OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Computer vision-based weight estimation of livestock: a systematic literature review	29
Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral landuses in New Zealand II. The effects of some farm mitigation actions over the past two decades	23
Intended and unintended consequences of genetically modified crops – myth, fact and/or manageable outcomes?	17
Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral land uses in New Zealand III. What could be achieved by 2035?	16
Reflecting on the journey of environmental farm planning in New Zealand	11
Cumulative effects of fragmentation and development on highly productive land in New Zealand	11
Impacts of growing and utilising genetically modified crops and forages – a New Zealand perspective	10
Robots and shocks: emerging non-herbicide weed control options for vegetable and arable cropping	10
Effects of heavier live weight of ewe lambs at mating on fertility, lambing percentage, subsequent live weight and the performance of their progeny	10
Comparing herbicide resistance in New Zealand and Australia	9
Defects and bacterial pathogens in udders of non-dairy breed ewes from New Zealand	9
Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral landuses in New Zealand I. Development of a spatial framework for assessing losses at a farm scale	9
Assessing dairy farming eco-efficiency in New Zealand: a two-stage data envelopment analysis	8
Analytical purity of old New Zealand forage seed samples and detection of fungal and insect contaminants including ryegrass endophyte and Argentine stem weevil	8
The state of knowledge of cadmium in New Zealand agricultural systems: 2021	8
Growth dynamics and nutrient uptake of panicum maximum under nitrogen fertilisation	7
Epichloë fungal endophytes – a vital component for perennial ryegrass survival in New Zealand	7
Simplified methods for on-farm prediction of yield potential of grazed lucerne crops in New Zealand	7
Can secondary metabolites of plantain reduce N losses from urine patches?	6
Impacts of pasture species and ruminant urine on N₂O emissions and nitrogen transforming microbial communities in soil mesocosms	6
A horizon scan for temperate pastoral weed science–a New Zealand perspective	6
The effect of a fodder beet versus rye-grass grazing regime during mid-to-late gestation twin-bearing ewes on dam and progeny performance and lamb survival	5
Mangere to mainstream – the story of a perennial ryegrass ecotype, a determined farmer, and a progressive seed company	5
Modelling the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of edge-of-field mitigations for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus loads in the Waituna Lagoon Catchment, Southland	5
Forage production, morphological, and chemical composition of diploid and tetraploid cultivars of Italian ryegrass in hydromorphic soils	5

Perceptions of plant breeding methods–from ‘phenotypic selection’ to ‘genetic modification’ and ‘new breeding technologies’	5
Effectiveness of cottonseed cake fibre included in the diet of Nellore steers finished in confinement	4
Effects of Ca:Mg ratio and pH on soil chemical, physical and microbiological properties and grass N yield in drained peat soil	4
Productive performance and ingestive behaviour of feedlot finished Santa Ines lambs on diets containing differing fibre levels	4
Breeding heavier ewe lambs at seven months of age did not impact their subsequent two and three-year-old ewe live weight and reproductive performance	4
Effects of plantain in pasture on nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine patches, as affected by urine deposition timing and soil type	4
Live weight and body condition score of mixed-aged beef breeding cows on commercial hill country farms in New Zealand	4
The effect of irrigated land-use intensification on the topsoil physical properties of a pastoral silt loam	4
The impact of cattle grazing and treading on soil properties and the transport of phosphorus, sediment and E. coli in surface runoff from grazed pasture	4
Earthworms for inclusion as an indicator of soil biological health in New Zealand pastures	3
Implications of sampling bias and population behaviour in the study of parasitoid-based biocontrol of Listronotus bonariensis in New Zealand’s exotic pasture ecosystems	3
An examination of the ability of plantain ( Plantago lanceolata L.) to mitigate nitrogen leaching from pasture systems	3
A framework for applying interceptive mitigations for diffuse agricultural pollution	3
Measuring the response of variable bulk solid fertiliser application by computer-controlled delivery from aircraft	3
Target-site and non-target site resistance mechanisms are associated with iodosulfuron resistance in Lolium perenne L.	3
Time of sowing and cultivar effects on hardseededness and germination of subterranean clover seeds	3
Agronomic performance and soil chemical composition when using poultry litter as organic fertilizer in Mombasa Guinea grass production	3
MicroRNA expression under phosphate deficiency stress in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.): a three-year field experiment	3
Selection scheme designs for dairy cattle milked once daily in New Zealand: a deterministic approach	3
Protein and carbohydrate fractionation of Urochloa spp. and Megathyrsus maximus forages after intercropping with soybean in an integrated crop-livestock system	3
Soybean silage in dairy heifers’ diets: ruminal fermentation, intake and digestibility of nutrients	3
A comparison of three nitrate leaching mitigation treatments with dicyandiamide using lysimeters	3
The potential for phosphorus loss to groundwater from soils irrigated with dairy factory wastewater	3
A review of the effectiveness of sediment traps for New Zealand agriculture	3
Development of a heat load index for grazing dairy cattle	3
Buffel grass pre-dried as a modulator of the fermentation, nutritional and aerobic stability profile of cactus pear silage	3
Glyphosate and paraquat resistance in putative resistant plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) populations collected in 21 localities	3
Different parasitoid species elicit varied Argentine stem weevil, Listronotus bonariensis avoidance responses	2
Snaplage with microbial inoculant or organic acids has altered fermentative losses, microorganism counts, starch content and improves feed intake, digestibility and modulates ruminal fermentation in l	2
Relationships between dietary factors and nitrogen partitioning to milk and urine in temperate grazing dairy cattle	2
Effects of bovine leptin gene variation on milk traits in New Zealand Holstein-Friesian × Jersey-cross dairy cows	2
Progressing the consideration of indigenous biodiversity in farm planning processes in New Zealand	2
Impact of volumetric versus gravimetric assessment on Olsen P concentrations	2
Net economic benefit of Ranunculus acris control in dairy pasture – accounting for herbicide damage to clovers and evolved resistance	2
Land use and water quality	2
Effect of feeding time on urinary and faecal nitrogen excretion patterns in sheep	2
Carcass characteristics and meat quality of Texel lambs finished in Brachiaria spp. pastures with different levels of extruded urea (200S) supplementation	2
Supporting the growth of the dairy sheep industry in New Zealand–industry update and review of a programme linking industry and science	2
Potential risks of future herbicide-resistant weeds in New Zealand revealed through machine learning	2
Fermentation profile, microbial populations and aerobic stability of sorghum silages enriched with urea and Lactobacillus buchneri	2
Reducing nutrient and sediment losses in surface runoff by selecting cattle supplement feeding areas based on soil type in New Zealand hill country	2
Mixed ration silage containing sugarcane and babassu byproducts as a nutritional alternative for livestock	2
Elevating soil pH does not reduce N₂O emissions from urine deposited onto pastoral soils	2
Evaluation of high-resolution melting and RT-qPCR probe assays for high-throughput detection of target-site mutations conferring glyphosate resistance in Lolium perenne	2
Feed efficiency improves sperm quality and viability of fertilisation in Dorper sheep	2
Fermentative dynamics and nutritional characteristics of mixed corn silages with and without cobs associated with butterfly pea hay	2
Ethanol and organic acid production related to the microbial population in sugarcane silages with admixed crambe (Crambe abyssinica Hochst) bran	2
Do different soil use and management systems change root weight?	2
Genetic susceptibility to Theileria orientalis (Ikeda) in Angus- and Hereford-sired yearling cattle born to dairy cattle on an endemically infected farm in New Zealand	1
Microbial inoculant and cottonseed cake as additives for millet silage at different fermentation times	1

Nitrous oxide responses to long-term phosphorus application on pasture soil	1
Tanzânia grass haylage wrapped in films of different thicknesses	1
A review of pasture yields and growth rates in Northland	1
Biocontrol of St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) provides huge ongoing benefits to New Zealand agriculture	1
Qualitative evaluation of total mixed ration silage containing forage cactus and guinea grass as a nutritional alternative for feedlot-finished sheep	1
An integrative approach to silvopastoral system design: perspectives, potentials and principles	1
The value of a herbicide resistance testing service for the agricultural sector in New Zealand	1
Effect of vernalisation on the diurnal changes in fatty acid profile and nutrient composition of chicory in response to defoliation frequency	1
Comparison of the efficiency of progesterone, ketoprofen, or GnRH administration on the day of fixed-time transfer (FTET) of in vitro produced (IVP) embryos in suckled crossbred beef cows	1
Discerning component traits contributing to specific water use in perennial ryegrass	1
Ewe culling in New Zealand: an interview study of 38 farmers	1
Effects of mixed plantings of field pea in conjunction with spring triticale harvested at different growth stages on total nitrogen and exogenous amino acids concentrations in green fodder	1
The use of GPS data to assess behaviour of red deer hinds over calving: hinds farmed in extensive high-country environments	1
On the use of the SF ₆ gas tracer technique in Latin America for measuring methane emissions in ruminants: a review and analysis	1
Light interception, yield, spring regrowth and quality of Chloris gayana under different defoliation regimes	1
Water and nitrogen stress effects on canopy development and biomass allocation in fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L.)	1
Methane reduction, health and regulatory considerations regarding Asparagopsis and bromoform for ruminants	1
Animal factors affecting the cheese-making properties and the heat coagulation time of milk from dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock	1
Land-use intensification and dairy effluent effects on soil water repellency and soil carbon of a silt loam topsoil	1
Winter cover crops to reduce herbicide inputs into spring-planted maize pastoral systems in New Zealand	1
Tissue flow and agronomic performance of intercropped tropical-climate grasses grown in the semi-arid region	1
Pasture yield responses and nitrogen leaching losses from rolling downland grazed by sheep in the South Island of New Zealand	1
Farm systems research at Ruakura – a 60-year legacy underpinning profitable and sustainable pasture-based dairy systems	1
Effect of palm kernel cake inclusion in the supplement of pasture-finished heifers on performance, carcass traits, and meat quality	1
Measurement of nitrate leaching losses from lysimeters on a dairy farm following conversion from forestry	1
Storage time effects on whole-plant sorghum silage fermentation profile, aerobic stability and mycotoxin concentration	1
Alternative pre-weaning supplementation in the performance of sheep and their offspring in pastures of Panicum maximum cv. Massai in the semiarid region	1
Variation of nutritive value, measured by proximal hyperspectral sensing, of herbage offered to grazing dairy cows	1
Trends in plant sciences	1
Nitrogen fertiliser use in grazed pasture-based systems in New Zealand: a summary	1
Virtual reality-based meat cut planning for lamb carcasses	1