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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Radiation use efficiency and canopy structure of contrasting elephant grass varieties grown as monocrops and intercrops with butterfly pea	54
Ecosystem services provided by silvopastoral systems: a review	25
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
Nutritional modifications and fermentation characteristics in wet brewers grain ensiled with maize or sorghum grains	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
A statistical method to standardize and interpret the activity data generated by wireless biosensors in dairy cows	17
Nitrogen nutrition for cotton in a semi-arid environment	15
Circular agriculture practices enhance phosphorus recovery for large-scale commercial farms under tropical conditions	13
Growth and yield estimation of banana through mathematical modelling: a systematic review	13
Comparison of single-step methods for genomic prediction of age at first calving in dairy buffaloes	12
Weed management in a direct-seeded rice-ratoon rice cropping system	12
Effect of three crop rotations and four residue levels on canola and bean grain yield and residue production	11
Regenerative agriculture v. conservation agriculture: potential effects on soil quality, crop productivity and whole-farm economics in Mediterranean-climate regions	11
Impact of in-furrow fertilizers on winter wheat grain yield and mineral concentration	10
AGS volume 160 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	10
AGS volume 160 issue 3-4 Cover and Front matter	9
Composting from organic municipal solid waste: a sustainable tool for the environment and to improve grape quality	9
An assessment of adaptation measures to enhance wheat productivity under climate change during early, mid and end of 21st century in Indian Punjab	9
Contribution of coffee plants to carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems of Southwestern Ethiopia	9
Biomass production of hairy vetch and Egyptian clover as affected by sowing dates under warm and hot semi-arid conditions	9
Optimising intensive grazing: a comprehensive review of rotational grassland management, innovative grazing strategies and infrastructural requirements	8
Machine learning modelling for weighting and ranking of multiple variables related to genotype-environment interaction: innovative protocol proposal for selecting breeding cows in wetlands	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
Lactobacillus buchneri inoculation compared to chitosan and facultative heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria improves sugarcane silage conservation	8
Incubation experiments using nitrogen isotope discrimination to estimate ammonia emission from amended sheep manure treatments	8
Gamma-aminobutyric acid augments performance of heat-stressed broiler chickens through enhancement of oxidative defence mechanism	7
Yield improvement with antitranspirant application in droughted wheat associated with both reduced transpiration and reduced abscisic acid	7
Spineless cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera (L.)) as an exclusive or partial source of water for goats: histomorphological changes in the digestive, hepatic and renal systems	7
Impact of enzyme-supplemented dried dates (Phoenix dactylifera) fruit pulp incorporated into broiler chickens’ meal	7
Capsaicin supplementation on ruminal fermentation, immune responses, intake and digestibility nutrients in grazing bulls	7
Effects of alpha-lipoic acid on productive performance, immunity, antioxidation and serum metabolism in Holstein cows	6
A comparison of grazingv. zero-grazing on early-lactation dairy cow performance	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
Weather indices during reproductive phase explain wheat yield variability	6
Drip irrigation and mulching reduce weed interference and improve water productivity of spring maize	6
System fertilization in the pasture phase enhances productivity in integrated crop–livestock systems	6
Conservation tillage and microbially mediated integrated phosphorus management enhance productivity, profitability and energy use efficiency of maize	6
Productive and nutritive traits of Piatã palisadegrass after thinning the forest component of a silvopastoral system in southeastern Brazil	5
Production and nutritive value of Tifton 85 bermudagrass pastures overseeded with annual ryegrass and inoculated with diazotrophic bacteria	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
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	5
Comparison of the welfare of beef cattle in housed and grazing systems: hormones, health and behaviour	5
Developing biomarkers to estimate manure ammonia emissions from dairy cattle	5
Statistical options for the analysis of in vitro gas production profiles illustrated using rumen liquor as the inoculum – ERRATUM	5
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
Impact of wheat-Agropyron germplasm on the improvement of grain weight and size: a comprehensive QTL analysis	5
Genome-wide association study identifies significant SNP and related genes associated with body size in Yorkshire pigs using latent variable modelling	5
Benchmarking of topsoil moisture estimation methods based on a field study	5
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	5
Identifying key environmental drivers of chickpea yield and water-use efficiency: a statistical modelling approach	4
Organic system vs. conventional – a Bayesian analysis of Polish potato post-registration trials	4
Soil quality assessment based on hybrid computational approach with spatial multi-criteria analysis and geographical information system for sustainable tea cultivation	4
On-farm agronomic performance and farmer preference of quality protein maize grown under conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: a case for Zimbabwe	4
Response of wheat cultivars to zinc application for seed yield and quality improvement	4
Genotype–environment interaction and sexual dimorphism in the genetic evaluation of yearling weight in Simmental cattle raised in Brazil	4
Genomic evaluation of threshold traits in different scenarios of threshold number using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods	4
Content and uptake of macroelements in green fodder of mixtures of narrowleaf lupin with spring triticale	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
Biorefined perennial ryegrass press cake as an alternative feed for dairy cows in late lactation and during the dry period: a demonstration	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
L-arginine modulates gene expression in the mammary glands of lactating sows and improves the weight uniformity of piglets at weaning	3
Parental imprinting effects on growth traits and Kleiber ratio in sheep	3
The effect of spring grass availability and silage supplementation on dairy cow performance and dry matter intake during early lactation	3
Obituary: James France PhD, DSc, FIMA, CMath, CSci	3
Statistical options for the analysis of in vitro gas production profiles illustrated using rumen liquor as the inoculum	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
Cropping pattern effects on water supply-demand balance in a traditional irrigation network of a semi-arid region of Iran	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
Editorial	3
Marker-assisted selection for improving body weight in local chickens in Egypt	3

Yields and weed management of sweet corn as influenced by seedbed preparation methods and wheat residues rates	3
Yield decline in short wheat rotations: the impact of source and sink limitation	3
Plant variety selection using interaction classes derived from factor analytic linear mixed models: models with information on genetic relatedness	3
Comparison of four upscaling methods to drive instantaneous evapotranspiration to daily values for maize in two climatic regions in China	3
Coupling the interactive effects of solar radiation, temperature and nitrogen on performance of transplanted rice	3
AGS volume 160 issue 3-4 Cover and Back matter	3
A novel source of calcium: effects of calcium pidolate concentration on egg quality in aged laying quails (Coturnix coturnix Japonica)	3
Bambara groundnut production, grain composition and nutritional value: opportunities for improvements	3
Global corn area from 1960 to 2030: patterns, trends and implications	3
Synergistic effects of magnesium and zinc supplementation on yield performance and oil quality of canola (Brassica napus L.) in reclaimed soil environments	3
Tillering dynamics and population stability of three tropical forage grasses cultivated as pure or mixed stands	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
Quality of haylage of Brachiaria brizantha with different contents of dry matter in the storage – CORRIGENDUM	3
Adaptability and yield stability of winter barley (Hordeum vulgare) varieties: Bayesian analysis	3