| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1987 | 9,414 |
| 2 | Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitrogen: A rapid direct extraction method to measure microbial biomass nitrogen in soil | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1985 | 4,420 |
| 3 | Biochar effects on soil biota – A review | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2011 | 3,514 |
| 4 | Use of p-nitrophenyl phosphate for assay of soil phosphatase activity | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1969 | 3,108 |
| 5 | A physiological method for the quantitative measurement of microbial biomass in soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1978 | 2,657 |
| 6 | Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2000 | 2,360 |
| 7 | Review of mechanisms and quantification of priming effects | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2000 | 2,216 |
| 8 | The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil—V | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1976 | 2,189 |
| 9 | Measurement of soil microbial biomass C by fumigation-extraction—an automated procedure | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1990 | 2,002 |
| 10 | Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo- and endosphere of plants: Their role, colonization, mechanisms involved and prospects for utilization | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2010 | 1,806 |
| 11 | The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2008 | 1,688 |
| 12 | Toxicity of heavy metals to microorganisms and microbial processes in agricultural soils: a review | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1998 | 1,684 |
| 13 | The temperature dependence of soil organic matter decomposition, and the effect of global warming on soil organic C storage | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1995 | 1,654 |
| 14 | Soil enzymes in a changing environment: Current knowledge and future directions | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2013 | 1,535 |
| 15 | Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2010 | 1,492 |
| 16 | The macromolecular organic composition of plant and microbial residues as inputs to soil organic matter | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2002 | 1,488 |
| 17 | Role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2001 | 1,484 |
| 18 | Soil quality – A critical review | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2018 | 1,441 |
| 19 | The effects of long term nitrogen deposition on extracellular enzyme activity in an Acer saccharum forest soil | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2002 | 1,409 |
| 20 | Variations in microbial community composition through two soil depth profiles | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2003 | 1,409 |
| 21 | The priming effect of organic matter: a question of microbial competition? | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2003 | 1,310 |
| 22 | Measurement of microbial biomass phosphorus in soil | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1982 | 1,291 |
| 23 | The implications of exoenzyme activity on microbial carbon and nitrogen limitation in soil: a theoretical model | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2003 | 1,237 |
| 24 | Shifts in the structure of soil microbial communities in limed forests as revealed by phospholipid fatty acid analysis | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1993 | 1,222 |
| 25 | Microbiological precipitation of CaCO3 | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1999 | 1,188 |
| 26 | Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2015 | 1,141 |
| 27 | SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2007 | 1,130 |
| 28 | Glucosidases and galactosidases in soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1988 | 1,127 |
| 29 | Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1994 | 1,116 |
| 30 | Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2011 | 1,093 |
| 31 | The metabolic quotient for CO2 (qCO2) as a specific activity parameter to assess the effects of environmental conditions, such as ph, on the microbial biomass of forest soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1993 | 1,070 |
| 32 | Ratios of microbial biomass carbon to total organic carbon in arable soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1989 | 1,044 |
| 33 | Phenol oxidase, peroxidase and organic matter dynamics of soil | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2010 | 1,027 |
| 34 | Experimental evaluation of methods to quantify dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2006 | 1,004 |
| 35 | Selective influence of plant species on microbial diversity in the rhizosphere | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1998 | 1,001 |
| 36 | Applications of the acetylene-ethylene assay for measurement of nitrogen fixation | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1973 | 969 |
| 37 | Field management effects on soil enzyme activities | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1999 | 952 |
| 38 | Trichoderma–plant–pathogen interactions | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2008 | 932 |
| 39 | Sources of CO2 efflux from soil and review of partitioning methods | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2006 | 919 |
| 40 | Use and misuse of PLFA measurements in soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2011 | 916 |
| 41 | Comparison of soil fungal/bacterial ratios in a pH gradient using physiological and PLFA-based techniques | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2003 | 915 |
| 42 | Measurement of soil microbial biomass provides an early indication of changes in total soil organic matter due to straw incorporation | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1987 | 914 |
| 43 | Long-term effects of mineral fertilizers on soil microorganisms – A review | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2014 | 914 |
| 44 | Phosphatases in soils | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1977 | 909 |
| 45 | Considering fungal:bacterial dominance in soils – Methods, controls, and ecosystem implications | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2010 | 900 |
| 46 | Application of eco-physiological quotients (qCO2 and qD) on microbial biomasses from soils of different cropping histories | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1990 | 883 |
| 47 | Responses of extracellular enzymes to simple and complex nutrient inputs | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2005 | 881 |
| 48 | Effects of drying–rewetting frequency on soil carbon and nitrogen transformations | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2002 | 874 |
| 49 | Black carbon decomposition and incorporation into soil microbial biomass estimated by 14C labeling | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2009 | 855 |
| 50 | Hot-water extractable carbon in soils: a sensitive measurement for determining impacts of fertilisation, grazing and cultivation | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2003 | 854 |
