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. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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	49
Soil enzymes activity: Effect of climate smart agriculture on rhizosphere and bulk soil under cereal based systems of north-west India	41
Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil	39
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	39
Response of soil bacterial communities to the application of the herbicides imazethapyr and flumyzin	38
Biochar interaction with chemical fertilizer regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and the abundance of key C-cycling-related bacteria in rhizosphere soil	36
Bacterial communities drive the resistance of soil multifunctionality to land-use change in karst soils	34
Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality within a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system: Comparison with a monocropping system	32
Impacts of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil enzyme activity in a northern temperate forest ecosystem depend on the form and level of added nitrogen	32
Soil organic C and total N as well as microbial biomass C and N affect aggregate stability in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations	29
Microbial pathways account for the pH effect on soil N2O production	28
Biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate rice root growth strategy and soil nutrient availability	28
Impact of N-fertilization and peanut shell biochar on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in a Typic Haplustoll under different management practices	28
Aggregate-related changes in living microbial biomass and microbial necromass associated with different fertilization patterns of greenhouse vegetable soils	27
Divergent effects of drought and nitrogen deposition on microbial and arthropod soil communities in a Mediterranean forest	27
Changes in soil biochemical properties following application of bentonite as a soil amendment	26
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	26
Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers	26
Application of spent mushroom substrate suppresses Fusarium wilt in cucumber and alters the composition of the microbial community of the cucumber rhizosphere	23
Precipitation exerts a strong inﬂuence on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community and network complexity in a semiarid steppe ecosystem	22
Effects of addition of nitrogen-enriched biochar on bacteria and fungi community structure and C, N, P, and Fe stoichiometry in subtropical paddy soils	21
Eight years of manure fertilization favor copiotrophic traits in paddy soil microbiomes	21
Runoff and soil loss from small plots of erosion-prone marl soil inoculated with bacteria and cyanobacteria under real conditions	21
Contribution of environmental factors on the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil	20
Multiple dimensions of soil food-web research: History and prospects	18

Soil enzyme activities under the impact of long-term pollution from mining-metallurgical copper production	17
Responses of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to short-term warming and nitrogen input in a semi-arid grassland on the Loess Plateau	17
Effects of salinity on microbial utilization of straw carbon and microbial residues retention in newly reclaimed coastal soil	17
Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen predict large-scale distribution of soil fungal communities in temperate and alpine shrub ecosystems	16
Effects of experimental warming, precipitation increase and their interaction on AM fungal community in an alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	16
Biochar can reduce N2O production potential from rhizosphere of fertilized agricultural soils by suppressing bacterial denitrification	16
Crust cover and prior soil moisture status affect the response of soil microbial community and function to extreme rain events in an arid area	15
Effects of root exudate stoichiometry on CO2 emission from paddy soil	15
Tracing controls of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification in terrestrial soils	15
Effect of land use and seasonality on nematode faunal structure and ecosystem functions in the Caatinga dry forest	15
Microbial tradeoffs in internal and external use of resources regulated by phosphorus and carbon availability	14
The impact of cropping system, tillage and season on shaping soil fungal community in a long-term field trial	14
Soil fungi are more sensitive than bacteria to short-term plant interactions of Picea asperata and Abies faxoniana	13
Contrasting effects of long term phosphorus fertilization on glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP)	13
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	12
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria dominate soil nitrification under different fertilization regimes in black soils of northeast China	12
Drainage class and soil phosphorus availability shape microbial communities in Irish grasslands	12
Effects of rumen microorganisms on straw returning to soil at different depths	11
Response of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea abundance and activity to land use changes in agricultural systems of the Central Andes	11
Spatial and temporal variations of the community structure and abundance of Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens-like archaea in paddy soils	11
Microbial community structure and function in paddy soil as affected by water-saving irrigation mode	10
Responses of crop yields, soil enzymatic activities, and microbial communities to different long-term organic materials applied with chemical fertilizer in purple soil	10
Earthworm communities are supported by perennial bioenergy cropping systems	10
Saprotrophic fungi buffer the adverse effects of soil acidification on the soil nutrient supply ability of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations	10
A practical approach to constructing a knowledge graph for soil ecological research	10
Litter chemical quality and bacterial community structure influenced decomposition in acidic forest soil	9
Varying interactive effects of climate, soil properties, and gross nitrogen dynamics on biomass production between the topsoil and the subsoil in natural grassland ecosystems	9
Microbial communities in soil macro-aggregates with less connected networks respire less across successional and geographic gradients	9
Changes in soil quality, bacterial community and anti-pepper Phytophthora disease ability after combined application of straw and multifunctional composite bacterial strains	9
Nutrient cycling and microbial responses to termite and earthworm activity in soils amended with woody residues in the Sudano-Sahel	9
A comparative study of the fauna associated with nest mounds of native and introduced populations of the red wood ant Formica paralugubris	9
Varying microbial utilization of straw-derived carbon with different long-term fertilization regimes explored by DNA stable-isotope probing	9
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	8
Soil microbial community structure is unaltered by grazing intensity and plant species richness in a temperate grassland steppe in northern China	8
Soil acidification and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal abundance dominate the contrasting responses of soil N2O emissions to NH4+ and NO3− enrichment in a subtropical plantation	8
Water content and communities of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria affect elemental sulfur oxidation in silty and sandy loam soils	8
Effect of subtilisin, a protease from Bacillus sp., on soil biochemical parameters and microbial biodiversity	8
Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates	8
Responses of soil insect communities to alpine wetland degradation on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	8
Straw amendment and soil tillage alter soil organic carbon chemical composition and are associated with microbial community structure	8
Key drivers of soil arthropod community shift across a subalpine forest series vary greatly with litter and topsoil layers	8
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	8
Soil microorganisms decrease barley biomass uniformly across contrasting nitrogen availability	7
Contrasting phylogeographic patterns of earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) on near-shore mediterranean islands	7
Contrasting response of soil N2O release to ammonium, nitrate, and urea addition rates is determined by substrate availability and microbial community abundance and composition	7
Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production	7
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport	7
Potential effect of nitrate applied during flood period on N2O emissions during subsequent drainage in a paddy soil	7
Lumbricus terrestris abundance in grasslands on sandy soils in relation to soil texture, hydrology and earthworm community	7
Effects of shrub revegetation on ground-active arthropod diversity and trophic structure in the Tengger desert	7

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)	7
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth and reproduction of cherry tomato can be persistent to the next generation	7
Biodiversity in mosaic communities: Soil microbial diversity associates with plant functional groups relating to soil available phosphorus in Tibetan alpine meadow	7
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils	7
Alteration in enzymatic stoichiometry controls the response of soil organic carbon dynamic to nitrogen and water addition in temperate cultivated grassland	7
Responses of soil organic carbon mineralization and its temperature sensitivity to re-vegetation in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China	7
Dramatic shifts in fungal communities following application of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth L.) in upland of Ultisol	7
Changes in alpine grassland type drive niche differentiation of nitrifying communities on the Qinghai‒Tibetan Plateau	7
Response of soil bacterial communities to organic carbon input under soil freeze-thaw in forest ecosystems	7
Long-term organic fertilizer and biofertilizer application strengthens the associations between soil quality index, network complexity, and walnut yield	7
The compositions of rhizosphere microbiomes of wild and cultivated soybeans changed following the hybridization of their F1 and F2 generations	6
Responses of grape yield and quality, soil physicochemical and microbial properties to different planting years	6
Agricultural management practices impact soil properties more than soil microarthropods	6
Effect of pulse precipitation on soil CO2 release in different grassland types on the Tibetan Plateau	6
Non-additive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on microbial biomass and residue distribution in a subtropical plantation	6
Environmental drivers of earthworm communities along an elevational gradient in the French Alps	6
Microbial synthesis of arylsulfatase depends on the soluble and adsorbed sulfate concentration in soils	6
Role of microbial communities in conferring resistance and resilience of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling following contrasting stresses	6
Response of root exudates and bacterial community to N fertilization and termination methods in Avena sativa L. as a winter cover crop model	6
The fate of primed soil carbon between biomass immobilization and respiration is controlled by nutrient availability	6
Deciphering environmental factors driving soil microbial elevational distribution in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	6
NemaRec: A deep learning-based web application for nematode image identification and ecological indices calculation	6
Earthworms shape prokaryotic communities and affect extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural soil	6
Forest plant cover and mineral type determine the diversity and composition of mineral-colonizing fungal communities	6
Effects of transgenic oilseed rape harboring the Cry1Ac gene on microbial communities in the rhizosphere soil	6
Leaf litter morphological traits, invertebrate body mass and phylogenetic affiliation explain the feeding and feces properties of saprophagous macroarthropods	6
The combined role of plant cover and fire occurrence on soil properties reveals response to wildfire in the Mediterranean basin	6
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation	5
Earthworms and long-term straw management practices interactively affect soil carbon and nitrogen forms across soil depths	5
Changes in microbial and physicochemical properties under cover crop inclusion in a degraded common bean monoculture system	5
Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland	5
Dominance of archaeal ammonia-oxidizers in soil nitrification across different soil types and fertilities in North China plain	5
Towards a standardization of new functional trait measurements by assessing intraspecific variation: the case of springtail mandibles	5
Leguminous green manure mitigates methane emissions in paddy field by regulating acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens	5
Warming affects soil metabolome: The case study of Icelandic grasslands	5
Earthworm burrow number and vertical distribution are affected by the crop sequence of a grass-clover rotation system	5
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China	5
Common and management-specific responses of grassland soil bacterial communities to manure and chlortetracycline amendments	5
Temperature-dependent trade-offs in maternal investments: An experimental test with two closely related soil microarthropods	5
Coupling amendment of microbial and compound fertilizers increases fungal necromass carbon and soil organic carbon by regulating microbial activity in flue-cured tobacco-planted field	5
Responses of endophytic bacterial communities in rice roots to phosphorus deficiency at the seedling stages	4
High-throughput sequencing covers greater nematode diversity than conventional morphotyping on natural cedar forests in Yakushima Island, Japan	4
Changes in peatland soil fauna biomass alter food web structure and function under warming and hydrological changes	4
Gut content metabarcoding and citizen science reveal the earthworm prey of the exotic terrestrial flatworm, Obama nungara	4
Differentiation within the Drawida ghilarovi complex (Moniligastridae: Annelida) revealed by multigene transcriptomic dataset analysis	4
Adding complexity to soil food webs: Myxobacteria have broad predation spectra with bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi in vitro	4
Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity	4
Soil biota community structure and litter traits of grape vine plantation and natural ecosystem from Southern Brazil	4
Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the increased P limitation of microbial metabolism after the mixed cultivation of Korean pine and Manchurian walnut in Northeast China	4
Changes in community assembly processes and co-occurrence networks of soil diazotrophs along an elevational gradient in Tibetan alpine meadows	4
Effect of long-term nutrient management practices on soil health and paddy yield of rice-rice-fallow cropping system in tropic humid climate	4
Responses of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of mudflat paddy to rice genotype and nitrogen fertilization	4
Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands	4
Two aspects of earthworm bioturbation: Crop residue burial by foraging and surface casting in no-till management	3
Dead bamboo culms promote litter mass, carbon and nitrogen loss, but do not modulate the effect of soil fauna on litter decomposition	3
Effects of tree diversity on soil microbial community in a subtropical forest in Southwest China	3
Edaphic and epigeic macrofauna responses to land use change in Brazil	3
Short-term perennial peanut integration into bahiagrass system influence on soil microbial-mediated nitrogen cycling activities and microbial co-occurrence networks	3
Fungi contribute more to N2O emissions than bacteria in two paddy soils with different textures	3
Unraveling the interaction effects of soil temperature and moisture on soil nematode community: A laboratory study	3
Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome	3
soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs	3
Occurrence of added nitrogen interaction affected by nitrogen stabilizer and glucose additions in an Alfisol	3
Bacterial and plant community successional pathways in glacier forefields of the Western Himalaya	3
Diversity of soil arthropods in sugarcane in the Brazilian Cerrado: Influence of tillage systems, extraction methods, and sampling time	3
Poultry litter biochar soil amendment affects microbial community structures, promotes phosphorus cycling and growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare)	3
Roles of plants in controlling the response of soil bacterial community to climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	3
Effects of single plant functional type loss on microbial community composition and litter decomposition in an alpine timberline ecotone	3
How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks	3
Soil microbial biomass and community structure in response to agricultural use of deserts across northern China	3
The expansion of evergreen and deciduous shrubs changed the chemical characteristics and biological community of alpine meadows soil	3
Individual and combined effects of earthworms and Sphingobacterium sp. on soil organic C, N forms and enzyme activities in non-contaminated and Cd-contaminated soil	3
Resuscitation of soil microbiota after > 70-years of desiccation	3
Importance of fungi in a 63 years old long-term field experiment with 20 years of maize growth	3
Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends”	3