OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Agronomy is 44. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	183
Genetic progress in 50 years of potato breeding in India: Where do we stand?	119
Corrigendum to “Yield responses of arable crops to liming – An evaluation of relationships between yields and soil pH from a long-term liming experiment” [Eur. J. Agron. 105 (2019) 176–188]	109
Deep fertilization effects on potato production and GHG emissions depend on soil C:N:P-enzyme interactions: Evidence from a 4-year study	105
Enzyme kinetics reveal biochar-driven soil multifunctionality improvements in arid soils: Insights from pot experiments and meta-analysis	95
Evaluation of MSWX gridded data for modeling of wheat performance across Iran	81
Crop residue decomposition and nutrient release are independently affected by nitrogen fertilization, plastic film mulching, and residue type	76
Deep fertilization combined with straw incorporation improved rice lodging resistance and soil properties of paddy fields	70
Achieving wheat seedling freezing injury assessment during the seedling stage using Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and hyperspectral imaging technology	69
Pod canopy staggered-layer cultivation increases rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) yield by improving population canopy structure and fully utilizing light-energy resources	67
Artificial intelligence and multispectral imaging in coffee production: A systematic literature review	66
Lentil and chickpea crop growth and yield prediction across Europe	62
Characterizing apple production in China’s apple planting region: Biophysical simulation and machine learning analysis of quality determinants	62
Phenolic content and profile of olive fruits: Impact of contrasting thermal regimes in non-Mediterranean growing environments	61
Predicting the nitrogen content of mediterranean forage crops: A remote sensing approach	61
Utilization of cattle slurry, biogas digestates and separated digestates by injection to organically managed spring barley	61
Yield gaps and the driving factors under different plant density of spring maize in North China Plain	60
Enhancing irrigation scheduling by application efficiency estimations and soil moisture simulations	60
Optimizing UAV-based herbicide applications for sustainable wheat weed management by a novel multi-parameter field evaluation under variable environmental conditions	59
Integrating phenology information with UAV multispectral data for rice nitrogen nutrition diagnosis	58
Dissimilarity in root traits and spatial distribution promotes the productivity of Piper nigrum L. and tree species in mixture systems	57
Agricultural practices that enhance soil structure improve crop yields of Swedish farms	56
Water requirements and energy balance components of a drip-irrigated hazelnut (Corylus avellana) orchard in a Mediterranean semi-arid climate	55
Optimization of agronomic management positively affects soil GHG emission: Viable solutions of mitigation in moist and dry Mediterranean climate zones	55
Calibration of the STICS crop model combining remote sensing data and farmer information	55

Long-term effects of wheat continuous cropping vs wheat in crop rotation on carbon content and mineralisation, aggregate stability, biological activity, and crop yield	55
Sustainable alfalfa-winter wheat rotation maintains yield and soil water balance under precipitation variation	54
Grass-legume intercropping pasture system improves physiological activity and yield of postcrop soybeans	53
Optimising the effect of nitrogen on winter oilseed rape grain yield in China: A meta-analysis	53
Effects of light quantity and quality on intermediate wheatgrass tillering dynamics: A comparison with annual wheat	51
Optimizing nitrogen management enhances stalk lodging resistance and grain yield in dense planting maize by improving canopy light distribution	51
Input uncertainty in CSM-CERES-wheat modeling: Dry farming and irrigated conditions using alternative weather and soil data	49
Maize planting date and maturity in the US central Great Plains: Exploring windows for maximizing yields	48
Combining green manuring with ridge-mulching improves the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in drylands	48
Crop responses to application of optimum nitrogen fertilizers on soils of various fertilities formed from long-term fertilization regimes	47
Assessing genetics, biophysical, and management factors related to soybean seed protein variation in Brazil	47
Optimizing winter wheat varieties for yield and net ecosystem productivity under climate change in the North China Plain	47
Optimisation of the correlation between normalised difference vegetation index and sugar beet yield using multispectral remote sensing data	46
Delaying tillering nitrogen topdressing until the midtillering phase improves nitrogen use efficiency and reduces ammonia emission via rice canopy recapture	46
Nitrogen reduction enhances crop productivity, decreases soil nitrogen loss and optimize its balance in wheat-maize cropping area of the Loess Plateau, China	46
Physics-guided deep learning for crop yield estimation	45
Soil texture involvement in wildflower strip ecosystem services delivery in Mediterranean agro-environment	44
Soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics under contrasting organic matter management practices – Results from a 65-year-old experiment in Belgium	44
Editorial Board	44
Long-term effects of optimized fertilization, tillage and crop rotation on soil fertility, crop yield and economic profit on the Loess Plateau	44