OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agricultural Systems is 40. 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
The CIRKULÆR model – A national and regional static flow model of agricultural production, environmental and climatic impacts	226
Optimizing cropland management to mitigate climate-induced nitrogen leakage risk in Chinese ecosystems	203
Pathways towards Net Zero emissions in grain cropping farms	108
Assessing extensive pasture-based beef production in South Africa under future climate change conditions	106
Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework	102
Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture	99
Editorial Board	99
The relative productivity of organic agriculture must be considered in the full food-system context. A comment on Connor (2022)	98
Evaluating the economic and environmental benefits of rice-soybean diversification in South Korea	84
Assessing the global potential for transition from single to multiple cropping	81
What determines the acceptance of Climate Smart Technologies? The influence of farmers' behavioral drivers in connection with the policy environment	76
Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa	75
Modelling the impacts of cover crops on soil C stocks and N dynamics using Daisy: Model evaluation and scenario analysis	73
Long-term balanced organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilization can realize sustainable crop production	68
Digitalising agriculture with the internet of things: Insights from Canadian collaborators	66
Projected climate effects on soil workability and trafficability determine the feasibility of converting permanent grassland to arable land	62
Sustainable management of sweet potatoes: A review on practices, strategies, and opportunities in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, energy security, and quality of life	56
Cover crops and intercropping help reduce nitrate and pesticide leaching in low-input systems	55
Assessment of food-feed competition for producing milk in cow dairy farms	54
Frost shocks negatively impact the supply of high-stem juicing apples in Switzerland	53
Precision farming: what do Italian farmers really think? An application of the Q methodology	52
The dairy production system in the north of Sweden under possible future food scenarios	51
Alternative practices to pesticide use in the Guadeloupe banana belt: Do biophysical constraints limit agroecological transitions?	50
Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses	50
Editorial Board	49

Nutrient use efficiency of intensive dairy farms in China – Current situation and analyses of options for improvement	49
Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services	48
A scheme for distribution of genetically improved oil palm plants well suited to local conditions	46
Marginal lands between recovery and valorization. An inclusive definition to support bio-energy supply chains. The Southern Italy contexts case study	46
Strategies to advance the agroecological transition: Insights from a case study of sheep–crop integration in southwestern France	45
Risk monitoring of pine wilt disease based on semi-dynamic spatial prediction in South Korea	44
Limited capability of organic farming and conservation tillage to enhance agroecosystem resilience to severe drought	44
Editorial Board	44
Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems	43
Prospects of rehabilitation of ancient irrigation systems in India – A case study from coastal saline zone of West Bengal	42
Optimization of manure recycling and fertilizer use to meet crop nutrient demands and reduce nutrient losses, a case study in Quzhou, China	42
Managing trade-offs between economic, environmental, and animal welfare performance in French suckler cattle farms through feeding practices	41
Shortening harvest interval, reaping benefits? A study on harvest practices in oil palm smallholder farming systems in Indonesia	40
Modelling cow longevity policies: Impacts on GHG emissions of the Swiss agricultural sector	40
Spatially optimized forage cultivation reconciles livestock production and wildlife conservation in Alpine grasslands	40