OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Crop Science is 24. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicting grass proportion in fresh alfalfa: Grass mixtures using a hand‐held near‐infrared spectrometer	67
Sustaining public plant breeding programs across generations	41
Assessing the agronomic potential of sorghum B‐lines using genomic prediction	40
Leaf phyllosphere microbiome and crop productivity under climate warming	39
Early selection for spike fertility index increases yield of advanced generations in bread wheat	39
Crop Science Annual Report, 2023	38
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Erratum to: Grain quality deterioration of hybrid rice is associated with alterations in physicochemical and structural properties of starch under saline conditions	34
Insight into root system architecture of buckwheat through genome‐wide association mapping‐first study	32
RETRACTION: Response of intercropping coffee ( Coffea arabica L.) with banana ( Musa spp .) on yield, yiel	32
Mapping the quantitative field resistance to stripe rust in a hard winter wheat population “Overley” × “Overland”	32
Understanding seasonal influence on sorghum productivity traits	31
Evaluation of nutritional value, consumer preference, and profitability of orange‐fleshed sweet potato puree–incorporated bread and injera	31
BC204, a citrus‐based plant extract, stimulates plant growth in Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum	30
Molecular mapping of quantitative trait loci for flag leaf length and width in recombinant inbred lines of qingke ( Hordeum vulgare L.)	28
Characterization of Paspalum genotypes for turfgrass cultivars development	28
Evaluation of resistance to Cercospora leaf spot and tolerance to sugarbeet root maggot in wild sea beet ( Beta vulgaris ssp. mari	27
Intensive management simultaneously reduces yield gaps and improves milling and baking properties of bread wheat	26
Seed yield and quality of interspecific hybrids of Paspalum plicatulum × P. guenoarum at different harvest times	26
QTL mapping reveals malt barley quality improvement in two dryland environments associated with extended grain fill and seminal root traits	26
Issue Information	25
Envirotyping can increase genomic prediction accuracy of new environments in grain sorghum trials depending on mega‐environment	24
Breeding cereal rye (Secale cereale) for quality traits	24
GWAS reveals novel QTLs associated with panicle architecture traits in US long‐grain rice	24