| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal - a review | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2002 | 2,090 |
| 2 | The use of phospholipid fatty acid analysis to estimate bacterial and fungal biomass in soil | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1996 | 2,075 |
| 3 | Fatty acid patterns of phospholipids and lipopolysaccharides in the characterisation of microbial communities in soil: a review | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1999 | 1,716 |
| 4 | Short-term assay of soil urease activity using colorimetric determination of ammonium | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1988 | 1,469 |
| 5 | Mechanisms of real and apparent priming effects and their dependence on soil microbial biomass and community structure: critical review | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2008 | 1,113 |
| 6 | Contributions of nitrification and denitrification to N2O emissions from soils at different water-filled pore space | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2005 | 965 |
| 7 | Manipulating the soil microbiome to increase soil health and plant fertility | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2012 | 859 |
| 8 | Biological nitrogen fixation by common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) increases with bio-char additions | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2007 | 832 |
| 9 | The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sustainable maintenance of plant health and soil fertility | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2003 | 786 |
| 10 | Use of chrome azurol S reagents to evaluate siderophore production by rhizosphere bacteria | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1991 | 731 |
| 11 | The use of microbial parameters in monitoring soil pollution by heavy metals | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1995 | 682 |
| 12 | Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere: beneficial influences of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on nutrient acquisition process. A review | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2015 | 658 |
| 13 | The chemistry of soil organic nitrogen: a review | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1997 | 614 |
| 14 | Corn growth and nitrogen nutrition after additions of biochars with varying properties to a temperate soil | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2012 | 611 |
| 15 | Changes in soil fungal:bacterial biomass ratios following reductions in the intensity of management of an upland grassland | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1996 | 558 |
| 16 | Nematodes as soil indicators: functional and biodiversity aspects | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2003 | 542 |
| 17 | The role of sediment microorganisms in the productivity, conservation, and rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystems: an overview | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2001 | 513 |
| 18 | Alleviation of drought stress effects in sunflower seedlings by the exopolysaccharides producing Pseudomonas putida strain GAP-P45 | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2009 | 508 |
| 19 | Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2012 | 493 |
| 20 | Influence of heavy metals on the functional diversity of soil microbial communities | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1996 | 485 |
| 21 | Geostatistical tools for characterizing the spatial variability of microbiological and physico-chemical soil properties | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1998 | 474 |
| 22 | Phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms associated with the rhizosphere of mangroves in a semiarid coastal lagoon | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2000 | 473 |
| 23 | Phosphate-solubilizing rhizobacteria enhance the growth and yield but not phosphorus uptake of canola (Brassica napus L.) | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1997 | 460 |
| 24 | Organic phosphorus compounds as a phosphorus source for higher plants through the activity of phosphatases produced by plant roots and microorganisms | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1988 | 438 |
| 25 | Competition for electron donors among nitrate reducers, ferric iron reducers, sulfate reducers, and methanogens in anoxic paddy soil | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1995 | 431 |
| 26 | 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) - a new nitrification inhibitor for agriculture and horticulture | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2001 | 428 |
| 27 | Phosphatase activity in the rhizosphere and its relation to the depletion of soil organic phosphorus | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1987 | 415 |
| 28 | Earthworm activities and the soil system | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1988 | 415 |
| 29 | Extracellular DNA in soil and sediment: fate and ecological relevance | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2009 | 408 |
| 30 | Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition—what do we know? | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2009 | 404 |
| 31 | Temperature dependence of organic matter decomposition: a critical review using literature data analyzed with different models | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1998 | 393 |
| 32 | Inoculating wheat seedlings with exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria restricts sodium uptake and stimulates plant growth under salt stress | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2004 | 387 |
| 33 | Nitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts from southeast Utah, USA | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2002 | 384 |
| 34 | Determination of ecophysiological maintenance carbon requirements of soil microorganisms in a dormant state | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1985 | 373 |
| 35 | Structure and function of the soil microbial community in microhabitats of a heavy metal polluted soil | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2000 | 367 |
| 36 | The detrital food web in a shortgrass prairie | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1987 | 365 |
| 37 | Influence of low-molecular-weight organic acids on the solubilization of phosphates | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1994 | 363 |
| 38 | Salt tolerance in Zea mays (L). following inoculation with Rhizobium and Pseudomonas | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2009 | 360 |
| 39 | The measurement of soil fungal:bacterial biomass ratios as an indicator of ecosystem self-regulation in temperate meadow grasslands | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1999 | 358 |
| 40 | Microenvironments of soil microorganisms | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1988 | 352 |
| 41 | Enzymic analysis of microbial pattern and process | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1994 | 346 |
| 42 | An improved and accurate method for determining the dehydrogenase activity of soils with iodonitrotetrazolium chloride | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1991 | 338 |
| 43 | Enzyme activities in a limed agricultural soil | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2000 | 337 |
| 44 | Short-term effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil microbial community structure and function | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2013 | 325 |
| 45 | Soil enzyme activity: a brief history and biochemistry as a basis for appropriate interpretations and meta-analysis | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2018 | 324 |
| 46 | Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soils | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2010 | 321 |
| 47 | Microbial indicators for soil quality | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2018 | 312 |
| 48 | Long-term monitoring of microbial biomass, N mineralisation and enzyme activities of a Chernozem under different tillage management | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 1999 | 306 |
| 49 | Revisiting fertilisers and fertilisation strategies for improved nutrient uptake by plants | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2015 | 297 |
| 50 | Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen as affected by cropping systems | Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2000 | 293 |
