| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Biochar induced soil microbial community change: Implications for biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus | Pedobiologia | 2011 | 585 |
| 2 | Enzyme activities as a component of soil biodiversity: A review | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 556 |
| 3 | The feeding ecology of earthworms – A review | Pedobiologia | 2007 | 520 |
| 4 | A new extractor for woodland litter | Pedobiologia | 1963 | 331 |
| 5 | Effects of vermicomposts and composts on plant growth in horticultural container media and soil | Pedobiologia | 2000 | 287 |
| 6 | From patterns to causal understanding: Structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology | Pedobiologia | 2015 | 287 |
| 7 | The impact of crop rotation on soil microbial diversity: A meta-analysis | Pedobiologia | 2016 | 278 |
| 8 | Changes in biochemical properties of cow manure during processing by earthworms (Eisenia andrei, Bouché) and the effects on seedling growth | Pedobiologia | 2000 | 270 |
| 9 | Distinguishing urban soils with physical, chemical, and biological properties | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 261 |
| 10 | Effects of earthworms on plant growth: patterns and perspectivesThe 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology · Cardiff · Wales · 2002 | Pedobiologia | 2003 | 260 |
| 11 | Charcoal and smoke extract stimulate the soil microbial community in a highly weathered xanthic Ferralsol | Pedobiologia | 2008 | 257 |
| 12 | Root biomass studies in forest ecosystems | Pedobiologia | 1977 | 244 |
| 13 | Plant pathogen protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: A role for fungal diversity? | Pedobiologia | 2010 | 228 |
| 14 | Modeling trophic pathways, nutrient cycling, and dynamic stability in soils | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 205 |
| 15 | Cellulose, lignin and nitrogen concentrations as rate regulating factors in late stages of forest litter decomposition | Pedobiologia | 1987 | 202 |
| 16 | The role of Collembola in carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil | Pedobiologia | 2002 | 194 |
| 17 | Effects of vermicomposts produced from cattle manure, food waste and paper waste on the growth and yield of peppers in the field | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 180 |
| 18 | Food preferences of earthworms for soil fungi | Pedobiologia | 2000 | 175 |
| 19 | Culture techniques for soil dwelling earthworms: A review | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 172 |
| 20 | The chemical analysis of small samples of leaf material and the relationship between the disappearance and composition of leaves | Pedobiologia | 1967 | 171 |
| 21 | Linking species richness, biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil systems | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 170 |
| 22 | The action of an animal ecosystem engineer: Identification of the main mechanisms of earthworm impacts on soil microarthropods | Pedobiologia | 2010 | 165 |
| 23 | Spider predation on forest-floor Collembola and evidence for indirect effects on decomposition | Pedobiologia | 2000 | 151 |
| 24 | A summary of eleven years progress in earthworm ecotoxicologyThe 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology · Cardiff · Wales · 2002 | Pedobiologia | 2003 | 147 |
| 25 | Soil mineral–organic matter–microbe interactions: Impacts on biogeochemical processes and biodiversity in soils | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 141 |
| 26 | Feeding guilds in Collembola based on digestive enzymes | Pedobiologia | 2004 | 134 |
| 27 | The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal protein glomalin: Limitations, progress, and a new hypothesis for its function | Pedobiologia | 2007 | 133 |
| 28 | Effects of earthworms on plant growth: patterns and perspectives | Pedobiologia | 2003 | 128 |
| 29 | Using earthworms as model organisms in the laboratory: Recommendations for experimental implementations | Pedobiologia | 2010 | 126 |
| 30 | Zur Dominanzklassifizierung von Bodenarthropoden | Pedobiologia | 1978 | 126 |
| 31 | Soil fauna and soil function in the fabric of the food web | Pedobiologia | 2007 | 125 |
| 32 | Soil water availability strongly alters the community composition of soil protists | Pedobiologia | 2014 | 125 |
| 33 | Soil formation on green roofs and its contribution to urban biodiversity with emphasis on Collembolans | Pedobiologia | 2006 | 124 |
| 34 | Soil moisture and plant residue addition interact in their effect on extracellular enzyme activity | Pedobiologia | 2011 | 124 |
| 35 | Choice of methods for soil microbial community analysis: PLFA maximizes power compared to CLPP and PCR-based approaches | Pedobiologia | 2006 | 123 |
| 36 | Controls over mycorrhizal uptake of organic nitrogen | Pedobiologia | 2010 | 121 |
| 37 | Ant-induced soil modification and its effect on plant below-ground biomass | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 113 |
| 38 | The effects of multiple applications of different organic wastes on the growth, fecundity and survival of Eisenia fetida (Savigny) (Lumbricidae) | Pedobiologia | 2003 | 112 |
| 39 | Earthworm species composition affects the soil bacterial community and net nitrogen mineralization | Pedobiologia | 2006 | 112 |
| 40 | Effect of tree canopy on the spatial distribution of soil nutrients in a Mediterranean Dehesa | Pedobiologia | 2003 | 110 |
| 41 | Vermicomposting of sewage sludge: Effect of bulking materials on the growth and reproduction of the earthworm Eisenia andrei | Pedobiologia | 2000 | 107 |
| 42 | The role of soil fauna in ecosystems: A historical review | Pedobiologia | 2007 | 107 |
| 43 | Recent advances in Collembola systematics | Pedobiologia | 2004 | 106 |
| 44 | A comparison of Collembola species for toxicity testing of Australian soils | Pedobiologia | 2003 | 105 |
| 45 | Mycorrhizal diversity: Cause and effect? | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 105 |
| 46 | Feeding preferences among dark pigmented fungal taxa (“Dematiacea”) indicate limited trophic niche differentiation of oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari) | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 103 |
| 47 | Inferring trophic positions of generalist predators and their linkage to the detrital food web in agroecosystems: a stable isotope analysis | Pedobiologia | 2001 | 102 |
| 48 | Phylogenetic species delimitation of the earthworms Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) and Eisenia andrei Bouché, 1972 (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 101 |
| 49 | A connection between fungal hydrophobins and soil water repellency? | Pedobiologia | 2005 | 101 |
| 50 | The Role of Arthropods and Microflora in Breakdown of White Oak Litter | Pedobiologia | 1966 | 101 |
