OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Global Change Biology Bioenergy is 29. 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
How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar	288
Biochar in agriculture – A systematic review of 26 global meta‐analyses	139
Applications of artificial intelligence‐based modeling for bioenergy systems: A review	63
Considering sustainability thresholds for BECCS in IPCC and biodiversity assessments	62
Miscanthus: A fast‐growing crop for environmental remediation and biofuel production	57
Functional response of the soil microbial community to biochar applications	56
Towards oilcane: Engineering hyperaccumulation of triacylglycerol into sugarcane stems	55
The broad impacts of corn stover and wheat straw removal for biofuel production on crop productivity, soil health and greenhouse gas emissions: A review	54
Redefining marginal land for bioenergy crop production	53
Applying a science‐based systems perspective to dispel misconceptions about climate effects of forest bioenergy	50
Season‐long characterization of high‐cannabinoid hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) reveals variation in cannabinoid accumulation, flowering time, and disease resistance	50
Potential of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for paired phytoremediation and bioenergy production	49
Microbial diversity and the abundance of keystone species drive the response of soil multifunctionality to organic substitution and biochar amendment in a tea plantation	49
High‐yield lipid production from lignocellulosic biomass using engineered xylose‐utilizing Yarrowia lipolytica	47
Long‐term biochar application promotes rice productivity by regulating root dynamic development and reducing nitrogen leaching	46
Biochar amendment boosts photosynthesis and biomass in C₃ but not C₄ plants: A global synthesis	45
Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability	44
Multifaceted roles of duckweed in aquatic phytoremediation and bioproducts synthesis	42
Effects of biochar application on soil nitrogen transformation, microbial functional genes, enzyme activity, and plant nitrogen uptake: A meta‐analysis of field studies	42
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Finding the win–wins for energy, negative emissions and ecosystem services—size matters	40
Does biochar improve all soil ecosystem services?	37
Brassica carinata: Biology and agronomy as a biofuel crop	37
21st‐century biogeochemical modeling: Challenges for Century‐based models and where do we go from here?	36
Greater microbial carbon use efficiency and carbon sequestration in soils: Amendment of biochar versus crop straws	34
Improving lignocellulosic biofuel production by CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated lignin modification in barley	33

Limited effect of environmental stress on cannabinoid profiles in high‐cannabidiol hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)	32
Differential responses of soil nitrogen‐oxide emissions to organic substitution for synthetic fertilizer and biochar amendment in a subtropical tea plantation	32
Quantitative assessment of the potential for soil improvement by planting Miscanthus on saline‐alkaline soil and the underlying microbial mechanism	32
Comparative environmental and economic life cycle assessment of biogas production from perennial wild plant mixtures and maize (Zea mays L.) in southwest Germany	29