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

Article	Citations
Relationship between elemental content determined via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and traditional acid-digestion-based methods in tropical soils	45
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	25
In situ carbon and nitrogen turnover dynamics in topsoils: a climate warming simulation study in an alpine ecosystem	23
The spatial and temporal variability and influence factor analysis of soil erosion in a grass farming area: a case study in central China	18
Degradation of conventional, biodegradable and oxo-degradable microplastics in a soil using a d13C technique	18
Mineralisation and nitrification of biuret and urea nitrogen in two New Zealand forest soils	18
Optimisation and modelling of draft and rupture width using response surface methodology and artificial neural network for tillage tools	18
Soil organic matter fractions under different land uses and soil classes in the Brazilian semi-arid region	16
Organic farming does not increase soil organic carbon compared to conventional farming if there is no carbon transfer from other agroecosystems. A meta-analysis	14
Lessons from a landmark 1991 article on soil structure: distinct precedence of non-destructive assessment and benefits of fresh perspectives in soil research	13
Variation in wheat yield and soil properties at different landscape positions, nutrient sources, and rates in the tropical cereal-based cropping systems of Ethiopia	12
Soil nematode trophic structure and biochar addition in recently converted boreal lands	12
Rapid colorimetric methods for analysis of pH, extractable aluminium and Colwell phosphorus in soils	12
Soil algae for combating soil degradation – greenhouse experiment with different soil amendments†	10
Determining the depth and rate of soil movement down the soil profile using an environmental tracer: a hillslope scale assessment	9
Chemical and biological attributes of soil and soybean (Glycine max) yield in integrated systems in the Cerrado of north-east Brazil	9
Agronomic soil tests can be used to estimate dissolved reactive phosphorus loss	9
Soil aluminum saturation threshold for subtropical crops in no-tillage system	9
Seeding next to previous year’s crop row (near-row sowing) can increase grain yields on water repellent soils	9
Organic amendments improved soil properties and native plants’ performance in an Australian degraded land	8
To B and not B2 – the Australian soil horizon system: history and review	8
Priming of carbon decomposition in 27 dairy grazed soils after bovine urine additions	8
Investigating phosphate-adsorption behaviour on a real ferrallitic-ferritic soil using a pluralistic approach under non-controlled conditions	8
Influence of Azospirillum lectins on the antioxidant system response in wheat seedling roots during abiotic stress	8
Soil formation, nutrient supply and ecosystem productivity on basaltic lava vs rhyolitic pumice on Alcedo Volcano, Galápagos	8

Earthworms and soil mesofauna as early bioindicators for landfill restoration	8
Mineralogical control on physically protected soil organic matter in a neotropical moist forest	8
Influence of no-till cover crop management on soil thermal properties	7
Do admixed conifers change soil nutrient conditions of European beech stands?	7
Corrigendum to : A method for soil management assessment in an unreplicated commercial field	7
Combining multiple methods for automated soil delineation: from traditional to digital	7
Subsoiling is the best tillage for fine roots and early-growth of Pinus taeda on clayey Oxisol in the subtropics	7
Soil carbon, organic matter fractions, and soil physical quality under different sugarcane harvesting systems in north-east Brazil	7
Spatial variability of mineral surface area and carbon sequestration potential at the farm scale – a case study	7
Bacterial succession in an abandoned circum-neutral opencast coal mine in India	7
Biosolids amendment effects on nitrogen cycling gene expression by the soil prokaryotic community as revealed by metatranscriptomic analysis	6
Storage of soil samples leads to over-representation of the contribution of nitrate to plant-available nitrogen	6
Estimating surrogates, utility graphs and indicator sets for soil capacity and security assessments using legacy data	6
Vertical distribution of edaphic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in two artificial forests planted on temperate grasslands	6
Sensitivity of organic matter mineralisation to water availability: role of solute diffusivity and the ‘Birch effect’	6
Long-term experiments on atrazine adsorption in biochar-amended soils in Brazilian tropical areas	6
The impact of irrigation duration on crop N uptake, lint yield and internal NUE in cotton using standard urea	6
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate pathogenic stress on the invasive weed Alternanthera philoxeroides	6
Hot water extractable carbon in whole soil and particle-size fractions isolated from soils under contrasting land-use treatments	5
Long-term effects of olive mill waste waters spreading on the soil rhizospheric properties of olive trees grown under Mediterranean arid climate	5
Microbiological indicators as sensitive indicators in the assessment of areas contaminated by heavy metals	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
Evaluating effects of physical soil and water conservation measures using farmers’ perception and soil analysis in southern Ethiopia	5
Copper sulfate causes greater toxicity and growth inhibition in grapevine seedlings compared to copper chloride in different vineyard soils	5
Impact of contrasting land-use on soil biodiversity and soil chemical properties in recently cleared forest soils of north-west Cambodia	5
Soil nitrous oxide emissions in a maize (Zea mays L.) crop in response to nitrogen fertilisation	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