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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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	21
Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: What is achievable?	21
Recycled nutrients supply phosphorus for organically-managed wheat and forage crops	20
Decision-making environment of low-protein animal feeding in dairy and poultry farms in China	19
Field based 15 N study: an investigation of cereal rye N fate and utilization by the subsequent corn and soybean	17
Nitrous oxide emissions after application of cattle-manure-based pellet of different pH levels to an Andosol upland field	17
A decision support tool for the selection of 15 N analysis methods of ammonium and nitrate	16
Split N application and DMP based nitrification inhibitors mitigate N2O losses in a soil cropped with winter wheat	15
Fertilizer price hikes, farmers’ willingness to pay and crop switching decision in Ghana	15
Gained net ecosystem economic benefit in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice strategies	15
Nitrogen management trade-offs in hybrid rice for agronomy, carbon, and energy efficiency	14
Impacts of slurry acidification and injection on fertilizer nitrogen fates in grassland	14
Simulating long-term soil carbon storage, greenhouse gas balance, and crop yields in semi-arid cropping systems using DayCent model	14
Greenlandic glacial rock flour improves crop yield in organic agricultural production	13
Developing climate-resilient agri-environmental production systems	13
Large nitrous oxide emissions from arable soils after crop harvests prior to sowing	13
Improving nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated cotton production	13
Emissions of N2O and NH3 from cattle excreta in grass pastures fertilized with N or mixed with a forage legume	12
15Nitrogen urea fertilizer fate in soil–water–plant pools for corn–soybean rotation with grass and legume cover crops	12
Soil organic phosphorus mineralisation rate in cropped fields receiving various P sources	12
Soil phosphorus pools and cycling as affected by changing land-uses in a semi-steppe ecosystem	11
Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under intensified pasture and sugarcane expansion	11
Marginal increase in nitrate leaching under grass–clover leys by slurry and mineral fertilizer	11
Do tropical climatic conditions reduce the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors? A meta-analysis of studies carried out in Brazil	11

Cell signalling compound improves pasture and livestock productivity and the environment	11
Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake	10
Structural equation modelling to analyze the sustainability of the fertilizer sector in India	10
Fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N2O emissions based on the use of biochar and biochar-based fertilizers	10
Establishing optimal one-time root-zone nitrogen management for winter wheat in a loamy soil	10
Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought	10
Assessing policy impacts on nutrient circularity: a comprehensive review	10
Limited benefits of summer cover crops on nitrogen cycling in organic vegetable production	10
Soy and mustard effectively mobilize phosphorus from inorganic and organic sources	10
Spatial distribution and environmental risk of soil phosphorus under a long-term fertilizer strategy in a rice–wheat rotation system	10
Quantifying the fate of nitrogen from cereal rye root and shoot biomass using 15N	9
Urease inhibitor reduces ammonia volatilization and increases rice grain yield under irrigation delay	9
Increases in nitrogen use efficiency decrease nitrous oxide emissions but can penalize yield in sugarcane	9
Slurry acidification outperformed injection as an ammonia emission-reducing technique in boreal grass cultivation	9
Summer soil management regulates greenhouse gas emissions in dryland wheat cropping	9
Magnesium fertilization has a greater impact on soil and leaf nutrient concentrations than nitrogen or calcium fertilization in Florida orange production	9
New generation urease inhibitor Duromide reduces ammonia losses and increases irrigated rice yield	9
Soil fertility, maize productivity, and nutrient use efficiency following different cattle corralling duration and mineral fertilizer application on a Lixisol in Benin	8
Adding inhibitors to manure injections can mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from barley croplands	8
Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in nitrogen-fertilized grass and legume-grass forage systems	8
Mitigate N2O emissions while maintaining sugarcane yield using enhanced efficiency fertilisers and reduced nitrogen rates	8
Unraveling the role of ruzigrass in soil K cycling in tropical cropping systems	8
Reversing negative nitrogen balances in intensive rice-based cropping with Conservation Agriculture	8
Regenerating productivity after soil fertility depletion in a 20-year cotton–maize rotation in Benin	8
Biochar amendments make the harvesting of crop residue for bioenergy production sustainable	8
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in grazing systems through nitrification inhibitors: a meta-analysis	8
Rice husk ash and water management affect the GHG emission and water productivity in rice	8
Elevated CO2 results in modified N2O emissions from paddy rice fields	7
Phosphorus drawdown rate following cessation of repeated manure application to annual crops	7
Correction: Cover crop quality and quantity influences organic corn performance more than soil context	7
Optimizing nutrient requirement in space and time for increased crop yield and income	7
Polymer coated urea does not improve nitrogen use efficiency above urea in ratoon sugarcane crops in the wet subtropics	7
Beyond circularity! Integration of circularity, efficiency, and sufficiency for nutrient management in agri-food systems	7
In recognition of Mike Hedley: fate of fertiliser in soil and mobilisation of recalcitrant nutrients	7
Assessing crop nitrogen status under organic amendments to reduce nitrogen fertilizer inputs and improve sustainability	7
Canola productivity and carbon footprint under different cropping systems in eastern Canada	7
Ruzigrass as cover crop improves the potassium partial balance and use by subsequent cotton	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
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
Enduring increases in maize yield are a co-benefit of enhanced weathering of Greenlandic glacial rock flour in Ghana	6
Identifying the circularization opportunities for organic wastes generated in a Mediterranean region	6
A new circular fertiliser framework for greenhouse hydroponic systems using phosphorus as a case study	6
Biomass partitioning and nutrient fluxes in Silphium perfoliatum and silage maize cropping systems	6
Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem	6
Integrated nutrient management enhances leaf litter, mango yield, quality and carbon stock	6
Nitrogen loss partitioning and emissions in intensive subtropical hybrid dairy systems	6
Fertilisation strategies and their influence on nutrient flows in organic apple orchards	6
Are soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at steady state despite introducing grass and legumes to soybean and maize production system?	6
Effects of urea micronized sulfur combined with urease and nitrification inhibitors on nitrogen transformation, losses, and crop response	6

Why is nutrient cycling in food systems so limited? A case study from the North-Netherlands region	6
Leaching and volatilization of nitrogen in paddy rice under different nitrogen management	6