OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Agricultural Science is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Radiation use efficiency and canopy structure of contrasting elephant grass varieties grown as monocrops and intercrops with butterfly pea	57
Nutritional modifications and fermentation characteristics in wet brewers grain ensiled with maize or sorghum grains	26
Crop–livestock systems transformation in the semiarid zones of North Africa over a decade: approach and case-study in Southern Tunisia	19
Cereal and oil seed crops response to organic nitrogen when grown in rotation with annual aerial-seeded pasture legumes	19
A statistical method to standardize and interpret the activity data generated by wireless biosensors in dairy cows	18
Ecosystem services provided by silvopastoral systems: a review	18
Dynamics of fermentation profile, bacterial communities and their functional characteristics in red clover	17
Tiller population dynamics and self-thinning law reveal stability mechanisms in mixed grass swards under variable grazing management	17
Nitrogen nutrition for cotton in a semi-arid environment	16
Growth and yield estimation of banana through mathematical modelling: a systematic review	16
Circular agriculture practices enhance phosphorus recovery for large-scale commercial farms under tropical conditions	14
Weed management in a direct-seeded rice-ratoon rice cropping system	13
Regenerative agriculture v. conservation agriculture: potential effects on soil quality, crop productivity and whole-farm economics in Mediterranean-climate regions	12
Comparison of single-step methods for genomic prediction of age at first calving in dairy buffaloes	12
Effect of three crop rotations and four residue levels on canola and bean grain yield and residue production	11
Impact of in-furrow fertilizers on winter wheat grain yield and mineral concentration	11
AGS volume 160 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	11
An assessment of adaptation measures to enhance wheat productivity under climate change during early, mid and end of 21st century in Indian Punjab	10
AGS volume 160 issue 3-4 Cover and Front matter	10
Incubation experiments using nitrogen isotope discrimination to estimate ammonia emission from amended sheep manure treatments	9
Capsaicin supplementation on ruminal fermentation, immune responses, intake and digestibility nutrients in grazing bulls	9
Biomass production of hairy vetch and Egyptian clover as affected by sowing dates under warm and hot semi-arid conditions	9
Machine learning modelling for weighting and ranking of multiple variables related to genotype-environment interaction: innovative protocol proposal for selecting breeding cows in wetlands	9
Contribution of coffee plants to carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems of Southwestern Ethiopia	9
Lactobacillus buchneri inoculation compared to chitosan and facultative heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria improves sugarcane silage conservation	8

Optimizing geophysics, biotechnology and other emerging tools for livestock production and management: a review	8
Unlocking the potential of artificial nighttime lighting in agricultural fields: a novel approach to enhancing crop productivity	8
Optimising intensive grazing: a comprehensive review of rotational grassland management, innovative grazing strategies and infrastructural requirements	8
Composting from organic municipal solid waste: a sustainable tool for the environment and to improve grape quality	8
Yield improvement with antitranspirant application in droughted wheat associated with both reduced transpiration and reduced abscisic acid	7
Impact of enzyme-supplemented dried dates (Phoenix dactylifera) fruit pulp incorporated into broiler chickens’ meal	7
Effects of alpha-lipoic acid on productive performance, immunity, antioxidation and serum metabolism in Holstein cows	7
Gamma-aminobutyric acid augments performance of heat-stressed broiler chickens through enhancement of oxidative defence mechanism	7
A comparison of grazingv. zero-grazing on early-lactation dairy cow performance	6
Weather indices during reproductive phase explain wheat yield variability	6
AGS volume 160 issue 6 Cover and Front matter	6
The effect of abomasal infusion of corn starch and β-hydroxybutyrate on hindgut microbial fermentation kinetics in early lactating dairy cows measured by the in vitro gas production technique	6
Spineless cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera (L.)) as an exclusive or partial source of water for goats: histomorphological changes in the digestive, hepatic and renal systems	6
Conservation tillage and microbially mediated integrated phosphorus management enhance productivity, profitability and energy use efficiency of maize	6
Feed quality of modern varieties of Festuca arundinacea and Phleum pratense as an alternative to Lolium perenne in intensively managed grassland with different defoliation schemes	6
System fertilization in the pasture phase enhances productivity in integrated crop–livestock systems	6
Drip irrigation and mulching reduce weed interference and improve water productivity of spring maize	6
Modelling maize yield impacts of improved water and fertilizer management in southern Africa using cropping system model coupled to an agro-hydrological model at field and catchment scale	6
Genetic gains in potato breeding as measured by field testing of cultivars released during the last 200 years in the Nordic Region of Europe	5
Statistical options for the analysis of in vitro gas production profiles illustrated using rumen liquor as the inoculum – ERRATUM	5
On-farm agronomic performance and farmer preference of quality protein maize grown under conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: a case for Zimbabwe	5
Benchmarking of topsoil moisture estimation methods based on a field study	5
Genome-wide association study identifies significant SNP and related genes associated with body size in Yorkshire pigs using latent variable modelling	5
Comparison of the welfare of beef cattle in housed and grazing systems: hormones, health and behaviour	5
Calibration and bias correction of seasonal weather forecasts from the North American Multi-Model Ensemble: Potential applications for regional crop modelling and irrigation management	5
Genomic evaluation of threshold traits in different scenarios of threshold number using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods	5
Productive and nutritive traits of Piatã palisadegrass after thinning the forest component of a silvopastoral system in southeastern Brazil	5
Developing biomarkers to estimate manure ammonia emissions from dairy cattle	5
Production and nutritive value of Tifton 85 bermudagrass pastures overseeded with annual ryegrass and inoculated with diazotrophic bacteria	5
Identifying key environmental drivers of chickpea yield and water-use efficiency: a statistical modelling approach	5
Impact of wheat-Agropyron germplasm on the improvement of grain weight and size: a comprehensive QTL analysis	5
Cropping pattern effects on water supply-demand balance in a traditional irrigation network of a semi-arid region of Iran	4
Organic system vs. conventional – a Bayesian analysis of Polish potato post-registration trials	4
Modelling the effects of stocking rate, soil type, agroclimate location and nitrogen input on the grass DM yield and forage self-sufficiency of Irish grass-based dairy production systems	4
Content and uptake of macroelements in green fodder of mixtures of narrowleaf lupin with spring triticale	4
Soil quality assessment based on hybrid computational approach with spatial multi-criteria analysis and geographical information system for sustainable tea cultivation	4
Genotype–environment interaction and sexual dimorphism in the genetic evaluation of yearling weight in Simmental cattle raised in Brazil	4
Response of wheat cultivars to zinc application for seed yield and quality improvement	4
Adaptability and yield stability of winter barley (Hordeum vulgare) varieties: Bayesian analysis	4
AGS volume 160 issue 3-4 Cover and Back matter	3
Soybean pre-crop effect on winter wheat grain yield and micronutrient density: Insights from a long-term crop rotation experiment without fertilisation	3
Quality of haylage of Brachiaria brizantha with different contents of dry matter in the storage – CORRIGENDUM	3
Management strategies in a semiarid environment for forage cactus cultivation to balance growth, development, forage productivity and indicators of water efficiency and economics	3
The effect of spring grass availability and silage supplementation on dairy cow performance and dry matter intake during early lactation	3
Global corn area from 1960 to 2030: patterns, trends and implications	3
Editorial	3
Determination of the effects of different tillage methods and irrigation levels on soybean yield and yield components	3
Yield decline in short wheat rotations: the impact of source and sink limitation	3
Including clover and herb species in grazing forages – effects on milk production, milk processability and milk fatty acid profile of late lactation dairy cows supplemented with grass silage and conce	3
Statistical options for the analysis of in vitro gas production profiles illustrated using rumen liquor as the inoculum	3

A novel source of calcium: effects of calcium pidolate concentration on egg quality in aged laying quails (Coturnix coturnix Japonica)	3
Comparison of four upscaling methods to drive instantaneous evapotranspiration to daily values for maize in two climatic regions in China	3
Selection and evaluation of black short grain breeding lines associated with yield, cooking quality, high nutrition and antioxidant potential derived from indica black rice x japonica wh	3
Temporal trends in winter wheat yield: the role of NPK-fertilization and climate over decades of field experiments	3
Investigation of fermentation profiles, bacterial community structure and bacterial β-carotene synthesis of alfalfa silage treated with propionic acid or its combination with squalene	3
Seed hydropriming and amino acid sprays mitigate drought stress impacts on rainfed wheat biochemistry and yield under supplementary irrigation	3
Marker-assisted selection for improving body weight in local chickens in Egypt	3
Parental imprinting effects on growth traits and Kleiber ratio in sheep	3
Tillering dynamics and population stability of three tropical forage grasses cultivated as pure or mixed stands	3
Bambara groundnut production, grain composition and nutritional value: opportunities for improvements	3
Further solutions to an isotope dilution model for partitioning phenylalanine and tyrosine between milk protein synthesis and other metabolic fates by the mammary gland of lactating dairy cows	3
Biorefined perennial ryegrass press cake as an alternative feed for dairy cows in late lactation and during the dry period: a demonstration	3
Coupling the interactive effects of solar radiation, temperature and nitrogen on performance of transplanted rice	3
Plant variety selection using interaction classes derived from factor analytic linear mixed models: models with information on genetic relatedness	3
Influence of row spacing and harvest date on Cephalaria joppensis performance as a forage crop	3
L-arginine modulates gene expression in the mammary glands of lactating sows and improves the weight uniformity of piglets at weaning	3
Linking maize yields in Veneto Italy, to large-scale atmospheric variability, circulation regimes and weather types	3
Obituary: James France PhD, DSc, FIMA, CMath, CSci	3
Synergistic effects of magnesium and zinc supplementation on yield performance and oil quality of canola (Brassica napus L.) in reclaimed soil environments	3
Yields and weed management of sweet corn as influenced by seedbed preparation methods and wheat residues rates	3