OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geoderma Regional is 7. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
How magnetism-based fractional spinels contribute to the bioavailability of geogenic chromium in serpentine soils of Taiwan	123
Grass cover and shallow tillage inter-row soil cultivation affecting CO2 and N2O emissions in a sloping vineyard in upland Balaton, Hungary	74
Ammonia emission and nitrogen use efficiency with application of nitrification inhibitor and plant growth regulator in a calcareous soil (Karaj, Iran)	46
Quantifying CO2 emissions from Quebec's agricultural peatland and identifying key parameters for guiding soil conservation strategies	36
Response of soil nutrient losses to erosion-deposition processes and land use managements: A case study in southeastern Tigray of northern Ethiopia	33
Spatial variability of soil, water, and vegetation in a Patagonian wetland: Implications for sustainable land management planning	32
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concentration and spatial distribution in the soils of Santiago de Compostela (northwestern Spain)	30
Comparison of soil exchangeable calcium estimated using five extractants and near-infrared spectroscopy	29
Corrigendum to “Biochar soil amendment as carbon farming practice in a Mediterranean environment” [Geoderma Regional, 33, 2013, e00634]	29
Based on soil carbon saturation capacity what is the potential for soil carbon improvement in rice-based cropping systems of northwest region of Bangladesh?	28
Influence of soil physicochemical properties on plant-parasitic nematode assemblages in contrasting agricultural soils	26
Soil science research priorities in the United States	26
Tracking pedogenic carbonate formation and alkalinity migration in agricultural soils amended with crushed wollastonite ore – Evidence from field trials in Southwestern Ontario	26
Soil health indicators in oil palm agroforestry systems in the eastern Amazon, Brazil	23
Early-stage soil organic carbon stabilization in conservation agriculture-based cereal systems	22
Soil priorities for the Czech Republic	21
Sensitivity and sustainability of soil quality indicators of Epicalcic Chernozem under soil erosion control technologies	20
Applying RUSLE for soil erosion estimation in Romania under current and future climate scenarios	20
13C evidence for the selective loss of active and inert organic carbon in soil aggregates under rain-induced overland flow erosion	20
An analysis of PAH soil contamination in south east England: A case study leading to an evidence-based portfolio and process route map	19
Tamarugite, NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O, as a valuable indicator of soil degradation in a Spanish coastal wetland receiving acidic leachates from spilled mine waste	19
Conventional soil test phosphorus failed to accurately predict dissolved phosphorus release in agricultural hydromorphic soils in Brittany, Western France	19
Maintaining favourable carbon balance in boreal clay soil is challenging even under no-till and crop diversification	18
Catena of Ultisols from southeastern Brazil: Assessing variation within and among pedons	18
Enhancing agroecosystem sustainability: Integrative soil health strategies in regenerative organic soybean production on Andosol in Japan	18

Copper isotope signatures during red earth weathering and their significance for soil reticulation (Xuancheng, South China)	18
Assessing monthly dynamics of agricultural soil erosion risk in Poland	17
Microbial and thermal indices of organic matter stability in lowland soils with variable texture	17
Short-term effects of converting degraded pasture to silvopastoral systems on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Brazilian Oxisol	16
The combined impacts of land use change and climate change on soil organic carbon stocks in the Ethiopian highlands	16
Vegetation degradation alters soil physicochemical properties and potentially affects ecosystem services in green spaces of a tropical megacity (Lubumbashi, DR Congo)	16
Soil carbon stabilization of mining-degraded, reforested lands in southern Ontario	16
Impact of cover crops on soil physical properties, soil loss and runoff in compacted Oxisol of southern Brazil	16
Corrigendum to ‘Mapping sub-surface distribution of soil organic carbon stocks in South Africa's arid and semi-arid landscapes: Implications for land management and climate change mitigation’ [Geoderm	15
Mapping and monitoring peatlands in the Belgian Hautes Fagnes: Insights from Ground-penetrating radar and Electromagnetic induction characterization	14
Variations, controls and predictions of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity under different land use types in the alpine region of Tibet, China	14
Mapping sub-surface distribution of soil organic carbon stocks in South Africa's arid and semi-arid landscapes: Implications for land management and climate change mitigation	14
Eutrophic soils and weathering levels influence the distribution of seasonally dry forests in Brazil	13
Pedobiological properties of a lignite spoil heap in the Provence coal mine basin (south-east of France)	13
Genesis, paleoenvironmental history and landscape interplays of Holocene buried soils in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil	13
Soil priorities in Israel	13
Effects of afforestation on soil inorganic carbon in arid and semiarid regions of northern China	13
From global trends to local realities: SOC accrual of improved management practices in northwestern Europe	13
Critical limits for microbiological properties and soil quality in a subtropical Acrisol in southern Brazil	13
Challenges in viticulture practices in a changing environment: Can green waste amendment benefit soil properties of vineyards in the Mediterranean?	12
Soil carbon stocks can be negatively affected by land use and climate change in natural ecosystems of semi-arid environment of Iran	12
Wind erosion escalation in western Slovakia driven by climate and land use and land cover shifts	12
High-resolution mapping of soil carbon stocks in the western Amazon	12
Removing the moisture effect on predicting soil organic matter using vis-NIR spectroscopy with external parameter orthogonalization	12
Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use patterns on soil health in the Central Black Sea Region	12
The Brazilian soil priorities	12
Enhancing “Campos” grassland productivity by improving soil fertility and overseeding: A meta-analysis	12
Predicting soil organic carbon content using simulated insitu spectra and moisture correction algorithms in southern Xinjiang, China	12
Mineral and pedogenic controls on metal(loid) retention in contaminated agricultural topsoils	11
Efficacy of three nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from pig slurry and mineral fertilizers applied to spring barley and winter wheat in Denmark	11
Mapping soil corrosivity in an Australian arid environment and comparing corrosion rates of exclusion fence netting with different zinc coatings	11
Oxalate-extractable aluminium is a key predictor of organic carbon content in Swedish agricultural topsoils	11
Soil research, management, and policy priorities in Chile	11
Changes in microbial biomass and activity of tropical soil submitted to successive Eucalyptus rotations in the semi-arid region of Brazil	11
Sorghum and cowpea intercropping response to woody residue amendments in Sahelian agro-ecosystems of Burkina Faso	11
Impacts of reclaimed water irrigation on mulch decomposition, microbial activity, and soil nutrient availability in the Brazilian semi-arid	11
Wetting and drainage cycles in two New Zealand soil types: Effects on relative gas diffusivity and N2O emissions	11
A coupled model of greenhouse gas emissions from erosion and accretion prone zones of mangrove ecosystem, Sundarban, India	11
A multi-model ensemble for assessing atmospheric methane uptake by soils at local ecosystem scale	11
Effect of soil organic carbon sequestration during subtropical forest succession	11
Subsurface drainage and nitrogen management affects soil properties in upstate Missouri U.S.	11
Heavy minerals as indicators of source material in soils on carbonates	11
Editorial for Geoderma Regional	11
Evaluating dynamic soil quality by the soil management assessment framework (SMAF) in the watershed scale in a semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystem in Turkey	11
Interplay of weathering, formation of secondary mineral soil constituents, and soil organic matter in South German Umbrisols	10
Newly established, multifunctional woody polycultures preserve agroforestry soil health benefits of a widespread U.S. land retirement program	10
Proximal sensor data fusion for Brazilian soil properties prediction: Exchangeable/available macronutrients, aluminum, and potential acidity	10
Influence of parent material and land use on abiotic N2O production following NH2OH and NO2− addition	10
Higher temperature accelerates carbon cycling in a temperate montane forest without decreasing soil carbon stocks	10
Rodent burrows in chernozems as a paleoarchive of vegetation dynamics: A case study from the central chernozem region of Russia	10

Zoogenic soil horizons – termite ecosystem engineers in different agro-ecological regions of Mozambique	10
Nitrogen loss due to nitrate reduction in the soil profile depends on the type of cropland	10
Quantitative relationships between Munsell colour attributes and organic carbon in highly weathered tropical soils	10
Immobilization of potentially toxic elements by grape waste biochar in contaminated soils	10
Exchangeable acidity characteristics of farmland black soil in northeast China	10
Chernozems in Czechia: Soil properties, classification and environmental controls	10
Fertility status of Chernozems and Phaeozems under different moisture regimes in southwestern Poland	9
Spatial variability and environmental drivers of the soil erodibility factor (K) at a regional scale in the Italian Alps	9
The effects of land use change on soil organic carbon stock in China: A meta-analysis with the empirical modeling approach	9
Mid-infrared spectral insights into soil hydraulic, physical, and chemical properties across four Moroccan regions	9
Effects of climate and land-use on physicochemical properties of gneiss-derived soils in tropical drylands: Evidence from northeastern Brazil	9
Glomalin-related soil protein as an indicator of changes generated by prescribed burning of scrubland in the Central Pyrenees: A ten-year study	9
Five-year decomposition effects on nutrient stocks of woody species in Mediterranean ecosystems	9
Landscape and topography effects on phosphorus fractions in Mollisols of the Argentinean Pampas	9
Accounting for the spatial variation of phosphorus available explained by environmental covariates	9
Utilising soil diagnostic features and environmental covariates to estimate nutrient content in Ethiopian soils	9
Interactive effects of soil salinity and nitrogen fertilizer types on nitrous oxide and ammonia fluxes	9
Can cohesive soils still have functional pores? An analysis based on X-ray microtomography	9
Comparison of long-term field-measured and RUSLE-based modelled soil loss in Switzerland	9
Exploring ethnopedology in the Ecuadorian Andean highlands: A local farmer perspective of soil indicators and management	9
Exploring the physical properties of Australian alpine soils to inform ecosystem restoration	9
Relative and absolute difference in soil organic carbon stocks in grassland soils in Ireland: Impact of rock fragments, bulk density and calculation methods	9
Spatial variability of soil secondary and micronutrients under smallholder maize production system in sub-humid condition of Zimbabwe	9
Distribution and potential of rare earth elements fingerprinting as tracers for carbonate sources in soils developed on contrasting parent materials	9
Magnetic and spectral signature of anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic soils to identify pedogenetic processes in Amazonia, Brazil	9
Morphology and distribution of biological soil crusts and their potential role in soil-forming processes under dry high-altitude periglacial conditions (Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan)	9
Soil priorities for Hungary	9
Is organic carbon stock affected by core ring volume used for bulk density measurement?	9
Application of mid-infrared spectroscopy for soil analysis in calcareous Argania spinosa forests in Morocco	8
Shallow soils in dryland ecosystems: Drivers of C accumulation and land management implications	8
Revegetation is key for soil organic carbon sequestration on abandoned and degraded land in northern Spain	8
Crop, livestock, and forestry integration to reconcile soil health, food production, and climate change mitigation in the Brazilian Cerrado: A review	8
Modeling archaeological excavation-induced soil erosion in cultural heritage landscapes: A QGeoWEPP-based assessment at the Resuloğlu Mound, Türkiye	8
Soil characteristics within vegetation patches are sensitive indicators of savanna rangeland degradation in central Namibia	8
Spatiotemporal patterns and evolution of soil salinization in a semi-arid irrigated plain	8
Corrigendum to “Geochemistry and microbiology of boreal alluvial soil under salinization” [Geoderma Regional 38 (2024) e00842]	8
Provenance of soil parent materials in relation to regional environmental changes in the Songnen Plain, Northeast China	8
Changes in land use and buffaloes trampling effects on soil health in environmentally vulnerable areas of an Atlantic Forest biome in southern São Paulo State, Brazil	8
Four decades of ethnopedology in Mexico: Methodological evolution, scientific validation, and expanding applications (1980–2025)	8
Land-use change affects carbon storage and lability in tropical soil of India	8
Soil priorities around the world - an introduction	8
Should soil classification be mandatory for manuscripts aiming to publish in Geoderma and Geoderma Regional?	8
Spatial prediction and uncertainty estimation of crucial GlobalSoilMap properties - A contextual study in the semi-arid area of western Iran	8
Effects of different tillage and cropping systems on water repellency and hydraulic properties in a tropical Alfisol of southwestern Nigeria	8
Comparison of methods for determining organic carbon content of urban soils in Central Ohio	8
Biochar-fertilizer interaction increases nitrogen retention, uptake and use efficiency of cinnamomum camphora: A 15N tracer study	8
Organic carbon stocks across various land use systems in Sandy Ultisols and Oxisols in Brazil	8
Mapping soil parent materials in a previously glaciated landscape: Potential for a machine learning approach for detailed nationwide mapping	8
Soil color serves as a key pedogenic indicator in the Godavari Basin, India	8
Termite constructions as patches of soil fertility in Cambodian paddy fields	8
Differences in soil biological activity and soil organic matter status only in the topsoil of Ferralsols under five land uses (Allada, Benin)	8
Genesis and preservation of patterned ground in permafrost non-affected soils – Central Apennines, Italy	7
Greening and browning of urban lawns in Geneva (Switzerland) as influenced by soil properties	7
Effects of rock fragments on water infiltration and physical properties of volcanic soils in southern Brazil	7
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	7
Probable causes of hardening of redoximorphic features in Plinthosols of the Araguaia River floodplain, Central region of Brazil	7
Estimating organic carbon stocks of mineral soils in Denmark: Impact of bulk density and content of rock fragments	7
Identification of Köppen climate classification and major land resource area in the United States using a smartphone application	7
Wildfire burn severity and post-wildfire time impact mechanical and hydraulic properties of forest soils	7
Soil fertility characterization in Brazilian pastures through soil chemical and physical analysis	7
Environmental magnetism linked to weathering processes: A study on surface soils from an East Antarctic oasis	7
Leaching and ammonia emissions in rice fields exhibit greater influences by seasons than management	7
Factors governing the formation, distribution and taxonomy of soils with glossic horizons and features in the contiguous USA	7
Predicting soil carbon stock in remote areas of the Central Amazon region using machine learning techniques	7
Soils of the coastal and lower belt of Galápagos Islands – The case of Isla Santa Fé and Isla Santa Cruz	7
Relationships between soil organic carbon fractions and their thermal stability in forest soils (Bavaria, Germany)	7
Assessing the impact of soil use and management systems on soil health in Southern Brazil	7
Land use change and forest management affect soil carbon stocks in the central hardwoods, U.S.	7
Sewage sludge and its biochar as organic amendments: Modulating microbial activity, nutrient dynamics, and chemical properties in sandy soil cultivated with sugarcane	7
Development and functional evaluation of pedotransfer functions for estimating soil hydraulic properties in Portuguese soils: Implications for soil water dynamics	7
Ancestral roots: Exploring microbial communities in traditional agroecosystems for sustainable agriculture	7
Mapping basic properties of Danish sandy soils using on-the-go proximal sensors and terrain attributes	7
The accuracy of soil information influences assessment of soil ecosystem services in Brittany, France	7
Zonal patterns and driving factors of soil organic carbon density in Zhejiang Province, China	7
Climatic influences on active layer depth between 2000 and 2018 in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Ross Sea Region, Antarctica	7
Spatial disaggregation of a legacy soil map to support digital soil and land evaluation assessments in Scotland	7
Landscape history mirrored in colluvial profiles: A multi-proxy approach from a Luvisol region in Central Czechia	7
Optimizing soil texture spatial prediction in the Brazilian Cerrado: Insights from random forest and spectral data	7
X-ray microtomography analysis of urban soils of the Rostov region	7
Acidification characteristics and its influencing factors of red paddy soil derived from four parent materials in Southeast of China	7