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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates	48
soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs	38
Dead bamboo culms promote litter mass, carbon and nitrogen loss, but do not modulate the effect of soil fauna on litter decomposition	28
Tree species replacement from birch to spruce affects eukaryome in boreal forest soil	27
Differences in succession of bacterial communities during co-cultivation of corn straw with different soils	26
Introduction of earthworms into constructed soils has long-lasting effects on primary production	23
Evaluating DNA extraction methods for eDNA metabarcoding of soil invertebrate diversity	22
Corrigendum to “Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends” [Eur. J. Soil Biol. 108 (2022) 103382]	21
Earthworms shape prokaryotic communities and affect extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural soil	20
Regional-scale biogeographical patterns of soil extracellular enzyme activities across eight Chinese fir plantation locations	19
The combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application reduced soil multifunctionality in Qinghai-Tibet plateau grasslands, China	19
Tracking earthworm fluxes at the interface between tree rows and crop habitats in a Mediterranean alley cropping field	19
Environmental drivers of earthworm communities along an elevational gradient in the French Alps	19
Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry indicates that litter quality regulates soil microbial nutrient demand in a Tibetan alpine meadow	17
Soil phosphorus dynamics and its correlation with ectomycorrhizal fungi following forest conversion in subtropical conifer (Picea asperata) forests	17
Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production	16
Diazotrophic communities shift with organic fertilizer substitution and growth stages in tomato field soil	16
Roles of plants in controlling the response of soil bacterial community to climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	16
Drought and litter quality effects on the contribution of soil fauna to decomposition in a Mediterranean forest	16
Influence of tree residue retention in Mediterranean forest on soil microbial communities responses to frequent warming and drying events	15
Microbial community structure and function in paddy soil as affected by water-saving irrigation mode	15
Warmer summers have the potential to affect food security by increasing the prevalence and activity of Actinobacteria	15
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria dominate soil nitrification under different fertilization regimes in black soils of northeast China	15
In-depth insights into carbohydrate-active enzyme genes regarding the disparities in soil organic carbon after 12-year rotational cropping system field study	15
Do earthworm and litter inputs promote decomposition or stabilization of cryoturnated organic matter from melted permafrost?	14

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Resilience of root and soil bacteria to drought stress depends on host plant's colonization affinity towards arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi	13
Addition of polyester microplastic fibers to soil alters the diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and affects plant growth and nutrition	13
N2O emissions, microbial community composition and genes expressions in soil amended with vermicomposts derived from different feedstocks	13
Contrasting response of soil N2O release to ammonium, nitrate, and urea addition rates is determined by substrate availability and microbial community abundance and composition	13
Planting Chinese milk vetch with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria inoculation enhances phosphorus turnover by altering the structure of the phoD-harboring bacteria community	12
Effects of long-term sugarcane-soybean intercropping coupled with varying levels of nitrogen input on soil legacies: A field experimental study	12
Microbial soil quality indicators depending on land use and soil type in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya	12
Short-term plant mixtures alter soil organic carbon components and microbial network characteristics	12
Enhancing soil quality and grain yields through fertilization strategies in integrated crop-livestock system under no-till in Brazilian Cerrado	12
Communities of nematodes, bacteria and fungi differ among soils of different wild cabbage populations	11
Synergistic application of biochar with organic fertilizer positively impacts the soil micro-food web in sandy loam soils	11
Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome	11
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Altitudinal variation in soil nematode communities in an alpine mountain region of the eastern Tibetan plateau	11
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation	11
Soil acidification and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal abundance dominate the contrasting responses of soil N2O emissions to NH4+ and NO3− enrichment in a subtropical plantation	11
Responses of soil hexapod communities to warming are mediated by microbial carbon and nitrogen in a subarctic grassland	11
Nutrient supply enhances positive priming of soil organic C under straw amendment and accelerates the incorporation of straw-derived C into organic C pool in paddy soils	11
Arginine and methionine increase the enzymatic activity of microbes involved in N and P cycles in arid soil from the Chihuahuan desert	11
The expansion of evergreen and deciduous shrubs changed the chemical characteristics and biological community of alpine meadows soil	11
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	10
Dynamics of nitrogen mineralization and nitrogen cycling functional genes in response to soil pore size distribution	10
Effect of alfalfa-grass mixed culture and inoculation with Azotobacter and Rhizobium on soil biological properties and nutrient transformation activities	10
Mechanisms of furrow-applied biochar in enhancing rhizosphere soil microbiota and metabolites in continuous sesame cropping	10
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport	10
Changes in peatland soil fauna biomass alter food web structure and function under warming and hydrological changes	10
Isotopic evidence for the effects of earthworm and straw amendment on root carbon uptake of upland rice and maize	10
Earthworm Watch: Insights into urban earthworm communities in the UK using citizen science	10
Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends”	10
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Substitution of organic fertilizer did not change the dominant role of biochar on bacterial community stability but the soil carbon fractions	9
Vegetable residues retention: An effective and environment friendly way to handle tomato wastes from greenhouse production	9
Push-pull cropping system positively impacts diversity and abundance of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) as bioindicators of soil health	9
Increased nitrogen accumulation in mulberry trees due to the secretion of glomalin-related soil protein induced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	9
Soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought under organic and conventional farming	9
The effects of agricultural practices on earthworm communities in Estonia	9
Tracing controls of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification in terrestrial soils	9
Effects of the tropical endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the horizontal dispersal of soil nematodes	9
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth and reproduction of cherry tomato can be persistent to the next generation	9
Root trenching and stable isotope analysis uncover trophic links of euedaphic collembola species to mycorrhizal mycelium in pine forests	9
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Interplanting Phoebe bournei modifies soil microbial community characteristics in Cunninghamia lanceolata monocultures	8
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils	8
Microbial synthesis of arylsulfatase depends on the soluble and adsorbed sulfate concentration in soils	8
Long-term application of legume green manure improves rhizosphere soil bacterial stability and reduces bulk soil bacterial stability in rice	8
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Responses of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of mudflat paddy to rice genotype and nitrogen fertilization	8
Fate of low molecular weight organics in paddy vs. upland soil: A microbial biomarker approach	8
Pristine and UV-aged polyethylene microplastics’ impact on gut microbiome and reproduction of earthworm Eisenia andrei	8

Bacteria contribute more than fungi to SOC decomposition in a paddy field under long-term free-air CO2 enrichment	8
Stable isotope insights into arthropod food chains and nitrogen cycling in a rehabilitated tailings chronosequence	8
Effects of tree diversity on soil microbial community in a subtropical forest in Southwest China	8
Biochar and wood vinegar amendments influence the potential nitrification rate and nitrifier communities in high pH sodic saline soils	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	7
Soil moisture drives the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P additions in an Inner Mongolian meadow steppe	7
Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands	7
Differentiation within the Drawida ghilarovi complex (Moniligastridae: Annelida) revealed by multigene transcriptomic dataset analysis	7
How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks	7
Long-term organic fertilizer and biofertilizer application strengthens the associations between soil quality index, network complexity, and walnut yield	6
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Environmental distances are more important than geographic distances for predicting earthworm gut bacterial community composition	6
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Non-target effects of pesticide and microbial seed treatments in maize and barley on the resident soil microbiota under conservation agriculture	6
NemaRec: A deep learning-based web application for nematode image identification and ecological indices calculation	6
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China	6
Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass C and enzymatic activity comparing no-tillage and integrated crop-livestock systems	6
The combined role of plant cover and fire occurrence on soil properties reveals response to wildfire in the Mediterranean basin	6
Deciphering environmental factors driving soil microbial elevational distribution in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	6
Soil pH controls the structure and diversity of bacterial communities along elevational gradients on Huangshan, China	6
Biocontrol agent amendments shape the soybean rhizosphere in a cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) conducive soil over a two-year field trial	6
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Fire alters soil bacterial and fungal communities and intensifies seasonal variation in subtropical forest ecosystem	6
Effects of nitrogen addition and warming on nematode ecological indices: A meta-analysis	6
Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity	6
Interactive effects of citric acid and mineral fertilization on soil microbial carbon use efficiency in the rhizosphere of two coniferous species	6
Quantifying earthworm soil ingestion from changes in vertical bulk density profiles	5
Microbial gene abundance mirrors soil nitrogen mineralization intensity across an age gradient in Chinese-fir plantations	5
The influences of iron plaque on nitrogen emissions from paddy soils under different water management practices	5
Poultry litter biochar soil amendment affects microbial community structures, promotes phosphorus cycling and growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare)	5
“Effects of cropping sequences and rotational grazing on diversity, biomass, density and body mass of earthworms”	5
Effects of ant mounts (Formica exsecta) on subsoil properties, in a heathland	5
One for the road: Aspect-linked temperature variation affects earthworm community structure but not litter decomposition	5
Estimating energy costs of earthworm burrowing using calorimetry	5
Temperature-dependent trade-offs in maternal investments: An experimental test with two closely related soil microarthropods	5
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Fire and clipping drive microbial fixation pathways in soil phosphorus and sulfur cycling in China's key karst region	5
Earthworm burrows affect vertical distribution of springtails in soil	5
Decomposer faecal food web and C sequestration in soil. Can near infrared spectroscopy describe transfers and transformations from fresh organic inputs to protected forms in soil aggregates?	5
Non-additive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on microbial biomass and residue distribution in a subtropical plantation	5
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)	5
Earthworms and long-term straw management practices interactively affect soil carbon and nitrogen forms across soil depths	5
Effects of organic amendment on earthworm density and biomass in sugarcane fields with different soil pH	5
Soil texture contributes to shaping comammox Nitrospira communities in rice-wheat rotation soils	5
Leaf litter morphological traits, invertebrate body mass and phylogenetic affiliation explain the feeding and feces properties of saprophagous macroarthropods	5
The metabolic intermediate of sulfonamides alters soil nitrous oxide emissions	4
First assessment of soil mesofauna, microbiota, and humic substances associations in a minesoil revegetated with four grasses in Brazil: An 18-year field study	4
High-rate pig manure substitution enhances comammox Nitrospira abundance and diversity in the Cinnamomum camphora coppice planting soils	4
Deciphering the microbial mechanisms underlying glucose induced soil priming effects under low and high nutrient levels	4
Earthworms as soil health indicators in no-tillage agroecosystems	4
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Back and better: Soil food-web researchers integrate empirical data and develop novel tools	4
Towards a standardization of new functional trait measurements by assessing intraspecific variation: the case of springtail mandibles	4
Long-term different fertilization regimes impact on the fate of root-derived C and microbial community structure in paddy soil	4
phoD-harboring bacterial community assembly and co-occurrence in soil aggregates during roadside slope restoration	4
Longitudinal distributions of CO2-fixing bacteria in forest soils and their potential associations with soil multifunctionality	4
Responses of grape yield and quality, soil physicochemical and microbial properties to different planting years	4
Bacterial and plant community successional pathways in glacier forefields of the Western Himalaya	4
From fire to soil: the role of prescribed burns in land snail communities for improve conservation	3
Abundant denitrifying taxa rather than rare taxa responded more sensitively to temperature change in acidic paddy soils	3
Unraveling the interaction effects of soil temperature and moisture on soil nematode community: A laboratory study	3
Impacts of soil engineering processes and anthropogenic barriers on earthworm communities in urban areas	3
Stable nitrogen-cycling capacity in relation to fertilization and intercropping in a sub-boreal grassland	3
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	3
Legacy effects of grazing and nitrogen fertilization on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	3
Ant community composition defines nest mound dynamics across successional stages in desert restoration	3
Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland	3
Soil pH modulates the impact of ammonia-based fertilizers on N-cycling microbial genes in terrestrial ecosystems	3
Multifunctional endophytic bacteria intimately associated within spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a chernozem soil in Central Europe	3
Homogeneous earthworm communities in Southern Ontario	3
Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species	3
The use of olive mill pomace compost increases the population of certain ground/soil organisms in olive groves	3
Effects of precipitation changes on soil heterotrophic respiration and microbial activities in a switchgrass mesocosm experiment	3
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Soil bacterial communities benefit from long-term cover crop mixtures	3
Differences in the short-term responses of soil nitrogen and microbial dynamics to soil moisture variation in two adjacent dryland forests	3
Key drivers of soil arthropod community shift across a subalpine forest series vary greatly with litter and topsoil layers	3
Organic fertilisation enhances network complexity among bacteria, fungi, and protists by improving organic matter and phosphorus in acidic agricultural soils	3
Regulation of soil microorganisms and phosphorus cycling genes on soil phosphorus availability in desert steppe under warming and phosphorus input	3
Effects of disturbances by plateau pikas on soil microbial communities in an alpine ecosystem of the southeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China	3