Journal of Arid Land

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Arid Land 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Formation and ecological response of sand patches in the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, China66
Variations of soil moisture and its influencing factors in arid and semi-arid areas, China54
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem51
Erratum to: Soil evolution along an alluvial-loess transect in the Herat Plain, western Afghanistan51
Hydrochemistry and environmental implications in the western alpine region of China44
Wind dynamic environment and wind-sand erosion and deposition processes on different surfaces along the Dunhuang–Golmud railway, China38
Benefits and ecological restoration implications of hanging grass fences in Mongolian desert steppe35
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China35
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China32
Nutrient resorption and its influencing factors of typical desert plants in different habitats on the northern margin of the Tarim Basin, China29
Impact of land use/land cover types on surface humidity in northern China in the early 21st century27
Thriving green havens in baking deserts: Plant diversity and species composition of urban plantations in the Sahara Desert26
Future meteorological drought conditions in southwestern Iran based on the NEX-GDDP climate dataset25
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services25
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of vegetation net primary productivity in the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, China from 2001 to 202022
Reasonable grazing may balance the conflict between grassland utilization and soil conservation in the semi-arid hilly areas, China22
Spatiotemporal variation in vegetation net primary productivity and its relationship with meteorological factors in the Tarim River Basin of China from 2001 to 2020 based on the Google Earth Engine20
Host plant traits play a crucial role in shaping the composition of epiphytic microbiota in the arid desert, Northwest China20
Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years19
Reclamation during oasification is conducive to the accumulation of the soil organic carbon pool in arid land19
Predicting potential invasion risks of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in the arid area of Saudi Arabia19
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran18
Response of vegetation variation to climate change and human activities in the Shiyang River Basin of China during 2001–202218
Effects of desert plant communities on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon in the proluvial fan in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China18
Three-dimensional (3D) parametric measurements of individual gravels in the Gobi region using point cloud technique18
Response of ecosystem carbon storage to land use change from 1985 to 2050 in the Ningxia Section of Yellow River Basin, China16
Evaluation of CRU TS, GPCC, AgMERRA, and AgCFSR meteorological datasets for estimating climate and crop variables: A case study of maize in Qazvin Province, Iran16
Understanding and simulating of three-dimensional subsurface hydrological partitioning in an alpine mountainous area, China16
Grazing alters sandy soil greenhouse gas emissions in a sand-binding area of the Hobq Desert, China16
Leaf morpho-physiology and phytochemistry of olive trees as affected by cultivar type and increasing aridity16
High-frequency climatic fluctuations over the past 30 ka in northwestern margin of the East Asian monsoon region, China16
Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of land use/land cover (LULC) changes in the Jinghe River Basin, China16
Impact of urban sprawl on land surface temperature in the Mashhad City, Iran: A deep learning and cloud-based remote sensing analysis16
Carbon inputs regulate the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in temperate forests15
Effects of the growing-maize canopy and irrigation characteristics on the ability to funnel sprinkler water14
Assessment of runoff changes in the sub-basin of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin, China based on multiple methods14
Influence of vapor pressure deficit on vegetation growth in China14
Spatiotemporal dynamic and drivers of ecological environmental quality on the Chinese Loess Plateau: Insights from kRSEI model and climate-human interaction analysis13
Study of the intensity and driving factors of land use/cover change in the Yarlung Zangbo River, Nyang Qu River, and Lhasa River region, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China13
Leguminosae plants play a key role in affecting soil physical-chemical and biological properties during grassland succession after farmland abandonment in the Loess Plateau, China13
A review of science–policy interface for water governance in the Caspian Sea13
Land use and cover change and influencing factor analysis in the Shiyang River Basin, China13
Parkland trees on smallholder farms ameliorate soil physical-chemical properties in the semi-arid area of Tigray, Ethiopia13
Occurrence, sources, and relationships of soil microplastics with adsorbed heavy metals in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China13
Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of habitat quality in Hohhot City of China based on the InVEST and CA-Markov models12
Effects of temperature and salinity on the seed germination of Limonium strictissimum (Salzm.) Arrigoni in the Mediterranean Basin12
Erosion on marginal slopes of unpaved roads in semi-arid Brazil, and the role of Caatinga vegetation in sediment retention and disconnectivity12
Structural and functional responses of soil microbial communities to petroleum pollution in the eastern Gansu Province on the Loess Plateau, China11
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of soil protection in the wind-water erosion area of Chinese Loess Plateau11
Land use change and its driving factors in the ecological function area: A case study in the Hedong Region of the Gansu Province, China11
Modelling the dead fuel moisture content in a grassland of Ergun City, China11
Controlled drainage in the Nile River delta of Egypt: a promising approach for decreasing drainage off-site effects and enhancing yield and water use efficiency of wheat11
Non-stationary characteristics and causes of extreme precipitation in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China11
Soil seed bank is affected by transferred soil thickness and properties in the reclaimed coal mine in the Qilian Mountains, China11
Effects of land-use patterns on soil microbial diversity and composition in the Loess Plateau, China10
Temporal and spatial variations of net primary productivity and its response to groundwater of a typical oasis in the Tarim Basin, China10
Dependency of litter decomposition on litter quality, climate change, and grassland type in the alpine grassland of Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China10
Effects of dry soil aggregate size on organic carbon, total nitrogen, and soil texture under different land uses10
Effect of sand-fixing vegetation on the hydrological regulation function of sand dunes and its practical significance10
Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem10
Improving the livelihoods of local communities in degraded desert regions through afforestation with Moringa peregrina trees to combat desertification10
Artificial cyanobacteria crusts can improve soil fertility and plant growth in a semi-arid area, northern China10
Morphological change and migration of revegetated dunes in the Ketu Sandy Land of the Qinghai Lake, China10
Spatial variability between glacier mass balance and environmental factors in the High Mountain Asia10
Environmental interpretation of spatial heterogeneity in the trade-offs and synergies of land use functions: A study based on the XGBoost-SHAP model9
Influence of land use on spatial distribution of primary productivity in aquatic environment in the Weihe River Basin, China9
Automatic classification of coastal sand dunes in the Namib Desert through the texture analysis approach9
Monitoring rock desert formation caused by two different origins (ice-snow melting and drying) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China by considering topographic and meteorological elements9
Land use/cover change and ecological network in Gansu Province, China during 2000–2020 and their simulations in 20509
Exploring groundwater quality in semi-arid areas of Algeria: Impacts on potable water supply and agricultural sustainability9
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning9
Combination of artificial zeolite and microbial fertilizer to improve mining soils in an arid area of Inner Mongolia, China9
Occurrence of flash drought in reservoirs in the semi-arid area of the Ceará State, Brazil9
Quantifying major sources of uncertainty in projecting the impact of climate change on wheat grain yield in dryland environments9
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China9
Check dam extraction from remote sensing images using deep learning and geospatial analysis: A case study in the Yanhe River Basin of the Loess Plateau, China8
Spatiotemporal evolution of ecological environment quality and its drivers in the Helan Mountain, China8
Research on wind erosion processes and controlling factors based on wind tunnel test and 3D laser scanning technology8
Spatiotemporal variations of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Gobi desert, Northwest China8
Distribution patterns of fire regime in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa8
Projection of hydrothermal condition in Central Asia under four SSP-RCP scenarios8
Dew amount and its long-term variation in the Kunes River Valley, Northwest China8
Characteristics of snow cover distribution along railway subgrade and the protective effect of snow fences8
Spatio-temporal dynamics of desertification in China from 1970 to 2019: A meta-analysis8
Rhizobacteria facilitate physiological and biochemical drought tolerance of Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss8
Radial growth of Platycladus orientalis Linn. and its growth resilience after extreme droughts along a precipitation gradient8
Environmental significance and hydrochemical characteristics of rivers in the western region of the Altay Mountains, China7
Influence of nitrogen inputs on biomass allocation strategies of dominant plant species in sandy ecosystems7
Monitoring vegetation drought in the nine major river basins of China based on a new developed Vegetation Drought Condition Index7
Estimation of rock Fe content based on hyperspectral indices7
Mechanism underlying the uprooting of taproot-type shrub species in the loess area of northeastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China7
Urban growth scenario projection using heuristic cellular automata in arid areas considering the drought impact7
Using statistical models and GIS to delimit the groundwater recharge potential areas and to estimate the infiltration rate: A case study of Nadhour-Sisseb-El Alem Basin, Tunisia7
Temporal and spatial variation characteristics of extreme precipitation on the Loess Plateau of China facing the precipitation process7
Responses of plant diversity and soil microorganism diversity to nitrogen addition in the desert steppe, China7
Exogenous addition of nitrate nitrogen regulates the uptake and translocation of lead (Pb) by Iris lacteal Pall. var. chinensis (Fisch.) Koidz.7
Runoff simulation and hydropower resource prediction of the Kaidu River Basin in the Tianshan Mountains, China7
Formation mechanisms and remediation techniques for low-efficiency artificial shelter forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau7
Spatial changes and driving factors of lake water quality in Inner Mongolia, China6
Spatiotemporal variation of forest land and its driving factors in the agropastoral ecotone of northern China6
Characteristics of root pullout resistance of Caragana korshinskii Kom. in the loess area of northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China6
Spatiotemporal variation and influencing factors of desertification sensitivity on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China6
Effects of native and invasive Prosopis species on topsoil physiochemical properties in an arid riparian forest of Hormozgan Province, Iran6
Effects of vegetation near-soil-surface factors on runoff and sediment reduction in typical grasslands on the Loess Plateau, China6
Plant property regulates soil bacterial community structure under altered precipitation regimes in a semi-arid desert grassland, China6
Assessment of rehabilitation strategies for lakes affected by anthropogenic and climatic changes: A case study of the Urmia Lake, Iran6
Spatiotemporal variations in ecological quality of Otindag Sandy Land based on a new modified remote sensing ecological index6
Landscape ecological risk assessment and its driving factors in the Weihe River basin, China6
Effects of different types of guardrails on sand transportation of desert highway pavement6
Probability and spatiotemporal dynamics of active fire occurrence in Inner Mongolia, China from 2000 to 20226
Nitrogen application levels based on critical nitrogen absorption regulate processing tomatoes productivity, nitrogen uptake, nitrate distributions, and root growth in Xinjiang, China6
Interactive effects of deficit irrigation and vermicompost on yield, quality, and irrigation water use efficiency of greenhouse cucumber6
Driving mechanism and nonlinear threshold identification of vegetation in China: Based on causal inference and machine learning6
Monitoring and analysis of snow cover change in an alpine mountainous area in the Tianshan Mountains, China6
Optimal bandwidth selection for retrieving Cu content in rock based on hyperspectral remote sensing6
Contents and spatial distribution patterns of heavy metals in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert, China6
Spatial and temporal characterization of water quality in Bosten Lake, China based on comprehensive water quality index6
Effects of water stress on growth phenology photosynthesis and leaf water potential in Stipagrostis ciliata (Desf.) De Winter in North Africa6
Diversity of soil bacteria and fungi communities in artificial forests of the sandy-hilly region of Northwest China6
Rock mechanical characteristics and landscape evolutionary mechanism of the slit-type Danxia landform on the Chinese Loess Plateau5
Glacier mass balance and its impacts on streamflow in a typical inland river basin in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China5
Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of ecosystem services in Central Asia5
Image recognition and empirical application of desert plant species based on convolutional neural network5
Mechanisms of meteorological drought propagation to hydrological drought in the upper Shiyang River Basin, China5
Extreme drought with seasonal timing consistently promotes CH4 uptake through inconsistent pathways in a temperate grassland, China5
Antelope adaptations to counteract overheating and water deficit in arid environments5
Effects of mixed-based biochar on water infiltration and evaporation in aeolian sand soil5
Estimation of aboveground biomass of arboreal species in the semi-arid region of Brazil using SAR (synthetic aperture radar) images5
Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in the Three-North region of China5
Impact of climate change on water resources in the Yarmouk River Basin of Jordan5
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on soil microbial community structure and ecological processes in the farmland of Chinese Loess Plateau5
Seasonal variations in glacier velocity in the High Mountain Asia region during 2015–20205
Effects of drought treatment on photosystem II activity in the ephemeral plant Erodium oxyrhinchum5
Separating emitted dust from the total suspension in airflow based on the characteristics of PM10 vertical concentration profiles on a Gobi surface in northwestern China5
Environmental factors influencing the distribution of endangered endemic species Hedysarum criniferum Boiss in arid and semi-arid rangelands, Iran5
Spatiotemporal characteristics of seed rain and soil seed bank of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest in the Tengger Desert, China5
Identifying water vapor sources of precipitation in forest and grassland in the north slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia4
Exploration of playa surface crusts in Qehan Lake, China through field investigation and wind tunnel experiments4
Quantitative analysis of factors driving the variations in snow cover fraction in the Qilian Mountains, China4
Combining RUSLE model and the vegetation health index to unravel the relationship between soil erosion and droughts in southeastern Tunisia4
Ecosystem service values of gardens in the Yellow River Basin, China4
Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia4
An over review of desertification in Xinjiang, Northwest China4
Adjustment of precipitation measurements using Total Rain weighing Sensor (TRwS) gauges in the cryospheric hydrometeorology observation (CHOICE) system of the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China4
Rhizosphere bacterial communities of Agriophyllum squarrosum (L.) Moq. during different developmental stages4
Contribution of underlying terrain to sand dunes: evidence from the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China4
Multi-scenario simulation of land use change and its impact on ecosystem services in the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China4
Effects of acidified municipal waste and coffee ground biochars, and sodium bentonite on soil potassium equilibration and release4
Contribution of groundwater to the formation of sand dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China4
Ecological security pattern construction using landscape ecological quality: A case study of Yanchi County, northern China4
Variations of soil bacterial community structure and function under different habitats of Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. in the upper reaches of the Tarim River, Northwest China4
Spatiotemporal variation of surface albedo and its influencing factors in northern Xinjiang, China4
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve biomass, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller under different water levels4
Degradation of alpine meadows exacerbated plant community succession and soil nutrient loss on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China4
Ecological effect of the plantation of Sabina vulgaris in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China4
Responses of vegetation yield to precipitation and reference evapotranspiration in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China4
Morphological and physiological differences in heteromorphic leaves of male and female Populus euphratica Oliv.4
Effect of coir geotextile and geocell on ephemeral gully erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China4
Effects of wind speed, underlying surface, and seed morphological traits on the secondary seed dispersal in the Tengger Desert, China4
Afforestation with an age-sequence of Mongolian pine plantation promotes soil microbial residue accumulation in the Horqin Sandy Land, China4
Influence of varied drought types on soil conservation service within the framework of climate change: insights from the Jinghe River Basin, China4
Modern pollen assemblages and their relationships with vegetation and climate on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China4
Feature extraction and analysis of reclaimed vegetation in ecological restoration area of abandoned mines based on hyperspectral remote sensing images3
Shrub leaf stoichiometry and its driving factors in the grasslands of the Altay Mountains, Northwest China3
Competition, spatial pattern, and regeneration of Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum communities in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China3
Runoff change in the Yellow River Basin of China from 1960 to 2020 and its driving factors3
Combined effects of polymer SH and ryegrass on the water-holding characteristics of loess3
Sediment yield and erosion-deposition distribution characteristics in ephemeral gullies in black soil areas under geocell protection3
Economic losses from reduced freshwater under future climate scenarios: An example from the Urumqi River, Tianshan Mountains3
Evaluating the soil evaporation loss rate in a gravel-sand mulching environment based on stable isotopes data3
Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of habitat quality in the loess hilly area of the Yellow River Basin: A case study of Lanzhou City, China3
Long-term light grazing does not change soil organic carbon stability and stock in biocrust layer in the hilly regions of drylands3
Comparison of isotope-based linear and Bayesian mixing models in determining moisture recycling ratio3
Application of the InVEST model for assessing water yield and its response to precipitation and land use in the Weihe River Basin, China3
Impacts of continuous melon cropping on soil properties and microbial network restructuring3
Spatiotemporal variation of land surface temperature and its driving factors in Xinjiang, China3
Assessment of plant diversity of endemic species of the Saharo-Arabian region in Egypt3
Investigating the causes of Lake Urmia shrinkage: climate change or anthropogenic factors?3
Spatiotemporal evolution and future simulation of land use/land cover in the Turpan-Hami Basin, China3
Diversity and plant growth-promoting properties of culturable bacteria associated with three halophytes in an arid land, Northwest China3
Evaluation of the water conservation function in the Ili River Delta of Central Asia based on the InVEST model3
Scenario simulation of water retention services under land use/cover and climate changes: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China3
Driving forces behind the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land-use and land-cover change: A case study of the Weihe River Basin, China3
Spatiotemporal variation and correlation of soil enzyme activities and soil physicochemical properties in canopy gaps of the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China3
Spatiotemporal changes of eco-environmental quality based on remote sensing-based ecological index in the Hotan Oasis, Xinjiang3
Impacts of extreme climate and vegetation phenology on net primary productivity across the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China from 1982 to 20203
Improving irrigation management in wheat farms through the combined use of the AquaCrop and WinSRFR models3
A CMIP6-based assessment of regional climate change in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains3
Projecting future precipitation change across the semi-arid Borana lowland, southern Ethiopia3
Dynamics of groundwater recharge near a semi-arid Mediterranean intermittent stream under wet and normal climate conditions3
Evolution of groundwater recharge-discharge balance in the Turpan Basin of China during 1959–20213
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