OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 49. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Combining entomopathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria, nematodes and fungi for biological control of a below-ground insect pest	155
Crop rotation and green manure type enhance organic carbon fractions and reduce soil arsenic content	148
Experimental insecticide applications change tomato pollinator assemblages and do not increase fruit production	121
The value of biotic pollination and dense forest for fruit set of Arabica coffee: A global assessment	120
Quantifying soil organic carbon’s critical role in cereal productivity losses under annualized crop rotations	111
Plastic film-mulched ridges and straw-mulched furrows increase soil carbon sequestration and net ecosystem economic benefit in a wheat-maize rotation	111
Management intensive grazing on New England dairy farms enhances soil nitrogen stocks and elevates soil nitrous oxide emissions without increasing soil carbon	101
Increasing N use efficiency while decreasing gaseous N losses in a non-tilled wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crop using a double inhibitor	98
Great and fast increase in soil CH4 uptake after reforestation in karst cropland area is linked to the environmental and microbial factors	96
Diversified crop rotation: Synergistically enhancing peanut yield and soil organic carbon stability	93
Effects of intercropping on composition and molecular diversity of soil dissolved organic matter in apple orchards: Different roles of bacteria and fungi	93
Nitrate losses in subsurface drainage and nitrous oxide emissions from a winter camelina relay cropping system reveal challenges to sustainable intensification	91
Increase of soil organic carbon stock by iron slag-based silicate fertilizer application in paddy soils	90
Effect of long-term tillage and residue managements on weed flora and its impact on winter wheat development	79
Ameliorating C and N balance without loss of productivity by applying mulching measures in rainfed areas	78
Do voluntary sustainability standards reduce primary forest loss? A global analysis for food commodities	75
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Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: A review of field-based studies	68
Flowering plants in open tomato greenhouses enhance pest suppression in conventional systems and reveal resource saturation for natural enemies in organic systems	66
A global synthesis on the rational management practices for enhancing phosphorus use efficiency in agricultural systems	64
Management strategies for reducing phosphorus levels in saltwater-intruded agricultural fields	62
Biochar-amended poultry mortality composting to increase compost temperatures, reduce ammonia emissions, and decrease leachate’s chemical oxygen demand	61
The planting years of vineyards alters the carbon fixation pathways by soil autotrophic microorganism	60

Agricultural extensification enhances functional diversity but not phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean olive groves: A case study with ant and bird communities	59
Seasonal and annual methane and nitrous oxide emissions affected by tillage and cover crops in flood-irrigated rice	58
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	58
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions as affected by straw and nitrogen management on the North China Plain	57
Land cover and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition	57
Intercropping in rainfed Mediterranean olive groves contributes to improving soil quality and soil organic carbon storage	57
Nitrous oxide emissions dynamics in Indian agricultural landscapes: Revised emission rates and new insights	57
Habitat availability and climate warming drive changes in the distribution of grassland grasshoppers	57
Pasture age impacts soil fungal composition while bacteria respond to soil chemistry	56
Effects of patch-burn grazing and rotational grazing on grassland bird abundance, species richness, and diversity in native grassland pastures of the Midsouth USA	55
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	55
Long-term cover crop management effects on soil properties in dryland cropping systems	54
Pyric herbivory increases soil microbial diversity but has a site-dependent effect on soil mesofauna in the mid-term	54
Impact assessment of soil salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan and its global significance	54
Soil microbial composition, diversity, and network stability in intercropping versus monoculture responded differently to drought	53
Temperature response of soil respiration decreases with latitude and elevation in abandoned croplands	52
Management intensity and landscape configuration affect the potential for woody plant regeneration in coffee agroforestry	51
Root exudate-mediated plant–microbiome interactions determine plant health during disease infection	51
How diverse are sun-grown coffee plantations? Local and landscape heterogeneity drives Andean rove beetle diversity	51
Patterns of denitrifier communities assembly and co-occurrence network regulate N2O emissions in soils with long-term contrasting tillage histories	50
Agroforestry with contour planting of grass contributes to terrace formation and conservation of soil and nutrients on sloping land	50
Quantifying N leaching losses as a function of N balance: A path to sustainable food supply chains	50
Effect of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on greenhouse gas emissions in rice varieties	50
Trade-off between carbon sequestration and water loss for vegetation greening in China	49
Effects of earthworm (Metaphire guillelmi) density on soil macropore and soil water content in typical Anthrosol soil	49
Response of soil organic carbon fractions to cover cropping: A meta-analysis of agroecosystems	49