OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biosystems Engineering is 32. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Potential of visible/near infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometric methods for discriminating and estimating the thickness of clogging in drip-irrigation	213
Discrete element modelling and simulation parameters calibration for the compacted straw cube	95
Role of particle shape and plant roots in the discrete element model of soil–sweep interaction	82
Visual detection on posture transformation characteristics of sows in late gestation based on Libra R-CNN	77
Low-damage transplanting method for leafy vegetable seedlings based on machine vision	63
Simulation and measurement of the effects of surrounding material on the uniformity of radio frequency heating of wheat flour	62
Path following control of tractor with an electro-hydraulic coupling steering system: Layered multi-loop robust control architecture	61
Development and validation of an air recirculated ventilation system, Part 1: Application of system in a pig farm and evaluation of pig productivity during winter	60
Optimal vibration parameters for olive harvesting from finite element analysis and vibration tests	54
Optimisation and numerical simulation of shearing blade used for citrus seedling grafting	53
Influence of trees on landscape temperature in semi-arid agro-ecosystems of East Africa	52
An effective temperature derived from a mechanistic thermophysiological model for sows reared in hot climates	51
Uncertainty appraisal provides useful information for the management of a manual grape harvest	47
Editorial Board	47
Optical specifications for a proximal sensing approach to monitor the vine water status in a distributed and autonomous fashion	43
Is the turbid medium-based approach pertinent for estimating light interception when simulating the growth of a crop in an agri-photovoltaic system?	43
Reprint of: A convolutional neural network approach to detecting fruit physiological disorders and maturity in ‘Abbé Fétel’ pears	43
Applying multimodal data fusion based on manifold learning with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to maize haploid identification	41
Editorial Board	40
Relationships of vapour pressure deficit on aerosol particles and airborne bacteria in dairy barns	40
Frictional behaviour of wheat straw-water suspensions in vertical upward flows	40
Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis of the Michaëlis-Menten kinetic equation for the CO2 inhibition response to O2 consumption during storage of fresh produce	39
Wood species recognition in open set framework using fuzzy classifier and generalised basic probability assignment	39
Field evaluation of electrostatic precipitators for particulate matter mitigation in a manure-belt layer facility	39
Study on influencing factors of hole-filling performance of rice precision direct seed-metering device with hole ejection	38

A novel approach to upgrade infrared spectroscopy calibrations for nutritional contents in fresh grapevine organs	38
Measuring and assessing the role of deep litter to estimate the ventilation rate using the CO2 mass balance method	35
Editorial Board	34
Investigating the stress–strain of wheat in silos using triaxial tests based on local deformation measurements	34
Domain adapted broiler density map estimation using negative-patch data augmentation	33
Quantifying water stress in vineyards using a smartphone	32
Dynamic response of Camellia oleifera fruit-branch based on mathematical model and high-speed photography	32
Aerodynamic properties of harvested perennial ryegrass: Effects of particle mass, size and moisture content	32
Performance of AERMOD for predicting livestock odour dispersion under Canadian Prairies climate and flat terrain	32