OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Arid Land is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of a large-scale remote sensing ecological index in arid areas and its application in the Aral Sea Basin	44
Investigation of crop evapotranspiration and irrigation water requirement in the lower Amu Darya River Basin, Central Asia	43
Ecological environment quality evaluation of the Sahel region in Africa based on remote sensing ecological index	36
Corn straw return can increase labile soil organic carbon fractions and improve water-stable aggregates in Haplic Cambisol	35
Application of the InVEST model for assessing water yield and its response to precipitation and land use in the Weihe River Basin, China	32
Projection of precipitation extremes over South Asia from CMIP6 GCMs	31
Spatiotemporal changes of eco-environmental quality based on remote sensing-based ecological index in the Hotan Oasis, Xinjiang	31
Quantitative distinction of the relative actions of climate change and human activities on vegetation evolution in the Yellow River Basin of China during 1981–2019	30
Assessment of drought hazard, vulnerability and risk in Iran using GIS techniques	28
An over review of desertification in Xinjiang, Northwest China	26
Spatiotemporal changes in water, land use, and ecosystem services in Central Asia considering climate changes and human activities	26
Spatial-temporal variations of ecological vulnerability in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China	24
Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of habitat quality in the loess hilly area of the Yellow River Basin: A case study of Lanzhou City, China	24
Adaptability of machine learning methods and hydrological models to discharge simulations in data-sparse glaciated watersheds	23
Response of hydrological drought to meteorological drought in the eastern Mediterranean Basin of Turkey	23
Long-term variations in runoff of the Syr Darya River Basin under climate change and human activities	22
Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in the Three-North region of China	20
Damage by wind-blown sand and its control measures along the Taklimakan Desert Highway in China	20
Impacts of climate change and human activities on water resources in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China	20
Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia	19
Assessment of ecological quality in Northwest China (2000–2020) using the Google Earth Engine platform: Climate factors and land use/land cover contribute to ecological quality	18
Effects of climate change and land use/cover change on the volume of the Qinghai Lake in China	17
Mapping the current and future distributions of Onosma species endemic to Iran	16
Effects of climate change and land-use changes on spatiotemporal distributions of blue water and green water in Ningxia, Northwest China	16
Spatiotemporal variation in snow cover and its effects on grassland phenology on the Mongolian Plateau	16

Drought trend analysis in a semi-arid area of Iraq based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index and Standardized Precipitation Index	16
Large scale sand saltation over hard surface: a controlled experiment in still air	15
Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of habitat quality in Hohhot City of China based on the InVEST and CA-Markov models	15
Response of ecosystem service value to land use/cover change in the northern slope economic belt of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China	14
Seasonal changes in the water-use strategies of three herbaceous species in a native desert steppe of Ningxia, China	14
Climate change impacts on the streamflow of Zarrineh River, Iran	13
Investigating the causes of Lake Urmia shrinkage: climate change or anthropogenic factors?	13
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services	13
Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of ecosystem services in Central Asia	13
Near-surface wind environment in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, southern Tibetan Plateau	13
Effects of mixed-based biochar on water infiltration and evaporation in aeolian sand soil	12
Dynamic analysis of agricultural green development efficiency in China: Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors	12
Integrating multiple electromagnetic data to map spatiotemporal variability of soil salinity in Kairouan region, Central Tunisia	12
Seasonal dynamics of soil water content in the typical vegetation and its response to precipitation in a semi-arid area of Chinese Loess Plateau	12
Sheltering effect of punched steel plate sand fences for controlling blown sand hazards along the Golmud-Korla Railway: Field observation and numerical simulation studies	11
Spatiotemporal analysis of drought variability based on the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal	11
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 China	11
Modelling the biological invasion of Prosopis juliflora using geostatistical-based bioclimatic variables under climate change in arid zones of southwestern Iran	11
Decomposition of different crop straws and variation in straw-associated microbial communities in a peach orchard, China	11
Ecosystem service values of gardens in the Yellow River Basin, China	11
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset	11
Optimization of growth medium for microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) treatment of desert sand	10
Response of C:N:P in the plant-soil system and stoichiometric homeostasis of Nitraria tangutorum leaves in the oasis-desert ecotone, Northwest China	10
Potential reduction in water consumption of greenhouse evaporative coolers in arid areas via earth-tube heat exchangers	10
Monthly and seasonal streamflow forecasting of large dryland catchments in Brazil	10
Scenario simulation of water retention services under land use/cover and climate changes: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China	10
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, Tunisia	9
Non-negligible factors in low-pressure sprinkler irrigation: droplet impact angle and shear stress	9
Wind regimes and associated sand dune types in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, China	9
Effect of stones on the sand saltation threshold during natural sand and dust storms in a stony desert in Tsogt-Ovoo in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia	9
Propagation characteristics from meteorological drought to agricultural drought over the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China	9
Synergistic effects of multiple driving factors on the runoff variations in the Yellow River Basin, China	9
Isotope implications of groundwater recharge, residence time and hydrogeochemical evolution of the Longdong Loess Basin, Northwest China	9
Vegetation dynamics of coal mining city in an arid desert region of Northwest China from 2000 to 2019	9
Transformation of vegetative cover on the Ustyurt Plateau of Central Asia as a consequence of the Aral Sea shrinkage	9
Characteristics and hazards of different snow avalanche types in a continental snow climate region in the Central Tianshan Mountains	9
Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem	8
Formation mechanisms and remediation techniques for low-efficiency artificial shelter forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau	8
Spatiotemporal patterns of the forage-livestock balance in the Xilin Gol steppe, China: implications for sustainably utilizing grassland-ecosystem services	8
Attribution analysis and multi-scenario prediction of NDVI drivers in the Xilin Gol grassland, China	8
Lithic soils in the semi-arid region of Brazil: edaphic characterization and susceptibility to erosion	8
Improved drought tolerance in Festuca ovina L. using plant growth promoting bacteria	8
Implications of future climate change on crop and irrigation water requirements in a semi-arid river basin using CMIP6 GCMs	8
Evaluating the soil evaporation loss rate in a gravel-sand mulching environment based on stable isotopes data	8
Do aeolian deposits and sand encroachment intensity shape patterns of vegetation diversity and plant functional traits in desert pavements?	8
Assessment of river basin habitat quality and its relationship with disturbance factors: A case study of the Tarim River Basin in Northwest China	8
Water utilization of typical plant communities in desert steppe, China	8
Germination strategies of annual and short-lived perennial species in the Arabian Desert	7
Variation of soil physical-chemical characteristics in salt-affected soil in the Qarhan Salt Lake, Qaidam Basin	7
Effects of the growing-maize canopy and irrigation characteristics on the ability to funnel sprinkler water	7

Effects of different loading rates and types of biochar on passivations of Cu and Zn via swine manure composting	7
Spatial changes and driving factors of lake water quality in Inner Mongolia, China	7
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China	7
Responses of soil fauna community under changing environmental conditions	7
Geochemical baseline determination and contamination of heavy metals in the urban topsoil of Fuxin City, China	7
A study on historical location and evolution of Lop Nor in China with maps and DEM	7
Effects of different types of guardrails on sand transportation of desert highway pavement	6
Assessment of organic compost and biochar in promoting phytoremediation of crude-oil contaminated soil using Calendula officinalis in the Loess Plateau, China	6
Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China	6
Projections of temperature extremes based on preferred CMIP5 models: a case study in the Kaidu-Kongqi River basin in Northwest China	6
Dependency of litter decomposition on litter quality, climate change, and grassland type in the alpine grassland of Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	6
Spatiotemporal variation and correlation of soil enzyme activities and soil physicochemical properties in canopy gaps of the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	6
Application of biocementation technique using Bacillus sphaericus for stabilization of soil surface and dust storm control	6
Assessing the response of dryland barley yield to climate variability in semi-arid regions, Iran	6
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran	6
Glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia inferred from a GRACE release-6 gravity solution for the period 2002–2016	6
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning	6
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits	6
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on soil microbial community structure and ecological processes in the farmland of Chinese Loess Plateau	6
Effects of vegetation near-soil-surface factors on runoff and sediment reduction in typical grasslands on the Loess Plateau, China	6
Quantification of groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration along a semi-arid wetland transect using diurnal water table fluctuations	6
Ice thickness distribution and volume estimation of Burqin Glacier No. 18 in the Chinese Altay Mountains	6
Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on litter decomposition in forests and grasslands in China	6
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem	6
Glacier mass balance and its impacts on streamflow in a typical inland river basin in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China	6
Driving forces behind the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land-use and land-cover change: A case study of the Weihe River Basin, China	6
Hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of groundwater in the dried-up river oasis of the Tarim Basin, Central Asia	6