OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Soil Research is 2. 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
In situ carbon and nitrogen turnover dynamics in topsoils: a climate warming simulation study in an alpine ecosystem	66
Optimisation and modelling of draft and rupture width using response surface methodology and artificial neural network for tillage tools	27
Mineralisation and nitrification of biuret and urea nitrogen in two New Zealand forest soils	23
Evaluation of soil factors related to available silicon in agricultural soils of Western Australia	20
Degradation of conventional, biodegradable and oxo-degradable microplastics in a soil using a d13C technique	18
Soil organic matter fractions under different land uses and soil classes in the Brazilian semi-arid region	16
The effects of tillage practices on the soil organic carbon content and the CO2 distribution in the maize canopy in saline‒alkali cropland areas	13
The spatial and temporal variability and influence factor analysis of soil erosion in a grass farming area: a case study in central China	12
Soil algae for combating soil degradation – greenhouse experiment with different soil amendments†	11
Rapid colorimetric methods for analysis of pH, extractable aluminium and Colwell phosphorus in soils	11
Variation in wheat yield and soil properties at different landscape positions, nutrient sources, and rates in the tropical cereal-based cropping systems of Ethiopia	11
Chemical and biological attributes of soil and soybean (Glycine max) yield in integrated systems in the Cerrado of north-east Brazil	11
Agronomic soil tests can be used to estimate dissolved reactive phosphorus loss	10
Determining the depth and rate of soil movement down the soil profile using an environmental tracer: a hillslope scale assessment	10
Investigating phosphate-adsorption behaviour on a real ferrallitic-ferritic soil using a pluralistic approach under non-controlled conditions	10
Soil nematode trophic structure and biochar addition in recently converted boreal lands	10
Soil aluminum saturation threshold for subtropical crops in no-tillage system	10
To B and not B2 – the Australian soil horizon system: history and review	10
Mineralogical control on physically protected soil organic matter in a neotropical moist forest	9
Organic amendments improved soil properties and native plants’ performance in an Australian degraded land	9
Earthworms and soil mesofauna as early bioindicators for landfill restoration	9
Sowing crops into dry water-repellent soils can increase the severity of repellency and reduce crop performance	8
Combining multiple methods for automated soil delineation: from traditional to digital	8
Impact of soil physical and chemical properties on residual diuron toxicity against canola seedlings	8
Spatial variability of mineral surface area and carbon sequestration potential at the farm scale – a case study	8

Long-term experiments on atrazine adsorption in biochar-amended soils in Brazilian tropical areas	7
Estimating surrogates, utility graphs and indicator sets for soil capacity and security assessments using legacy data	7
Bacterial succession in an abandoned circum-neutral opencast coal mine in India	7
Subsoiling is the best tillage for fine roots and early-growth of Pinus taeda on clayey Oxisol in the subtropics	7
The impact of irrigation duration on crop N uptake, lint yield and internal NUE in cotton using standard urea	7
Corrigendum to : A method for soil management assessment in an unreplicated commercial field	7
Do admixed conifers change soil nutrient conditions of European beech stands?	7
Soil carbon, organic matter fractions, and soil physical quality under different sugarcane harvesting systems in north-east Brazil	7
Occurrence and environmental pathways of erionite in soil: a review	6
Vertical distribution of edaphic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in two artificial forests planted on temperate grasslands	6
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate pathogenic stress on the invasive weed Alternanthera philoxeroides	6
Sensitivity of organic matter mineralisation to water availability: role of solute diffusivity and the ‘Birch effect’	6
Long-term effects of olive mill waste waters spreading on the soil rhizospheric properties of olive trees grown under Mediterranean arid climate	5
Digital soil mapping in Australia. Can it achieve its goals?	5
State and trend of surface soil organic carbon stocks and associated nutrients in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga	5
Evaluating effects of physical soil and water conservation measures using farmers’ perception and soil analysis in southern Ethiopia	5
A comparison of the threshold concentrations of DCD, DMPP and nitrapyrin to reduce urinary nitrogen nitrification rates on pasture soils – a laboratory study	5
Revised emission factors for estimating direct nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen inputs in Australia’s agricultural production systems: a meta-analysis	5
Biosolids amendment effects on nitrogen cycling gene expression by the soil prokaryotic community as revealed by metatranscriptomic analysis	5
Microbiological indicators as sensitive indicators in the assessment of areas contaminated by heavy metals	5
Hot water extractable carbon in whole soil and particle-size fractions isolated from soils under contrasting land-use treatments	5
Copper sulfate causes greater toxicity and growth inhibition in grapevine seedlings compared to copper chloride in different vineyard soils	5
Copper speciation and mobility in glyphosate co-contaminated soils: a microcosm and X-ray absorption spectroscopy study	4
A simple incubation test for determining soil dispersion and gypsum rates	4
Plantation tree growth responses to P, N, K and minor and trace elements on low fertility savanna soils	4
Soil nitrous oxide emissions in a maize (Zea mays L.) crop in response to nitrogen fertilisation	4
Nitrogen fertilization induces microbial carbon limitation in subtropical soils: new evidence from microbial necromass decomposition	4
Effects of wetting and drying alternation on the shear properties of root-loess composites	4
Characterizing three-dimensional soil hydraulic properties and water flow in the thick unsaturated zone of Yungang Grottoes	4
Review of soil erosion modelling involving water with field applications	4
Impact of contrasting land-use on soil biodiversity and soil chemical properties in recently cleared forest soils of north-west Cambodia	4
Sunlight can have a stronger influence than air temperature on soil solarisation: observational evidence from Australia	4
Trace metal contamination and health risk assessment in irrigated soils: seasonal dynamics and multivariate insights from a tropical ecosystem	4
Nitrogen pools in páramo soils under green onion cropping: vertical distribution, prediction, and management implications	4
Designing and configuring monitoring sites to fulfill Australia’s national soil monitoring objectives	4
The effect of grazing management and legumes on soil organic carbon stocks in pastoral systems relevant to the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme: a critical review	4
Impact of green manure crop species on rhizosphere soil phosphorus	3
Dynamics of soil active organic carbon fractions during Salix cupularis shrub restoration in alpine grasslands of northwestern Sichuan	3
Effects of full inversion tillage during pasture renewal on soil and plant cadmium concentrations: a case study in New Zealand	3
The long-term application of compost and biogas residue fertilizers enhances soil qualities in rambutan orchards	3
Research on acidification and changes in mineral element concentrations in ferralsols from long-term tea plantations in Guizhou Province, China	3
Ecological functions of soil microbes in climate regulation and soil processes	3
Use of vector method to evaluate the effect of land use and soil parent material on aggregate stability in the red soil zone of southern China	3
Methane uptake in New Zealand planted forest soils	3
Celebrating 60 years of Soil Research: the evolution of an international journal	3
Nutrient distribution and cycling along a forest chronosequence following the regreening of a mining and smelting degraded landscape	3
Using maize to evaluate the Mohammadi–Khataar (M–K) model as a salinity weighting function (ωsi) for the integral water capacity	3
Fate of 15N-labelled urea under cotton and maize as affected by urease and nitrification inhibitors, and application method	3
Transformation of soil phosphorus fractions: the role of time and fertilisation	3
Soil properties and environmental factors across different altitudes influence biodiversity of root endophytic fungi in the orchid Bletilla sinensis	3

Soil origin impacts Acacia longifolia above and belowground development: water and nutrition as players	3
Sensitivity analysis of soil parameters in the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM)	2
Land-use-induced variability in soil profile carbon and carbon-associated nutrient pools in the Eastern Himalayan region	2
Changes of soil carbon along a topo-climatic gradient in rangelands of Iran: insights from 14C mean residence time and δ13C	2
Soil re-engineering in Western Australia, Part I: a novel approach for rapid and lasting improvement of soil physical and chemical properties	2
No-tillage promotes C accumulation in soil and a slight increase in yield stability and profitability of rice in subtropical lowland ecosystems	2
Understanding and quantifying whole soil-profile organic carbon transfer using an environmental tracer	2
Spatial variability of soil carbon across a hillslope restoration planting in New Zealand	2
Comparison of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and ICP analysis results for measuring Pb and Zn in soil	2
Variable-rate nitrogen fertilisation to improve silage maize yield and crude protein using APSIM modelling	2
Modelling and constructing engineered soil for post-mining landforms to create optimal ecological outcomes: application of a computer based Landscape Evolution Model (SSSPAM)	2
Ammonia volatilisation losses from urea applied to acidic cropping soils is regulated by pH buffering capacity	2
Using environmental tracers to understand soil organic carbon and soil erosion on a steep slope hillslope in south-east Australia	2
Mineralogy, elemental composition, and organic matter prediction of wetland soils in the Cerrado biome, Brazil	2
Impact of litter quality on the stability and storage of soil carbon in flooded wetlands	2
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in biochar-amended soils: a review	2
Humic substance turnover by bacterial decomposers in the maritime Antarctic soil	2
Mulch quality regulates soil fertility and microbial communities during a crop cycle	2
Organic carbon and short-range order minerals responsible for cementation of the spodic horizon (ortstein): a new proposal of chemical extractions in undisturbed samples	2
Influence of biocrust islands on organic carbon changes along the soil profile in Sejzi Plain, Iran	2
A review on the bioweathering and bioremediation of asbestos containing waste materials in soils	2
Proximal and remote sensing – what makes the best farm digital soil maps?	2
Effects of continuous cropping on microbial−metabolite interactions in the rhizosphere soil of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants	2
Alpine meadow degradation decreases soil P availability by altering phoD-harbouring bacterial diversity	2
Modelling nitrous oxide emissions: comparing algorithms in six widely used agro-ecological models	2