OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Arid Land Research and Management is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

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	16
Spatial distribution and evaluation of aridity indices in Northern Algeria	15
A consistent CO₂ assimilation rate and an enhanced root development drives the tolerance mechanism in Ziziphus jujuba under soil water deficit	15
Drought tolerance traits in Medicago species: A review	11
Long-term relationships of MODIS NDVI with rainfall, land surface temperature, surface soil moisture and groundwater storage over monsoon core region of India	9
Effect of combined potassium-phosphorus fertilization on gas exchange, antioxidant activity and fruit production of West Indian cherry under salt stress	8
Adaptive traits for drought tolerance in red-grained wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) landraces	8
Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles improves growth, osmolyte accumulation, antioxidant defence and yield quality of water-stressed mung bean plants	8
Provenance determines salinity tolerance and germination requirements of the multipurpose tree Prosopis juliflora seeds	8
Seed priming with H₂O₂ improves photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in sunflower plants under salt stress	7
The influence of trampling by small ruminants on soil fertility in semi-arid rangelands	7
Delineation of burned arid landscapes using Landsat 8 OLI data: a case study of Karaganda region in Kazakhstan	6
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
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in olive orchard soils in arid regions of Southern Tunisia	5
Evaluating the influence of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on Jordan Badia rangelands	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
Water stress and appropriate N management achieves profitable yields and less N loss on sandy soils	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
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
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
Hydrological behavior of a semi-dry forest in Northern Mexico: Factors controlling surface runoff	3
Agroecological sub-zone based sustainable land use in arid Rajasthan (India)	3
Prediction of water retention properties of Syrian clayey soils	3
Predicting habitat suitability for the endangered speciesHedysarum criniferumBoiss. using a fuzzy model in the semi-arid zone in Iran	3
Texas Blackland Prairie restoration on old-field vegetation using seeding, mowing, and burning	3
Climatology and phytogeography of Saudi Arabia. A review	3
Runoff controls the development of eco-hydrological and economic conditions in an arid oasis of the downstream inland river basin	3
Community characteristics and carbon and nitrogen storage in arid and semiarid sagebrush deserts in Xinjiang, China: effects of grazing exclusion	3
Use and economic benefit of soft rock as an amendment for sandy soil in Mu Us Sandy Land, China	3