OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is 5. 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
Contribution of streambanks to phosphorus export from Iowa	42
Influence of forest structure and soil chemistry on ants, land snails, and beetles in Balkan floodplain forests: Examining species richness and habitat preferences	19
Combining Gypsum with Establishment of Perennial Vegetation Improved the Restoration of a Salt-Affected Soil in the Northern Great Plains	18
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	18
The Nutrient Reduction Index: A minimalist and continuous measure of conservation practice adoption among farmers	17
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
Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio	15
The good, the bad, the salty: Investigation of native plants for revegetation of salt-impacted soil in the northern Great Plains, United States	15
Policy process and problem framing for state Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the US Upper Mississippi River Basin	15
Increasing agricultural conservation outreach through social science	14
Prairie strips improve many measures of soil health in nearly a decade	14
Spatial and agronomic assessment of water erosion on inland Pacific Northwest cereal grain cropland	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
Pathways to conservation persistence: Psychosocial drivers of durable grasslands following the Conservation Reserve Program	12
Agriculture as part of the solution to climate change: Incentivizing the adoption of no-till and cover crops	11
Estimates of soil erosion and best management practice effectiveness at forestry stream crossings in North Carolina	10
Social networks as conservation practice: Targeting wetland conservation for women landowners	10
Estimation of soil organic carbon as a function of soil pretreatment and spectral features of radiometers within the visible and near-infrared spectra	10
Cover crop mixtures versus single species: Water quality and cash crop yield	9
Audit procedures and implementation rates for forest water quality Best Management Practices in the 13 southeastern states	9
Assessing sediment sources, nutrient storage, and long-term sustainability of three permanently filled farm ponds in southern Iowa	9
Rice producer enrollment and retention in a USDA regional conservation partnership program in the southern United States	9
The soil microbiome unveils strong imprints of artificial erosion after 27 years	8

Ecosystem services in Iowa agricultural catchments: Hypotheses for scenarios with water quality wetlands and improved tile drainage	8
A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges	8
Designing a lower salt future: Examining chloride’s environmental and infrastructure impacts	8
Climate and pest interactions pose a cross-landscape management challenge to soil and water conservation	8
Soil macroaggregates: The hotspots driving emission or mitigation of greenhouse gases according to the management system adopted	7
Invasive annual grasses—Reenvisioning approaches in a changing climate	7
Global connections: A case for international perspectives	7
Compost amendment to enhance carbon sequestration in rangelands	7
Surface runoff responses to conservation cotton production systems and edge-of-field buffers	7
Trade-off analysis of water conservation and water consumption of typical ecosystems at different climatic scales in the Dongjiang River basin, China	7
Infiltration within native prairie vegetative strips embedded in row crop fields across Iowa	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
Soil health and conservation	6
How much grass will grow on your rangelands this year? Grass-Cast sheds light on the question!	6
Effect of biochar treatment on soil pH and cucumber fruit: A demonstration of the importance of biochar amendment on the tropical soils of Nigeria	6
Assessing the need to grow natural resources professionals’ competencies beyond conservation	6
Vegetation response to rangeland water manipulation structures in the US Southwest	6
Recent advances in feed additives with the potential to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock	6
Barriers to cover crop adoption: Evidence from parallel surveys in Maryland and Ohio	6
Soil health through farmers’ eyes: Toward a better understanding of how farmers view, value, and manage for healthier soils	6
Patterns and associations between dominant crop productions and water quality in an irrigated watershed	5
The progression of USDA NRCS conservation planning’s Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool	5
Linking geospatial information and effects of land management to edaphic properties	5
Salinity and acid sulfate soils of the Vietnam Mekong Delta: Agricultural management and adaptation	5
Evaluating the impact of midwestern cropping systems on soil health and soil carbon dynamics	5
On-farm progress toward soil health potential in Southern US row crops	5
Manure injection effects on soil nitrate, carbon mineralization, and POXC dynamics and spatial distribution under corn silage	5
Pathways to sustaining agriculture and communities in the Ogallala region	5
Reflections for enhancing participatory research and outreach from a multistakeholder soil health program	5
A historic landmark for the role of soil health in climate and food security: “Soil health” in COP28 UAE Declaration	5