OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Grass and Forage Science is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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A Comparison Between Upper and Bottom Layers in Bunker Silos: Performance of Dairy Cows	52
Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	52
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Evaluating Sunn Hemp Intercropped in Tall Fescue Pastures for Summer Stocker Cattle Using Proximal and Satellite Sensing	35
Perennial Grass‐Legume Integration: A Sustainable Approach to Fodder Production	24
Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	23
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Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	20
Proceedings of a European Grassland Federation Symposium, held at Vilnius, Lithuania, 11–14 June 2023. By Ž.Kadžiulienė, K.Jaškūnė, E.Norkevičienė, M.Toleikienė, L.Šarūnaitė (Eds.). 2023. pp. 280. ISB	20
Stocking Method Effects on Canopy Characteristics and Herbage Accumulation of Mulato II Brachiariagrass	19
Effects of Three Grassland Intensification Practices on Forage Production and Its Temporal Variability	17
Mixed Swards of Annual Legumes and Ryegrass Improve Biomass, N Yield and Resource Use in Mediterranean Conditions	17
Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	16
Root Rot Affects Red Clover More Than Other Forage Legumes in Mixed Grass‐Legume Leys	16
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	13
Performance of Beef Cattle Under Grazing as Affected by Urochloa decumbens Cultivars	12
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	11
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No Variation in Critical Nitrogen Curves of Modern Maize Hybrids Differing in Maturity Group Grown Under Contrasting Environmental Conditions	11
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Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	10
Forage Mass, Nutritional Value, Cattle Performance and Economic Indicators in Urochloa decumbens P	10

Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	10
Establishment and Yield of Overseeded Black Oat in a Silvopastoral System: Effects of Tree‐Induced Changes in Microclimatic and Soil Conditions	10
Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	9
Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	9
Effect of chop length of grass silage harvested at two maturity stages, and of concentrate protein level, on feed intake and milk production in dairy cows	9
Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	9
Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	9
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Plant Growth‐Promoting Rhizobacteria Impacting Forage Mass of Urochloa ruziziensis and	9
Fermentation Parameters and In Vitro Degradability of Diets Containing Cratylia argentea Hay as a	8
Reseeding of a Long‐Term Permanent Grassland With a Multi‐Species Sward: 1. Biomass Yield Effects	8
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	8
A Comparison of Non‐Chemical Alternatives for Reducing Creeping Thistle ( Cirsium arvense ) Abundance in a Conservation Grassland	8
A Diverse Pasture Grazing System Enhances Ewe and Lamb Performance Over a Three‐Year Grazing Study	8
Evaluating Performance of Bouteloua gracilis Cultivars After Drought: The Role of the Soil Microbiome	8
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	7
Species Composition Influences Zinc and Selenium Uptake in Multispecies Grasslands	7
Forage Responses and Beef Cattle Performance in Silvopasture Systems: A Meta‐Analysis of Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Brazil	7
Long‐term trends in the genotypic integrity, phenotype and reproductive development of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) populations in New Zealand dairy pastures: Implications for pasture	7
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Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	7
Grazing Management and Dietary Supplementation Modulate Rumen Fermentation and Methane Production in Forage‐Based Livestock Systems	7
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Main Drivers of Forage Sensitivity to Droughts of Increasing Duration in Rangelands	6
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Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	6
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	6
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	6
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Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	5
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	5
Agronomic and physiological responses of corn intercropped with palisadegrass growing in full sun or in a crop‐livestock‐forestry systems	5
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Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	5
Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	5
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	4
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Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	4
Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene	4
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Multi‐Species Seed Mixtures for Sustainable Grazing in Europe? Exploring Livestock Farmers' Intention	4
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	4
Toward Standardisation of Methodologies and Biodiversity Measures for Describing the Microbiome Structure and Diversity of Silages	4
The Inclusion of Ribwort Plantain ( Plantago lanceolata L ) Into Perennial Ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L ) S	4
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	4
In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Seven Commonly Used Dairy Roughages With Relatively High and Low Nutritive Values	4
Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	4

Nutritional Dynamics of Iranian Pasture Flora: Implications for Animal Health and Productivity