OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Soil Biology 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Rhizosphere microbial diversity and community dynamics during potato cultivation	59
Changes in soil bacterial community and enzyme activity under five years straw returning in paddy soil	40
Combined biochar and nitrogen fertilizer change soil enzyme and microbial activities in a 2-year field trial	38
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	34
Soil enzymes activity: Effect of climate smart agriculture on rhizosphere and bulk soil under cereal based systems of north-west India	31
Response of soil bacterial communities to the application of the herbicides imazethapyr and flumyzin	31
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	30
Long-term impacts of organic and conventional farming on the soil microbiome in boreal arable soil	30
Litter composition has stronger influence on the structure of soil fungal than bacterial communities	28
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	28
Effect of repeated drying-rewetting cycles on soil extracellular enzyme activities and microbial community composition in arid and semi-arid ecosystems	28
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	28
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	27
Impacts of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil enzyme activity in a northern temperate forest ecosystem depend on the form and level of added nitrogen	26
Bacterial communities drive the resistance of soil multifunctionality to land-use change in karst soils	26
Stabilizing sand from dried-up lakebeds against wind erosion by accelerating biological soil crust development	25
Effect of land uses on soil microbial community structures among different soil depths in northeastern China	24
Impact of N-fertilization and peanut shell biochar on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in a Typic Haplustoll under different management practices	24
Biochar interaction with chemical fertilizer regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and the abundance of key C-cycling-related bacteria in rhizosphere soil	23
Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers	22
Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality within a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system: Comparison with a monocropping system	22
Divergent effects of drought and nitrogen deposition on microbial and arthropod soil communities in a Mediterranean forest	22
Soil organic C and total N as well as microbial biomass C and N affect aggregate stability in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations	22
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	21
Microbial pathways account for the pH effect on soil N2O production	21

Effects of re-vegetation restoration on soil bacterial community structure in degraded land in subtropical China	20
Biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate rice root growth strategy and soil nutrient availability	20
Aggregate-related changes in living microbial biomass and microbial necromass associated with different fertilization patterns of greenhouse vegetable soils	19
Effects of addition of nitrogen-enriched biochar on bacteria and fungi community structure and C, N, P, and Fe stoichiometry in subtropical paddy soils	19
Runoff and soil loss from small plots of erosion-prone marl soil inoculated with bacteria and cyanobacteria under real conditions	19
Different responses of soil hydrolases and oxidases to extreme drought in an alpine peatland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	19
Effects of nitrogen addition on C:N:P stoichiometry in moss crust-soil continuum in the N-limited Gurbantünggüt Desert, Northwest China	18
Changes in soil biochemical properties following application of bentonite as a soil amendment	18
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
Application of spent mushroom substrate suppresses Fusarium wilt in cucumber and alters the composition of the microbial community of the cucumber rhizosphere	17
Effects of experimental warming, precipitation increase and their interaction on AM fungal community in an alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	16
Eight years of manure fertilization favor copiotrophic traits in paddy soil microbiomes	16
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
Soil microbial community and enzymatic activity in soil particle-size fractions of spruce plantation and secondary birch forest	15
Effects of salinity on microbial utilization of straw carbon and microbial residues retention in newly reclaimed coastal soil	15
Differences in the rhizosphere effects among trees, shrubs and herbs in three subtropical plantations and their seasonal variations	14
Contrasting effects of cover crops on earthworms: Results from field monitoring and laboratory experiments on growth, reproduction and food choice	14
Precipitation exerts a strong inﬂuence on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community and network complexity in a semiarid steppe ecosystem	13
Effect of land use and seasonality on nematode faunal structure and ecosystem functions in the Caatinga dry forest	13
Contribution of environmental factors on the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil	13
Contrasting effects of long term phosphorus fertilization on glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP)	13
Effects of root exudate stoichiometry on CO2 emission from paddy soil	13
Vegetation rehabilitation increases soil enzyme activities in degraded land via carbon supply and nitrogen retention	12
Labile fractions of soil nutrients shape the distribution of bacterial communities towards phosphorus recycling systems over elevation gradients in Gongga Mountain, SW China	12
Soil fungi are more sensitive than bacteria to short-term plant interactions of Picea asperata and Abies faxoniana	12
The impact of cropping system, tillage and season on shaping soil fungal community in a long-term field trial	12
Prokaryotic community assembly after 40 years of soda solonetz restoration by natural grassland and reclaimed farmland	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	12
Soil diatom communities and their relation to environmental factors in three types of soil from four cities in central-west China	12
Soil enzyme activities under the impact of long-term pollution from mining-metallurgical copper production	11
Microbial tradeoffs in internal and external use of resources regulated by phosphorus and carbon availability	11
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	11
Drainage class and soil phosphorus availability shape microbial communities in Irish grasslands	11
Biochar can reduce N2O production potential from rhizosphere of fertilized agricultural soils by suppressing bacterial denitrification	11
Response of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea abundance and activity to land use changes in agricultural systems of the Central Andes	11
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics affected by litter and nitrogen addition in a grassland soil: Role of fungi	11
Tracing controls of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification in terrestrial soils	10
Effect of canopy gap size on soil respiration in a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest: Evidence from biotic and abiotic factors	10
Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen predict large-scale distribution of soil fungal communities in temperate and alpine shrub ecosystems	10
Tree-scale spatial responses of extracellular enzyme activities and stoichiometry to different types of fertilization and cover crop in an apple orchard	10
Spatial and temporal variations of the community structure and abundance of Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens-like archaea in paddy soils	9
Level of soil moisture determines the ability of Eisenia fetida to re-incorporate carbon from decomposed rice straw into the soil	9
A practical approach to constructing a knowledge graph for soil ecological research	8
Responses of crop yields, soil enzymatic activities, and microbial communities to different long-term organic materials applied with chemical fertilizer in purple soil	8
Responses of soil insect communities to alpine wetland degradation on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	8
Nutrient cycling and microbial responses to termite and earthworm activity in soils amended with woody residues in the Sudano-Sahel	8