OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Arid Environments is 24. 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
Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture	107
Salt-tolerant Bacillus species as a promising strategy to mitigate the salinity stress in wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum)	51
Potential geographical distribution and habitat shift of the genus Ammopiptanthus in China under current and future climate change based on the MaxEnt model	49
Trophic state changes of semi-arid reservoirs as a function of the hydro-climatic variability	45
Assessing rural households' resilience and adaptation strategies to climate variability and change	43
Investigating the main reasons for the tragedy of large saline lakes: Drought, climate change, or anthropogenic activities? A call to action	38
Drought area, intensity and frequency changes in China under climate warming, 1961–2014	37
Can spineless forage cactus be the queen of forage crops in dryland areas?	35
SPEI-based spatial and temporal evaluation of drought in Somalia	34
Soil microbial communities and their relationships to soil properties at different depths in an alpine meadow and desert grassland in the Qilian mountain range of China	33
Applications of bio-cementation and bio-polymerization for aeolian erosion control	31
Nebkha or not? -Climate control on foredune mode	30
The use of remote sensing for desertification studies: A review	30
Intercropping forage cactus and sorghum in a semi-arid environment improves biological efficiency and competitive ability through interspecific complementarity	29
Examining the soil erosion responses to ecological restoration programs and landscape drivers: A spatial econometric perspective	29
Comparative assessment of different reference evapotranspiration models towards a fit calibration for arid and semi-arid areas	29
A machine learning model for drought tracking and forecasting using remote precipitation data and a standardized precipitation index from arid regions	29
Quantifying the influences of land surface parameters on LST variations based on GeoDetector model in Syr Darya Basin, Central Asia	28
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and/or organic amendment enhance the tolerance of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) under drought stress	28
Evaluation of a composite drought index to identify seasonal drought and its associated atmospheric dynamics in Northern Punjab, Pakistan	28
Climate change perceptions and challenges to adaptation among smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ghana: A gender analysis	28
Towards a remote sensing data based evapotranspiration estimation in Northern Australia using a simple random forest approach	27
Assessing the water footprint of afforestation in Inner Mongolia, China	27
Evolutionary success in arid habitats: Morpho-anatomy of succulent leaves of Crassula species from southern Africa	25
The plight of camels eating plastic waste	24