OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Rangeland Journal 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental drivers of above-ground biomass in semi-arid rangelands	25
Herbage yield stability of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) genotypes across rain-fed environments	24
Carbon sequestration uncertainty: is grazing-induced soil organic carbon accrual offset by inorganic carbon loss?	20
A typology of Australian beef producers and the sustainability challenge	17
Rethinking policies for pastoralists – governing the rangelands	10
The effects of clipping frequency and nitrogen fertilisation on greenhouse gas emissions and net ecosystem exchange in an Australian temperate grassland	10
Shrubs alter alpha and beta diversity of soil fauna in a semiarid grassland	10
Conflict actors influence the dynamics of agropastoral policies to accommodate their preferences and expectations in Ghana	8
Active restoration of extremely degraded grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: a review	7
Table of Contents	7
Opportunities to build resilience of beef cattle properties in the mulga lands of south-western Queensland, Australia	7
Quantifying woody plant health and its implications for estimates of aboveground biomass in rangeland ecosystems	7
Using digital photography to monitor changes in biocrusts and ground cover in a savanna rangeland	7
Temporal variation in the chemical composition of Nassella trichotoma under a defoliation gradient	6
Tradeoff between production and regulation functions of semi-arid rangelands	6
Weak negative responses of spider diversity to short-term ‘kraaling’	6
Breaking the wildfire cycle: progressive fire management can shift fire regimes and improve ecosystem condition. A case study from a large conservation reserve in northern Australia	6
Measuring transaction costs of grassland eco-compensation policies: the case of the Compensation and Rewards Policy for Grassland Protection in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	6
Arid erosion mapping: comparing LiDAR and structure from motion	5
Reimagining the northern Australian beef industry; review of feedbase opportunities for growth	5
Changes in land management practices have reduced wind erosion in the cropping areas of far south-western NSW, Australia	5
A remotely sensed weight gain model for sheep in the semi-arid Karoo shrublands of South Africa	4
Donkey production systems and breeding practices in selected districts of South Omo Zone, southern Ethiopia	4
Carbon sequestration in woody biomass of mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands: confidence in prediction using the carbon accounting model FullCAM	4
Rehabilitating vegetation and demonstrating co-benefits in highly degraded rangelands draining to the Great Barrier Reef: seven things to consider	4

Influence of selected environmental variables on the germination of Eucalyptus costata	4
Resource partitioning between Caucasian chamois and domestic sheep in mountain pastures of the eastern Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia	3
Diet quality, liveweight change and responses to N supplements by cattle grazing Astrebla spp. (Mitchell grass) pastures in the semi-arid tropics in north-western Queensland, Australia	3
An objective prioritisation method for agriculture RD&E	3
Rangelands in the Campos region of South America managed as stockpiled forage: impacts on intake, digestibility, nitrogen-use efficiency, and methane emissions in sheep	2
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe	2
Corrigendum to: Does grazing exclusion in Australia’s rangelands impact biomass and debris carbon stocks?	2
Triple La Niña 2020–2022 revival: river red gum and coolibah recruitment in the Queensland Murray–Darling Basin floodplain, Australia	2
Applying two remotely-sensed methods for monitoring grazing impacts in the Australian arid zone	2
Comparing narratives on carnivore management in a dryland ecosystem: a case study of state-backed lethal control	2
Effects of ivermectin on soil nutrient cycling, plant biomass, and dung beetle abundance	2
Processes underpinning natural capital account compilation highlight the potential for low-input grazing to mitigate farm carbon emissions while also improving biodiversity outcomes	2
Augmenting rangeland condition monitoring with drones: potential for carbon farming projects to support widespread ecosystem assessment	2
Above-ground carbon in mulga-dominated rangelands, Murchison Bioregion, Western Australia	2
Managing grazing to increase ground cover in rangelands: using remote sensing to detect change	2
Social-identity dynamics in rural communities: a motive for resistance to change	2
The importance of camel (Camelus dromedaries) in the livelihoods of herders: the case of camel herders’ households in peri-urban N’Djamena and pastoral Fitri, Chad	2
How and why do rangeland changes and their underlying drivers differ across Namibia’s two major land-tenure systems?	2