OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pedosphere is 28. 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
Toxicity of cadmium and its competition with mineral nutrients for uptake by plants: A review	224
Biodiversity, current developments and potential biotechnological applications of phosphorus-solubilizing and -mobilizing microbes: A review	110
Transport of cadmium from soil to grain in cereal crops: A review	95
Environmental risks for application of iron and steel slags in soils in China: A review	72
Are humic substances soil microbial residues or unique synthesized compounds? A perspective on their distinctiveness	70
Advances in fungal-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals: A review	68
Strategies to mitigate the adverse effect of drought stress on crop plants—influences of soil bacteria: A review	68
An overview on biochar production, its implications, and mechanisms of biochar-induced amelioration of soil and plant characteristics	62
Impact of a biochar or a biochar-compost mixture on water relation, nutrient uptake and photosynthesis of Phragmites karka	58
Hydrogen cyanide production by soil bacteria: Biological control of pests and promotion of plant growth in sustainable agriculture	55
Contribution of microbial phytases to the improvement of plant growth and nutrition: A review	54
Effects of long-term fertilizer applications on peanut yield and quality and plant and soil heavy metal accumulation	53
Potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria-plant interactions in mitigating salt stress for sustainable agriculture: A review	53
Optimization and modeling of glyphosate biodegradation by a novel Comamonas odontotermitis P2 through response surface methodology	52
Human and ecological risks of metals in soils under different land-use types in an urban environment of Bangladesh	48
Co-incorporation of rice straw and leguminous green manure can increase soil available nitrogen (N) and reduce carbon and N losses: An incubation study	45
Actinobacteria-enhanced plant growth, nutrient acquisition, and crop protection: Advances in soil, plant, and microbial multifactorial interactions	42
Short-term effects of biochar and gypsum on soil hydraulic properties and sodicity in a saline-alkali soil	41
A review of cadmium sorption mechanisms on soil mineral surfaces revealed from synchrotron-based X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy: Implications for soil remediation	41
Efficiency of KOH-modified rice straw-derived biochar for reducing cadmium mobility, bioaccessibility and bioavailability risk index in red soil	39
Effects of long-term fertilization with different substitution ratios of organic fertilizer on paddy soil	36
Synthesis of an eco-friendly nanocomposite fertilizer for common bean based on carbon nanoparticles from agricultural waste biochar	33
Microplastics in soil: Impacts and microbial diversity and degradation	32
Bacterial communities in paddy soils changed by milk vetch as green manure: A study conducted across six provinces in South China	30
Responses of soil microbial communities and functions associated with organic carbon mineralization to nitrogen addition in a Tibetan grassland	30

Rhizosphere microbiomes can regulate plant drought tolerance	29
Long-time precipitation reduction and nitrogen deposition increase alter soil nitrogen dynamic by influencing soil bacterial communities and functional groups	29
Soil phosphorus availability and rice phosphorus uptake in paddy fields under various agronomic practices	28