OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Land Degradation & Development is 37. 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
Dual Controls of Shrub Encroachment in Semiarid Grasslands: Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Nitrogen Cycling	160
What Is the Effect of Long‐Term Revegetation on Soil Stoichiometry? Case Study Based on In Situ Long‐Term Monitoring on the Loess Plateau, China	111
Integrating Ecological Security Pattern and Sustainable Development Goals: A Multi‐Scale Framework for Arid Cities	104
Analytical framework using remote sensing and water geochemistry to assess changes in landscapes with high ecological and social value	97
Soil Polychlorinated Biphenyl Dissipation and Mung Bean Production Influenced by Ryegrass, Nanoscale Zero‐Valent Iron and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus	87
Evaluating the Economic Effectiveness of Policy Interventions for Sustainable Agriculture in Degraded Ecosystems	73
Alpine SOC and Microbial Community Assembly Were Buffered Through Soil Pore Structure Along an Altitudinal Gradient	67
Multiple Environmental Variables as Covariates to Improve the Accuracy of Spatial Prediction Models for SOM on Karst Aera	59
A comprehensive review of the impact of farmland property rights stability on farmers' land use and protection behaviors	48
From wasteland to oasis: Transformative effects of trees on farmland and livelihoods	45
Desalinization effect of simulated cut‐soiler‐based residue filled preferential shallow subsurface drainage: Improvement of physiology and yield of rain‐fed pearl millet in saline semiarid regions	45
Freeze–Thaw Dynamics in Postindustrial Soil: Implications for Metal Stability and Soil Enzymatic Activity During Phytostabilization	43
Spatial distribution of trace and rare earth elements of bottom sediments in Lake Ostrowite, Bory Tucholskie National Park, Poland	43
Alternate drip irrigation regulates the soil fungal community structure and metabolic function based on root–fungus interactions	42
Clonal propagation, scale dependent assembly, and nucleation drives natural regeneration in a restinga sandy coastal plain	42
What Dominates Land Use Conflicts Across Different Urban Expansion Patterns?—Evidence From the Chengdu–Chongqing Urban Agglomeration, China	42
Earthworm Population and Diversity Enhanced Under Conservation Management Practices in Intensified Rice‐Fallow System of South Asia	42
Ecological Impacts of Cultivated Land Conversion and Urban Eco‐Resilience in the COP29 Era	42
Moss establishment in restoration: The role of moss production method and short‐term benefits of abscisic acid	41
Featured Front Cover	41
Novel hybrid ravine vulnerability index‐based identification of potential reclamation zones for Western India	41
Divergent changes in microbial communities and nutrients upon forest floor humus layer of the sandy Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantation in northeast of China	41
Assessment of the Efficiency of Coupling Sustainable Well‐Being in Mountain Villages: A Case Study of Qinba Mountain Areas in China	40
Land degradation and development in India: Status quo, challenges and opportunities	40
Assessing the ecological impacts of coastal reclamation on cropland protection: An integrated index system	40

Vertical and horizontal soil stresses beneath a modern combine harvester: Measurements and modelling	40
Impact of Major Road Network on Landscape and Growth Pattern in Tehri Region: A Geospatial Technique	39
Predicting Soil Nutrient Classes Using Vis–NIR Spectroscopy to Support Sustainable Farming Decisions	39
Developing SWAT‐S to strengthen the soil erosion forecasting performance of the SWAT model	39
Dynamic Monitoring and Ecological Zoning Based on Eco‐Environmental Quality and Landscape Ecological Risk in Dexing City, China	38
Secondary succession of soil, plants, and bacteria following the recovery of abandoned croplands in two semi‐arid steppes	38
Effects of rapeseed residue organic fertilizer on cadmium toxicity in soil and its uptake and transfer by rice plants (Oryza sativa L.)	38
Unravelling social barriers in ecological restoration decision‐making: A network analysis approach	38
Impacts of infiltration holes on rainfall‐runoff production on slopes treated with engineering measures: A simulation study in the Loess Plateau of China	38
Mechanical terracing regulates soil physicochemical properties and infiltration processes in the Loess Hilly Region of China	37
Understanding the Transportation of Plastic Pollution to Different Environmental Compartments and Human	37
Excessive livestock grazing overrides the positive effects of trees on infiltration capacity and modifies preferential flow in dry miombo woodlands	37
Microbial nutrient limitation in rhizosphere soils of different food crop families: Evidence from ecoenzymatic stoichiometry	37