OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Contribution of streambanks to phosphorus export from Iowa	41
Influence of forest structure and soil chemistry on ants, land snails, and beetles in Balkan floodplain forests: Examining species richness and habitat preferences	35
Characteristics of the soil macropore and root architecture of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process and their impact on water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, northeaste	20
Using artificial neural networks to improve phosphorus indices	18
Combining Gypsum with Establishment of Perennial Vegetation Improved the Restoration of a Salt-Affected Soil in the Northern Great Plains	18
Using targeted messages to improve farmer engagement in conservation programs	16
Changes in soil properties among site positions and tillage in a furrow-irrigated rice production system	16
The Nutrient Reduction Index: A minimalist and continuous measure of conservation practice adoption among farmers	16
Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio	15
Policy process and problem framing for state Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the US Upper Mississippi River Basin	15
Erratum for Xiao et al., Crop type drives soil bacterial community and functional structure on the Loess Plateau terraces of China	15
Spatial and agronomic assessment of water erosion on inland Pacific Northwest cereal grain cropland	14
Increasing agricultural conservation outreach through social science	14
Prairie strips improve many measures of soil health in nearly a decade	14
The good, the bad, the salty: Investigation of native plants for revegetation of salt-impacted soil in the northern Great Plains, United States	14
Assessing Soil Vulnerability Index classification with respect to rainfall characteristics	14
Soil loss due to harvesting of peanut and cassava under traditional farming systems: Cost implications of soil nutrient loss	13
Social networks as conservation practice: Targeting wetland conservation for women landowners	12
Pathways to conservation persistence: Psychosocial drivers of durable grasslands following the Conservation Reserve Program	12
Estimates of soil erosion and best management practice effectiveness at forestry stream crossings in North Carolina	11
Cover crop mixtures versus single species: Water quality and cash crop yield	10
Agriculture as part of the solution to climate change: Incentivizing the adoption of no-till and cover crops	10
Audit procedures and implementation rates for forest water quality Best Management Practices in the 13 southeastern states	9
Rice producer enrollment and retention in a USDA regional conservation partnership program in the southern United States	9
Designing a lower salt future: Examining chloride’s environmental and infrastructure impacts	8

Surface runoff responses to conservation cotton production systems and edge-of-field buffers	8
United Nations Food Systems Summit: What is the role of soil health in putting the Sustainable Development Goals on track?	8
A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges	8
Infiltration within native prairie vegetative strips embedded in row crop fields across Iowa	8
Effect of biochar treatment on soil pH and cucumber fruit: A demonstration of the importance of biochar amendment on the tropical soils of Nigeria	7
Invasive annual grasses—Reenvisioning approaches in a changing climate	7
Compost amendment to enhance carbon sequestration in rangelands	7
Global connections: A case for international perspectives	7
Climate and pest interactions pose a cross-landscape management challenge to soil and water conservation	7
The soil microbiome unveils strong imprints of artificial erosion after 27 years	7
Barriers to cover crop adoption: Evidence from parallel surveys in Maryland and Ohio	7
Trade-off analysis of water conservation and water consumption of typical ecosystems at different climatic scales in the Dongjiang River basin, China	7
Ecosystem services in Iowa agricultural catchments: Hypotheses for scenarios with water quality wetlands and improved tile drainage	7
Estimating landowners’ willingness to accept payments for nature-based solutions in eastern North Carolina for flood hazard mitigation using the contingent valuation method	6
Recent advances in feed additives with the potential to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock	6
Linking geospatial information and effects of land management to edaphic properties	6
Assessing the need to grow natural resources professionals’ competencies beyond conservation	6
Manure injection effects on soil nitrate, carbon mineralization, and POXC dynamics and spatial distribution under corn silage	6
Soil health through farmers’ eyes: Toward a better understanding of how farmers view, value, and manage for healthier soils	6
Soil macroaggregates: The hotspots driving emission or mitigation of greenhouse gases according to the management system adopted	6
How much grass will grow on your rangelands this year? Grass-Cast sheds light on the question!	6
Reflections for enhancing participatory research and outreach from a multistakeholder soil health program	6
Soil health conceptualization differs across key stakeholder groups in the Midwest	5
Salinity and acid sulfate soils of the Vietnam Mekong Delta: Agricultural management and adaptation	5
Pathways to sustaining agriculture and communities in the Ogallala region	5
Environmental justice, climate change, and agriculture	5
Understanding farmers’ adoption of conservation tillage in South Dakota: A modified application of the theory of planned behavior	5
Patterns and associations between dominant crop productions and water quality in an irrigated watershed	5
Evaluating the impact of midwestern cropping systems on soil health and soil carbon dynamics	5
A historic landmark for the role of soil health in climate and food security: “Soil health” in COP28 UAE Declaration	5
Kansas producers’ motivations and barriers to soil health practice adoption through the lens of diffusion of innovations theory	5
The progression of USDA NRCS conservation planning’s Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool	5
On-farm progress toward soil health potential in Southern US row crops	5
Sediment delivery ratios from forest road networks and harvesting operational features by physiographic region in the southeastern United States	5
Microbial respiration gives early indication of soil health improvement following cover crops	4
Farmland preservation in Chatham County, North Carolina: A program overview	4
Flue gas desulfurization gypsum and grass buffer strip influence on runoff and nutrient loss from inorganically and organically fertilized corn on a US Coastal Plain soil	4
Understanding barriers to adoption of sustainable nitrogen management practices in California	4
Eco-hydrological functioning of multi-aged dryland afforestation systems	4
Managing South Asia’s nitrogen cycle by restoring soil health and adopting conservation agriculture	4
Women taking action: Multisession learning circles, storytelling, and an ecosystem of relationships for conservation	4
Defining boundaries and conceptual frameworks for ecologically focused agricultural systems	4
Can yield warranties promote farmer practice adoption? Evidence from a two-region pilot study	4
Elevation-Derived Hydrography: The USGS’s rich new hydrological features dataset	4
Vegetation restoration and plant roots improve soil infiltration capacity after a severe forest fire in Daxing’anling, northeast China	4
Variability and correlation of selected soil attributes and maize yield influenced by tillage systems in mountainous agroecosystem	4
Can nitrogen in fall-planted legume cover crops be credited to maize?	3
Practical guidance for deciding whether to account for soil variability when managing for land health, agricultural production, and climate resilience	3
The urgent need for action	3
Soil loss and PM10 emissions from agricultural fields in the Junggar Basin over the past six decades	3

A new chapter for the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	3
Groundwater trends during 1985 to 2019 in a critical groundwater area of northeastern Arkansas	3
Driving small-scale agricultural and hydrological models using globally available stochastic climate datasets that include point-scale precipitation	3
Oilseed radish/cereal cover crop bicultures and soil phosphorus distribution	3
Forest management and biochar for continued ecosystem services	3
Overcoming barriers to program participation for interested farmers	3
The speciation of Iowa’s nutrient loads and the implications for midwestern nutrient reduction strategies	3
From lab to field to farm: Applying behavioral science insights to agri-environmental programs	3
Low-overhead dairy grazing: A specific solution to a vexing problem	3
Rye cover crop had a nitrogen credit one year after termination in a frigid environment	3
Managing plant surplus carbon to generate soil organic matter in regenerative agriculture	2
Nature-based solutions of soil management and agriculture	2
How resilient are US rangeland ecosystems?	2
Assessing the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework toolbox in a Southern Piedmont landscape of the United States	2
Headcut erosion characteristics revealed through simulated rainfall and scouring experiments in the gully region of the Loess Plateau	2
Agriculture in the North Western Sahara Aquifer System: A miracle in the making?	2
Water quality improvements in Grand Lake St. Marys watershed with the region’s first saturated buffer	2
Risk mitigation or risky business? Agricultural stakeholders’ perspectives on crop insurance discount programs, cover crops, and risk management	2
Influence of gypsum and cover crop on greenhouse gas emissions in soybean cropping systems	2
Producers’ views and decision-making related to new management practices and technologies after participating in an experiential farm management competition: A mixed-methods study	2
Cropping system drives microbial community response to simulated climate change and plant inputs	2
Erratum for Martinez et al., Leveraging ecological monitoring programs to collect soil and geomorphology data across the western United States	2
Cropland water erosion estimates simulated by RUSLE2 and WEPP: Results from two initial studies	2
Long-term drainage water recycling affects soil health and soil properties	2
Environmental impact of the historical slag pile at Davenport, Iowa, United States: Trace metal contamination in soils and terrestrial vegetation	2
Artificial intelligence for assessing organic matter content and related soil properties	2
Phytoremediation and high rainfall combine to improve soil and plant health in a North America Northern Great Plains saline sodic soil	2
Progress in soil erosion research: A European perspective	2
Sustainable and regenerative agriculture: Tools to address food insecurity and climate change	2
Cover crops may exacerbate moisture limitations on South Texas dryland farms	2
Soil and water ecosystem services of agroforestry	2
Restoring South Asia’s degraded soils and ecosystems for peace and prosperity	2
Critical shear stress variability in claypan soils with depth	2
Twenty years of conservation effects assessment in the St. Joseph River watershed, Indiana	2
Aerial interseeding and planting green to enhance nitrogen capture and cover crop biomass carbon	2
Managed aquifer recharge using a borrow pit in connection with the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in northeastern Arkansas	2
Interplay between voluntary private carbon initiatives and USDA programs	2