metabolic limitation through modifications of soil properties and microbial biomass during desert grassland-shrubland state anthropogenic transition	52
Elevated CO2 alters aggregate‑carbon and microbial community but does not affect total soil organic C in the semi-arid tropics	52
Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study	52
Impacts of lime application on soil bacterial microbiome in dryland wheat soil in the Pacific Northwest	52
Relationships of bacterial-feeding nematodes, phosphatase-producing bacteria, phosphatase activity and their effects on soil organic phosphorus mineralization under straw return	52
Comparison of Lycium barbarum and Chenopodium glaucum litter decomposition reveals differential impacts on fusarium abundance and microbial community structure under field conditions	52
Effect of salt-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation on soil bacterial community and ecological function groups in coastal saline land	51
Ageing conditions of tire wear particles alter the effects of their leachates on soil	51
Biological soil conditioner with reduced rates of chemical fertilization improves soil functionality and enhances rice production in vegetable-rice rotation	49
Fungal-based soil food webs, not local plant nor abiotic properties, are most affected by rhizome-derived secondary metabolites of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)	49
Potential effect of biogas slurry application to mitigate of peak N2O emission without compromising crop yield in North China Plain cropping systems	49
Mitomycin C-induced prophage activation for exploring the Lysogeny-lysis functional dynamics in situ	49
Cessation of manure application diminishes the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genes by altering bacterial interaction patterns in soil–lettuce systems	49
Functional diversity and behavioral changes of microbial communities under salt affected soils	49
Combined pot experiments and subsequent DNA-SIP incubations reveal a core microbiota involved in modulating crop nitrogen uptake derived from soil	49