OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Field Crops Research is 51. 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
Sheep grazing increases the forage yield and reduces the yield-scaled soil CO2 emissions of sown pastures in an inland arid region	239
Ecosystem level carbon and moisture fluxes from a high biomass fibre producing jute crop (Corchorus olitorius L): An eddy covariance-based analysis	91
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Adapting the CROPGRO Perennial Forage model to predict growth and development of Pensacola bahiagrass	84
Towards higher agrobiodiversity – Evaluating the effects of undersowing different flowering species on soybean productivity	83
Optimizing nutrient management for various potato varieties based on source–sink relationships	82
Regulation of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP) biosynthesis and grain quality in fragrant rice under salt stress	79
Trends in crop yield estimation via data assimilation based on multi-interdisciplinary analysis	77
Root system architecture in a barley RIL population: Agronomic effects of seedling and adult root traits	74
Key factors influencing wheat grain zinc and manganese concentration in areas with different soil available phosphorus	73
Quantifying pre- and post-anthesis heat waves on grain number and grain weight of contrasting wheat cultivars	72
Quantitative evaluation of the effects of initial soil salinity, water quality and nitrogen application rate on cotton growth under drip irrigation in arid regions	68
Effects of cultural practices on weed community and seedbank dynamics in a potato rotation	68
Variations in water availability and N cycling across different seasons in cover crop systems	67
Optimizing tillage regimes in rice-rapeseed rotation system to enhance crop yield and environmental sustainability	65
Decreases in yield-scaled reactive nitrogen losses and nitrogen surplus by shifting rice-wheat rotation to ratoon rice mode in Southeast China	65
Nitrification inhibitors applied in strip-tillage patterns are effective in increasing corn yield and reducing nitrogen footprint by 2100	64
Consistency, variability, and predictability of on-farm nutrient responses in four grain legumes across East and West Africa	62
Effective Striga control and yield intensification on maize farms in western Kenya with N fertilizer and herbicide-resistant variety	62
Retrieving canopy nitrogen concentration and aboveground biomass with deep learning for ryegrass and barley: Comparing models and determining waveband contribution	62
Responses of soil water supply during the wheat growing season to agricultural management practice in Northern China: A meta-analysis	62
Sustainability assessment of nitrogen nutrition index based topdressing nitrogen application	61
Identification of agronomic and physiological traits in high rolling-resistance varieties for mechanized ratoon rice production	61
Contrasted reaction norms of wheat yield in pure vs mixed stands explained by tillering plasticities and shade avoidance	61

Crop nitrogen status and yield formation: A cross-species comparison for maize, rice, and wheat field crops	61
Long-term diversified cropping promotes wheat yield and sustainability across contrasting climates: Evidence from China and Switzerland	60
Pi-efficient wheat cultivars screened by using both functional marker CAPS-799 and field experiment	60
Mechanisms of phosphorus acquisition through shifts in root–microbe interactions of Leymus chinensis mediated by nitrogen availability: From synergistic to antagonistic	60
One–third substitution of nitrogen with cow manure or biochar greatly reduced N2O emission and carbon footprint in saline–alkali soils	60
Utilizing unique irrigation techniques and different phosphorus rates as strategies to improve peanut growth, phosphorus use efficiency and water productivity	59
Boll/leaf ratio improves the source–sink relationship and lint yield during the boll setting stage of cotton	58
Long-term no tillage straw mulching increased soil water and nitrogen storage in dryland wheat on the Loess Plateau, but may increase dissolved organic nitrogen leaching	57
Uncovering the potentials of long-term straw return and nitrogen supply on subtropical maize (Zea mays L.) photosynthesis and grain yield	57
Estimating the maize above-ground biomass by constructing the tridimensional concept model based on UAV-based digital and multi-spectral images	57
Optimizing bioenergy sorghum productivity and nutrient removal in Illinois: Impact of nitrogen fertilization under diverse marginal conditions	55
Management practices regulate the response of canopy and ecosystem water use efficiency in cropland ecosystems	55
Short-term legume cover crops following maize only marginally impact winter cereals under conservation tillage management	55
Relevance of grain number and grain weight on barley yield responses to environmental and genetic factors	55
Integrated mulching and nitrogen management strategies influence carbon footprint and sustainability of wheat production on the Loess Plateau of China	54
Biochar effects on crop yield variability	54
Regulation of photoassimilate transportation and nitrogen uptake to decrease greenhouse gas emissions in ratooning rice with higher economic return by optimized nitrogen supplies	54
Evaluating nitrogen fertilization strategies to optimize yield and grain nitrogen content in top winter wheat varieties across Switzerland	54
Comparison of phosphorus application on crop yield and soil phosphorus pool in rapeseed/wheat-rice rotations: An 8-year field experiment	53
Application of multi-layer neural network and hyperspectral reflectance in genome-wide association study for grain yield in bread wheat	53
Evaluation and application of the CROPGRO – Cowpea model for simulating appropriate sowing window and planting density of cowpea varieties across contrasting environments	53
Conservation tillage effects on European crop yields: A meta-analysis	53
Integrating UAV and satellite LAI data into a modified DSSAT-rapeseed model to improve yield predictions	52
Positive legacy effects of grass-legume mixture leys on phosphorus uptake and yield of maize weaken over the growing season	52
Predicting intercrop competition, facilitation, and productivity from simple functional traits	51
The allometric relationships between biomass and nitrogen of vegetative organs affect crop N status in maize at silking stage	51