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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: What is achievable?	51
Nitrogen supply by cut-and-carry biomass for vegetable crops and subsequent cereals	24
Exploring nitrogen-flow networks and energy performance of contrasting organic farms	24
Split N application and DMP based nitrification inhibitors mitigate N2O losses in a soil cropped with winter wheat	19
Recycled nutrients supply phosphorus for organically-managed wheat and forage crops	19
Nitrous oxide emissions after application of cattle-manure-based pellet of different pH levels to an Andosol upland field	19
Decision-making environment of low-protein animal feeding in dairy and poultry farms in China	19
Nitrogen management trade-offs in hybrid rice for agronomy, carbon, and energy efficiency	18
Quantifying the prevalence of (non)-response to fertilizers in sub-Saharan Africa using on-farm trial data	17
Impacts of slurry acidification and injection on fertilizer nitrogen fates in grassland	17
Field based 15 N study: an investigation of cereal rye N fate and utilization by the subsequent corn and soybean	15
A decision support tool for the selection of 15 N analysis methods of ammonium and nitrate	15
Large nitrous oxide emissions from arable soils after crop harvests prior to sowing	13
Simulating long-term soil carbon storage, greenhouse gas balance, and crop yields in semi-arid cropping systems using DayCent model	12
Improving nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated cotton production	12
Soil organic phosphorus mineralisation rate in cropped fields receiving various P sources	12
Greenlandic glacial rock flour improves crop yield in organic agricultural production	12
Gained net ecosystem economic benefit in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice strategies	12
Soy and mustard effectively mobilize phosphorus from inorganic and organic sources	11
Developing climate-resilient agri-environmental production systems	11
Marginal increase in nitrate leaching under grass–clover leys by slurry and mineral fertilizer	11
Emissions of N2O and NH3 from cattle excreta in grass pastures fertilized with N or mixed with a forage legume	11
Cell signalling compound improves pasture and livestock productivity and the environment	11
Nitrogen dynamics during the seed-filling period in safflower under dryland Mediterranean conditions	11
Soil phosphorus pools and cycling as affected by changing land-uses in a semi-steppe ecosystem	10

Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake	10
Limited benefits of summer cover crops on nitrogen cycling in organic vegetable production	10
Precipitation and nitrogen application stimulate soil nitrous oxide emission	10
Diffusive gradients in thin films predicts crop response better than calcium-acetate-lactate extraction	10
Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under intensified pasture and sugarcane expansion	10
No sugar yield gains but larger fertiliser 15N loss with increasing N rates in an intensive sugarcane system	9
Spatial distribution and environmental risk of soil phosphorus under a long-term fertilizer strategy in a rice–wheat rotation system	9
Establishing optimal one-time root-zone nitrogen management for winter wheat in a loamy soil	9
Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought	9
Do tropical climatic conditions reduce the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors? A meta-analysis of studies carried out in Brazil	9
New generation urease inhibitor Duromide reduces ammonia losses and increases irrigated rice yield	9
Magnesium fertilization has a greater impact on soil and leaf nutrient concentrations than nitrogen or calcium fertilization in Florida orange production	9
Increases in nitrogen use efficiency decrease nitrous oxide emissions but can penalize yield in sugarcane	8
Reversing negative nitrogen balances in intensive rice-based cropping with Conservation Agriculture	8
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in grazing systems through nitrification inhibitors: a meta-analysis	8
Slurry acidification outperformed injection as an ammonia emission-reducing technique in boreal grass cultivation	8
Assessing policy impacts on nutrient circularity: a comprehensive review	8
Structural equation modelling to analyze the sustainability of the fertilizer sector in India	8
Fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N2O emissions based on the use of biochar and biochar-based fertilizers	8
Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in nitrogen-fertilized grass and legume-grass forage systems	8
Quantifying the fate of nitrogen from cereal rye root and shoot biomass using 15N	8
Urease inhibitor reduces ammonia volatilization and increases rice grain yield under irrigation delay	8
Adding inhibitors to manure injections can mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from barley croplands	8
Unraveling the role of ruzigrass in soil K cycling in tropical cropping systems	8
N-fertiliser application or legume integration enhances N cycling in tropical pastures	8
Rice husk ash and water management affect the GHG emission and water productivity in rice	7
Beyond circularity! Integration of circularity, efficiency, and sufficiency for nutrient management in agri-food systems	7
Integrating organic fertilizers in maize-mung bean intercropping: implications for soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas reduction	7
Elevated CO2 results in modified N2O emissions from paddy rice fields	7
Ruzigrass as cover crop improves the potassium partial balance and use by subsequent cotton	7
Phosphorus drawdown rate following cessation of repeated manure application to annual crops	7
End-of-life stage of renewable growing media with biochar versus spent peat or mineral wool	7
Correction: Cover crop quality and quantity influences organic corn performance more than soil context	7
Mitigate N2O emissions while maintaining sugarcane yield using enhanced efficiency fertilisers and reduced nitrogen rates	7
Biochar amendments make the harvesting of crop residue for bioenergy production sustainable	7
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	7
In recognition of Mike Hedley: fate of fertiliser in soil and mobilisation of recalcitrant nutrients	7
Leaching and volatilization of nitrogen in paddy rice under different nitrogen management	6
Polymer coated urea does not improve nitrogen use efficiency above urea in ratoon sugarcane crops in the wet subtropics	6
Are soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at steady state despite introducing grass and legumes to soybean and maize production system?	6
Identifying the circularization opportunities for organic wastes generated in a Mediterranean region	6
Nitrogen loss partitioning and emissions in intensive subtropical hybrid dairy systems	6
Sub-surface drip-fertigation and legume residue improved maize yield and nitrogen use	6
Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem	6
A new circular fertiliser framework for greenhouse hydroponic systems using phosphorus as a case study	6
Why is nutrient cycling in food systems so limited? A case study from the North-Netherlands region	6
Biomass partitioning and nutrient fluxes in Silphium perfoliatum and silage maize cropping systems	6
Fertilisation strategies and their influence on nutrient flows in organic apple orchards	6
Canola productivity and carbon footprint under different cropping systems in eastern Canada	6
Early nitrogen supply as an alternative management for a cover crop-maize sequence under a no-till system	6

Correction: Nitrogen fertilization with pig slurry in a barley-sorghum double-annual forage cropping system	6
Indigenous nutrient supply, weeding and fertilisation strategies influence on-farm N, P and K use efficiency in lowland rice	6
System-based management of phosphorus in a non-flooded rice-lentil system on alkaline soil	5
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical vegetable farms, using forest as a reference	5
Alfalfa green manure amendment improved P use efficiency and reduced P losses from paddy fields	5
Agroecological practices improve soil biological properties in an organic vegetable system	5
Liming improves wheat nutrient use efficiency, yield, and quality on acid soils in Ethiopia	5
Interrelationships between soil phosphorus compounds and their dependence on soil chemical and physical attributes	5
Nitrogen fertilizer replacement values of organic amendments: determination and prediction	5
Can periodic phosphorus fertilizer applications reduce the risk of P loss ?	5
Inoculation of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria improves soil phosphorus mobilization and maize productivity	4
Using spatially variable nitrogen application and crop responses to evaluate crop nitrogen use efficiency	4
Potential to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by use of perennial mobile green manures	4
Optimizing nitrogen input in orchard systems to balance agronomic productivity and environmental protection	4
Nitrate leaching from applied fertilizer is reduced by precision nitrogen management in baby corn cropping systems	4
Productivity and nutritive value of no-input minimum tillage organic forage systems	4
Stable isotope techniques for quantifying N fertiliser recovery in maize grown in soils with different management histories	4
A modular approach for quantification of nitrogen flows and losses along dairy manure management chains of different complexity	4
Long-term K fertilization effects on soil available K, grain yield, and plant K critical value in winter wheat	4
Challenges and opportunities for nutrient circularity: an innovation platform approach	4
Phosphorus effects on four lentil cultivars grown on alkaline Mediterranean soil	4
Strategies for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from weathered soils fertilized with urea	4
Foliar zinc fertilization improves yield, biofortification and nutrient-use efficiency of upland rice	4
Book review «Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production»	4
How can urea-N one-time management achieve high yield and high NUE for rainfed and irrigated maize?	4
Agroecological practices affect agronomic performance and resilience in fennel cultivation	4
High fertilizing value but potentially high volatilization of urine based fertilizers	4
Linear relationship between CH4 fluxes and atmospheric CO2 concentration levels controlled by rice biomass and soil methanogenic communities	4
Correction to: Herd concentration areas create greenhouse gas hotspots	3
Dynamics of potassium concentration in paddy field water, soil and plant affected by potassium fertilizer levels	3
Editorial on special issues: “regional nutrient management in the circular economy” & “nitrogen and carbon recycling: benefits from the stakeholders’ perspective”	3
Site-specific recommendations of cattle manure nitrogen and urea for silage maize	3
Plant and soil N of different winter cover crops as green manure for subsequent organic white cabbage	3
Potassium-enriched biochar-based fertilizers for improved uptake in radish plants	3
Alternate wetting and drying: a water-saving technology for sustainable rice production in Burkina Faso?	3
Modelling long-term yield and soil organic matter dynamics in a maize cropping system	3
Can 15N leaf-labelling reliably quantify rhizodeposited nitrogen remaining after a nodulated legume crop?	3
Soil respiration under different N fertilization and irrigation regimes in Bengaluru, S-India	3
Similar distribution of 15N labeled cattle slurry and mineral fertilizer in soil after one year	3
Mixing ratio and Nitrogen fertilization drive synergistic effects between biochar and compost	3
On-farm greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon stocks of a soybean‒maize system	3
Tiered maize and wheat nutrient removal coefficients estimated from available data	3
Fate and cost effectiveness of soil carbon sequestered using supplementary nutrients applied to crop residues under field conditions	3
Straw incorporation facilitates utilization of straw-derived N in Black Soils	3
Interseeded alfalfa N2 fixation and transfer to maize are reduced by N fertilizer	3
Soil nitrogen dynamics and sorghum productivity as affected by biochar in the dry tropics	3
Seeding, nitrogen and irrigation management optimize rice water and nitrogen use efficiency	3
New field technique to determine in-situ gross nitrification rates on an intact 4 m2 scale on arable land	3
Nitrogen use efficiency was increased by manure combined with plastic film mulching	3
Farm adaptation to stricter nutrient management legislation and the implications for future livestock production: a review	3
Controlled-release potassium blended fertilizer mitigates greenhouse gas emissions in paddy fields	3
Split-nitrogen application increases nitrogen-use efficiency and yield of cotton	3
Understory vegetation management regulates soil carbon and nitrogen storage in rubber plantations	3
Inhibitors application time and pasture canopy capture regulate gaseous losses of urine-N	3
Rapid determination of site-specific N, P, and K management for rice in a tidal swampland	3
Restoring nutrient circularity in a nutrient-saturated area in Germany requires systemic change	3
Shallow plough tillage with straw return increases rice yield by improving nutrient availability and physical properties of compacted subsurface soils	3
Carbon and nutrient cycling in cocoa agroforests under organic and conventional management	3
Agri-environmental implications of N- and P-based manure application to perennial and annual cropping systems	3
Enabling the circular nitrogen economy with organic and organo-mineral fertilisers	3