OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil Research is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
In situ carbon and nitrogen turnover dynamics in topsoils: a climate warming simulation study in an alpine ecosystem	36
Mineralisation and nitrification of biuret and urea nitrogen in two New Zealand forest soils	24
Effects of farming systems, tillage, and traffic practices on deep drainage and soil salt loads in the Queensland Murray–Darling and Fitzroy Basins using soil chloride	23
Optimisation and modelling of draft and rupture width using response surface methodology and artificial neural network for tillage tools	18
Yield-scaled greenhouse gas emissions from the use of common urea and controlled-release nitrogen fertiliser in a subtropical paddy rice field	16
Relationship between elemental content determined	16
Soil organic matter fractions under different land uses and soil classes in the Brazilian semi-arid region	16
Degradation of conventional, biodegradable and oxo-degradable microplastics in a soil using a δ13C technique	16
The spatial and temporal variability and influence factor analysis of soil erosion in a grass farming area: a case study in central China	15
Organic farming does not increase soil organic carbon compared to conventional farming if there is no carbon transfer from other agroecosystems. A meta-analysis	15
Lessons from a landmark 1991 article on soil structure: distinct precedence of non-destructive assessment and benefits of fresh perspectives in soil research	13
Soil algae for combating soil degradation – greenhouse experiment with different soil amendments	13
Chemical and biological attributes of soil and soybean (Glycine max) yield in integrated systems in the Cerrado of north-east Brazil	12
Rapid colorimetric methods for analysis of pH, extractable aluminium and Colwell phosphorus in soils	12
Soil nematode trophic structure and biochar addition in recently converted boreal lands	11
Soil moisture impacts nitrification from nitrogen fertilisers treated with 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate in acidic soils	11
Seeding next to previous year’s crop row (near-row sowing) can increase grain yields on water repellent soils	9
Variation in wheat yield and soil properties at different landscape positions, nutrient sources, and rates in the tropical cereal-based cropping systems of Ethiopia	9
To B and not B2 – the Australian soil horizon system: history and review	8
Soil aluminum saturation threshold for subtropical crops in no-tillage system	8
Investigating phosphate-adsorption behaviour on a real ferrallitic-ferritic soil using a pluralistic approach under non-controlled conditions	8
Determining the depth and rate of soil movement down the soil profile using an environmental tracer: a hillslope scale assessment	8
Diffusive fluxes and water-extractable concentrations of different nitrogen forms in a temperate agricultural soil	8
Organic amendments improved soil properties and native plants’ performance in an Australian degraded land	7
Amending soils of different pH to decrease phosphorus losses	7

Subsoiling is the best tillage for fine roots and early-growth of Pinus taeda on clayey Oxisol in the subtropics	7
Spatial variability of mineral surface area and carbon sequestration potential at the farm scale – a case study	7
Agronomic soil tests can be used to estimate dissolved reactive phosphorus loss	7
Mineralogical control on physically protected soil organic matter in a neotropical moist forest	7
Priming of carbon decomposition in 27 dairy grazed soils after bovine urine additions	7
Soil carbon, organic matter fractions, and soil physical quality under different sugarcane harvesting systems in north-east Brazil	7
Earthworms and soil mesofauna as early bioindicators for landfill restoration	7
Soil formation, nutrient supply and ecosystem productivity on basaltic lava vs rhyolitic pumice on Alcedo Volcano, Galápagos	7
Influence of	7
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: A method for soil management assessment in an unreplicated commercial field	7
Bacterial succession in an abandoned circum-neutral opencast coal mine in India	7
Do admixed conifers change soil nutrient conditions of European beech stands?	6
Vertical distribution of edaphic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in two artificial forests planted on temperate grasslands	6
Storage of soil samples leads to over-representation of the contribution of nitrate to plant-available nitrogen	6
Long-term effects of olive mill waste waters spreading on the soil rhizospheric properties of olive trees grown under Mediterranean arid climate	6
Combining multiple methods for automated soil delineation: from traditional to digital	6
Estimating surrogates, utility graphs and indicator sets for soil capacity and security assessments using legacy data	6
The impact of irrigation duration on crop N uptake, lint yield and internal NUE in cotton using standard urea	6
Biosolids amendment effects on nitrogen cycling gene expression by the soil prokaryotic community as revealed by metatranscriptomic analysis	6
Influence of no-till cover crop management on soil thermal properties	6
Long-term experiments on atrazine adsorption in biochar-amended soils in Brazilian tropical areas	6
Sensitivity of organic matter mineralisation to water availability: role of solute diffusivity and the ‘Birch effect’	6
Evaluating effects of physical soil and water conservation measures using farmers’ perception and soil analysis in southern Ethiopia	6
Sunlight can have a stronger influence than air temperature on soil solarisation: observational evidence from Australia	5
Digital soil mapping in Australia. Can it achieve its goals?	5
Soil nitrous oxide emissions in a maize (	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
Long-term dairy manure application in a no-tillage system: crop yield and soil fertility	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
Review of soil erosion modelling involving water with field applications	5
Copper speciation and mobility in glyphosate co-contaminated soils: a microcosm and X-ray absorption spectroscopy study	5
Carbon and nitrogen stocks and organic matter fractions in the topsoil of traditional and agrisilvicultural systems in the Southeast of Brazil	5
State and trend of surface soil organic carbon stocks and associated nutrients in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga	5
Revised emission factors for estimating direct nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen inputs in Australia’s agricultural production systems: a meta-analysis	5
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	5