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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Ingestive behaviour, physiological parameters and carcase traits of lambs fed diets containing greasy babassu by-product	17
Glyphosate and paraquat resistance in putative resistant plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) populations collected in 21 localities	12
Buffel grass pre-dried as a modulator of the fermentation, nutritional and aerobic stability profile of cactus pear silage	10
Protein and carbohydrate fractionation of Urochloa spp . and Megathyrsus maximus forages after intercroppin	10
Animal factors affecting the cheese-making properties and the heat coagulation time of milk from dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock	10
Evaluating flotation and sieving for removing Nassella neesiana seeds from gravel harvested from infested riverbeds in New Zealand	9
Correction	9
Qualitative evaluation of total mixed ration silage containing forage cactus and guinea grass as a nutritional alternative for feedlot-finished sheep	8
Efficacy of an off-line constructed wetland for mitigating nitrogen loss from a pastoral catchment	8
Cottonseed cake as nutritional additive for sorghum silages	7
Greenhouse gas emissions from New Zealand deer farming systems: current and future options	7
Inclusion of Lotus tenuis in beef cattle systems in the Argentinian flooding pampa as an enteric methane mitigation strategy	7
On the use of the SF ₆ gas tracer technique in Latin America for measuring methane emissions in ruminants: a review and analysis	6
Reductionist science in agriculture and horticulture	6
Target-site and non-target site resistance mechanisms are associated with iodosulfuron resistance in Lolium perenne L.	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	5
Correction	5
Modelling E. coli runoff concentrations from sheep and cow grazed pastures in New Zealand: challenges and future research needs	5
Variation of nutritive value, measured by proximal hyperspectral sensing, of herbage offered to grazing dairy cows	5
Carcass characteristics and meat quality of Texel lambs finished in Brachiaria spp. pastures with different levels of extruded urea (200S) supplementation	5
Nitrogen fertilisation method affects wheat silage ammonia-N and crude protein content	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
Copaiba oleoresin as a substitute for sodium lasalocid in finishing diets for lambs: carcass characteristics and meat quality	4
Variation in foliar inorganic phosphorus concentrations in perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.)	4
Hereford heifers with lower blood urea nitrogen breeding values excrete urine with lower nitrogen concentration	4

Can secondary metabolites of plantain reduce N losses from urine patches?	4
Nodule occupancy of effective rhizobia vary between historical and modern cultivars of white clover	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
Epichloë fungal endophyte strains and their Lolium hosts affect resistance to Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera: Curc	4
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
Effects of cutting schedule and inoculation on chemical composition, ensiling characteristics and digestive utilisation of alfalfa silages	3
Solid supplementation and energy sources for grazing beef cattle: digestion and metabolism	3
A snapshot of research in animal production in New Zealand	3
Correction	3
Relationships between dietary factors and nitrogen partitioning to milk and urine in temperate grazing dairy cattle	3
The effect of irrigated land-use intensification on the topsoil physical properties of a pastoral silt loam	3
The value of a herbicide resistance testing service for the agricultural sector in New Zealand	3
Correction	3
Wool shedding and lamb fleece weights: first-cross and backcross Wiltshire–Romney sheep scored at lamb, hogget and two-tooth ages	3
Storage time effects on whole-plant sorghum silage fermentation profile, aerobic stability and mycotoxin concentration	3
Influences affecting adoption of management to mitigate impacts of intensive winter grazing of forage crops	3
Evaluation of high-resolution melting and RT-qPCR probe assays for high-throughput detection of target-site mutations conferring glyphosate resistance in Lolium perenne	3
The influence of the number of lambs present on the suckling behaviour of triplet-rearing ewes at pasture	3
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	3
The effect of prepartum synthetic zeolite supplementation on the eating, lying and activity behaviours of grazing dairy cows	3
Estimation of genetic parameters for production, composition and processability of milk from dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock	2
Comparative study of first lactation performance of Norwegian Red crossbred cows with traditional breeds in New Zealand dairy systems	2
Rice bran addition improves sugarcane silage nutritional value and aerobic stability	2
Replacing soybean meal with extruded urea in rearing steer supplements on supplement intake, weight gain, muscle development and economic performance	2
Growth dynamics and nutrient uptake of panicum maximum under nitrogen fertilisation	2
A response to ‘An examination of the ability of plantain ( Plantago lanceolata L.) to mitigate nitrogen leaching from pasture systems'	2
Epichloë fungal endophytes – a vital component for perennial ryegrass survival in New Zealand	2
Forage production, morphological, and chemical composition of diploid and tetraploid cultivars of Italian ryegrass in hydromorphic soils	2
Evaluation of chitosan and microbial inoculants on aerobic stability and fermentative profile pearl millet, corn and sorghum silages	2
Robots and shocks: emerging non-herbicide weed control options for vegetable and arable cropping	2
Effect of palm kernel cake inclusion in the supplement of pasture-finished heifers on performance, carcass traits, and meat quality	2
Effect of contrasting water-soluble carbohydrate to crude protein ratio’s in perennial ryegrass on nitrogen metabolism in lambs	2
Modelling interactions between changes in sheep productivity, farm greenhouse gas emissions and economics in sheep and beef farms	2
Pasture yield responses and nitrogen leaching losses from rolling downland grazed by sheep in the South Island of New Zealand	2
Estimated genetic parameters for mature cow live weights during lactation in a multi-breed dairy cattle population	2
Discerning component traits contributing to specific water use in perennial ryegrass	2
Mangere to mainstream – the story of a perennial ryegrass ecotype, a determined farmer, and a progressive seed company	2
Mineral salt and urea in finishing bulls on tropical pasture: performance, carcass traits, and meat fatty acid composition	2
Tissue flow and agronomic performance of intercropped tropical-climate grasses grown in the semi-arid region	2
Response to comments on ‘An examination of the ability of plantain ( Plantago lanceolata L.) to mitigate N leaching from pasture systems’	2
Effect of feeding time on urinary and faecal nitrogen excretion patterns in sheep	2
Life after racing: descriptors of rehomed thoroughbred racehorses in New Zealand	2