OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 59. 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
Editorial Board	320
Effects of non-crop habitats on ground-dwelling arthropod diversity in a desert-oasis region of northwest China	183
Land cover and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition	138
Experimental insecticide applications change tomato pollinator assemblages and do not increase fruit production	116
Editorial Board	115
Modeling grazing effects on carbon dynamics in alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using the Biome-BGCMuSo model	113
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	113
Nitrous oxide emissions dynamics in Indian agricultural landscapes: Revised emission rates and new insights	108
Dissimilarity among soil restoration practices influences soil functions and plant biomass: A functional group approach	105
Dairy effluent replacing mineral fertilizers mitigates NH3 loss from sandy soil cultivated with forage green maize	102
Quantifying the impact of grazing on ecosystem CO2 exchange in intensively managed pastures	101
Enhanced rice phosphorus use efficiency under elevated atmospheric CO2 and its drivers	99
Degradation-driven reorganization of soil erosion resistance under contrasting management practices in Mollisol agroecosystems	97
Great and fast increase in soil CH4 uptake after reforestation in karst cropland area is linked to the environmental and microbial factors	96
Summer fallow drives leaching of legacy nitrogen in cereal land converted from old orchard	96
Nitrate losses in subsurface drainage and nitrous oxide emissions from a winter camelina relay cropping system reveal challenges to sustainable intensification	93
Livestock production systems shape alpha and beta diversity of small mammal assemblages	92
Crop rotation and green manure type enhance organic carbon fractions and reduce soil arsenic content	92
Proxydetection of the impact distance of trees on crops: An indicator of the Land Equivalent Ratio?	90
Substitution of lithogenic with pedogenic soil carbonates in Korean coastal rice paddy under desalinization: Evidences from δ13C	88
Management strategies for reducing phosphorus levels in saltwater-intruded agricultural fields	88
Increase of soil organic carbon stock by iron slag-based silicate fertilizer application in paddy soils	86
Soil health indicator variability and management sensitivity across soils, bioregions, and agricultural systems	85
Ameliorating C and N balance without loss of productivity by applying mulching measures in rainfed areas	84
Identifying the best fertilization practices by many-objective optimization to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from tea field in the subtropics in Central China	81

Plastic film-mulched ridges and straw-mulched furrows increase soil carbon sequestration and net ecosystem economic benefit in a wheat-maize rotation	81
Grazing intensity, microtopography, and soil properties mediate the relationship between soil seed banks and aboveground vegetation in grazed wetlands in a semi-arid region	80
Combining entomopathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria, nematodes and fungi for biological control of a below-ground insect pest	77
Effects of intercropping on composition and molecular diversity of soil dissolved organic matter in apple orchards: Different roles of bacteria and fungi	76
Intercropping in rainfed Mediterranean olive groves contributes to improving soil quality and soil organic carbon storage	76
Within-field variability in nitrogen losses: A case study in Denmark	74
The planting years of vineyards alters the carbon fixation pathways by soil autotrophic microorganism	73
Pyric herbivory increases soil microbial diversity but has a site-dependent effect on soil mesofauna in the mid-term	73
A global synthesis on the rational management practices for enhancing phosphorus use efficiency in agricultural systems	72
How diverse are sun-grown coffee plantations? Local and landscape heterogeneity drives Andean rove beetle diversity	71
Distinct roles of nitrogen and phosphorus availability in preventing soil organic carbon loss in alfalfa-converted cropland	69
Seasonal and annual methane and nitrous oxide emissions affected by tillage and cover crops in flood-irrigated rice	68
Moderate grazing strengthens the responses of plant diversity and ANPP to climatic factors in semi-arid grasslands	68
Agroforestry with contour planting of grass contributes to terrace formation and conservation of soil and nutrients on sloping land	68
Contrasting roles of ground, trees, ponds and grazing in carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes of an African semi-arid savanna	67
Nitrogen transfer in legume/non-legume intercropping systems: A global meta-analysis	66
Root exudate-mediated plant–microbiome interactions determine plant health during disease infection	66
Do voluntary sustainability standards reduce primary forest loss? A global analysis for food commodities	66
Diversified crop rotation: Synergistically enhancing peanut yield and soil organic carbon stability	65
Below-ground biodiversity in agricultural systems: The role of crop-specific management in shaping soil arthropod communities	65
Soil microbial composition, diversity, and network stability in intercropping versus monoculture responded differently to drought	65
Flowering plants in open tomato greenhouses enhance pest suppression in conventional systems and reveal resource saturation for natural enemies in organic systems	65
Impact assessment of soil salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan and its global significance	62
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions as affected by straw and nitrogen management on the North China Plain	62
Temperature response of soil respiration decreases with latitude and elevation in abandoned croplands	61
Patterns of denitrifier communities assembly and co-occurrence network regulate N2O emissions in soils with long-term contrasting tillage histories	61
Effect of long-term tillage and residue managements on weed flora and its impact on winter wheat development	60
Plant–arthropod–soil interactions in reservoir water-level fluctuation zones: A novel driver of soil phosphorus cycling	60
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	60
Response of soil organic carbon fractions to cover cropping: A meta-analysis of agroecosystems	60
Enhancing crop productivity and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through synergistic potassium management in intensive wheat production	59
Editorial Board	59
Barley intercropped with undersown species in northern Europe: a modest yet positive impact on carbon dioxide uptake during the shoulder seasons	59
Feed grain polycultures mitigate weather risk, support arthropods, and suppress weeds in the Western Corn Belt	59
Soil health assessment in the Yangtze River Delta of China: Method development and application in orchards	59
Apple trees utilize 3–5% of root biomass in the weathered rock layer to absorb 33–34% of their transpiration water consumption	59