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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Agroecological sub-zone based sustainable land use in arid Rajasthan (India)	26
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification degree in the Algerian green barrier over the last four decades (1984–2020)	22
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	20
Seed priming with ascorbic acid improves response of Medicago polymorpha L. seedlings to osmotic stress induced by NaCl and PEG solutions	18
Alternate use of fresh and saline waters to improve water productivity and soil sustainability of drip irrigated wheat in a semi-arid region	12
Lasiurus sindicus Henr., a key perennial fodder grass for desert ecosystem	12
Morpho-physiological, biochemical, and leaf epidermal responses of Desmostachya bipinnata L. in arid habitats	11
Water uptake, anatomical, and biochemical changes of sorghum genotypes subjected to polyethylene glycol-induced drought stress	11
Survival of experimentally buried large, winged seeds from open sandy habitats defies the established theory of relatedness between seed size, shape, and longevity	9
Soil water migration under three tree species in response to water stress and extreme rainstorms	7
Emergence and development of Chihuahuan Desert grasses under simulated wet-dry sequences	7
Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles improves growth, osmolyte accumulation, antioxidant defence and yield quality of water-stressed mung bean plants	6
Contribution of predictive factors of land degradation occurrence applying maximum entropy model	6
Diversity of phenolic compounds, antioxidant capacity, and mineral element content in four fig cultivars ( Ficus carica L.) and their correlation with the rooting of har	6
Bi-cropping of castor bean and nutri-millets optimizes system productivity, energy efficiency, and carbon footprint in rainfed alfisols of semi-arid tropics	6
Effect of temperature, salinity and water potential on seed germination of annual grass Stipa capensis	6
Differential responses of six Casuarina species to NaCl seed priming and salt stress during germination and early seedling growth	6
Evaluation of the impact of erosion control measures on dam siltation and upstream erosion using radioisotope technique ⁷ Be and MUSLE model in the watershed upstrea	6
A two-step soil modeling approach by integrating pedological classification in digital mapping with non-stationary geostatistics	6
Effects of direct seeding of four native species for reclamation of mined land in the cold desert of Xinjiang in northwest China	5
Longer-term monitoring of a degrading sodic lake: landscape level impacts of hydrological regime changes and restoration interventions (SE Hungary)	5
Different sources of nitrogen fertilizer in rainfed maize grown in a semiarid environment	4
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in olive orchard soils in arid regions of Southern Tunisia	4
Effect of hydrogen peroxide application on physiology, production, and post-harvest quality of mini watermelon under salt stress	4
Predicting the occurrence and decline of Astragalus verus Olivier under climate change scenarios in Central Iran	4

Investigating the effect of superabsorbent hydrogel on hydraulic characteristics of desert soil	4
Seed priming with H₂O₂ improves photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in sunflower plants under salt stress	3
Morphological and molecular markers based assessment of genetic diversity of a valuable endemic plant Lasiurus sindicus Henr. in the arid region of Rajasthan, India	3
Increasing evapotranspiration trend and the dominant driving factors in the oasis areas of the Tarim Basin, China	3
Dust source clay content and salinity estimation using VNIR spectrometry	3
Variations in chemical constituents of the rhizosphere of bread wheat genotypes and their significance for using as markers for heat and drought tolerance	3
Potential contribution of Sulla spinosissima subsp. capitata and Sulla pallida as a forage crop in arid Med	3
Attapulgite application improves maize yield, water, and fertilizer utilization efficiency in newly cultivated sandy farmland in northwestern China	3
Forest degradation and short-term seasonal exclosure effects on biotic and abiotic factors linked to rangeland rehabilitation in semiarid Chaco, Argentina	3
Ranch-scale soil health, forage quality, and cattle grazing capacity linkages in a high-elevation steppe	3
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	3
Detection of changes in local-scale statistical distribution of daily temperature and precipitation in dryland region: a case study of Ningxia, China	3
Drought tolerance traits in Medicago species: A review	3