OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Land Degradation & Development is 30. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of coastal wetland reclamation on soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus in China: A meta‐analysis	89
Responses of plant, soil bacterial and fungal communities to grazing vary with pasture seasons and grassland types, northern Tibet	72
Relationships between soil and microbial biomass properties and annual flux of nutrients in Central Himalaya forests, India	68
A global meta‐analysis of the impacts of no‐tillage on soil aggregation and aggregate‐associated organic carbon	63
Assessment of land use systems for CO₂ sequestration, carbon credit potential, and income security in Vindhyan region, India	63
Assessing an ecological security network for a rapid urbanization region in Eastern China	61
Quantitative analysis of ecological risk and human health risk of potentially toxic elements in farmland soil using the PMF model	59
Evaluating the landscape ecological risk based on GIS: A case‐study in the Poyang Lake region of China	57
Structure and functioning of Coriaria nepalensis dominated shrublands in degraded hills of Kumaun Himalaya. I. Dry matter dynamics	48
Plants use rhizosphere metabolites to regulate soil microbial diversity	46
Biochar affects greenhouse gas emissions in various environments: A critical review	44
Land system transformations govern the trophic status of an urban wetland ecosystem: Perspectives from remote sensing and water quality analysis	39
Baseline maps of potentially toxic elements in the soils of Garhwal Himalayas, India: Assessment of their eco‐environmental and human health risks	39
Environmental determinants impacting the spatial heterogeneity of karst ecosystem services in Southwest China	38
Assessment of land degradation using machine‐learning techniques: A case of declining rangelands	37
Variations in the diversity of the soil microbial community and structure under various categories of degraded wetland in Sanjiang Plain, northeastern China	36
Evaluation of temporal and spatial changes of global ecosystem health	34
Evaporation and cracked soda soil improved by fly ash from recycled materials	34
A case‐study on history and rates of gully erosion in Northeast China	34
Spatiotemporal pattern of forest degradation and loss of ecosystem function associated with Rohingya influx: A geospatial approach	33
Effects of solar park construction and solar panels on soil quality, microclimate, CO₂ effluxes, and vegetation under a Mediterranean climate	33
Root biomechanical properties of Chrysopogon zizanioides and Chrysopogon nemoralis for soil reinforcement and slope stabilisation	33
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions accelerate decomposition of slow carbon pool and lower total soil organic carbon pool in alpine meadows	32
Developing sustainable measures to restore fly‐ash contaminated lands: Current challenges and future prospects	32
Spatiotemporal investigation of the interactive coercing relationship between urbanization and ecosystem services in arid northwestern China	31

Impact of long‐term sub‐soiling tillage on soil porosity and soil physical properties in the soil profile	31
Dynamic changes of land use/cover and landscape pattern in a typical alpine river basin of theQinghai‐TibetPlateau, China	30
Why we should rethink ‘adoption’ in agricultural innovation: Empirical insights from Malawi	30
A long‐term no‐tillage system can increase enzymatic activity and maintain bacterial richness in paddy fields	30
Assessment of spatiotemporal variations of ecosystem service values and hotspots in a dryland: A case‐study in Pakistan	30
Soil moisture and nitrogen content influence wheat yield through their effects on the root system and soil bacterial diversity under drip irrigation	30