OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems is 6. 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
Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: What is achievable?	48
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
Decision-making environment of low-protein animal feeding in dairy and poultry farms in China	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	18
Impacts of slurry acidification and injection on fertilizer nitrogen fates in grassland	18
Split N application and DMP based nitrification inhibitors mitigate N2O losses in a soil cropped with winter wheat	18
Nitrogen management trade-offs in hybrid rice for agronomy, carbon, and energy efficiency	16
Greenlandic glacial rock flour improves crop yield in organic agricultural production	15
Gained net ecosystem economic benefit in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice strategies	15
Quantifying the prevalence of (non)-response to fertilizers in sub-Saharan Africa using on-farm trial data	14
Large nitrous oxide emissions from arable soils after crop harvests prior to sowing	13
Field based 15 N study: an investigation of cereal rye N fate and utilization by the subsequent corn and soybean	13
A decision support tool for the selection of 15 N analysis methods of ammonium and nitrate	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
Developing climate-resilient agri-environmental production systems	12
Nitrogen dynamics during the seed-filling period in safflower under dryland Mediterranean conditions	12
Nutrient flows in the crop-livestock system in an emerging county in China	11
Soy and mustard effectively mobilize phosphorus from inorganic and organic sources	11
Soil organic phosphorus mineralisation rate in cropped fields receiving various P sources	11
Emissions of N2O and NH3 from cattle excreta in grass pastures fertilized with N or mixed with a forage legume	11
Do tropical climatic conditions reduce the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors? A meta-analysis of studies carried out in Brazil	10
Cell signalling compound improves pasture and livestock productivity and the environment	10

Precipitation and nitrogen application stimulate soil nitrous oxide emission	10
Soil phosphorus pools and cycling as affected by changing land-uses in a semi-steppe ecosystem	10
Diffusive gradients in thin films predicts crop response better than calcium-acetate-lactate extraction	10
Marginal increase in nitrate leaching under grass–clover leys by slurry and mineral fertilizer	10
No sugar yield gains but larger fertiliser 15N loss with increasing N rates in an intensive sugarcane system	9
Urease inhibitor reduces ammonia volatilization and increases rice grain yield under irrigation delay	9
Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought	9
Establishing optimal one-time root-zone nitrogen management for winter wheat in a loamy soil	9
Assessing policy impacts on nutrient circularity: a comprehensive review	9
Spatial distribution and environmental risk of soil phosphorus under a long-term fertilizer strategy in a rice–wheat rotation system	9
Limited benefits of summer cover crops on nitrogen cycling in organic vegetable production	9
Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake	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	9
Structural equation modelling to analyze the sustainability of the fertilizer sector in India	8
Adding inhibitors to manure injections can mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from barley croplands	8
Quantifying the fate of nitrogen from cereal rye root and shoot biomass using 15N	8
Fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N2O emissions based on the use of biochar and biochar-based fertilizers	8
Reversing negative nitrogen balances in intensive rice-based cropping with Conservation Agriculture	8
N-fertiliser application or legume integration enhances N cycling in tropical pastures	8
Slurry acidification outperformed injection as an ammonia emission-reducing technique in boreal grass cultivation	8
Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in nitrogen-fertilized grass and legume-grass forage systems	8
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in grazing systems through nitrification inhibitors: a meta-analysis	7
Rice husk ash and water management affect the GHG emission and water productivity in rice	7
In recognition of Mike Hedley: fate of fertiliser in soil and mobilisation of recalcitrant nutrients	7
End-of-life stage of renewable growing media with biochar versus spent peat or mineral wool	7
Biochar amendments make the harvesting of crop residue for bioenergy production sustainable	7
Beyond circularity! Integration of circularity, efficiency, and sufficiency for nutrient management in agri-food systems	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
Correction: Cover crop quality and quantity influences organic corn performance more than soil context	7
Unraveling the role of ruzigrass in soil K cycling in tropical cropping systems	7
Mitigate N2O emissions while maintaining sugarcane yield using enhanced efficiency fertilisers and reduced nitrogen rates	7
Phosphorus drawdown rate following cessation of repeated manure application to annual crops	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
Integrating organic fertilizers in maize-mung bean intercropping: implications for soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas reduction	6
Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem	6
Indigenous nutrient supply, weeding and fertilisation strategies influence on-farm N, P and K use efficiency in lowland rice	6
Why is nutrient cycling in food systems so limited? A case study from the North-Netherlands region	6
National-scale implementation of mandatory freshwater farm plans: a mechanism to deliver water quality improvement in productive catchments in New Zealand?	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
Leaching and volatilization of nitrogen in paddy rice under different nitrogen management	6
A new circular fertiliser framework for greenhouse hydroponic systems using phosphorus as a case study	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
Biomass partitioning and nutrient fluxes in Silphium perfoliatum and silage maize cropping systems	6
Nitrogen loss partitioning and emissions in intensive subtropical hybrid dairy systems	6