OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 55. 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
Editorial Board	288
Management strategies for reducing phosphorus levels in saltwater-intruded agricultural fields	243
Experimental insecticide applications change tomato pollinator assemblages and do not increase fruit production	156
Editorial Board	127
Modeling grazing effects on carbon dynamics in alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using the Biome-BGCMuSo model	109
No wild bees? Don't worry! Non-bee flower visitors are still hard at work: The edge effect, landscape, and local characteristics determine taxonomic and functional diversity in apple orchards	104
Distinct roles of nitrogen and phosphorus availability in preventing soil organic carbon loss in alfalfa-converted cropland	104
Combining entomopathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria, nematodes and fungi for biological control of a below-ground insect pest	104
The planting years of vineyards alters the carbon fixation pathways by soil autotrophic microorganism	103
Temperature response of soil respiration decreases with latitude and elevation in abandoned croplands	99
Effects of non-crop habitats on ground-dwelling arthropod diversity in a desert-oasis region of northwest China	95
Intercropping in rainfed Mediterranean olive groves contributes to improving soil quality and soil organic carbon storage	94
Ameliorating C and N balance without loss of productivity by applying mulching measures in rainfed areas	93
Response of soil organic carbon fractions to cover cropping: A meta-analysis of agroecosystems	92
Plastic film-mulched ridges and straw-mulched furrows increase soil carbon sequestration and net ecosystem economic benefit in a wheat-maize rotation	90
Agroforestry with contour planting of grass contributes to terrace formation and conservation of soil and nutrients on sloping land	90
Below-ground biodiversity in agricultural systems: The role of crop-specific management in shaping soil arthropod communities	87
Within-field variability in nitrogen losses: A case study in Denmark	84
Soil microbial composition, diversity, and network stability in intercropping versus monoculture responded differently to drought	83
Impact assessment of soil salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan and its global significance	82
Nitrogen transfer in legume/non-legume intercropping systems: A global meta-analysis	82
Effect of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on greenhouse gas emissions in rice varieties	81
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions as affected by straw and nitrogen management on the North China Plain	81
Root exudate-mediated plant–microbiome interactions determine plant health during disease infection	79
Diversified crop rotation: Synergistically enhancing peanut yield and soil organic carbon stability	76

How diverse are sun-grown coffee plantations? Local and landscape heterogeneity drives Andean rove beetle diversity	74
Livestock production systems shape alpha and beta diversity of small mammal assemblages	73
Great and fast increase in soil CH4 uptake after reforestation in karst cropland area is linked to the environmental and microbial factors	70
A global synthesis on the rational management practices for enhancing phosphorus use efficiency in agricultural systems	69
Pyric herbivory increases soil microbial diversity but has a site-dependent effect on soil mesofauna in the mid-term	69
Using the paddy eco-ditch wetland system to reduce nitrogen non-point source pollution discharge from paddies: A consecutive six-year study in the Yunnan Plateau, China	67
Land cover and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition	66
Do voluntary sustainability standards reduce primary forest loss? A global analysis for food commodities	65
Effect of long-term tillage and residue managements on weed flora and its impact on winter wheat development	64
Patterns of denitrifier communities assembly and co-occurrence network regulate N2O emissions in soils with long-term contrasting tillage histories	63
Increase of soil organic carbon stock by iron slag-based silicate fertilizer application in paddy soils	63
Soil health indicator variability and management sensitivity across soils, bioregions, and agricultural systems	62
Contrasting roles of ground, trees, ponds and grazing in carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes of an African semi-arid savanna	62
Grazing intensity, microtopography, and soil properties mediate the relationship between soil seed banks and aboveground vegetation in grazed wetlands in a semi-arid region	62
Effects of intercropping on composition and molecular diversity of soil dissolved organic matter in apple orchards: Different roles of bacteria and fungi	62
Identifying the best fertilization practices by many-objective optimization to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from tea field in the subtropics in Central China	60
Dissimilarity among soil restoration practices influences soil functions and plant biomass: A functional group approach	60
Nitrous oxide emissions dynamics in Indian agricultural landscapes: Revised emission rates and new insights	60
Pasture age impacts soil fungal composition while bacteria respond to soil chemistry	59
Flowering plants in open tomato greenhouses enhance pest suppression in conventional systems and reveal resource saturation for natural enemies in organic systems	59
Crop rotation and green manure type enhance organic carbon fractions and reduce soil arsenic content	59
Seasonal and annual methane and nitrous oxide emissions affected by tillage and cover crops in flood-irrigated rice	58
Proxydetection of the impact distance of trees on crops: An indicator of the Land Equivalent Ratio?	58
Enhanced rice phosphorus use efficiency under elevated atmospheric CO2 and its drivers	58
Quantifying the impact of grazing on ecosystem CO2 exchange in intensively managed pastures	57
Substitution of lithogenic with pedogenic soil carbonates in Korean coastal rice paddy under desalinization: Evidences from δ13C	56
Dairy effluent replacing mineral fertilizers mitigates NH3 loss from sandy soil cultivated with forage green maize	56
Moderate grazing strengthens the responses of plant diversity and ANPP to climatic factors in semi-arid grasslands	56
Editorial Board	55
Nitrate losses in subsurface drainage and nitrous oxide emissions from a winter camelina relay cropping system reveal challenges to sustainable intensification	55