OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agricultural Water Management 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Regional-scale evaluation of tertiary irrigation system in Muda Irrigation Scheme from space	144
Hydrogeology and subsurface water flow beneath grass waterways: Implications for exploiting waterways for nitrate reductions	142
Editorial Board	111
Editorial Board	105
Editorial Board	100
Northward expansion of multiple cropping systems exacerbates agricultural water stress	98
The incorporation of solar energy and compressed air into the energy supply system enhances the environmentally friendly and efficient operation of drip irrigation systems	98
Water balance analysis in Iowa using satellite-based evapotranspiration, precipitation, and streamflow data	98
Evaluating the impact of floating spheres on evaporation reduction and water salinity control in reservoirs	95
Integrating biophysical models and remote sensing to evaluate irrigation practices in four global hubs	90
Dynamic risk assessment of waterlogging disaster to spring peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Henan Province, China	87
Evaluation and verification of two evapotranspiration models based on precision screening and partitioning of field temperature data	86
A synthesis of soybean yield response to controlled drainage under varying precipitation patterns in the US Midwest	82
Investment trends and evaluation gaps in rainwater harvesting in Sub-Saharan African drylands	80
Influence of suspended solid particles on calcium carbonate fouling in dripper labyrinths	80
Corrigendum to “Responses of yield and water use efficiency to the interaction between water supply and plastic film mulch in winter wheat-summer fallow system” [Agric. Water Manag. 266 (2022) 107545]	80
Increasing the concentration of film antitranspirant increases yields of rapeseed under terminal drought by improving plant water status	79
Impact of straw return on soil temperature and water during the freeze-thaw period	78
Bridging the gap: Analysis of systemic barriers to irrigation technology supply businesses in Ethiopia	77
Effects of biochar application and irrigation system on gregate and soil respiration	76
Evapotranspiration partitioning over the Tibetan plateau: Spatial-seasonal patterns and possible controls	76
Field evaluation of nitrogen volatilization loss during fertigation through center pivots	75
Root zone adaptive irrigation technology: A novel subsurface irrigation method using for drought-resistant afforestation in water shortage regions	75
Editorial Board	74
Corrigendum to “Harnessing SMAP satellite soil moisture product to optimize soil properties to improve water resource management for agriculture” [Agric. Water Manag., Volume 300, 1 July 2024, 108918]	72

Corrigendum to “Micro-sprinkler irrigation with optimal irrigation regimes maintain grain yields while increasing carbon emission efficiency and water productivity of winter wheat on the North China P	72
Climate change and irrigation management shape crop resilience in UAE arid agriculture: APSIM model-driven assessment	72
Machine learning–based spatiotemporal mapping and risk zoning of soil salinization in an arid inland river basin: A case study of the Weigan River Basin, northwestern China	72
Bridging the gap: An interpretable coupled model (SWAT-ELM-SHAP) for blue-green water simulation in data-scarce basins	71
Extraction of grassland irrigation information in arid regions based on multi-source remote sensing data	71
The impact of digital inclusive finance on alternate irrigation technology innovation: From the perspective of the 'catfish effect' in financial markets	70
Reducing nutrient loss in drainage from tomato grown in free-draining substrate in greenhouses using dynamic nutrient management	69
A comparison of physical-based and machine learning modeling for soil salt dynamics in crop fields	68
Photosynthetic characteristics, soil nutrients, and their interspecific competitions in an apple–soybean alley cropping system subjected to different drip fertilizer regimes on the Loess Plateau, Chin	67
Assessing the impacts of irrigation and soil types on the water balance and groundwater depletion in an irrigation district of the North China Plain based on a coupled SWAT-MODFLOW model	67
An integrated approach for multi-year irrigation benchmarking using satellites, surveys and on-farm measured data	66
Mitigating N leaching and N₂O emissions by combining drip irrigation and reduced fertilization with straw incorporation in greenhouse tomato systems	66
Optimal planting density combined with phosphorus input promotes common buckwheat resource use efficiency and productivity to increase grain yield	63
Stage-specific drought alters stem hormones and non-structural carbohydrate metabolism to sustain the yield of drip-irrigated spring wheat in arid regions	63
A distributed simulation-optimization framework for many-objective water resources allocation in canal-well combined irrigation district under diverse supply and demand scenarios	61
Sustainability of collective irrigation under water competition between agriculture and civil uses: The case study of Alanya Water Users Association (Türkiye)	61
Assessing field scale spatiotemporal heterogeneity in salinity dynamics using aerial data assimilation	61
Influence of the sampling time interval of canopy temperature on the dynamic zoning of variable rate irrigation	61
Generating high-precision farmland irrigation pattern maps using remotely sensed ecological indices and machine learning algorithms	60
Rethinking the modernization of pressurized networks: Lessons from a case study in the Gharb (Morocco)	60
Soybean yield response to managed depletion irrigation regimes in a Mid-South silt loam soil	59
Ridge-furrow planting patterns with film mulching improve water use efficiency by enhancing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere and endophyte of summer maize	59
Biophysical controls on energy exchange and water use efficiency over a poplar plantation in Northern Hilly China	59
Water governance matters: Self-supplied versus collective irrigation services and their impact on technical efficiency and production in olive oil farming	58
Grain yield and water productivity of winter wheat controlled by irrigation regime and manure substitution in the North China Plain	58
Patterns of climate and soil for deficit irrigation of winter wheat in the northern part of China	57
Evaluating maize evapotranspiration using high-resolution UAV-based imagery and FAO-56 dual crop coefficient approach	57
Biochar decreased N loss from paddy ecosystem under alternate wetting and drying in the Lower Liaohe River Plain, China	56
Understanding copula-based multivariate standardized drought indices for characterizing meteorological, hydrological and agricultural droughts across global land areas	56
Evaluating management strategies with crop modeling for salinity stress mitigation in quinoa: A case study from Laayoune, Morocco	56
Forecasting vapor pressure deficit for agricultural water management using machine learning in semi-arid environments	56
Optimizing irrigation schedules of greenhouse tomato based on a comprehensive evaluation model	56