OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01.)

Article	Citations
SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty	355
Machine learning and soil sciences: a review aided by machine learning tools	168
Global concentrations of microplastics in soils – a review	115
The influence of training sample size on the accuracy of deep learning models for the prediction of soil properties with near-infrared spectroscopy data	57
What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?	49
Game theory interpretation of digital soil mapping convolutional neural networks	47
Iron and aluminum association with microbially processed organic matter via meso-density aggregate formation across soils: organo-metallic glue hypothesis	43
Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review	37
Identification of new microbial functional standards for soil quality assessment	36
Targeting the soil quality and soil health concepts when aiming for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal	35
Using constructed soils for green infrastructure – challenges and limitations	33
Oblique geographic coordinates as covariates for digital soil mapping	29
Variations in soil chemical and physical properties explain basin-wide Amazon forest soil carbon concentrations	28
Time-lapse monitoring of root water uptake using electrical resistivity tomography and mise-à-la-masse: a vineyard infiltration experiment	25
Ramped thermal analysis for isolating biologically meaningful soil organic matter fractions with distinct residence times	25
Effects of microplastic and microglass particles on soil microbial community structure in an arable soil (Chernozem)	25
Impact of freeze–thaw cycles on soil structure and soil hydraulic properties	23
Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa	19
Modeling soil and landscape evolution – the effect of rainfall and land-use change on soil and landscape patterns	19
Transformation of <i>n</i>-alkanes from plant to soil: a review	17
The role of geochemistry in organic carbon stabilization against microbial decomposition in tropical rainforest soils	17
Identifying and quantifying geogenic organic carbon in soils – the case of graphite	15
Lithology- and climate-controlled soil aggregate-size distribution and organic carbon stability in the Peruvian Andes	14
Switch of fungal to bacterial degradation in natural, drained and rewetted oligotrophic peatlands reflected in <i>δ</i><sup>15</sup>N and fatty	13
Assessing soil redistribution of forest and cropland sites in wet tropical Africa using <sup>239+240</sup>Pu fallout radionuclides	12

Microbial communities and their predictive functional profiles in the arid soil of Saudi Arabia	11
The central African soil spectral library: a new soil infrared repository and a geographical prediction analysis	11
Comparing three approaches of spatial disaggregation of legacy soil maps based on the Disaggregation and Harmonisation of Soil Map Units Through Resampled Classification Trees (DSMART) algorithm	11
Altitude and management affect soil fertility, leaf nutrient status and Xanthomonas wilt prevalence in enset gardens	11
Understanding the role of water and tillage erosion from <sup>239+240</sup>Pu tracer measurements using inverse modelling	11
Depletion of soil carbon and aggregation after strong warming of a subarctic Andosol under forest and grassland cover	11
Middle Bronze Age land use practices in the northwestern Alpine foreland – a multi-proxy study of colluvial deposits, archaeological features and peat bogs	11
Obtaining more benefits from crop residues as soil amendments by application as chemically heterogeneous mixtures	11
Development of a harmonised soil profile analytical database for Europe: a resource for supporting regional soil management	11
Network complexity of rubber plantations is lower than tropical forests for soil bacteria but not for fungi	10
Developing the Swiss mid-infrared soil spectral library for local estimation and monitoring	10
Catchment export of base cations: improved mineral dissolution kinetics influence the role of water transit time	10
Base cations in the soil bank: non-exchangeable pools may sustain centuries of net loss to forestry and leaching	10
Evaluating the effects of soil erosion and productivity decline on soil carbon dynamics using a model-based approach	10
Spatial variations, origins, and risk assessments of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in French soils	9
Assessing soil salinity dynamics using time-lapse electromagnetic conductivity imaging	9
Changes in soil physicochemical properties and bacterial communities at different soil depths after long-term straw mulching under a no-till system	9
Predicting the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stock in Swedish forests using a group of covariates and site-specific data	9
Are agricultural plastic covers a source of plastic debris in soil? A first screening study	9