OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Range & Forage Science is 2. 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
Kraals or bomas increase soil carbon and fertility across several biomes	30
Quality characteristics of forage in the sowing year of a standard perennial pasture established with annual ryegrass, barley, and berseem clover as companion crops	14
Book Review. Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development	13
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	12
Participatory establishment of Cenchrus ciliaris forage grass among pastoralists in a semi-arid rangeland area of eastern Tanzania	12
Diet preference of black rhinocerosDiceros bicornisat Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, across seasons	10
Invasion of Neltuma juliflora (mesquite) and its effects on soil physicochemical properties in a semi-arid rangeland of South Africa	8
Performance of goats browsing on Vachellia karroo encroached communal lands and open grasslands in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	8
Measuring adaptive decision making in livestock grazing systems	8
Nearly six decades of grazing research published by the Grassland Society of Southern Africa: trends, recommendations and gaps	6
Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?	5
Putting the pieces together: woody plant encroachment across a precipitation gradient in southern Africa	5
Does spring defoliation affect energy reserves in a South African mesic grassland geophyte?	5
Nutritional properties and in vitro gas production in cactus pear ( Opuntia stricta ) and cassava ( Manihot esculenta	5
Book review: ‘Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert: Ecosystem Engineering by Subterranean Social Insects’	4
Non-selective defoliation by mowing and burning has long-term selective effects on mesic grassland in South Africa	4
Lucerne establishment in dryland conditions: effects of crop residues and wheat as a nurse crop	4
Effect of plant spacing and cutting intensity on the morphology and productivity of forage cactus [ Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.]	4
Two reviews of GrassPro Southern Africa (online app)	4
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	4
Overlooked forbs: implications for rangeland biodiversity and function in southern Africa	3
Herbicide trials on Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) during adverse conditions reveal incompatibility with biocontrol and a narrow window of opportunity for che	3
Vegetation structure and defoliation patterns in heterogeneous grasslands under two herbage allowance levels	3
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	3
Biostimulant effects on the herbage yield and nutritive composition of a mixed ryegrass–clover pasture	3

A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	3
Selection and evaluation of promising indigenous fodder trees and shrubs as supplemental diets for ruminant animals across different agroecological environments	3
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa	3
Unravelling the accessions–environment interactions and the unveiling of released variety: insights from Bouffordia dichotoma	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
From forage to multifunctionality: shifting perceptions of rangeland ecosystem services in the journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa	3
DNA-based species identification as a tool to distinguish invasive Nassella species in South Africa	2
African Journal of Range and Forage Science : paving the way to restoration in African rangelands	2
Forage yield and quality response of Napier grass ( Cenchrus purpureus ) to different dry season harvesting management under the subhumid agroecology of	2
Assessing rangeland conditions on land reform farms in South Africa: a national analysis of the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy farms	2
Managing land use transitions to safeguard transhumance corridors in arid eastern Morocco: challenges and adaptive strategies	2
Two reviews of Good Nature: The New Science of How Nature Improves Our Health	2
Grass dynamics along a woody-plant density reduction gradient in a South African savanna	2
Seedling establishment and early growth in Calobota sericea subjected to moisture stress	2
‘The mountain has a story to tell’: transhumant production systems in the US Intermountain West	2
Transhumance within private land conservation areas: perspectives from pastoralist landowners in rural Kenya	2
Fermentation characteristics of maize–forage legume mixtures ensiled in small-scale silos	2
The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next	2