OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Ingestive behaviour, physiological parameters and carcase traits of lambs fed diets containing greasy babassu by-product	17
Evaluating flotation and sieving for removing Nassella neesiana seeds from gravel harvested from infested riverbeds in New Zealand	11
Glyphosate and paraquat resistance in putative resistant plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) populations collected in 21 localities	11
Efficacy of an off-line constructed wetland for mitigating nitrogen loss from a pastoral catchment	10
Animal factors affecting the cheese-making properties and the heat coagulation time of milk from dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock	10
Cottonseed cake as nutritional additive for sorghum silages	9
Inclusion of Lotus tenuis in beef cattle systems in the Argentinian flooding pampa as an enteric methane mitigation strategy	9
Evaluation of high-resolution melting and RT-qPCR probe assays for high-throughput detection of target-site mutations conferring glyphosate resistance in Lolium perenne	9
Target-site and non-target site resistance mechanisms are associated with iodosulfuron resistance in Lolium perenne L.	8
Greenhouse gas emissions from New Zealand deer farming systems: current and future options	8
The value of a herbicide resistance testing service for the agricultural sector in New Zealand	7
Modelling E. coli runoff concentrations from sheep and cow grazed pastures in New Zealand: challenges and future research needs	7
The effect of irrigated land-use intensification on the topsoil physical properties of a pastoral silt loam	7
Nitrogen fertilisation method affects wheat silage ammonia-N and crude protein content	6
Variation of nutritive value, measured by proximal hyperspectral sensing, of herbage offered to grazing dairy cows	6
The intrauterine effects of a maternal winter diet of either kale or fodder beet on measures of calf stature and bone morphology at birth	6
Water and nitrogen stress effects on canopy development and biomass allocation in fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L.)	5
Carcass characteristics and meat quality of Texel lambs finished in Brachiaria spp. pastures with different levels of extruded urea (200S) supplementation	5
Should lambs born to one-year-old ewes and grown to heavy live weights be retained as replacements and mated at seven months of age?	5
Buffel grass pre-dried as a modulator of the fermentation, nutritional and aerobic stability profile of cactus pear silage	5
Reductionist science in agriculture and horticulture	5
Qualitative evaluation of total mixed ration silage containing forage cactus and guinea grass as a nutritional alternative for feedlot-finished sheep	5
On the use of the SF ₆ gas tracer technique in Latin America for measuring methane emissions in ruminants: a review and analysis	5
Can secondary metabolites of plantain reduce N losses from urine patches?	4
Protein and carbohydrate fractionation of Urochloa spp. and Megathyrsus maximus forages after intercropping with soybean in an integrated crop-livestock system	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
Nodule occupancy of effective rhizobia vary between historical and modern cultivars of white clover	4
Variation in foliar inorganic phosphorus concentrations in perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.)	4
Epichloë fungal endophyte strains and their Lolium hosts affect resistance to Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curc	4
Influences affecting adoption of management to mitigate impacts of intensive winter grazing of forage crops	3
Effect of breed and stage of lactation on the solid fat content of milk from cows milked once a day or twice a day	3
Correction	3
Storage time effects on whole-plant sorghum silage fermentation profile, aerobic stability and mycotoxin concentration	3
Copaiba oleoresin as a substitute for sodium lasalocid in finishing diets for lambs: carcass characteristics and meat quality	3
The effect of prepartum synthetic zeolite supplementation on the eating, lying and activity behaviours of grazing dairy cows	3
The influence of the number of lambs present on the suckling behaviour of triplet-rearing ewes at pasture	3
Correction	3
Mangere to mainstream – the story of a perennial ryegrass ecotype, a determined farmer, and a progressive seed company	3
Effects of cutting schedule and inoculation on chemical composition, ensiling characteristics and digestive utilisation of alfalfa silages	3
Hereford heifers with lower blood urea nitrogen breeding values excrete urine with lower nitrogen concentration	3
Correction	3
Solid supplementation and energy sources for grazing beef cattle: digestion and metabolism	3
Correction	3
Relationships between dietary factors and nitrogen partitioning to milk and urine in temperate grazing dairy cattle	3
Effect of rice bran and microorganism as additives in pearl millet silage	2
Effect of contrasting water-soluble carbohydrate to crude protein ratio’s in perennial ryegrass on nitrogen metabolism in lambs	2
Feeding concentrate versus forage-based starter diets during early life to Holstein Friesian bull calves: growth, rumen fermentation, metabolic response, feed efficiency and beef production	2
Estimated genetic parameters for mature cow live weights during lactation in a multi-breed dairy cattle population	2
Elevating soil pH does not reduce N₂O emissions from urine deposited onto pastoral soils	2
A response to ‘An examination of the ability of plantain ( Plantago lanceolata L.) to mitigate nitrogen leaching from pasture systems'	2
Grazing strategies for reducing contaminant losses in surface runoff from winter forage crop fields located in hill country and grazed by sheep	2
Epichloë fungal endophytes – a vital component for perennial ryegrass survival in New Zealand	2
Response to comments on ‘An examination of the ability of plantain ( Plantago lanceolata L.) to mitigate N leaching from pasture systems’	2
Replacing soybean meal with extruded urea in rearing steer supplements on supplement intake, weight gain, muscle development and economic performance	2
Nitrous oxide responses to long-term phosphorus application on pasture soil	2
Estimation of genetic parameters for production, composition and processability of milk from dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock	2
Wool shedding and lamb fleece weights: first-cross and backcross Wiltshire–Romney sheep scored at lamb, hogget and two-tooth ages	2
Effect of feeding time on urinary and faecal nitrogen excretion patterns in sheep	2
Identification of the KAP27-1 gene in sheep and its effect on wool traits	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	2
Effect of palm kernel cake inclusion in the supplement of pasture-finished heifers on performance, carcass traits, and meat quality	2
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	2
Evaluation of chitosan and microbial inoculants on aerobic stability and fermentative profile pearl millet, corn and sorghum silages	2
Forage production, morphological, and chemical composition of diploid and tetraploid cultivars of Italian ryegrass in hydromorphic soils	2