OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Comparing the short- and long-term impacts of subsurface drainage installation on soil physical and biological properties	22
Contribution of streambanks to phosphorus export from Iowa	12
Elevation-Derived Hydrography: The USGS’s rich new hydrological features dataset	11
Vegetation restoration and plant roots improve soil infiltration capacity after a severe forest fire in Daxing’anling, northeast China	10
Infiltration within native prairie vegetative strips embedded in row crop fields across Iowa	9
Long-term drainage water recycling affects soil health and soil properties	9
Modification of the Soil Vulnerability Index to account for increased erosion risk from winter precipitation in the southern United States	8
Compost amendment to enhance carbon sequestration in rangelands	8
Ecosystem services in Iowa agricultural catchments: Hypotheses for scenarios with water quality wetlands and improved tile drainage	8
Invasive annual grasses—Reenvisioning approaches in a changing climate	7
Climate and pest interactions pose a cross-landscape management challenge to soil and water conservation	7
Estimating soil carbon change using the web-based Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) with APEX	7
Women taking action: Multisession learning circles, storytelling, and an ecosystem of relationships for conservation	7
Farmland preservation in Chatham County, North Carolina: A program overview	6
Influence of gypsum and cover crop on greenhouse gas emissions in soybean cropping systems	6
Influence of forest structure and soil chemistry on ants, land snails, and beetles in Balkan floodplain forests: Examining species richness and habitat preferences	6
The soil microbiome unveils strong imprints of artificial erosion after 27 years	6
Understanding barriers to adoption of sustainable nitrogen management practices in California	6
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	5
Soil health: Meaning, measurement, and value through a critical zone lens	5
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen storage estimated with the root-zone enrichment method under conventional and conservation land management across North Carolina	5
Simulating behavioral heterogeneity in watershed models: A systematic review of fertilizer use in SWAT studies	5
The Nutrient Reduction Index: A minimalist and continuous measure of conservation practice adoption among farmers	4
Conservation programs to reduce greenhouse gases	4
Cover crops may exacerbate moisture limitations on South Texas dryland farms	4

Pasture conservation management effects on soil surface infiltration in hay and grazed systems	4
Effect of biochar treatment on soil pH and cucumber fruit: A demonstration of the importance of biochar amendment on the tropical soils of Nigeria	4
Global connections: A case for international perspectives	4
Farmers’ participation in incentivized conservation programs: Exploring barriers and opportunities for innovative designs	4
Recent advances in feed additives with the potential to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock	4
Trade-off analysis of water conservation and water consumption of typical ecosystems at different climatic scales in the Dongjiang River basin, China	3
Nitrogen balances and losses in conservation cropping systems across a tile-drained landscape in Ohio, United States	3
Combining gypsum with establishment of perennial vegetation improved the restoration of a salt-affected soil in the Northern Great Plains	3
Seasonal water quality trends in a tailwater recovery system in the Mississippi Delta	3
Variability and correlation of selected soil attributes and maize yield influenced by tillage systems in mountainous agroecosystem	3
Barriers to cover crop adoption: Evidence from parallel surveys in Maryland and Ohio	3
Rye cover crop had a nitrogen credit one year after termination in a frigid environment	3
Flooding: Management and risk mitigation	3
Defining boundaries and conceptual frameworks for ecologically focused agricultural systems	3
Mapping pollutant source to enhance water quality conservation in agricultural watersheds: Nonpoint no more?	3
Capture of surface water runoff for irrigation of corn in western Illinois: Implications for nutrient loss reduction	3
Increased rainfall may place saline/sodic soils on the tipping point of sustainability	3