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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Evaluating Sunn Hemp Intercropped in Tall Fescue Pastures for Summer Stocker Cattle Using Proximal and Satellite Sensing	53
A Comparison Between Upper and Bottom Layers in Bunker Silos: Performance of Dairy Cows	50
Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	43
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Perennial Grass‐Legume Integration: A Sustainable Approach to Fodder Production	30
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Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	19
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	19
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Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	18
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	17
Performance of Beef Cattle Under Grazing as Affected by Urochloa decumbens Cultivars	16
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	16
No Variation in Critical Nitrogen Curves of Modern Maize Hybrids Differing in Maturity Group Grown Under Contrasting Environmental Conditions	14
Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	14
Root Rot Affects Red Clover More Than Other Forage Legumes in Mixed Grass‐Legume Leys	13
Stocking Method Effects on Canopy Characteristics and Herbage Accumulation of Mulato II Brachiariagrass	12
Mixed Swards of Annual Legumes and Ryegrass Improve Biomass, N Yield and Resource Use in Mediterranean Conditions	11
Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	10
Effects of Three Grassland Intensification Practices on Forage Production and Its Temporal Variability	10
Plant Growth‐Promoting Rhizobacteria Impacting Forage Mass of Urochloa ruziziensis and	10
Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	10
Forage Mass, Nutritional Value, Cattle Performance and Economic Indicators in Urochloa decumbens P	10
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Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	10
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Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	10
Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	9
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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
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
Fermentation Parameters and In Vitro Degradability of Diets Containing Cratylia argentea Hay as a	8
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	8
Evaluating Performance of Bouteloua gracilis Cultivars After Drought: The Role of the Soil Microbiome	8
Grazing Management and Dietary Supplementation Modulate Rumen Fermentation and Methane Production in Forage‐Based Livestock Systems	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
Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	7
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Species Composition Influences Zinc and Selenium Uptake in Multispecies Grasslands	7
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Reseeding of a Long‐Term Permanent Grassland With a Multi‐Species Sward: 1. Biomass Yield Effects	7
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	7
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	7
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Main Drivers of Forage Sensitivity to Droughts of Increasing Duration in Rangelands	6
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	6
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	6
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Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	6
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	6
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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Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	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
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Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	4
Toward Standardisation of Methodologies and Biodiversity Measures for Describing the Microbiome Structure and Diversity of Silages	4
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	4
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	4
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	4
Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene	4
Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	4
Screening of and Mechanistic Insights Into the Enteric Methane Mitigation Potential of European Native and Non‐Native Forage Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs Using In Vitro Batch Culture	4
Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	4
Nutritional Dynamics of Iranian Pasture Flora: Implications for Animal Health and Productivity	4
Effects of nitrogen fertilization rate and seeding density on the forage yield and quality of autumn‐sown triticale in an alpine grazing area of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, China	4
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In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Seven Commonly Used Dairy Roughages With Relatively High and Low Nutritive Values	4