OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arid Land Research and Management is 1. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Potentially toxic element contamination of arid and semi-arid soils and its phytoremediation	24
Effect of biochar on potassium fractions and plant-available P, Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu concentrations of calcareous soils	15
A consistent CO₂ assimilation rate and an enhanced root development drives the tolerance mechanism in Ziziphus jujuba under soil water deficit	15
Spatial distribution and evaluation of aridity indices in Northern Algeria	15
Drought tolerance traits in Medicago species: A review	11
Effects of plastic film mulching on soil water use efficiency and wheat yield in the Loess Plateau of China	10
Long-term relationships of MODIS NDVI with rainfall, land surface temperature, surface soil moisture and groundwater storage over monsoon core region of India	9
Provenance determines salinity tolerance and germination requirements of the multipurpose tree Prosopis juliflora seeds	8
Adaptive traits for drought tolerance in red-grained wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) landraces	8
Effect of combined potassium-phosphorus fertilization on gas exchange, antioxidant activity and fruit production of West Indian cherry under salt stress	8
Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles improves growth, osmolyte accumulation, antioxidant defence and yield quality of water-stressed mung bean plants	7
The influence of trampling by small ruminants on soil fertility in semi-arid rangelands	7
Seed priming with H₂O₂ improves photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in sunflower plants under salt stress	7
Effect of grazing exclusion on soil and vegetation characteristics in desert steppe rangelands: a case study from north-western Iran	6
Long-term effects of land use type and management on sorptivity, macroscopic capillary length and water-conducting porosity of calcareous soils	6
Effect of tree canopy on herbaceous vegetation and soil characteristics in semi-arid forests of the Aravalli hills	6
Physiological and biochemical properties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under different mulching and water management systems in the semi-arid region of Punjab, Pakistan	5
Sources of spatial variability of soil salinity: the case of Beni Amir irrigated command areas in the Tadla Plain, Morocco	5
The combination of vermicompost and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improves the physiological properties and chemical composition ofOpuntia ficus-indicaunder semi-arid conditions in the field	5
Evaluating the influence of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on Jordan Badia rangelands	5
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in olive orchard soils in arid regions of Southern Tunisia	5
Physiology and yield of ‘Gaúcho’ melon under brackish water and salicylic acid in hydroponic cultivation	4
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving forces of land-use and land-cover change in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China from 1980 to 2018	4
Water stress and appropriate N management achieves profitable yields and less N loss on sandy soils	4
Delineation of burned arid landscapes using Landsat 8 OLI data: a case study of Karaganda region in Kazakhstan	4

Chlorophyll fluorescence, ion uptake, and osmoregulation are potential indicators for detecting ecotypic variation in salt tolerance of Panicum antidotale Retz*	4
Soil nematode community composition, diversity, and soil properties in an age sequence of Haloxylon ammodendron plantations in an oasis-desert ecotone of northwestern China	4
Runoff controls the development of eco-hydrological and economic conditions in an arid oasis of the downstream inland river basin	3
Predicting habitat suitability for the endangered speciesHedysarum criniferumBoiss. using a fuzzy model in the semi-arid zone in Iran	3
Community characteristics and carbon and nitrogen storage in arid and semiarid sagebrush deserts in Xinjiang, China: effects of grazing exclusion	3
Climatology and phytogeography of Saudi Arabia. A review	3
Prediction of water retention properties of Syrian clayey soils	3
Hydrological behavior of a semi-dry forest in Northern Mexico: Factors controlling surface runoff	3
Use and economic benefit of soft rock as an amendment for sandy soil in Mu Us Sandy Land, China	3
Threats and challenges related to grazing paddocks: Recovery of extremely overgrazed grassland after grazing exclusion	3
Soil wind erodibility and erosion estimation using Landsat satellite imagery and multiple-criteria decision analysis in Urmia Lake Region, Iran	3
Texas Blackland Prairie restoration on old-field vegetation using seeding, mowing, and burning	3
Seed germination responses to temperature and dry storage of seven Caragana (Fabaceae) species from northwest China	2
Morpho-physiological, biochemical, and leaf epidermal responses of Desmostachya bipinnata L. in arid habitats	2
Adaptive strategies for ecological fitness in Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton	2
Agave palmerirestoration: salvage and transplantation of population structure	2
Seasonal germination responses of seeds in fruits of the cold desert shrub Zygophyllum xanthoxylon buried in the field	2
Potential impact of climate change on throughfall in afforestation areas located in arid and semi-arid environments	2
Characterization and prediction of soil organic matter content in reclaimed mine soil using visible and near-infrared diffuse spectroscopy	2
Responses of soil respiration to N fertilization and grazing in a Keerqin sandy grassland in northeast China	2
Agroecological sub-zone based sustainable land use in arid Rajasthan (India)	2
Partitioning variation in vegetation communities around Lajaneh Piosphere, Iran	2
Morphological and molecular markers based assessment of genetic diversity of a valuable endemic plant Lasiurus sindicus Henr. in the arid region of Rajasthan, India	2
Plant biodiversity and soils in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, Sudan	2
Plant-soil interactions in response to grazing intensity in a semi-arid ecosystem from NE Spain	2
Unsaturated transport of Escherichia coli through disturbed soil column: effect of natural zeolite and cow manure addition	2
Intraspecific variation of Haloxylon salicornicum (Amaranthaceae) seed germination under salinity and simulated drought	2
Seed recovery of native plant species of the Caatinga biome ingested by goats and its effect on seed germination, in Brazilian semiarid region	1
Plasticity in anatomical traits of Cyperus niveus Retz. along elevational gradient of dry sub-Himalayan mountains	1
Ranch-scale soil health, forage quality, and cattle grazing capacity linkages in a high-elevation steppe	1
Carbon and nitrogen allocation in leaf, fine root, soil, and microbial biomass in invasive Prosopis juliflora and native Acacia nilotica in semi-arid forests of the Aravalli hills	1
Effect of precipitation frequency on litter decomposition of three annual species (Setaria viridis, Artemisia sacrorum, and Chenopodium acuminatum) in a semi-arid sandy grassland of nort	1
Different sources of nitrogen fertilizer in rainfed maize grown in a semiarid environment	1
Regional analysis of evapotranspiration changes in an arid river basin using satellite observations	1
Salicylic acid alleviates the effects of salt stress on the physiology, growth, and production of hydroponic okra	1
Longer-term monitoring of a degrading sodic lake: landscape level impacts of hydrological regime changes and restoration interventions (SE Hungary)	1
Effect of appendages on maintenance of viability and germination of diaspores of the shrubs Calligonum junceum, Atraphaxis pungens, and Reaumuria soongarica	1
Enhancement of palatable perennial grasses by disturbance and seed addition in degraded native grasslands of the dry pampas in Central Argentina	1
Maize and sunflower yields and soil changes after five years of organic fertilization in the semi-arid region of Paraiba, Brazil	1
Shrub influence on soil carbon and nitrogen in a semi-arid grassland is mediated by precipitation and largely insensitive to livestock grazing	1
Salinity fractionation of saline-sodic soils reclaimed by CaCl₂-amended brackish ice	1
The assessment of microbial biomass C in subsoil samples using fumigation-extraction is negligibly affected by residual chloroform	1
Spatial variability of soil water content at the crop row scale with and without straw mulch inside a corn field in semi-humid Northeastern China	1
Cultural services in arid landscapes. A comparative study based on people’s perception, southeast of Iran	1
Forest degradation and short-term seasonal exclosure effects on biotic and abiotic factors linked to rangeland rehabilitation in semiarid Chaco, Argentina	1
Design, manufacture, and testing of an innovative ridging device for controlling of wind erosion	1
Seaweed extract biofertilizer modulates scarlet eggplant tolerance to salt stress	1
GIS-based multi-criteria analysis for flood hazard areas mapping of M’zab wadi basin (Ghardaia, North-Central Algeria)	1
Difference of soil carbon density under different grazing exclusion duration in Seriphidium transiliense desert with distinct degrees of degradation	1
Effect of the halophytic grass Sporobolus robustus Kunth as a potential nurse plant on the germination and establishment of Vachellia seyal and Prosopis juliflora under saline con	1

Biocrust contribution to soil CO₂ flux in desert shrubland ecosystem of northwest Mexico