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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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	24
Seed priming with ascorbic acid improves response of Medicago polymorpha L. seedlings to osmotic stress induced by NaCl and PEG solutions	20
Agroecological sub-zone based sustainable land use in arid Rajasthan (India)	20
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in olive orchard soils in arid regions of Southern Tunisia	18
Screening for native Trichoderma strains as potential biocontrollers of the olive pathogen Verticillium dahliae	12
Biocrust contribution to soil CO₂ flux in desert shrubland ecosystem of northwest Mexico	12
Effects of fertile islands on soil organic carbon density and labile organic carbon distribution in elm ( Ulmus macrocarpa Hance)-dominated sparse wood grasslands in sou	11
Sources of spatial variability of soil salinity: the case of Beni Amir irrigated command areas in the Tadla Plain, Morocco	9
Unsaturated transport of Escherichia coli through disturbed soil column: effect of natural zeolite and cow manure addition	9
Alternate use of fresh and saline waters to improve water productivity and soil sustainability of drip irrigated wheat in a semi-arid region	7
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification degree in the Algerian green barrier over the last four decades (1984–2020)	7
Salicylic acid alleviates the effects of salt stress on the physiology, growth, and production of hydroponic okra	6
Drought tolerance traits in Medicago species: A review	6
Attapulgite application improves maize yield, water, and fertilizer utilization efficiency in newly cultivated sandy farmland in northwestern China	6
Mixed application of biochar, maize straw, and nitrogen can improve organic carbon fractions and available nutrients of a sandy soil	6
Water use efficiency and grain yield of water stressed-field grown triticale as affected by combined application of biochar and biological fertilizer	5
Investigating the effect of superabsorbent hydrogel on hydraulic characteristics of desert soil	5
Rapid land cover change in agricultural valleys of the Atacama Desert, Chile	5
Lasiurus sindicus Henr., a key perennial fodder grass for desert ecosystem	5
Efficiency of MGDA and GLDA ligands in extracting plant-available Zn from calcareous soils: kinetics and optimization of extraction conditions	5
Relationship between germination under osmotic stress and development in Bouteloua curtipendula genotypes: implications for restoration management	5
Fruit quality of ‘Tahiti’ lime grafted onto different rootstocks grown under salt stress	4
Water uptake, anatomical, and biochemical changes of sorghum genotypes subjected to polyethylene glycol-induced drought stress	4
Plant-soil interactions in response to grazing intensity in a semi-arid ecosystem from NE Spain	4
Dust source clay content and salinity estimation using VNIR spectrometry	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
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving forces of land-use and land-cover change in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China from 1980 to 2018	4
Adaptive strategies for ecological fitness in Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton	3
Soil and plant attributes under grazing exclusion in semi-steppic semi-arid rangelands, Iran	3
Effect of biochar on potassium fractions and plant-available P, Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu concentrations of calcareous soils	3
Water conservation strategies in big cordgrass (Desmostachya bipinnataL.) for ecological success in hyper-arid and saline-arid environments	3
Effect of hydrogen peroxide application on physiology, production, and post-harvest quality of mini watermelon under salt stress	3
Long-term effects of land use type and management on sorptivity, macroscopic capillary length and water-conducting porosity of calcareous soils	3
Adaptive traits for drought tolerance in red-grained wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) landraces	3
Effects of fertilizer addition on soil organic carbon content in Chinese farmland: a meta-analysis	3
Soil potassium relations in an arid soil treated with biochar and chemical fertilizers after cultivation with safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) under water stress	3
Characteristics of soil seed bank in global drylands – A review	3