OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring nitrogen-flow networks and energy performance of contrasting organic farms	30
Recycled nutrients supply phosphorus for organically-managed wheat and forage crops	26
Nitrogen supply by cut-and-carry biomass for vegetable crops and subsequent cereals	23
Nitrous oxide emissions after application of cattle-manure-based pellet of different pH levels to an Andosol upland field	22
Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: What is achievable?	22
Decision-making environment of low-protein animal feeding in dairy and poultry farms in China	22
Simulating long-term soil carbon storage, greenhouse gas balance, and crop yields in semi-arid cropping systems using DayCent model	21
Impacts of slurry acidification and injection on fertilizer nitrogen fates in grassland	18
A decision support tool for the selection of 15 N analysis methods of ammonium and nitrate	18
Large nitrous oxide emissions from arable soils after crop harvests prior to sowing	17
Fertilizer price hikes, farmers’ willingness to pay and crop switching decision in Ghana	16
Field based 15 N study: an investigation of cereal rye N fate and utilization by the subsequent corn and soybean	16
Gained net ecosystem economic benefit in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice strategies	16
Greenlandic glacial rock flour improves crop yield in organic agricultural production	16
Split N application and DMP based nitrification inhibitors mitigate N2O losses in a soil cropped with winter wheat	16
Developing climate-resilient agri-environmental production systems	15
15Nitrogen urea fertilizer fate in soil–water–plant pools for corn–soybean rotation with grass and legume cover crops	15
Soy and mustard effectively mobilize phosphorus from inorganic and organic sources	13
Soil organic phosphorus mineralisation rate in cropped fields receiving various P sources	13
Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under intensified pasture and sugarcane expansion	13
Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake	13
Establishing optimal one-time root-zone nitrogen management for winter wheat in a loamy soil	13
Nutrient dynamic study in potato crop under residue mulching and rate of phosphorus application	13
Long-term manuring influences boron availability in an Inceptisol under rice–wheat cropping system	12
Marginal increase in nitrate leaching under grass–clover leys by slurry and mineral fertilizer	12

Do tropical climatic conditions reduce the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors? A meta-analysis of studies carried out in Brazil	12
Assessing policy impacts on nutrient circularity: a comprehensive review	11
Structural equation modelling to analyze the sustainability of the fertilizer sector in India	11
Summer soil management regulates greenhouse gas emissions in dryland wheat cropping	11
Fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N2O emissions based on the use of biochar and biochar-based fertilizers	11
Balancing the carbon budget in maize using hairy vetch and black oat cover crops	11
Pathways linking nutrient use efficiency, surpluses, soil phosphorus status and losses in European agricultural soils	11
Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought	11
Nutrient release from alternative fertilisers from nutrient-rich wastes under field conditions	10
New generation urease inhibitor Duromide reduces ammonia losses and increases irrigated rice yield	10
Spatial distribution and environmental risk of soil phosphorus under a long-term fertilizer strategy in a rice–wheat rotation system	10
Cover crop decomposition and nitrogen release over three years of precipitation variability in the Western Corn Belt	10
Decomposition and macronutrient release rates of cereal rye residue in a temperate agroecosystem	9
Reversing negative nitrogen balances in intensive rice-based cropping with Conservation Agriculture	9
Unraveling the role of ruzigrass in soil K cycling in tropical cropping systems	9
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in grazing systems through nitrification inhibitors: a meta-analysis	9
Quantifying the fate of nitrogen from cereal rye root and shoot biomass using 15N	9
Influence of greenhouse duration on soil fertility and nitrate/nitrite in Cucumis sativus L.	9
Adding inhibitors to manure injections can mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from barley croplands	9
Rice husk ash and water management affect the GHG emission and water productivity in rice	9
In recognition of Mike Hedley: fate of fertiliser in soil and mobilisation of recalcitrant nutrients	8
Optimizing nutrient requirement in space and time for increased crop yield and income	8
Correction: Cover crop quality and quantity influences organic corn performance more than soil context	8
Biochar amendments make the harvesting of crop residue for bioenergy production sustainable	8
Phosphorus drawdown rate following cessation of repeated manure application to annual crops	8
Regenerating productivity after soil fertility depletion in a 20-year cotton–maize rotation in Benin	8
Polymer coated urea does not improve nitrogen use efficiency above urea in ratoon sugarcane crops in the wet subtropics	8
Nutrient circularity of an anaerobic digestion project in a typical intensive rice cultivation village in the Vietnamese Mekong delta region: a regional material flow analysis and discussion of modeli	8
Soil fertility, maize productivity, and nutrient use efficiency following different cattle corralling duration and mineral fertilizer application on a Lixisol in Benin	8
Beyond circularity! Integration of circularity, efficiency, and sufficiency for nutrient management in agri-food systems	8
Assessing crop nitrogen status under organic amendments to reduce nitrogen fertilizer inputs and improve sustainability	8
Elevated CO2 results in modified N2O emissions from paddy rice fields	8
Ruzigrass as cover crop improves the potassium partial balance and use by subsequent cotton	8
Mitigate N2O emissions while maintaining sugarcane yield using enhanced efficiency fertilisers and reduced nitrogen rates	8
Enduring increases in maize yield are a co-benefit of enhanced weathering of Greenlandic glacial rock flour in Ghana	7
Biomass partitioning and nutrient fluxes in Silphium perfoliatum and silage maize cropping systems	7
Effects of urea micronized sulfur combined with urease and nitrification inhibitors on nitrogen transformation, losses, and crop response	7
Integrating organic fertilizers in maize-mung bean intercropping: implications for soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas reduction	7
End-of-life stage of renewable growing media with biochar versus spent peat or mineral wool	7
Nitrogen loss partitioning and emissions in intensive subtropical hybrid dairy systems	7
Are soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at steady state despite introducing grass and legumes to soybean and maize production system?	7
Canola productivity and carbon footprint under different cropping systems in eastern Canada	7
Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem	7
Identifying the circularization opportunities for organic wastes generated in a Mediterranean region	7
A new circular fertiliser framework for greenhouse hydroponic systems using phosphorus as a case study	6
Indigenous nutrient supply, weeding and fertilisation strategies influence on-farm N, P and K use efficiency in lowland rice	6
Grazing intensity and seasonality regulate N cycling via litter and excreta in tropical grass–legume pastures	6
Correction: Nitrogen fertilization with pig slurry in a barley-sorghum double-annual forage cropping system	6
Why is nutrient cycling in food systems so limited? A case study from the North-Netherlands region	6
Integrated nutrient management enhances leaf litter, mango yield, quality and carbon stock	6

Sub-surface drip-fertigation and legume residue improved maize yield and nitrogen use	6
Interrelationships between soil phosphorus compounds and their dependence on soil chemical and physical attributes	6
Leaching and volatilization of nitrogen in paddy rice under different nitrogen management	6
Differential nutrient dynamics in cowpea and sunn hemp under organic orange peel powder fertilization	6
Fertilisation strategies and their influence on nutrient flows in organic apple orchards	6
System-based management of phosphorus in a non-flooded rice-lentil system on alkaline soil	6
Phosphorus effects on four lentil cultivars grown on alkaline Mediterranean soil	5
Long-term K fertilization effects on soil available K, grain yield, and plant K critical value in winter wheat	5
Nitrogen fertilizer replacement values of organic amendments: determination and prediction	5
Liming improves wheat nutrient use efficiency, yield, and quality on acid soils in Ethiopia	5
Short-term effects of Greenlandic glacial rock flour on soil physical properties and maize yield	5
Using spatially variable nitrogen application and crop responses to evaluate crop nitrogen use efficiency	5
Optimizing nitrogen input in orchard systems to balance agronomic productivity and environmental protection	5
High fertilizing value but potentially high volatilization of urine based fertilizers	5
Straw removal and phosphorus fertilization modify plant-available and amorphous soil Si in long-term field trials	5
Challenges and opportunities for nutrient circularity: an innovation platform approach	5
Book review «Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production»	5
Productivity and nutritive value of no-input minimum tillage organic forage systems	5
Assessment of the relative agronomic effectiveness of struvite fertilizer in a temperate grassland	5
Linear relationship between CH4 fluxes and atmospheric CO2 concentration levels controlled by rice biomass and soil methanogenic communities	5
Potential to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by use of perennial mobile green manures	5
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical vegetable farms, using forest as a reference	5
Agroecological practices affect agronomic performance and resilience in fennel cultivation	5
Agroecological practices improve soil biological properties in an organic vegetable system	5
Modelling long-term yield and soil organic matter dynamics in a maize cropping system	4
Foliar zinc fertilization improves yield, biofortification and nutrient-use efficiency of upland rice	4
Alternate wetting and drying: a water-saving technology for sustainable rice production in Burkina Faso?	4
Strategies for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from weathered soils fertilized with urea	4
Nitrous oxide emissions as influenced by tillage practice for cover crop termination	4
Rapid determination of site-specific N, P, and K management for rice in a tidal swampland	4
Soil respiration under different N fertilization and irrigation regimes in Bengaluru, S-India	4
Carbon and nutrient cycling in cocoa agroforests under organic and conventional management	4
Field evaluation of coated urea with NBPT and micronutrients: 15N recovery and maize yield in contrasting soils	4
Inoculation of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria improves soil phosphorus mobilization and maize productivity	4
Shallow plough tillage with straw return increases rice yield by improving nutrient availability and physical properties of compacted subsurface soils	4
Soil chemical properties improve model performance in estimating ecosystem carbon exchange of cropland in China	4
Predicting soil nitrogen dynamics after incorporating cereal cover crop residues	4
Interseeded alfalfa N2 fixation and transfer to maize are reduced by N fertilizer	4
Plant and soil N of different winter cover crops as green manure for subsequent organic white cabbage	4
Soil nitrogen dynamics and sorghum productivity as affected by biochar in the dry tropics	4
Can 15N leaf-labelling reliably quantify rhizodeposited nitrogen remaining after a nodulated legume crop?	4
Spatiotemporal soil fertility responses to enhanced rock weathering along a hillslope catena within a temperate, agricultural watershed	4
Nitrate leaching from silage maize is more related to biomass N concentration at harvest time than inclusion of undersown cover crops	4
Straw incorporation facilitates utilization of straw-derived N in Black Soils	4
Potassium-enriched biochar-based fertilizers for improved uptake in radish plants	4
Regulation of winter soil mineral nitrogen and N2O emissions by cover crop termination timing	4
Impacts of cropping system diversification on soil phosphorus fractions and enzyme-mediated p cycling	3
Circular nutrient management through slurry separation and pyrolysis: a field study	3
Tiered maize and wheat nutrient removal coefficients estimated from available data	3
Do sward age and pasture renewal affect the potential of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) to reduce N2O emissions from urine patches?	3
Fate and cost effectiveness of soil carbon sequestered using supplementary nutrients applied to crop residues under field conditions	3
New field technique to determine in-situ gross nitrification rates on an intact 4 m2 scale on arable land	3
Editorial on special issues: “regional nutrient management in the circular economy” & “nitrogen and carbon recycling: benefits from the stakeholders’ perspective”	3
Farm adaptation to stricter nutrient management legislation and the implications for future livestock production: a review	3
Distinguishing the contribution of nitrogen fertilizer and native soil nitrogen to young apple trees	3
Dry matter production and nutrient uptake by cover crops in Brazilian agriculture	3
Dynamics of potassium concentration in paddy field water, soil and plant affected by potassium fertilizer levels	3
Mixing ratio and Nitrogen fertilization drive synergistic effects between biochar and compost	3
Inhibitors application time and pasture canopy capture regulate gaseous losses of urine-N	3
Controlled-release potassium blended fertilizer mitigates greenhouse gas emissions in paddy fields	3
Correction: Soil amendments and phosphorus fertilizer improve maize yield and soil fertility in Southwest Ethiopia	3
Enabling the circular nitrogen economy with organic and organo-mineral fertilisers	3
Split-nitrogen application increases nitrogen-use efficiency and yield of cotton	3
Performance of LINTUL-2 in simulating water-limited yields of maize using different sets of weather data in Ghana	3
Modeling surface residue decomposition and N release using the Cover Crop Nitrogen Calculator (CC-NCALC)	3
Interactive effects of cover crops and poultry litter on maize, wheat, and cotton yields across different climates and soils: a meta-analysis	3
Combination of Lolium perenne L. and Festuca arundinacea Schreb. improve yields under low phosphorus availability	3
Soil amendments and phosphorus fertilizer improve maize yield and soil fertility in Southwest Ethiopia	3
On-farm greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon stocks of a soybean‒maize system	3
Nitrogen use efficiency and yield gains from Stylosanthes guianensis integration in upland rice: insights from a 15N-labelling study under conservation agriculture	3
Site-specific recommendations of cattle manure nitrogen and urea for silage maize	3
Long-term straw return improves soil fertility and maize yield while mitigating salinity	3
Understory vegetation management regulates soil carbon and nitrogen storage in rubber plantations	3
Global-scale meta-analysis reveals enhanced cereal yields through sulfur and zinc fertilization	3
IFDC’s fifty years of research and development on the use of phosphate rock as fertilizer	3
Soils potentially vulnerable to phosphorus losses: speciation of inorganic and organic phosphorus and estimation of leaching losses	3
Influence of soil organic matter, fertiliser formulation and season on fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency in temperate pastures	3