OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Range & Forage 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Kraals or bomas increase soil carbon and fertility across several biomes	23
Diet preference of black rhinocerosDiceros bicornisat Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, across seasons	20
Quality characteristics of forage in the sowing year of a standard perennial pasture established with annual ryegrass, barley, and berseem clover as companion crops	19
Book Review. Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development	18
Dynamics of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and Kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus) pastures associated with white clover (Trifolium repens) in small-scale dairy systems in the	15
Participatory establishment of Cenchrus ciliaris forage grass among pastoralists in a semi-arid rangeland area of eastern Tanzania	15
Performance of goats browsing on Vachellia karroo encroached communal lands and open grasslands in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	13
The effect of changes in human drivers on the fire regimes of South African grassland and savanna environments over the past 100 years	11
Bromatological and histological features of native African grasses under grazing in Brazilian semi-arid rangelands	11
Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa	10
Nearly six decades of grazing research published by the Grassland Society of Southern Africa: trends, recommendations and gaps	10
Invasion of Neltuma juliflora (mesquite) and its effects on soil physicochemical properties in a semi-arid rangeland of South Africa	9
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	7
Does spring defoliation affect energy reserves in a South African mesic grassland geophyte?	7
Nutritional properties and in vitro gas production in cactus pear ( Opuntia stricta ) and cassava ( Manihot esculenta	7
Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?	7
Putting the pieces together: woody plant encroachment across a precipitation gradient in southern Africa	6
Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems	6
Lucerne establishment in dryland conditions: effects of crop residues and wheat as a nurse crop	6
Effect of plant spacing and cutting intensity on the morphology and productivity of forage cactus [ Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.]	6
Two reviews of GrassPro Southern Africa (online app)	6
Forage yield, competition and economic benefit of intercropping cactus and millet with mulch in a semi-arid environment	5
An Ecological Guide to the BushAn Ecological Guide to the Bush, By Bruce McKenzie, 2022, Jacana Media: www.jacana.co.za, 194 pages, softcover, ISBN 9781431432875, Price: R235.00	5
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa	5
Book review: ‘Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert: Ecosystem Engineering by Subterranean Social Insects’	5

A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	4
Overlooked forbs: implications for rangeland biodiversity and function in southern Africa	4
Herbicide trials on Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) during adverse conditions reveal incompatibility with biocontrol and a narrow window of opportunity for che	4
Biostimulant effects on the herbage yield and nutritive composition of a mixed ryegrass–clover pasture	4
From forage to multifunctionality: shifting perceptions of rangeland ecosystem services in the journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa	4
Unravelling the accessions–environment interactions and the unveiling of released variety: insights from Bouffordia dichotoma	4
Vegetation structure and defoliation patterns in heterogeneous grasslands under two herbage allowance levels	3
DNA-based species identification as a tool to distinguish invasive Nassella species in South Africa	3
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States	3
Effects of short-duration kraaling depend on initial conditions in a mesic grassland	3
Selection and evaluation of promising indigenous fodder trees and shrubs as supplemental diets for ruminant animals across different agroecological environments	3
Effect of botanical composition calibration on the accuracy of undisturbed sward height and comparative yield method techniques for herbage mass estimation in tropical heterogeneous pastures	3