OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Soil Biology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Rhizosphere microbial diversity and community dynamics during potato cultivation	51
Significant decline in banana Fusarium wilt disease is associated with soil microbiome reconstruction under chilli pepper-banana rotation	39
Combined biochar and nitrogen fertilizer change soil enzyme and microbial activities in a 2-year field trial	37
Changes in soil bacterial community and enzyme activity under five years straw returning in paddy soil	33
Comparative performance of conservation agriculture vis-a-vis organic and conventional farming, in enhancing plant attributes and rhizospheric bacterial diversity in Cajanus cajan: A field study	31
Interactive effects of soil pH and substrate quality on microbial utilization	27
Response of soil bacterial communities to the application of the herbicides imazethapyr and flumyzin	27
Effect of repeated drying-rewetting cycles on soil extracellular enzyme activities and microbial community composition in arid and semi-arid ecosystems	26
Litter composition has stronger influence on the structure of soil fungal than bacterial communities	25
Glomalin related protein and C16:1ω5 PLFA associated with AM fungi as potential signatures for assessing the soil C sequestration under contrasting soil management practices	25
Soil enzymes activity: Effect of climate smart agriculture on rhizosphere and bulk soil under cereal based systems of north-west India	25
Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil	25
Long-term effects of gravel mulching and straw mulching on soil physicochemical properties and bacterial and fungal community composition in the Loess Plateau of China	24
Stabilizing sand from dried-up lakebeds against wind erosion by accelerating biological soil crust development	22
Impact of N-fertilization and peanut shell biochar on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in a Typic Haplustoll under different management practices	22
Changes of acid and alkaline phosphatase activities in long-term chemical fertilization are driven by the similar soil properties and associated microbial community composition in acidic soil	22
Impacts of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil enzyme activity in a northern temperate forest ecosystem depend on the form and level of added nitrogen	21
Soil organic C and total N as well as microbial biomass C and N affect aggregate stability in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations	21
Bacterial communities drive the resistance of soil multifunctionality to land-use change in karst soils	21
Effect of land uses on soil microbial community structures among different soil depths in northeastern China	21
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation improve essential oil and physiological parameters and nutritional values of Thymus daenensis Celak and Thymus vulgaris L. under normal and drought stress cond	21
Divergent effects of drought and nitrogen deposition on microbial and arthropod soil communities in a Mediterranean forest	20
Microbial pathways account for the pH effect on soil N2O production	20
Effects of re-vegetation restoration on soil bacterial community structure in degraded land in subtropical China	19
Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers	19

Biochar interaction with chemical fertilizer regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and the abundance of key C-cycling-related bacteria in rhizosphere soil	18
Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality within a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system: Comparison with a monocropping system	18
Effects of addition of nitrogen-enriched biochar on bacteria and fungi community structure and C, N, P, and Fe stoichiometry in subtropical paddy soils	17
Long-term mineral fertilizer substitution by organic fertilizer and the effect on the abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in paddy soil of south China	17
Runoff and soil loss from small plots of erosion-prone marl soil inoculated with bacteria and cyanobacteria under real conditions	17
Composition, predicted functions, and co-occurrence networks of fungal and bacterial communities_ Links to soil organic carbon under long-term fertilization in a rice-wheat cropping system	16
Different responses of soil hydrolases and oxidases to extreme drought in an alpine peatland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	16
Implications of continuous and rotational cropping practices on soil bacterial communities in pineapple cultivation	16
Changes in soil biochemical properties following application of bentonite as a soil amendment	16
Lowering nitrogen inputs and optimizing fertilizer types can reduce direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions from rice-wheat rotation systems	16
Phylogeny of the Eisenia nordenskioldi complex based on mitochondrial genomes	15
Effects of nitrogen addition on C:N:P stoichiometry in moss crust-soil continuum in the N-limited Gurbantünggüt Desert, Northwest China	15
Eight years of manure fertilization favor copiotrophic traits in paddy soil microbiomes	15
Application of spent mushroom substrate suppresses Fusarium wilt in cucumber and alters the composition of the microbial community of the cucumber rhizosphere	15
Greater fungal and bacterial biomass in soil large macropores under no-tillage than mouldboard ploughing	14
Biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate rice root growth strategy and soil nutrient availability	14
Soil microbial community and enzymatic activity in soil particle-size fractions of spruce plantation and secondary birch forest	14
Responses of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to short-term warming and nitrogen input in a semi-arid grassland on the Loess Plateau	14
Precipitation exerts a strong inﬂuence on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community and network complexity in a semiarid steppe ecosystem	13
Effects of land use and elevation on the functional characteristics of soil enzymes at Mt. Kilimanjaro	13
Differences in the rhizosphere effects among trees, shrubs and herbs in three subtropical plantations and their seasonal variations	13
Aggregate-related changes in living microbial biomass and microbial necromass associated with different fertilization patterns of greenhouse vegetable soils	13
Contrasting effects of cover crops on earthworms: Results from field monitoring and laboratory experiments on growth, reproduction and food choice	12
Effects of rainfall amount and frequency on soil nitrogen mineralization in Zoigê alpine wetland	12
Effects of experimental warming, precipitation increase and their interaction on AM fungal community in an alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	12
Effects of root exudate stoichiometry on CO2 emission from paddy soil	12
Crust cover and prior soil moisture status affect the response of soil microbial community and function to extreme rain events in an arid area	11
Abundance and diversity of denitrifying bacterial communities associated with N2O emission under long-term organic farming	11
Investigating some mechanisms underlying stress metal adaptations of two Burkholderia sensu lato species isolated from New Caledonian ultramafic soils	11
Vegetation rehabilitation increases soil enzyme activities in degraded land via carbon supply and nitrogen retention	11
Prokaryotic community assembly after 40 years of soda solonetz restoration by natural grassland and reclaimed farmland	11
Response of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea abundance and activity to land use changes in agricultural systems of the Central Andes	11
Effect of land use and seasonality on nematode faunal structure and ecosystem functions in the Caatinga dry forest	11
Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen predict large-scale distribution of soil fungal communities in temperate and alpine shrub ecosystems	10
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics affected by litter and nitrogen addition in a grassland soil: Role of fungi	10
Contrasting effects of long term phosphorus fertilization on glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP)	10
Soil enzyme activities under the impact of long-term pollution from mining-metallurgical copper production	10
Contribution of environmental factors on the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil	10
Soil fungi are more sensitive than bacteria to short-term plant interactions of Picea asperata and Abies faxoniana	10
Microbial tradeoffs in internal and external use of resources regulated by phosphorus and carbon availability	10
Labile fractions of soil nutrients shape the distribution of bacterial communities towards phosphorus recycling systems over elevation gradients in Gongga Mountain, SW China	10
Effects of N addition and clipping on above and belowground plant biomass, soil microbial community structure, and function in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	9
Effects of salinity on microbial utilization of straw carbon and microbial residues retention in newly reclaimed coastal soil	9
Tracing controls of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification in terrestrial soils	9
The impact of cropping system, tillage and season on shaping soil fungal community in a long-term field trial	9
Tree-scale spatial responses of extracellular enzyme activities and stoichiometry to different types of fertilization and cover crop in an apple orchard	9
Biochar can reduce N2O production potential from rhizosphere of fertilized agricultural soils by suppressing bacterial denitrification	9
Soil diatom communities and their relation to environmental factors in three types of soil from four cities in central-west China	9
Microbial trade-off in soil organic carbon storage in a no-till continuous corn agroecosystem	9
Effect of grazing exclusion on the temperature sensitivity of soil net nitrogen mineralization in the Inner Mongolian grasslands	8

Level of soil moisture determines the ability of Eisenia fetida to re-incorporate carbon from decomposed rice straw into the soil	8
Effect of canopy gap size on soil respiration in a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest: Evidence from biotic and abiotic factors	8
A comparative study of the fauna associated with nest mounds of native and introduced populations of the red wood ant Formica paralugubris	7
Drainage class and soil phosphorus availability shape microbial communities in Irish grasslands	7
Earthworm communities are supported by perennial bioenergy cropping systems	7
Varying interactive effects of climate, soil properties, and gross nitrogen dynamics on biomass production between the topsoil and the subsoil in natural grassland ecosystems	7
Response of soil bacterial communities to organic carbon input under soil freeze-thaw in forest ecosystems	7
Dramatic shifts in fungal communities following application of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth L.) in upland of Ultisol	6
Effect of subtilisin, a protease from Bacillus sp., on soil biochemical parameters and microbial biodiversity	6
Pectin drives microbial phosphorus solubilization in soil: Evidence from isolation-based and community-scale approaches	6
Saprotrophic fungi buffer the adverse effects of soil acidification on the soil nutrient supply ability of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations	6
A long-term effect of Larix monocultures on soil physicochemical properties and microbes in northeast China	6
Spatial and temporal variations of the community structure and abundance of Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens-like archaea in paddy soils	6
Effect of different fertilization regimes on the vertical distribution of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in paddy soils	6
Contrasting phylogeographic patterns of earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) on near-shore mediterranean islands	6
Responses of soil insect communities to alpine wetland degradation on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	6
Multiple dimensions of soil food-web research: History and prospects	6
Soil organic matter mobilization by re-compaction of old forest skid trails	6
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils	6
The fate of primed soil carbon between biomass immobilization and respiration is controlled by nutrient availability	6
Litter chemical quality and bacterial community structure influenced decomposition in acidic forest soil	6
Alteration in enzymatic stoichiometry controls the response of soil organic carbon dynamic to nitrogen and water addition in temperate cultivated grassland	5
Microbial assembly adapted to low-P soils in three subtropical forests by increasing the maximum rate of substrate conversion of acid phosphatases but not by decreasing the half-saturation constant	5
Effects of shrub revegetation on ground-active arthropod diversity and trophic structure in the Tengger desert	5
NemaRec: A deep learning-based web application for nematode image identification and ecological indices calculation	5
Land use and mineral fertilization influence soil microbial biomass and residues: A case study of a Chinese Mollisol	5
Potential effect of nitrate applied during flood period on N2O emissions during subsequent drainage in a paddy soil	5
Glyphosate spraying and earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. activity: Evaluating short-term impact in a glasshouse experiment simulating cereal post-harvest	5
Microbial communities in soil macro-aggregates with less connected networks respire less across successional and geographic gradients	5
Changes in alpine grassland type drive niche differentiation of nitrifying communities on the Qinghai‒Tibetan Plateau	5
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth and reproduction of cherry tomato can be persistent to the next generation	5
Springtail (Hexapoda: Collembola) functional group composition varies between different biotopes in Russian rice growing systems	5
Effects of rumen microorganisms on straw returning to soil at different depths	5
The compositions of rhizosphere microbiomes of wild and cultivated soybeans changed following the hybridization of their F1 and F2 generations	5
Role of microbial communities in conferring resistance and resilience of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling following contrasting stresses	5
Effect of pulse precipitation on soil CO2 release in different grassland types on the Tibetan Plateau	5
Changes in soil quality, bacterial community and anti-pepper Phytophthora disease ability after combined application of straw and multifunctional composite bacterial strains	5
A practical approach to constructing a knowledge graph for soil ecological research	5
Nutrient cycling and microbial responses to termite and earthworm activity in soils amended with woody residues in the Sudano-Sahel	5
The formation of protected SOM facilitated by labile C input via artificial roots	5
Non-additive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on microbial biomass and residue distribution in a subtropical plantation	4
Key drivers of soil arthropod community shift across a subalpine forest series vary greatly with litter and topsoil layers	4
Changes in microbial and physicochemical properties under cover crop inclusion in a degraded common bean monoculture system	4
The presence of earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus rather than organic matter sources indirectly controls N2O flux in tropical plantation soils	4
Soil microbial community structure is unaltered by grazing intensity and plant species richness in a temperate grassland steppe in northern China	4
Enemy-free space and the distribution of ants, springtails and termites in the soil of one tropical rainforest	4
Spatial variations in bacterial and archaeal abundance and community composition in boreal forest pine mycorrhizospheres	4
Soil microorganisms decrease barley biomass uniformly across contrasting nitrogen availability	4
Effects of transgenic oilseed rape harboring the Cry1Ac gene on microbial communities in the rhizosphere soil	4
Microbial community structure and function in paddy soil as affected by water-saving irrigation mode	4
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria dominate soil nitrification under different fertilization regimes in black soils of northeast China	4
Straw amendment and soil tillage alter soil organic carbon chemical composition and are associated with microbial community structure	4
Responses of crop yields, soil enzymatic activities, and microbial communities to different long-term organic materials applied with chemical fertilizer in purple soil	4
Responses of soil organic carbon mineralization and its temperature sensitivity to re-vegetation in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China	4
Differences in the effects of sodium selenate and sodium selenite on the mortality, reproduction, lipid peroxidation and glutathione redox status of Folsomia candida Willem 1902 (Collembola)	4
Water content and communities of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria affect elemental sulfur oxidation in silty and sandy loam soils	4
Resuscitation of soil microbiota after > 70-years of desiccation	3
High-throughput sequencing covers greater nematode diversity than conventional morphotyping on natural cedar forests in Yakushima Island, Japan	3
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport	3
Warming affects soil metabolome: The case study of Icelandic grasslands	3
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China	3
Dominance of archaeal ammonia-oxidizers in soil nitrification across different soil types and fertilities in North China plain	3
Long-term nitrogen-addition-induced shifts in the ectomycorrhizal fungal community are associated with changes in fine root traits and soil properties in a mixed Pinus koraiensis forest	3
Common and management-specific responses of grassland soil bacterial communities to manure and chlortetracycline amendments	3
Leguminous green manure mitigates methane emissions in paddy field by regulating acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens	3
Roles of plants in controlling the response of soil bacterial community to climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	3
Phylogeography and genetic lineages of Aporrectodea rosea (Lumbricidae, Annelida)	3
Effects of single plant functional type loss on microbial community composition and litter decomposition in an alpine timberline ecotone	3
Soil biota community structure and litter traits of grape vine plantation and natural ecosystem from Southern Brazil	3
Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates	3
Forest plant cover and mineral type determine the diversity and composition of mineral-colonizing fungal communities	3
Diversity of soil arthropods in sugarcane in the Brazilian Cerrado: Influence of tillage systems, extraction methods, and sampling time	3
Importance of fungi in a 63 years old long-term field experiment with 20 years of maize growth	3
Effect of long-term nutrient management practices on soil health and paddy yield of rice-rice-fallow cropping system in tropic humid climate	3
Earthworm burrow number and vertical distribution are affected by the crop sequence of a grass-clover rotation system	3
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation	3
Unearthing the genetic divergence and gene flow of the earthworm Amynthas_YN2017 sp. (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) populations based on restriction site-associated DNA sequencing	3