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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Two distinct ecological behaviours within anecic earthworm species in temperate climates	64
Microbial pathways account for the pH effect on soil N2O production	45
soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating nutrient fluxes through food webs	44
Tree species replacement from birch to spruce affects eukaryome in boreal forest soil	40
Dead bamboo culms promote litter mass, carbon and nitrogen loss, but do not modulate the effect of soil fauna on litter decomposition	40
Differences in succession of bacterial communities during co-cultivation of corn straw with different soils	38
The combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application reduced soil multifunctionality in Qinghai-Tibet plateau grasslands, China	35
Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry indicates that litter quality regulates soil microbial nutrient demand in a Tibetan alpine meadow	34
Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality within a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system: Comparison with a monocropping system	34
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]	31
Introduction of earthworms into constructed soils has long-lasting effects on primary production	26
Effects of single plant functional type loss on microbial community composition and litter decomposition in an alpine timberline ecotone	26
Earthworms shape prokaryotic communities and affect extracellular enzyme activities in agricultural soil	23
Soil phosphorus dynamics and its correlation with ectomycorrhizal fungi following forest conversion in subtropical conifer (Picea asperata) forests	23
Tracking earthworm fluxes at the interface between tree rows and crop habitats in a Mediterranean alley cropping field	22
Environmental drivers of earthworm communities along an elevational gradient in the French Alps	18
Influence of tree residue retention in Mediterranean forest on soil microbial communities responses to frequent warming and drying events	17
Microbial tradeoffs in internal and external use of resources regulated by phosphorus and carbon availability	17
Regional-scale biogeographical patterns of soil extracellular enzyme activities across eight Chinese fir plantation locations	17
Roles of plants in controlling the response of soil bacterial community to climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	17
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria dominate soil nitrification under different fertilization regimes in black soils of northeast China	16
Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production	16
Microbial community structure and function in paddy soil as affected by water-saving irrigation mode	16
Contrasting response of soil N2O release to ammonium, nitrate, and urea addition rates is determined by substrate availability and microbial community abundance and composition	15
Warmer summers have the potential to affect food security by increasing the prevalence and activity of Actinobacteria	14

In-depth insights into carbohydrate-active enzyme genes regarding the disparities in soil organic carbon after 12-year rotational cropping system field study	14
Addition of polyester microplastic fibers to soil alters the diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and affects plant growth and nutrition	14
The fate of primed soil carbon between biomass immobilization and respiration is controlled by nutrient availability	13
Do earthworm and litter inputs promote decomposition or stabilization of cryoturnated organic matter from melted permafrost?	13
Bacterial communities drive the resistance of soil multifunctionality to land-use change in karst soils	13
Effects of long-term sugarcane-soybean intercropping coupled with varying levels of nitrogen input on soil legacies: A field experimental study	12
Editorial Board	12
N2O emissions, microbial community composition and genes expressions in soil amended with vermicomposts derived from different feedstocks	12
Microbial soil quality indicators depending on land use and soil type in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya	11
Resilience of root and soil bacteria to drought stress depends on host plant's colonization affinity towards arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi	11
Short-term plant mixtures alter soil organic carbon components and microbial network characteristics	11
Planting Chinese milk vetch with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria inoculation enhances phosphorus turnover by altering the structure of the phoD-harboring bacteria community	11
Enhancing soil quality and grain yields through fertilization strategies in integrated crop-livestock system under no-till in Brazilian Cerrado	11
Altitudinal variation in soil nematode communities in an alpine mountain region of the eastern Tibetan plateau	10
Soil acidification and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal abundance dominate the contrasting responses of soil N2O emissions to NH4+ and NO3− enrichment in a subtropical plantation	10
Editorial Board	10
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	10
Editorial Board	10
Arginine and methionine increase the enzymatic activity of microbes involved in N and P cycles in arid soil from the Chihuahuan desert	10
Responses of soil hexapod communities to warming are mediated by microbial carbon and nitrogen in a subarctic grassland	10
Communities of nematodes, bacteria and fungi differ among soils of different wild cabbage populations	10
The expansion of evergreen and deciduous shrubs changed the chemical characteristics and biological community of alpine meadows soil	10
Synergistic application of biochar with organic fertilizer positively impacts the soil micro-food web in sandy loam soils	10
Dynamics of nitrogen mineralization and nitrogen cycling functional genes in response to soil pore size distribution	9
Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome	9
Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation	9
Molecular data confirms the existence of distinct lineages within Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti 1904) and related “friends”	9
Isotopic evidence for the effects of earthworm and straw amendment on root carbon uptake of upland rice and maize	8
Two decades of monitoring earthworms in translocated grasslands at Manchester Airport	8
Effect of alfalfa-grass mixed culture and inoculation with Azotobacter and Rhizobium on soil biological properties and nutrient transformation activities	8
Spatial and temporal variations of the community structure and abundance of Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens-like archaea in paddy soils	8
Varying interactive effects of climate, soil properties, and gross nitrogen dynamics on biomass production between the topsoil and the subsoil in natural grassland ecosystems	8
Root trenching and stable isotope analysis uncover trophic links of euedaphic collembola species to mycorrhizal mycelium in pine forests	8
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	8
Changes in soil quality, bacterial community and anti-pepper Phytophthora disease ability after combined application of straw and multifunctional composite bacterial strains	8
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the growth and reproduction of cherry tomato can be persistent to the next generation	8
Effects of the tropical endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the horizontal dispersal of soil nematodes	8
Changes in peatland soil fauna biomass alter food web structure and function under warming and hydrological changes	8
Earthworm Watch: Insights into urban earthworm communities in the UK using citizen science	8
Editorial Board	8
Tracing controls of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification in terrestrial soils	7
Increased nitrogen accumulation in mulberry trees due to the secretion of glomalin-related soil protein induced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	7
Push-pull cropping system positively impacts diversity and abundance of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) as bioindicators of soil health	7
Stable isotope insights into arthropod food chains and nitrogen cycling in a rehabilitated tailings chronosequence	7
The effects of agricultural practices on earthworm communities in Estonia	7
Editorial Board	7
Bacteria contribute more than fungi to SOC decomposition in a paddy field under long-term free-air CO2 enrichment	7
Pristine and UV-aged polyethylene microplastics’ impact on gut microbiome and reproduction of earthworm Eisenia andrei	7
Role of microbial communities in conferring resistance and resilience of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling following contrasting stresses	7
Vegetable residues retention: An effective and environment friendly way to handle tomato wastes from greenhouse production	7

Biochar and wood vinegar amendments influence the potential nitrification rate and nitrifier communities in high pH sodic saline soils	7
Responses of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of mudflat paddy to rice genotype and nitrogen fertilization	7
Long-term application of legume green manure improves rhizosphere soil bacterial stability and reduces bulk soil bacterial stability in rice	7
Soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought under organic and conventional farming	7
Effects of N-enriched biochar on ecosystem greenhouse gas emissions, rice yield, and bacterial community diversity in subtropical rice paddy soils	6
Effects of tree diversity on soil microbial community in a subtropical forest in Southwest China	6
Editorial Board	6
Microbial synthesis of arylsulfatase depends on the soluble and adsorbed sulfate concentration in soils	6
Editorial Board	6
Fate of low molecular weight organics in paddy vs. upland soil: A microbial biomarker approach	6
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	6
Terpenes and fungal biomass in the nest mounds of Formica aquilonia wood ants	6
Differentiation within the Drawida ghilarovi complex (Moniligastridae: Annelida) revealed by multigene transcriptomic dataset analysis	6
Plant diversity enhanced nematode-based soil quality indices and changed soil nematode community structure in intensively-managed agricultural grasslands	6
Metal-driven bacterial community variation in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China	6
Editorial Board	5
Interactive effects of citric acid and mineral fertilization on soil microbial carbon use efficiency in the rhizosphere of two coniferous species	5
Soil pH controls the structure and diversity of bacterial communities along elevational gradients on Huangshan, China	5
Soil moisture drives the response of soil microbial nutrient limitation to N and P additions in an Inner Mongolian meadow steppe	5
Long-term organic fertilizer and biofertilizer application strengthens the associations between soil quality index, network complexity, and walnut yield	5
Editorial Board	5
Biocontrol agent amendments shape the soybean rhizosphere in a cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) conducive soil over a two-year field trial	5
NemaRec: A deep learning-based web application for nematode image identification and ecological indices calculation	5
Soil organic C and total N as well as microbial biomass C and N affect aggregate stability in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations	5
How applied reclamation treatments and vegetation type affect on soil fauna in a novel ecosystem developed on a spoil heap of carboniferous rocks	5
Management of grassland: A necessary tool to maintain plant and earthworm diversity	5
Environmental distances are more important than geographic distances for predicting earthworm gut bacterial community composition	5
Fire alters soil bacterial and fungal communities and intensifies seasonal variation in subtropical forest ecosystem	5
Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass C and enzymatic activity comparing no-tillage and integrated crop-livestock systems	5
The combined role of plant cover and fire occurrence on soil properties reveals response to wildfire in the Mediterranean basin	5
Responses of crop yields, soil enzymatic activities, and microbial communities to different long-term organic materials applied with chemical fertilizer in purple soil	5
Non-target effects of pesticide and microbial seed treatments in maize and barley on the resident soil microbiota under conservation agriculture	5
Fire and clipping drive microbial fixation pathways in soil phosphorus and sulfur cycling in China's key karst region	4
Effects of ant mounts (Formica exsecta) on subsoil properties, in a heathland	4
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?	4
Leaf litter morphological traits, invertebrate body mass and phylogenetic affiliation explain the feeding and feces properties of saprophagous macroarthropods	4
“Effects of cropping sequences and rotational grazing on diversity, biomass, density and body mass of earthworms”	4
Deciphering environmental factors driving soil microbial elevational distribution in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	4
Editorial Board	4
Soil texture contributes to shaping comammox Nitrospira communities in rice-wheat rotation soils	4
Earthworm burrows affect vertical distribution of springtails in soil	4
Quantifying earthworm soil ingestion from changes in vertical bulk density profiles	4
Effects of nitrogen addition and warming on nematode ecological indices: A meta-analysis	4
Non-additive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on microbial biomass and residue distribution in a subtropical plantation	4
Earthworm communities are supported by perennial bioenergy cropping systems	4
Eight years of manure fertilization favor copiotrophic traits in paddy soil microbiomes	4
Temperature-dependent trade-offs in maternal investments: An experimental test with two closely related soil microarthropods	4
High-rate pig manure substitution enhances comammox Nitrospira abundance and diversity in the Cinnamomum camphora coppice planting soils	3
Earthworms as soil health indicators in no-tillage agroecosystems	3
Responses of grape yield and quality, soil physicochemical and microbial properties to different planting years	3
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)	3
Effects of organic amendment on earthworm density and biomass in sugarcane fields with different soil pH	3
Editorial Board	3
One for the road: Aspect-linked temperature variation affects earthworm community structure but not litter decomposition	3
The metabolic intermediate of sulfonamides alters soil nitrous oxide emissions	3
Boreal soil microbial diversity and seed onion mycorrhizal colonization is unaffected by preceding one season crop cultivation	3
Long-term different fertilization regimes impact on the fate of root-derived C and microbial community structure in paddy soil	3
Back and better: Soil food-web researchers integrate empirical data and develop novel tools	3
Common and management-specific responses of grassland soil bacterial communities to manure and chlortetracycline amendments	3
Earthworms and long-term straw management practices interactively affect soil carbon and nitrogen forms across soil depths	3
Microbial gene abundance mirrors soil nitrogen mineralization intensity across an age gradient in Chinese-fir plantations	3
Estimating energy costs of earthworm burrowing using calorimetry	3
First assessment of soil mesofauna, microbiota, and humic substances associations in a minesoil revegetated with four grasses in Brazil: An 18-year field study	3
Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species	3
phoD-harboring bacterial community assembly and co-occurrence in soil aggregates during roadside slope restoration	3
Longitudinal distributions of CO2-fixing bacteria in forest soils and their potential associations with soil multifunctionality	3
Bacterial and plant community successional pathways in glacier forefields of the Western Himalaya	3
Towards a standardization of new functional trait measurements by assessing intraspecific variation: the case of springtail mandibles	3
Poultry litter biochar soil amendment affects microbial community structures, promotes phosphorus cycling and growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare)	3
Changes in alpine grassland type drive niche differentiation of nitrifying communities on the Qinghai‒Tibetan Plateau	3
Editorial Board	3
Organic fertilisation enhances network complexity among bacteria, fungi, and protists by improving organic matter and phosphorus in acidic agricultural soils	3