OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil is 10. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Identification of thermal signature and quantification of charcoal in soil using differential scanning calorimetry and benzene polycarboxylic acid (BPCA) markers	831
The effect of natural infrastructure on water erosion mitigation in the Andes	57
Inclusion of biochar in a C dynamics model based on observations from an 8-year field experiment	43
Lower functional redundancy in “narrow” than “broad” functions in global soil metagenomics	35
Assessing soil redistribution of forest and cropland sites in wet tropical Africa using ^239+240Pu fallout radionuclides	28
Developing the Swiss mid-infrared soil spectral library for local estimation and monitoring	26
Microbial activity responses to water stress in agricultural soils from simple and complex crop rotations	23
Modelling of long-term Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb dynamics from soils fertilised with organic amendments	22
Effect of colloidal particle size on physicochemical properties and aggregation behaviors of two alkaline soils	21
Heterotrophic soil respiration and carbon cycling in geochemically distinct African tropical forest soils	20
Quantifying soil carbon in temperate peatlands using a mid-IR soil spectral library	19
Phosphorus dynamics during early soil development in a cold desert: insights from oxygen isotopes in phosphate	19
Soil δ¹⁵N is a better indicator of ecosystem nitrogen cycling than plant δ¹⁵N: A global meta-analysis	19
Forest liming in the face of climate change: the implications of restorative liming for soil organic carbon in mature German forests	17
Estimations of soil metal accumulation or leaching potentials under climate change scenarios: the example of copper on a European scale	17
Validating plutonium-239+240 as a novel soil redistribution tracer – a comparison to measured sediment yield	17
Managing soil organic carbon in tropical agroecosystems: evidence from four long-term experiments in Kenya	16
Intensive agricultural management-induced subsurface accumulation of water-extractable colloidal P in a Vertisol	16
Mineral dust and pedogenesis in the alpine critical zone	16
An ensemble estimate of Australian soil organic carbon using machine learning and process-based modelling	16
Optimized fertilization using online soil nitrate data	16
Diachronic assessment of soil organic C and N dynamics under long-term no-till cropping systems in the tropical upland of Cambodia	16
Moderate N fertilizer reduction with straw return modulates cropland functions and microbial traits in a meadow soil	15
Agricultural use of compost under different irrigation strategies in a hedgerow olive grove under Mediterranean conditions – a comparison with traditional systems	15
Investigating the complementarity of thermal and physical soil organic carbon fractions	15

The influence of land use and management on the behaviour and persistence of soil organic carbon in a subtropical Ferralsol	15
Trapnell's Upper Valley soils of Zambia: the production of an integrated understanding of geomorphology, pedology, ecology, and land use	14
Earthworm-invaded boreal forest soils harbour distinct microbial communities	14
Thermodynamic and hydrological drivers of the soil and bedrock thermal regimes in central Spain	14
Quality assessment of meta-analyses on soil organic carbon	14
The application of biochar and oyster shell reduced cadmium uptake by crops and modified soil fertility and enzyme activities in contaminated soil	13
Dynamics of carbon loss from an Arenosol by a forest to vineyard land use change on a centennial scale	12
Soil respiration across a variety of tree-covered urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland	12
The effect of groundwater depth on topsoil organic matter mineralization during a simulated dry summer in northwestern Europe	12
The effect of different biopreparations on soil physical properties and CO₂ emissions when growing winter wheat and oilseed rape	11
The soil knowledge library (KLIB) – a structured literature database on soil process research	11
Increase in bacterial community induced tolerance to Cr in response to soil properties and Cr level in the soil	11
Evaluating the Tea Bag Index approach for different management practices in agroecosystems using long-term field experiments in Austria and Sweden	11
Impact of contrasting fertilizer technologies on N dynamics from subsurface bands of “pure” or blended fertilizer applications	11
Improving measurements of microbial growth, death, and turnover by accounting for extracellular DNA in soils	10
Can corporate supply chain sustainability standards contribute to soil protection?	10
Only a minority of bacteria grow after wetting in both natural and post-mining biocrusts in a hyperarid phosphate mine	10
Investigating the synergistic potential of Si and biochar to immobilize Ni in a Ni-contaminated calcareous soil after Zea mays L. cultivation	10
Comprehensive increase in CO₂ release by drying–rewetting cycles among Japanese forests and pastureland soils and exploring predictors of increasing magnitude	10
The role of long-term mineral and manure fertilization on P species accumulation and phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms in paddy red soils	10
Soil depth as a driver of microbial and carbon dynamics in a planted forest (Pinus radiata) pumice soil	10
Long-term legacy of phytoremediation on plant succession and soil microbial communities in petroleum-contaminated sub-Arctic soils	10
Biochar promotes soil aggregate stability and associated organic carbon sequestration and regulates microbial community structures in Mollisols from northeast China	10
Soil and crop management practices and the water regulation functions of soils: a qualitative synthesis of meta-analyses relevant to European agriculture	10
Research and management challenges following soil and landscape decontamination at the onset of the reopening of the Difficult-to-Return Zone, Fukushima (Japan)	10