OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Irrigation Science is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Irrigation and fertilizer treatments affecting rosmarinic acid accumulation, total phenolic content, antioxidant potential and correlation between them in peppermint (Mentha piperita L.)	35
Response of winter-wheat grain yield and water-use efficiency to irrigation with activated water on Guanzhong Plain in China	23
The effect of irrigation strategies and nitrogen fertilizer rates on maize growth and grain yield	22
Long-term almond yield response to deficit irrigation	19
Water productivity of soybeans under regulated surface and subsurface drip irrigation conditions	18
Irrigation and fertilization management to optimize rice yield, water productivity and nitrogen recovery efficiency	18
Effect of a growing maize canopy on solid-set sprinkler irrigation: kinetic energy dissipation and water partitioning	18
Spatial–temporal modeling of root zone soil moisture dynamics in a vineyard using machine learning and remote sensing	17
Effects of different surface and subsurface drip irrigation levels on growth traits, tuber yield, and irrigation water use efficiency of potato crop	17
Electrical resistivity imaging for monitoring soil water motion patterns under different drip irrigation scenarios	15
Plant height and its relationship with yield in wheat under different irrigation regime	15
The effect of regulated deficit irrigation on growth, yield, and berry quality of grapevines (cv. Sangiovese) grafted on rootstocks with different resistance to water deficit	15
Evaluation of crop water stress index and leaf water potential for differentially irrigated quinoa with surface and subsurface drip systems	15
Assessment of the clumped model to estimate olive orchard evapotranspiration using meteorological data and UAV-based thermal infrared imagery	15
Forecasting daily evapotranspiration using artificial neural networks for sustainable irrigation scheduling	14
Soil salinity variations and cotton growth under long-term mulched drip irrigation in saline-alkali land of arid oasis	14
Evaluation of subsurface, mulched and non-mulched surface drip irrigation for maize production and economic benefits in northeast China	14
LAI estimation across California vineyards using sUAS multi-seasonal multi-spectral, thermal, and elevation information and machine learning	14
Biochar and potassium humate shift the migration, transformation and redistribution of urea-N in salt-affected soil under drip fertigation: soil column and incubation experiments	14
Vine water status mapping with multispectral UAV imagery and machine learning	13
Drip irrigation enhances water use efficiency without losses in cucumber yield and economic benefits in greenhouses in North China	13
Effect of phosphorus-coupled nitrogen fertigation on clogging in drip emitters when applying saline water	13
Evaluation of satellite Leaf Area Index in California vineyards for improving water use estimation	13
Effects of water salinity on emitter clogging in surface drip irrigation systems	12
Evaluating a novel microtensiometer for continuous trunk water potential measurements in field-grown irrigated grapevines	12

Numerical simulation of irrigation scheduling using fractional Richards equation	12
Effect of micro-dams on water flow characteristics in furrow irrigation	11
Impact of advection on two-source energy balance (TSEB) canopy transpiration parameterization for vineyards in the California Central Valley	11
Water flow and nitrate transfer simulations in rice cultivation under different irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer application managements by HYDRUS-2D model	11
Tillage and residue management effects on irrigated maize performance and water cycling in a semiarid cropping system of Eastern Colorado	11
Role of deficit irrigation strategies on ET partition and crop water productivity of rice in semi-arid tropics of south India	11
Meta-analysis of crop water use efficiency by irrigation system in the Texas High Plains	10
Winter wheat growth and water use under different drip irrigation regimes in the North China PlainWinter wheat growth and water use under different drip irrigation regimes in the North China Plain	10
Detecting short-term stress and recovery events in a vineyard using tower-based remote sensing of photochemical reflectance index (PRI)	10
A new analytical method for derivation of infiltration parameters	10
Hydraulics of sharp-crested weir culverts with downstream ramps in free-flow, partially, and fully submerged-flow conditions	10
Improving the spatiotemporal resolution of remotely sensed ET information for water management through Landsat, Sentinel-2, ECOSTRESS and VIIRS data fusion	10
Parameterization of the water stress reduction function based on soil–plant water relations	10
Physiological responses of orange trees subject to regulated deficit irrigation and partial root drying	10
Application of a remote-sensing three-source energy balance model to improve evapotranspiration partitioning in vineyards	10
Assessing and mapping vineyard water status using a ground mobile thermal imaging platform	9
Evapotranspiration uncertainty at micrometeorological scales: the impact of the eddy covariance energy imbalance and correction methods	9
Water stress modifies canopy light environment and qualitative and quantitative yield components in two soybean varieties	9
Soil-based automated irrigation for a nectarine orchard in two water availability scenarios	9
Assessing the impact of measurement errors in the calculation of CWSI for characterizing the water status of several crop species	8
Analyzing potential water conservation strategies in the Texas Panhandle	8
Soil electrical resistivity monitoring as a practical tool for evaluating irrigation systems efficiency at the orchard scale: a case study in a vineyard in Central Chile	8
Integrating thermal stress indexes within Shuttleworth–Wallace model for evapotranspiration mapping over a complex surface	8
Response of productivity and nitrogen efficiency to plastic-film mulching patterns for maize in sub-humid northeast China	8
Evaluating the performances of a flexible mechanism of water diversion: application on a northern Italy gravity-driven irrigation channel	8
Optimising drip irrigation and fertigation schedules for higher crop and water productivity of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)	8
Determination of threshold soil salinity with consideration of salinity stress alleviation by applying nitrogen in the arid region	8
Performance assessment of the AquaCrop model for film-mulched maize with full drip irrigation in Northwest China	8
Salinity and fertility stresses modify Ks and readily available water coefficients in maize (case study: Qazvin region)	8
Crop coefficients and water use of young almond orchards	8
Assessment of reference evapotranspiration estimation methods in controlled greenhouse conditions	8
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer application under reduced irrigation strategies for winter wheat of the north China plain	8
Sensitivity to water deficit of the second stage of fruit growth in late mandarin trees	8
Improving bio-physical and economic water productivity of menthol mint (Mentha arvensis L.) through drip fertigation	7
Downscaling UAV land surface temperature using a coupled wavelet-machine learning-optimization algorithm and its impact on evapotranspiration	7
From vine to vineyard: the GRAPEX multi-scale remote sensing experiment for improving vineyard irrigation management	7
Estimating grapevine transpiration in greenhouse with three different methods in a Penman–Monteith model in Northeast China	7
Response of red clover to deficit irrigation: dry matter yield, populations, and irrigation water use efficiency in southern Chile	7
Estimating crop coefficients and actual evapotranspiration in citrus orchards with sporadic cover weeds based on ground and remote sensing data	7
Saline water irrigation strategies in two production cycles of naturally colored cotton	7
Effects of salinity and sodicity on the seasonal dynamics of actual evapotranspiration and surface energy balance components in mature micro-irrigated pistachio orchards	6
Water scarcity and adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies in groundwater over-exploited areas in the North China Plain	6
Utilizing digital image processing and two-source energy balance model for the estimation of evapotranspiration of dry edible beans in western Nebraska	6
Application of the vineyard data assimilation (VIDA) system to vineyard root-zone soil moisture monitoring in the California Central Valley	6
Time-series clustering of remote sensing retrievals for defining management zones in a vineyard	6
A spatiotemporal decision support protocol based on thermal imagery for variable rate drip irrigation of a peach orchard	6
Special issue: multiscale technologies for irrigation management	6
Nutrient and salinity management for spinach production under sprinkler irrigation in the low desert region of California	6
Optimal coupling combinations between dripper discharge and irrigation interval of maize for seed production under plastic film-mulched drip irrigation in an arid region	6
An analysis framework to evaluate irrigation decisions using short-term ensemble weather forecasts	6

Estimation of evapotranspiration and single and dual crop coefficients of acai palm in the Eastern Amazon (Brazil) using the Bowen ratio system	6
Irrigation efficiency optimization at multiple stakeholders’ levels based on remote sensing data and energy water balance modelling	6
Differences in soil water changes and canopy temperature under varying water × nitrogen sufficiency for maize	6
Clogging rate of pressure compensating emitters in irrigation with rainbow trout fish farm effluent	6
Downside risk of aquifer depletion	6
Evaluation and development of empirical models for wetted soil fronts under drip irrigation in high-density apple crop from a point source	5
Automated detection of atmospheric and soil drought stress in Ficus benjamina using stem diameter measurements and modelling	5
Optimizing the allocation of irrigation water for multiple crops based on the crop water allocation priority	5
Incorporating infiltration in the two-dimensional ANUGA model for surface irrigation simulation	5
Effects of irrigation characteristics and plant morphological features on interception of sprinkler water by maize plants	5
Effects of humic acid on japonica rice production under different irrigation practices and a TOPSIS-based assessment on the Songnen Plain, China	5
Assessing the influence of integrating soil amendment applications with saline water irrigation on Ajwain’s yield and water productivity	5
Inter-annual variability of land surface fluxes across vineyards: the role of climate, phenology, and irrigation management	5
Almond responses to a single season of severe irrigation water restrictions	5
Evapotranspiration estimation by inverse soil water flow modelling	5
Yield and water relations of two apple cultivars under irrigation	5
Assessing evapotranspiration in a lettuce crop with a two-source energy balance model	5
Water requirement and crop coefficient of three chickpea cultivars for the edaphoclimatic conditions of the Brazilian savannah biome	5
The vertical turbulent structure within the surface boundary layer above a Vineyard in California’s Central Valley during GRAPEX	5
The effects of deficit irrigation practices on evapotranspiration, yield and quality characteristics of two sesame varieties (Sesamum indicum L.) grown in lysimeters under the Mediterranean climate co	5
Analytical model for predicting activation pressure and flow rate of pressure-compensating inline drip emitters and its use in low-pressure emitter design	4
Performance of Sentinel-2 SAFER ET model for daily and seasonal estimation of grapevine water consumption	4
Uniform fertilization method based on differential pressure tank with optimal fertilizer concentration and constant fertigation flux	4
Strategies to increase barley production and water use efficiency by combining deficit irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer	4
Responses of infiltration and evaporation to amounts and distribution characteristics of the residual plastic films within agricultural soil	4
Evapotranspiration and the response of cool-season and warm-season turfgrass species to deficit irrigation under a sprinkler irrigation method	4
Numerical model for the simulation of soil water flow under root-absorption conditions. Application to tomato plant crop	4
Evaluating different metrics from the thermal-based two-source energy balance model for monitoring grapevine water stress	4
Impact of irrigation regime on morpho-physiological and biochemical attributes and centelloside content in Indian pennywort (Centella asiatica)	4
Design and characterization of a pneumatic micro glass beads matrix sensor for soil water potential threshold control in irrigation management	4
Influence of modeling domain and meteorological forcing data on daily evapotranspiration estimates from a Shuttleworth–Wallace model using Sentinel-2 surface reflectance data	4
The optimal soil water content models based on crop-LAI and hyperspectral data of winter wheat	4
Economic analysis of water footprint for water management of rain-fed and irrigated almonds in Iran	4
Effects of fertilizer types on biofilm growth in the drip irrigation system using the reclaimed water	3
Cumulative response of Tempranillo vines to the crop forcing technique and pre-forcing and post-veraison water stress in terms of yield and grape and wine quality	3
A proposal of an Irrigation Sustainability Index for agricultural basins: application in a semi-arid river basin	3
Species influenced growth, biomass allocation and productivity in wastewater irrigated plants in sandy soils of Indian desert	3
Effects of microorganisms on clogging process and clogging substances accumulation of drip irrigation emitters using the high-sediment water sources	3
Effects of saline water irrigation on winter wheat and its safe utilization under a subsurface drainage system in coastal saline-alkali land of Hebei Province, China	3
A new method for the mathematical modelling of water movement in a surface irrigation system: method and application	3
Linking almond trees’ transpiration to irrigation’s mineral composition by physiological indices and machine learning	3
Soil moisture dynamics in a new indoor facility for subsurface drip irrigation of field crops	3
Irrigation water demand and elasticities: a case study of the High Plains aquifer	3
Response of cabbage to soil test-based fertilization coupled with different levels of drip irrigation in an inceptisol	3
Modelling water fluxes to improve banana irrigation scheduling and management in Magdalena, Colombia	3
Use of a crop model and soil moisture sensors for estimating soil moisture and irrigation applications in a production soybean field	3
An improved design of irrigation centrifugal filter for separating water and fine sediment: appropriately increase head loss for high efficiency	3
Combined simulation and optimization framework for irrigation scheduling in agriculture fields	3
Actual transpiration and canopy resistance in a Mediterranean vineyard irrigated with saline water	3
Assessing the correlation between service flexibility and the cost of modernized large-scale pressurized irrigation systems: a perspective of resilience	3
Effects of meteorological and land surface modeling uncertainty on errors in winegrape ET calculated with SIMS	3
Effect of type of emitter self-cleaning mechanism and its structure on the performance of drip irrigation system using effluent of rainbow trout fish	3
Evaluating crop coefficient and associated processes in a drip irrigation with different color of biodegradable film mulching	3
A mini review of the impacts of deficit irrigation strategies for walnut (Juglans regia L.) production in semiarid conditions	3