OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pedosphere is 8. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Complementary effect of zoo compost with mineral nitrogen fertilisation increases wheat yield and nutrition in a low-nutrient soil	192
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis	149
Research progress on synthetic pyrethroid biodegradation: Current status, pathways, mechanisms, and enzyme enhancement strategies	148
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from five contrasting rice production systems in the tropics	137
Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the distribution of cadmium in black soil: Perspectives from soil aggregate turnover	114
Integrated agronomic practice management decreases soil carbon emission and increases environmental ecological benefits of summer maize	108
Effects of substituting chemical fertilizers with manure on rice yield and soil labile nitrogen in paddy fields of China: A meta-analysis	94
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for salinity stress: Anti-stress role and mechanisms	77
Impacts of land use and salinization on soil inorganic and organic carbon in the middle-lower Yellow River Delta	64
Short-term biochar effect on soil physicochemical and microbiological properties of a degraded alpine grassland	63
A conceptual framework and an empirical test of complementarity and facilitation with respect to phosphorus uptake by plant species mixtures	60
Effect of lignite amendment on carbon and nitrogen mineralization from raw and composted manure during incubation with soil	60
Effects of nanofertilizer and nano-plant hormone on soil chemical properties and microbial community in two different soil types	58
Change of pore water near the freezing front during soil freezing: Migration and mechanisms	56
Sustainable remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils: Capture by Fe3O4/polyaniline nanocomposites and removal by magnetic separation	55
Wheat morphological and biochemical responses to copper oxide nanoparticles in two soils	48
Brackish water irrigation-induced recruitment of specific consortium determines microbial resistance that facilitates crop yield in a field experiment	48
Reclamation of oil-induced soil hydrophobicity in the hyper-arid Evrona Nature Reserve, southern Israel	46
Phosphorus cycling genes, enzyme activities and microbial communities shift based on green manure residues and soil environment	45
Cropping leads to loss of soil organic matter: How can we prevent it?	45
Effect of sulfur fertilizers applied at agronomic rates on cadmium availability in agricultural soils: insights from a batch experiment	44
Social insects behind the microgranular structure of Ferralsols: Consequences for their physical fertility when cultivated	38
Sustainable phytoremediation technologies for the efficient removal of toxic metals from coal mining contaminated soils with the potential approaches of circular bioeconomy	38
Reclamation and vegetation effects on labile and stable soil organic carbon fractions in spoil heaps of coal mining waste	37
Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on soil water retention curve and tensile strength	33

Structure, variation and assembly processes of bacterial communities in different root-associated niches of tomato under periodic drought and nitrogen addition	33
Straw return strengthened straw C assimilating bacterial diversity and interaction, especially in soil small macroaggregates and microaggregates	32
Harnessing plant-rhizobacteria alliances for nutrient homeostasis in depleting soilscape: Shifting paradigms beyond chemical fertilizers	32
Simulating soil erodibility in southeastern China using a sequential Gaussian algorithm	32
Variability in pattern and hydrogen isotope composition (δ2H) of long-chain n-alkanes of surface soils and its relations to climate and vegetation characteristics: A meta-analysis	31
Exploring the characteristics of microbial community and enzyme activity in the aged refuse landfill environment of Taiyuan, China	27
Effects of microtopographic modification on soil labile organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities in urban restored wetlands	27
MilTilV: a vertically resolved microbial explicit soil organic carbon turnover model integrated the effect of tillage operation	26
Microalgal bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture and their interactions with soil biotic and abiotic components: A review	26
Phosphorus accumulation and leaching risk of greenhouse vegetable soils in Southeast China	26
Pedotransfer functions for predicting bulk density of coastal soils in East China	25
An evaluation approach for sustainable mega-site remediation in China integrated with remedial duration	24
Soil health for future generations: Ensuring sustainable agriculture and ecosystem resilience	24
Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity and carbon cycling-related genes along an elevational gradient in arid mountain ecosystems	24
Soils in extraterrestrial space: Need for studies under microgravity	24
Microplastics behavior and distribution in mulched agricultural soil under semi-arid climate: A case study from Morocco	23
Plant- and microbe-assisted biochar amendment technology for petroleum hydrocarbon remediation in saline-sodic soils: A review	23
Optimizing water retention and nutrient release in soil with diammonium phosphate loaded guar gum/diatomite composite hydrogel: Implications for agriculture	23
Bacterial community characteristics in epigeic and anecic earthworm vermicompartments within soil-earthworm systems	22
Unveiling root exudates: composition, characterization, dynamics and collection strategies	22
An overview on biochar production, its implications, and mechanisms of biochar-induced amelioration of soil and plant characteristics	21
Global patterns of soil phosphatase responses to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization	21
Organo-mineral complexes in soil colloids: Implications for carbon storage in saline-alkaline paddy soils from an eight-year field experiment	21
Direct standardization transforms micro-NIR data for organic carbon and clay contents prediction in fresh soils	21
An empirical assessment of the impact of industrial contamination on Paddy production	21
Decomposition characteristics of woody peat and its mixtures with liable organic materials in a newly reclaimed saline-alkali soil: A one-year incubation experiment	20
How the development of barren land into orchards affects soil ecosystem in Tibet, China	20
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi differentially modulate polyamines or proline of peach in response to soil flooding	20
An effective planting model to decrease cadmium accumulation in rice grains and plants: Intercropping rice with wetland plants	20
Biochar from eucalyptus waste improves the chemical and biological properties of an Inceptisol and sugarcane yield over time under tropical conditions	19
Plant growth and development responses to sulfur nutrition and disease attack under climate change: role of sulfur and management strategies for wheat and barley	19
Effect of Zn binding to phytate and humic substances on its uptake by wheat (Triticum durum L.) as affected by carbonates and Fe oxides	19
Long-term effects of cropping regimes on soil organic carbon and aggregate stability in a Mollisol of Northeast China	19
Meta-analysis of microbial carbon use efficiency by enzyme-stoichiometry in China's agroecosystem	18
Assessing deep soil carbon stocks in California nut orchards: insights and opportunities for climate mitigation	18
Drying and rewetting affect chemical speciation and bioavailability of soil phosphorus in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem	18
Insights into the biodiversity, mechanisms and plant growth promoting effects of Bradyrhizobium and their potential in sustainable agriculture	18
Nitrogen fertilization degrades soil aggregation by increasing ammonium ions and decreasing biological binding agents on a Vertisol after 12 years	18
Soil protists: An untapped microbial resource of agriculture and environmental importance	17
The effect of different application rates of Zeolite in digestate fertilizer on NH3 and N2O emissions and plant N uptake	17
Improving Cd and Zn enrichment in leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) on heavy metal-contaminated soil using metal-activating probiotics	17
Articulating beneficial rhizobacteria-mediated plant defenses through induced systemic resistance: A review	16
Elevated CO2 enhances glomalin accumulation and cadmium (Cd) sequestration in soil of Funneliformis mosseae-inoculated black locust exposed to Cd contamination	16
Long-term manure application increased soil organic carbon and nitrogen mineralization through accumulation of unprotected and physically protected carbon fractions	16
Complementing culture-dependent and -independent approaches is essential when assessing bacterial community potential functions in chronically PAH-contaminated soil	16
Size fractions of organic matter pools influence their stability: Application of the Rock-Eval® analysis to beech forest soils	16
Mutualistic fungus Piriformospora indica modulates cadmium phytoremediation properties of host plant via concerted action of enzymatic and non-enzymatic biochemicals	16
Alterations of soil aggregates and intra-aggregate organic carbon fractions after soil conversion from paddy soils to upland soils: Distribution, mineralization and driving mechanism	15
Combining conservation tillage with nitrogen fertilization promotes maize straw decomposition by regulating soil microbial community and enzyme activities	15
Soil compression influences the avoidance behavior of Allonychiurus kimi (Collembola) to cadmium and copper	15

Effects of low molecular weight organic substances, biochars and temperature on the microbial carbon use efficiency	15
Potential inhibition of humic acid against soil-borne pathogenic fungi: A review	15
Information for Contributors to PEDOSPHERE	15
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings enriched with zinc or manganese: Their impacts on cadmium accumulation and expression of related genes	15
Aulacaspis yasumatsui infestations accelerate Cycas leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release	15
Soil microbial carbon consumption affected by tree and mammal diversity	15
Biochar amendment affected soil nitrogen transformation and nitrous oxide emissions: A 15N tracer study	14
Influence of ambient temperature (5~35°C) and freeze–thaw cycle on the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to soil organic matter in unsaturated soil	14
Spectral indices measured with proximal sensing using canopy reflectance sensor, chlorophyll meter and leaf color chart for in-season grain yield prediction of basmati rice	14
Preface: Special issue on soil ecology and sustainability for celebrating the 70th anniversary of ISSCAS	14
Microplastics in soil: Impacts and microbial diversity and degradation	14
Agronomic strategies to reduce the arsenic (As) concentration in rice in environments susceptible to high As concentration in grains from Argentina	13
Improving inherent soil productivity underpins agricultural sustainability	13
Adsorption/desorption characteristics of Cd, Cu and Pb on/from soil aggregate fractions from a calcareous soil profile in single and ternary systems	13
Synergistic response of the purple soil-ryegrass system to acidification and cadmium pollution	13
Long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization modulates methane uptake and microbial community dynamics in subtropical forest soils	13
Synthesis of an eco-friendly nanocomposite fertilizer for common bean based on carbon nanoparticles from agricultural waste biochar	13
Effect of synergistic urea by nitrification inhibitor coated with resin on wheat growth and soil nitrogen supply	13
15N tracers and microbial analyses reveal in situ N2O sources in contrasting water regimes of a drained peatland forest	13
Bioaugmentation of a novel bacterial consortium in cotton-planted soil for lambda-cyhalothrin degradation	13
Organic-inorganic fertilization promotes paddy soil macroaggregate organic carbon accumulation associated with key bacterial populations in subtropical China	12
Silicon and plant nutrition—dynamics, mechanisms of transport and role of silicon solubilizer microbiomes in sustainable agriculture: A review	12
Partial organic fertilizer substitution promotes soil multifunctionality by increasing microbial community diversity and complexity	12
Role of methylotrophic bacteria in managing abiotic stresses for enhancing agricultural production	12
Impacts of silver nanoparticles on enzymatic activities, nitrifying bacteria, and nitrogen transformation in soil amended with ammonium and nitrate	12
Positive effects of biochar application and Rhizophagus irregularis inoculation on mycorrhizal colonization, rice seedlings and phosphorus cycling in paddy soils	11
Biochar and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) application improves desert soil pH and water-holding characteristics and enhances Microcoleus vaginatus growth	11
Climatic effects on soil organic nitrogen fractions and amino acid chirality in paddy soils	11
Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances microbial contribution to mineral-associated organic carbon persistence in the soil: Insights from soil microbial community and microbial necromass carbon	11
Snow removal promotes microbial-mediated organic carbon stabilization within soil aggregates in a peatland of Northeast China	11
Lead stabilization in a polluted calcareous soil using cost-effective biochar and zeolite amendments after spinach cultivation	11
Some advances in important research on soil in a changing world	11
Straw management and fertilization improve soil aggregate stability by inducing biological binding agents and specific keystone genera	11
Medium and long-term liming of an acidified forest soil promotes the abundance and activity of the French endemic earthworm Aporrectodea velox	11
Stochasticity dominates assembly processes of soil nematode metacommunities on three Asian mountains	11
Chemical oxidation of arsenic in the environment and its application in remediation: A mini review	10
Time effects of rice straw and engineered bacteria on reduction of exogenous Cu mobility in three typical Chinese soils	10
Effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on the molecular responses of maize under drought and heat stresses: A review	10
Soil bacterial communities under slash and burn in Mozambique as revealed by a metataxonomic approach	10
Effect of biochar applied with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on soil microbial community composition and nitrogen utilization in tomato	10
Effects of soil amendment and foliar selenium applications on cadmium immobilization in soil and accumulation in wheat	10
Unraveling the diversity and heterogeneity of cyanobacterial assemblages of biocrusts in the Horqin Sandland, Inner Mongolia	10
Root traits determine the effects of organic amendments on aggregate organic carbon by regulating microbial multitrophic networks	10
Effects of deficit winter irrigation with overwintering freezing on oasis soil salinization and alkalization	10
Functional genes abundance associated with cellulose and hemicellulose degradation reveals the difference of wheat straw decomposition with contrasting tillage histories	10
Methane production and oxidation–-A review on the pmoA and mcrA gene abundances for understanding the functional potentials of agricultural soils	9
A novel nanosized FePO4 fertilizer is as effective as triple superphosphate in sustaining the growth of cucumber plants	9
Co-inoculation of protist and Bacillus enhances plant growth via reshaping rhizosphere bacterial community composition and function	9
Potential contributors to the quality of degraded soils in a hilly red soil region of southern China	9
Career opportunities in Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China	9
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophyte inoculation improve growth and tolerance of Pinus tabulaeformis under cadmium stress	9
Remineralizer associated with inoculation modifies the microbiological attributes of an Oxisol	9
Earthworm regulation of nitrogen pools and dynamics and marker genes of nitrogen cycling: A meta-analysis	9
Remediation of trichloromethane-contaminated soil and groundwater using microorganisms and iron-based materials: A review	9
Predicting phosphorus sorption isotherm parameters in soil using data of routine laboratory tests	9
Effects of the soil erosion rate and mollic epipedon thickness on soil nutrients in Northeast China	9
Agronomic performances of biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic film mulching on a maize cropping system in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China	8
Soil biota finds patchy habitat after prescribed burns	8
Laboratory and numerical modelling of irrigation infiltration and nitrogen leaching in homogeneous soils	8
Priming effect and its regulating factors for fast and slow soil organic carbon pools: A meta-analysis	8
Exogenous application of artificial humic substance can improve black soil properties and rice yield	8
Stress combination: When two negatives may become antagonistic, synergistic or additive for plants?	8
Viscoelasticity and shear resistance at the aggregate scale of structured and organic carbon-free Chernozems	8
Performance and challenges of hydroxyapatite and its nanocomposite-based nanofertilizers: A review	8
A critical review of microbially induced carbonate precipitation for soil stabilization: The global experiences and future prospective	8
Nano-sized humic acid improves phosphate fertiliser efficiency in chilli pepper	8
Rice-fish coculture without phosphorus addition improves phosphorus availability in paddy soil by regulating phosphorus fraction partitioning and alkaline phosphomonoesterase-encoding bacterial commun	8
Optical properties of water-extractable organic matter from soil respond to changes in irrigation water quality	8
Nematode-fungal interactions in agriculture: Elucidating the dynamics of pathogenic and biocontrol relationships and their prospects	8
Changes in particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon with land use in contrasting soils	8
Revitalizing soils: biochar's battle against heavy metal menace in plants—A review	8
Comparison of sampling designs for calibrating digital soil maps at multiple depths	8
The effect of mining pollution and climate change on microbial communities and human health	8
Soil mineral-associated and particulate organic matter differentially alleviate the toxic effects of 2,4,6-tribromophenol on arylsulfatase	8