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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Radiation use efficiency and canopy structure of contrasting elephant grass varieties grown as monocrops and intercrops with butterfly pea	39
Ecosystem services provided by silvopastoral systems: a review	32
Crop–livestock systems transformation in the semiarid zones of North Africa over a decade: approach and case-study in Southern Tunisia	25
Cereal and oil seed crops response to organic nitrogen when grown in rotation with annual aerial-seeded pasture legumes	23
Weed management in a direct-seeded rice-ratoon rice cropping system	21
Comparison of single-step methods for genomic prediction of age at first calving in dairy buffaloes	18
Effect of three crop rotations and four residue levels on canola and bean grain yield and residue production	13
Regenerative agriculture v. conservation agriculture: potential effects on soil quality, crop productivity and whole-farm economics in Mediterranean-climate regions	13
Growth and yield estimation of banana through mathematical modelling: a systematic review	12
Circular agriculture practices enhance phosphorus recovery for large-scale commercial farms under tropical conditions	11
Tiller population dynamics and self-thinning law reveal stability mechanisms in mixed grass swards under variable grazing management	11
Nitrogen nutrition for cotton in a semi-arid environment	11
A statistical method to standardize and interpret the activity data generated by wireless biosensors in dairy cows	11
Dynamics of fermentation profile, bacterial communities and their functional characteristics in red clover	11
AGS volume 160 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	10
Impact of in-furrow fertilizers on winter wheat grain yield and mineral concentration	9
Contribution of coffee plants to carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems of Southwestern Ethiopia	9
Comparison of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber size distribution fitting methods and evaluation of the relationship between soil properties and estimated distribution parameters	9
AGS volume 160 issue 3-4 Cover and Front matter	9
Biomass production of hairy vetch and Egyptian clover as affected by sowing dates under warm and hot semi-arid conditions	8
Optimizing geophysics, biotechnology and other emerging tools for livestock production and management: a review	8
Lactobacillus buchneri inoculation compared to chitosan and facultative heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria improves sugarcane silage conservation	8
Upland rice intercropped with green manures and its impact on the succession with common bean	8
The ability of CROPGRO-Tomato model to simulate the growth characteristics of Thomas F1 tomato cultivar grown under open field conditions	8
An assessment of adaptation measures to enhance wheat productivity under climate change during early, mid and end of 21st century in Indian Punjab	8

Capsaicin supplementation on ruminal fermentation, immune responses, intake and digestibility nutrients in grazing bulls	7
Optimising intensive grazing: a comprehensive review of rotational grassland management, innovative grazing strategies and infrastructural requirements	6
Yield improvement with antitranspirant application in droughted wheat associated with both reduced transpiration and reduced abscisic acid	6
Influence of crude protein content and flint maize processing methods on the performance of early-weaning Nellore calves	6
Composting from organic municipal solid waste: a sustainable tool for the environment and to improve grape quality	6
AGS volume 159 issue 7-8 Cover and Front matter	6
Incubation experiments using nitrogen isotope discrimination to estimate ammonia emission from amended sheep manure treatments	6
System fertilization in the pasture phase enhances productivity in integrated crop–livestock systems	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	5
Gamma-aminobutyric acid augments performance of heat-stressed broiler chickens through enhancement of oxidative defence mechanism	5
Productive and nutritive traits of Piatã palisadegrass after thinning the forest component of a silvopastoral system in southeastern Brazil	5
Impact of wheat-Agropyron germplasm on the improvement of grain weight and size: a comprehensive QTL analysis	5
A comparison of grazingv. zero-grazing on early-lactation dairy cow performance	5
AGS volume 160 issue 6 Cover and Front matter	5
Multi-trait selection index and cluster analyses in Angus cattle	5
Conservation tillage and microbially mediated integrated phosphorus management enhance productivity, profitability and energy use efficiency of maize	5
Genome-wide association study identifies significant SNP and related genes associated with body size in Yorkshire pigs using latent variable modelling	5
Effects of alpha-lipoic acid on productive performance, immunity, antioxidation and serum metabolism in Holstein cows	5
Drip irrigation and mulching reduce weed interference and improve water productivity of spring maize	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
Weather indices during reproductive phase explain wheat yield variability	5
Comparison of the welfare of beef cattle in housed and grazing systems: hormones, health and behaviour	4
Content and uptake of macroelements in green fodder of mixtures of narrowleaf lupin with spring triticale	4
Genomic evaluation of threshold traits in different scenarios of threshold number using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods	4
Production and nutritive value of Tifton 85 bermudagrass pastures overseeded with annual ryegrass and inoculated with diazotrophic bacteria	4
The net contribution of livestock to the supply of human edible protein: the case of Ireland	4
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	4
On-farm agronomic performance and farmer preference of quality protein maize grown under conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: a case for Zimbabwe	4
Benchmarking of topsoil moisture estimation methods based on a field study	4
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	4
Statistical options for the analysis of in vitro gas production profiles illustrated using rumen liquor as the inoculum – ERRATUM	4
A novel 28-bp indel inIGF1Rgene associated with growth traits across four Chinese cattle breeds	4
Developing biomarkers to estimate manure ammonia emissions from dairy cattle	4
Soil quality assessment based on hybrid computational approach with spatial multi-criteria analysis and geographical information system for sustainable tea cultivation	3
Response of wheat cultivars to zinc application for seed yield and quality improvement	3
Organic system vs. conventional – a Bayesian analysis of Polish potato post-registration trials	3
Efficiency of fertilization with coated urea in the cultivation of cactus pear under rainfed conditions in Brazilian savannah	3
Bambara groundnut production, grain composition and nutritional value: opportunities for improvements	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
Inoculant, nitrogen and phosphorus improves photosynthesis and water-use efficiency in soybean production	3
In vitro and in sacco digestibility of almond hulls	3
Coupling the interactive effects of solar radiation, temperature and nitrogen on performance of transplanted rice	3
Comparison of four upscaling methods to drive instantaneous evapotranspiration to daily values for maize in two climatic regions in China	3
Quality of haylage of Brachiaria brizantha with different contents of dry matter in the storage – CORRIGENDUM	3
A novel source of calcium: effects of calcium pidolate concentration on egg quality in aged laying quails (Coturnix coturnix Japonica)	3
Calibration and bias correction of seasonal weather forecasts from the North American Multi-Model Ensemble: Potential applications for regional crop modelling and irrigation management	3
Genotype–environment interaction and sexual dimorphism in the genetic evaluation of yearling weight in Simmental cattle raised in Brazil	3
Biorefined perennial ryegrass press cake as an alternative feed for dairy cows in late lactation and during the dry period: a demonstration	3

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	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
Comparison of aerobic rice cultivation using drip systems with conventional flooding	3
Plant variety selection using interaction classes derived from Factor Analytic Linear Mixed Models: models with information on genetic relatedness	3