OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 56. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	295
Effects of non-crop habitats on ground-dwelling arthropod diversity in a desert-oasis region of northwest China	249
Land cover and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition	163
Pyric herbivory increases soil microbial diversity but has a site-dependent effect on soil mesofauna in the mid-term	120
Experimental insecticide applications change tomato pollinator assemblages and do not increase fruit production	109
Editorial Board	107
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	106
Modeling grazing effects on carbon dynamics in alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using the Biome-BGCMuSo model	104
Nitrous oxide emissions dynamics in Indian agricultural landscapes: Revised emission rates and new insights	102
Distinct roles of nitrogen and phosphorus availability in preventing soil organic carbon loss in alfalfa-converted cropland	96
Dissimilarity among soil restoration practices influences soil functions and plant biomass: A functional group approach	96
Identifying the best fertilization practices by many-objective optimization to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from tea field in the subtropics in Central China	96
Grazing intensity, microtopography, and soil properties mediate the relationship between soil seed banks and aboveground vegetation in grazed wetlands in a semi-arid region	94
Dairy effluent replacing mineral fertilizers mitigates NH3 loss from sandy soil cultivated with forage green maize	93
Quantifying the impact of grazing on ecosystem CO2 exchange in intensively managed pastures	90
Enhanced rice phosphorus use efficiency under elevated atmospheric CO2 and its drivers	88
Effect of long-term tillage and residue managements on weed flora and its impact on winter wheat development	87
A global synthesis on the rational management practices for enhancing phosphorus use efficiency in agricultural systems	86
Do voluntary sustainability standards reduce primary forest loss? A global analysis for food commodities	85
Crop rotation and green manure type enhance organic carbon fractions and reduce soil arsenic content	85
Livestock production systems shape alpha and beta diversity of small mammal assemblages	84
How diverse are sun-grown coffee plantations? Local and landscape heterogeneity drives Andean rove beetle diversity	84
Proxydetection of the impact distance of trees on crops: An indicator of the Land Equivalent Ratio?	82
Flowering plants in open tomato greenhouses enhance pest suppression in conventional systems and reveal resource saturation for natural enemies in organic systems	77
Diversified crop rotation: Synergistically enhancing peanut yield and soil organic carbon stability	76

Response of soil organic carbon fractions to cover cropping: A meta-analysis of agroecosystems	76
Impact assessment of soil salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan and its global significance	76
Management strategies for reducing phosphorus levels in saltwater-intruded agricultural fields	73
Moderate grazing strengthens the responses of plant diversity and ANPP to climatic factors in semi-arid grasslands	70
Substitution of lithogenic with pedogenic soil carbonates in Korean coastal rice paddy under desalinization: Evidences from δ13C	70
Increase of soil organic carbon stock by iron slag-based silicate fertilizer application in paddy soils	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	68
Nitrogen transfer in legume/non-legume intercropping systems: A global meta-analysis	67
Soil microbial composition, diversity, and network stability in intercropping versus monoculture responded differently to drought	66
Soil health indicator variability and management sensitivity across soils, bioregions, and agricultural systems	66
Ameliorating C and N balance without loss of productivity by applying mulching measures in rainfed areas	65
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions as affected by straw and nitrogen management on the North China Plain	64
Intercropping in rainfed Mediterranean olive groves contributes to improving soil quality and soil organic carbon storage	63
Within-field variability in nitrogen losses: A case study in Denmark	63
Root exudate-mediated plant–microbiome interactions determine plant health during disease infection	62
The planting years of vineyards alters the carbon fixation pathways by soil autotrophic microorganism	62
Plastic film-mulched ridges and straw-mulched furrows increase soil carbon sequestration and net ecosystem economic benefit in a wheat-maize rotation	62
Temperature response of soil respiration decreases with latitude and elevation in abandoned croplands	62
Great and fast increase in soil CH4 uptake after reforestation in karst cropland area is linked to the environmental and microbial factors	62
Patterns of denitrifier communities assembly and co-occurrence network regulate N2O emissions in soils with long-term contrasting tillage histories	60
Contrasting roles of ground, trees, ponds and grazing in carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes of an African semi-arid savanna	60
Nitrate losses in subsurface drainage and nitrous oxide emissions from a winter camelina relay cropping system reveal challenges to sustainable intensification	60
Seasonal and annual methane and nitrous oxide emissions affected by tillage and cover crops in flood-irrigated rice	59
Pasture age impacts soil fungal composition while bacteria respond to soil chemistry	59
Combining entomopathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria, nematodes and fungi for biological control of a below-ground insect pest	58
Effects of intercropping on composition and molecular diversity of soil dissolved organic matter in apple orchards: Different roles of bacteria and fungi	58
Agroforestry with contour planting of grass contributes to terrace formation and conservation of soil and nutrients on sloping land	58
Effect of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on greenhouse gas emissions in rice varieties	57
Below-ground biodiversity in agricultural systems: The role of crop-specific management in shaping soil arthropod communities	56
N2O emissions from soils under short-term straw return in a wheat-corn rotation system are associated with changes in the abundance of functional microbes	56
Feed grain polycultures mitigate weather risk, support arthropods, and suppress weeds in the Western Corn Belt	56
Apple trees utilize 3–5% of root biomass in the weathered rock layer to absorb 33–34% of their transpiration water consumption	56
Enhancing crop productivity and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through synergistic potassium management in intensive wheat production	56
Editorial Board	56
Management practices and seasonality affect stingless bee colony growth, foraging activity, and pollen diet in coffee agroecosystems	56
Sustainable nitrogen management in paddy fields: Synergistic effects of deep fertilization and urease inhibitors on ammonia volatilization and associated soil microbiome	56