OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Irrigation Science is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Irrigation and fertilizer treatments affecting rosmarinic acid accumulation, total phenolic content, antioxidant potential and correlation between them in peppermint (Mentha piperita L.)	42
Water productivity of soybeans under regulated surface and subsurface drip irrigation conditions	25
Spatial–temporal modeling of root zone soil moisture dynamics in a vineyard using machine learning and remote sensing	23
Long-term almond yield response to deficit irrigation	21
Effects of different surface and subsurface drip irrigation levels on growth traits, tuber yield, and irrigation water use efficiency of potato crop	21
Effect of a growing maize canopy on solid-set sprinkler irrigation: kinetic energy dissipation and water partitioning	20
Forecasting daily evapotranspiration using artificial neural networks for sustainable irrigation scheduling	20
Evaluation of satellite Leaf Area Index in California vineyards for improving water use estimation	19
Evaluating a novel microtensiometer for continuous trunk water potential measurements in field-grown irrigated grapevines	19
Drip irrigation enhances water use efficiency without losses in cucumber yield and economic benefits in greenhouses in North China	18
Impact of advection on two-source energy balance (TSEB) canopy transpiration parameterization for vineyards in the California Central Valley	18
Vine water status mapping with multispectral UAV imagery and machine learning	18
Assessment of the clumped model to estimate olive orchard evapotranspiration using meteorological data and UAV-based thermal infrared imagery	18
Soil salinity variations and cotton growth under long-term mulched drip irrigation in saline-alkali land of arid oasis	17
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	17
LAI estimation across California vineyards using sUAS multi-seasonal multi-spectral, thermal, and elevation information and machine learning	16
Improving the spatiotemporal resolution of remotely sensed ET information for water management through Landsat, Sentinel-2, ECOSTRESS and VIIRS data fusion	16
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	16
Crop coefficients and water use of young almond orchards	15
Application of a remote-sensing three-source energy balance model to improve evapotranspiration partitioning in vineyards	14
Evapotranspiration uncertainty at micrometeorological scales: the impact of the eddy covariance energy imbalance and correction methods	13
Numerical simulation of irrigation scheduling using fractional Richards equation	13
Detecting short-term stress and recovery events in a vineyard using tower-based remote sensing of photochemical reflectance index (PRI)	13
Physiological responses of orange trees subject to regulated deficit irrigation and partial root drying	12
Assessing the impact of measurement errors in the calculation of CWSI for characterizing the water status of several crop species	12

Estimating crop coefficients and actual evapotranspiration in citrus orchards with sporadic cover weeds based on ground and remote sensing data	12
Assessing and mapping vineyard water status using a ground mobile thermal imaging platform	12
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer application under reduced irrigation strategies for winter wheat of the north China plain	12
Evaluation and development of empirical models for wetted soil fronts under drip irrigation in high-density apple crop from a point source	11
Downscaling UAV land surface temperature using a coupled wavelet-machine learning-optimization algorithm and its impact on evapotranspiration	11
Performance assessment of the AquaCrop model for film-mulched maize with full drip irrigation in Northwest China	10
Water stress modifies canopy light environment and qualitative and quantitative yield components in two soybean varieties	10
Estimating grapevine transpiration in greenhouse with three different methods in a Penman–Monteith model in Northeast China	10
Irrigation efficiency optimization at multiple stakeholders’ levels based on remote sensing data and energy water balance modelling	10
Single and basal crop coefficients for estimation of water use of tree and vine woody crops with consideration of fraction of ground cover, height, and training system for Mediterranean and warm tempe	10
Sensitivity to water deficit of the second stage of fruit growth in late mandarin trees	9
An analysis framework to evaluate irrigation decisions using short-term ensemble weather forecasts	9
Optimizing the allocation of irrigation water for multiple crops based on the crop water allocation priority	9
Salinity and fertility stresses modify Ks and readily available water coefficients in maize (case study: Qazvin region)	9
Evaluating different metrics from the thermal-based two-source energy balance model for monitoring grapevine water stress	9
From vine to vineyard: the GRAPEX multi-scale remote sensing experiment for improving vineyard irrigation management	9
Determination of threshold soil salinity with consideration of salinity stress alleviation by applying nitrogen in the arid region	9
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	9
Evaluating the performances of a flexible mechanism of water diversion: application on a northern Italy gravity-driven irrigation channel	9
Estimation of evapotranspiration and single and dual crop coefficients of acai palm in the Eastern Amazon (Brazil) using the Bowen ratio system	9
Soil-based automated irrigation for a nectarine orchard in two water availability scenarios	9
Special issue: multiscale technologies for irrigation management	8
Inter-annual variability of land surface fluxes across vineyards: the role of climate, phenology, and irrigation management	8
Performance of Sentinel-2 SAFER ET model for daily and seasonal estimation of grapevine water consumption	8
Time-series clustering of remote sensing retrievals for defining management zones in a vineyard	8
Water scarcity and adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies in groundwater over-exploited areas in the North China Plain	8
Optimal coupling combinations between dripper discharge and irrigation interval of maize for seed production under plastic film-mulched drip irrigation in an arid region	8
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	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
Improving bio-physical and economic water productivity of menthol mint (Mentha arvensis L.) through drip fertigation	8
Strategies to increase barley production and water use efficiency by combining deficit irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer	8
A spatiotemporal decision support protocol based on thermal imagery for variable rate drip irrigation of a peach orchard	7
Utilizing digital image processing and two-source energy balance model for the estimation of evapotranspiration of dry edible beans in western Nebraska	7
Almond responses to a single season of severe irrigation water restrictions	7
Responses of infiltration and evaporation to amounts and distribution characteristics of the residual plastic films within agricultural soil	7
The vertical turbulent structure within the surface boundary layer above a Vineyard in California’s Central Valley during GRAPEX	7
Application of the vineyard data assimilation (VIDA) system to vineyard root-zone soil moisture monitoring in the California Central Valley	7
Analytical model for predicting activation pressure and flow rate of pressure-compensating inline drip emitters and its use in low-pressure emitter design	7
Influence of modeling domain and meteorological forcing data on daily evapotranspiration estimates from a Shuttleworth–Wallace model using Sentinel-2 surface reflectance data	7
Optimising drip irrigation and fertigation schedules for higher crop and water productivity of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)	7
Water use of a super high-density olive orchard submitted to regulated deficit irrigation in Mediterranean environment over three contrasted years	6
Effects of meteorological and land surface modeling uncertainty on errors in winegrape ET calculated with SIMS	6
Yield and water relations of two apple cultivars under irrigation	6
Water requirement and crop coefficient of three chickpea cultivars for the edaphoclimatic conditions of the Brazilian savannah biome	6
Combined simulation and optimization framework for irrigation scheduling in agriculture fields	6
Effects of humic acid on japonica rice production under different irrigation practices and a TOPSIS-based assessment on the Songnen Plain, China	6
Nutrient and salinity management for spinach production under sprinkler irrigation in the low desert region of California	6
Effects of irrigation characteristics and plant morphological features on interception of sprinkler water by maize plants	6
Automated detection of atmospheric and soil drought stress in Ficus benjamina using stem diameter measurements and modelling	6