OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geoderma Regional 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Soil priorities around the world - an introduction	227
From rock to soil: Elemental mobility during pedogenesis in a deep Ultisol profile at the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, Southeastern Brazil	69
Soil water content and photosynthetically active radiation influences soil color assessment	62
Variation in soil chemical properties in relation to vegetation characteristics in a serpentine area of Hokkaido, Japan	48
Estimating natural soil drainage classes in the Wisconsin till plain of the Midwestern U.S.A. based on lidar derived terrain indices: Evaluating prediction accuracy of multinomial logistic regression	44
Topographic zonation and polycyclic pedogenesis in the northern atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean	43
Comparison of specific and universal linear regression models for predicting soil water retention in eastern Croatia	32
Soil science research priorities in the United States	31
Field-scale spatial correlation between soil and Vis-NIR spectra in the Cerrado biome of Central Brazil	30
A systematic evaluation of multisensor data and multivariate prediction methods for digitally mapping exchangeable cations: A case study in Australian sugarcane field	25
Spatial prediction and uncertainty estimation of crucial GlobalSoilMap properties - A contextual study in the semi-arid area of western Iran	25
Mineral and particle-size chemometric classification using handheld near-infrared instruments for soil in Northeast Brazil	24
Soil health indicators in oil palm agroforestry systems in the eastern Amazon, Brazil	23
How magnetism-based fractional spinels contribute to the bioavailability of geogenic chromium in serpentine soils of Taiwan	23
Effects of different tillage and cropping systems on water repellency and hydraulic properties in a tropical Alfisol of southwestern Nigeria	22
Variability of soil organic carbon and nutrient content across land uses and agriculturally induced land use changes in the forest-savanna transition zone of Cameroon	21
13C evidence for the selective loss of active and inert organic carbon in soil aggregates under rain-induced overland flow erosion	20
Differences in soil biological activity and soil organic matter status only in the topsoil of Ferralsols under five land uses (Allada, Benin)	20
Temperature limitations in the use of hydrogels on leptosols in a semi-arid region of Brazil	19
Surface soil sampling underestimates soil carbon and nitrogen storage of long-term cover cropping	19
Water retention and irrigation characteristics of Vertisols in northwestern Turkey	18
Geomorphology as a tool to digitize homogeneous management zones based on soil properties in the semiarid central Argentinean Pampas	17
Effect of topography on spatiotemporal patterns of soil moisture in a mountainous region of Northwest China	17
Soil priorities for the Czech Republic	17
Evaluation of simple and multivariate linear regression models for exchangeable base cation conversion between seven measurement techniques on South African soils	16

Near-infrared spectroscopy: Alternative method for assessment of stable carbon isotopes in various soil profiles in Chile	16
Heterogeneity of nitrate reduction indicators across a tile drained agricultural catchment in East Jutland, Denmark	16
Understanding the “acric” Illuvial soils in Slovenian soil classification in relation to Acrisols	15
Long-term effects of barley residue managements on soil hydrophysical properties in north-western Iran	15
Assessing soil corrosivity along feral-proof fencing in the Australian Arid Zone and the development of a new soil corrosivity index	15
Comparison of long-term effects of biochar application on soil organic carbon and its fractions in two ecological sites in karst regions	15
Roots exert greater influence on soil respiration than aboveground litter in a subalpine Cambisol	14
Evaluation of RUSLE and spatial assessment of agricultural soil erosion in Finland	14
A quarter century experience in soil salinity mapping and its contribution to sustainable soil management and food security in Morocco	14
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concentration and spatial distribution in the soils of Santiago de Compostela (northwestern Spain)	13
Stakeholders' point of view on access to soil knowledge in France. What are the opportunities for further improvement?	13
Effects of raster resolution on quantifying farmland soil organic carbon stock in various landforms of a complex topography, China	13
Soil properties of thickets and adjacent land use types in coastal savanna landscape of Ghana	12
Chemical degradation of agricultural soil under arid conditions by the accumulation of potentially toxic elements and salts	12
Soil organic carbon stocks by soil group for afforested soils in Ireland	12
Retention of dissolved organic matter during podzolisation: Testing processes in laboratory experiments and at the submicron scale	12
Should soil classification be mandatory for manuscripts aiming to publish in Geoderma and Geoderma Regional?	12
Variation of phosphorus pools as affected by land use in acidic soil of eastern Himalayan region of India	12
Geochemistry and microbiology of boreal alluvial soil under salinisation	11
Proximal sensing approach for characterization of calcareous soils using multiblock data analysis	11
Soil mapping and characterization of the Mapou basin, Haiti	11
Soil characteristics within vegetation patches are sensitive indicators of savanna rangeland degradation in central Namibia	11
Ammonia emission and nitrogen use efficiency with application of nitrification inhibitor and plant growth regulator in a calcareous soil (Karaj, Iran)	10
Influence of sample size, model selection, and land use on prediction accuracy of soil properties	10
Spatial prediction of soil properties for the Busia area, Kenya using legacy soil data	10
Soil order knowledge as a driver in soil properties estimation from Vis-NIR spectral data – Case study from northern Karnataka (India)	10
Carbon and nitrogen stocks under various land cover in Gabon	10
Impact of sowing time of maize and ruzigrass intercropping systems on soil chemical, physical and microbiological properties in an Oxisol from southern Brazil	9
Rapid characterization of soil horizons for different soil series utilizing Vis-NIR spectral information	9
Grass cover and shallow tillage inter-row soil cultivation affecting CO2 and N2O emissions in a sloping vineyard in upland Balaton, Hungary	9
Soil carbon and bio-physicochemical properties dynamics under forest restoration sites in southern Ghana	9
Improving digital soil mapping in Bogor, Indonesia using parent material information	9
Origin and evolution of soil materials of the Paleo-Chadian linear-dune landscape in the Far North Region of Cameroon	9
Comparison of soil exchangeable calcium estimated using five extractants and near-infrared spectroscopy	9
Deterministic and geostatistical models for predicting soil organic carbon in a 60 ha farm on Inceptisol in Varanasi, India	9
Changes in soil organic carbon and soil aggregation due to deforestation for smallholder management in the Brazilian semi-arid region	9
Tracking pedogenic carbonate formation and alkalinity migration in agricultural soils amended with crushed wollastonite ore – Evidence from field trials in Southwestern Ontario	9
Research priorities for sandy soils in Central Africa	8
Change in soil organic carbon storage as influenced by forestland and grassland conversion to cropland in Canada	8
Dynamic linkages between human pressure and stability of soil organic matter in mid-latitude mountains – A perspective review	8
Soil carbon benchmarks and cropland management effects: Insights from the Bavarian soil organic matter monitoring	8
Digital soil mapping of Italy to map derived soil profiles with neural networks	8
Assessing the impact of soil use and management systems on soil health in Southern Brazil	8
Estimating organic carbon stocks of mineral soils in Denmark: Impact of bulk density and content of rock fragments	8
Early-stage soil organic carbon stabilization in conservation agriculture-based cereal systems	8
Organic carbon stocks across various land use systems in Sandy Ultisols and Oxisols in Brazil	8
Sensor-based field methods for pedology and soil surveys: Protocol suggestions for Brazilian tropical soils	8
Identifying opportunities to improve digital soil mapping in India: A systematic review	8
Potentially toxic elements in fen peatland soils located near lignite-fired power plants in Central Poland	8
Termite constructions as patches of soil fertility in Cambodian paddy fields	8

Near-surface pedosediments of Takatokwane saline pan, southern Botswana: Properties, pedogenic processes, and inferences of environmental change	8
Mapping soil parent materials in a previously glaciated landscape: Potential for a machine learning approach for detailed nationwide mapping	8
Rare earth elements in tropical soils, Cameroon soils (Central Africa)	7
Applying RUSLE for soil erosion estimation in Romania under current and future climate scenarios	7
Analysis of the spatio-temporal variability of soil water dynamics in an arid catchment in South Africa	7
Australian priorities for soil research and land manager engagement to improve sustainable soil management	7
Digital mapping for soil texture class prediction in northwestern Türkiye by different machine learning algorithms	7
Corrigendum to “Geochemistry and microbiology of boreal alluvial soil under salinization” [Geoderma Regional 38 (2024) e00842]	7
Tillage recommendation for commercial forest production: Should tillage be based on soil penetrability, bulk density or more complex, integrative properties?	7
Soil properties changes after seven years of ground mounted photovoltaic panels in Central Italy coastal area	7
Long-term monitoring of soil quality and trace elements to evaluate land use effects and temporal change in the Wellington region, New Zealand	7
No-tillage with straw retention influenced maize root growth morphology by changing soil physical properties and aggregate structure in Northeast China: A ten-year field experiment	7
Applying NIR and MIR spectroscopy for C and soil property prediction in northern cold-region ecosystems. Which approach works better?	7
Corrigendum to “Biochar soil amendment as carbon farming practice in a Mediterranean environment” [Geoderma Regional, 33, 2013, e00634]	7
Agricultural terraces in Puebla, Mexico: An ethnopedological approach	7
Crop, livestock, and forestry integration to reconcile soil health, food production, and climate change mitigation in the Brazilian Cerrado: A review	7
Salinity intrusion prediction using remote sensing and machine learning in data-limited regions: A case study in Vietnam's Mekong Delta	7
Cross-system legacy data applied to digital soil mapping: A case study of Second National Soil Survey data in China	7
Spatial distribution of soil rare earth elements in Sicily (Italy)	7
Effects of tree species composition in plantation forest on soil aggregate stability and organic carbon pools in northeastern China	7
Evaluation of Vis-NIR preprocessing combined with PLS regression for estimation soil organic carbon, cation exchange capacity and clay from eastern Croatia	7
Research and management priorities for mainland France soils	6
Modeling the effect of slope aspect on temporal variation of soil water content and matric potential using different approaches by HYDRUS-1D	6
Using the pedogenic oxide ratio in distinguishing volcanic soil weathering intensity in subtropical region	6
Soil priorities in British Columbia, Canada	6
Water-stable aggregation among untilled and intensively tilled soils with similar contents of aggregating agents in central Ohio, USA	6
Relationships between soil organic carbon fractions and their thermal stability in forest soils (Bavaria, Germany)	6
Animal manure digestate fertilization effect on the soil microbial activity and crop productivity in the northern part of temperate climate conditions-Lithuania	6
Typology of rice-based cropping systems for improved soil carbon management: Capturing smallholder farming opportunities and constraints in Dinajpur, Bangladesh	6
Soils of the coastal and lower belt of Galápagos Islands – The case of Isla Santa Fé and Isla Santa Cruz	6
Sub-surface drainage: A win-win technology for achieving carbon neutrality and land amelioration in salt-affected Vertisols of India	6
Soil carbon stocks and nutrient stratification in a volcanically active coffee-dominated landscape in south-central Guatemala	6
Changes in soil properties with long-term organic inputs due to distance from homestead and farm characteristics in southern Ethiopian farmlands	6
Tamarugite, NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O, as a valuable indicator of soil degradation in a Spanish coastal wetland receiving acidic leachates from spilled mine waste	6
Land resource inventorying (LRI) on 1:10K – National soil priority of India	6
Simulating soil organic carbon stock as affected by land use and climate change on volcanic soils in Indonesia	5
Catena of Ultisols from southeastern Brazil: Assessing variation within and among pedons	5
Risk of environmental contamination due to the hexazinone application in agricultural soils in northeastern Brazil	5
Relationship of soil moisture characteristic curve and mechanical properties in Entisols and Inceptisols of Iran	5
An analysis of PAH soil contamination in south east England: A case study leading to an evidence-based portfolio and process route map	5
Multivariate split moving windows and magnetic susceptibility for locating soil boundaries of São Paulo, Brazil	5
Prospects and challenges in the use of models to estimate the influence of crop residue input on soil organic carbon in long-term experiments in Canada	5
Soil chemical properties and crop response to gypsum and limestone on a coarse-textured Ultisol under no-till in the Brazilian Pampa biome	5
Seasonal and spatial variation in soil respiration in afforested sugarcane fields on Entisols, Taiwan	5
Soil priorities for Italy. A multi-stakeholder consultation, barriers and opportunities for research system	5
Microbial and thermal indices of organic matter stability in lowland soils with variable texture	5
The effect of different canopy composition of shrublands on soil quality indicators in a semi-arid climate of Iran	5
Spatial distribution of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in surface soil across the Pearl River Delta area, South China	5
Identification of Köppen climate classification and major land resource area in the United States using a smartphone application	5
Impact of cover crops on soil physical properties, soil loss and runoff in compacted Oxisol of southern Brazil	5
Probable causes of hardening of redoximorphic features in Plinthosols of the Araguaia River floodplain, Central region of Brazil	5
Content and quality of soil organic matter in topsoils under different tundra vegetation in central Spitsbergen (High Arctic)	5
Mapping and monitoring peatlands in the Belgian Hautes Fagnes: Insights from Ground-penetrating radar and Electromagnetic induction characterization	5
An approach to determine the neutrality of soil degradation in karst regions	5
Near-surface chemical properties of soils in the Australian Alps	5
How vegetation patches drive soil development and organic matter formation on polar islands	5
Landscape history mirrored in colluvial profiles: A multi-proxy approach from a Luvisol region in Central Czechia	5
Croplands in the Pampas of Argentina will become an atmospheric carbon sink in coming decades	5
The soil-water cost of heavy machinery traffic on a Queensland Vertisol, Australia	5
Geochemistry of semi-arid Cryosols on volcanic and sedimentary materials from James Ross Island, Antarctica	5
Chemical constraints are the major limiting factor of root deepening in southern Brazil soils	5
Incorporating spatial uncertainty maps into soil sampling improves digital soil mapping classification accuracy in Ontario, Canada	5
Spatial disaggregation of a legacy soil map to support digital soil and land evaluation assessments in Scotland	5
Soil mapping and priorities in Denmark	5
Factors controlling the spatial heterogeneity of soil organic carbon concentrations and stocks in a boreal forest	5
Using proximal sensors to assess pedogenetic development of Inceptisols and Oxisols in Brazil	5
Spectroscopic characteristics of humic acids extracted from soils under different integrated agricultural production systems in tropical regions	5