OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Arid Land is 7. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Erratum to: Soil evolution along an alluvial-loess transect in the Herat Plain, western Afghanistan	59
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset	52
Formation and ecological response of sand patches in the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, China	44
Variations of soil moisture and its influencing factors in arid and semi-arid areas, China	42
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	41
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem	39
Hydrochemistry and environmental implications in the western alpine region of China	35
Nutrient resorption and its influencing factors of typical desert plants in different habitats on the northern margin of the Tarim Basin, China	35
Benefits and ecological restoration implications of hanging grass fences in Mongolian desert steppe	33
Wind dynamic environment and wind-sand erosion and deposition processes on different surfaces along the Dunhuang–Golmud railway, China	30
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	28
Impact of land use/land cover types on surface humidity in northern China in the early 21st century	26
Effects of different ridge-furrow mulching systems on yield and water use efficiency of summer maize in the Loess Plateau of China	26
Reclamation during oasification is conducive to the accumulation of the soil organic carbon pool in arid land	22
Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates	20
Host plant traits play a crucial role in shaping the composition of epiphytic microbiota in the arid desert, Northwest China	20
Future meteorological drought conditions in southwestern Iran based on the NEX-GDDP climate dataset	20
Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years	20
Reasonable grazing may balance the conflict between grassland utilization and soil conservation in the semi-arid hilly areas, China	18
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran	17
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 Engine	17
Thriving green havens in baking deserts: Plant diversity and species composition of urban plantations in the Sahara Desert	17
Predicting potential invasion risks of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in the arid area of Saudi Arabia	17
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services	17
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, China	17

Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China	16
Grazing alters sandy soil greenhouse gas emissions in a sand-binding area of the Hobq Desert, China	15
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of vegetation net primary productivity in the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, China from 2001 to 2020	15
High-frequency climatic fluctuations over the past 30 ka in northwestern margin of the East Asian monsoon region, China	14
Three-dimensional (3D) parametric measurements of individual gravels in the Gobi region using point cloud technique	14
Leaf morpho-physiology and phytochemistry of olive trees as affected by cultivar type and increasing aridity	14
Understanding and simulating of three-dimensional subsurface hydrological partitioning in an alpine mountainous area, China	14
Impact of urban sprawl on land surface temperature in the Mashhad City, Iran: A deep learning and cloud-based remote sensing analysis	14
A review of science–policy interface for water governance in the Caspian Sea	14
Response of vegetation variation to climate change and human activities in the Shiyang River Basin of China during 2001–2022	14
Effects of the growing-maize canopy and irrigation characteristics on the ability to funnel sprinkler water	14
Response of ecosystem carbon storage to land use change from 1985 to 2050 in the Ningxia Section of Yellow River Basin, China	14
Land use and cover change and influencing factor analysis in the Shiyang River Basin, China	13
Evaluation of CRU TS, GPCC, AgMERRA, and AgCFSR meteorological datasets for estimating climate and crop variables: A case study of maize in Qazvin Province, Iran	13
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	13
Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of land use/land cover (LULC) changes in the Jinghe River Basin, China	13
Influence of vapor pressure deficit on vegetation growth in China	13
Carbon inputs regulate the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in temperate forests	13
Occurrence, sources, and relationships of soil microplastics with adsorbed heavy metals in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China	13
Leguminosae plants play a key role in affecting soil physical-chemical and biological properties during grassland succession after farmland abandonment in the Loess Plateau, China	12
Land use change and its driving factors in the ecological function area: A case study in the Hedong Region of the Gansu Province, China	12
Effects of temperature and salinity on the seed germination of Limonium strictissimum (Salzm.) Arrigoni in the Mediterranean Basin	12
Erosion on marginal slopes of unpaved roads in semi-arid Brazil, and the role of Caatinga vegetation in sediment retention and disconnectivity	12
Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of habitat quality in Hohhot City of China based on the InVEST and CA-Markov models	12
Assessment of runoff changes in the sub-basin of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin, China based on multiple methods	12
Parkland trees on smallholder farms ameliorate soil physical-chemical properties in the semi-arid area of Tigray, Ethiopia	12
Modelling the dead fuel moisture content in a grassland of Ergun City, China	11
Effect of sand-fixing vegetation on the hydrological regulation function of sand dunes and its practical significance	11
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 wheat	11
Soil seed bank is affected by transferred soil thickness and properties in the reclaimed coal mine in the Qilian Mountains, China	11
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of soil protection in the wind-water erosion area of Chinese Loess Plateau	11
Plant cover as an estimator of above-ground biomass in semi-arid woody vegetation in Northeast Patagonia, Argentina	11
Spatial-temporal variations of ecological vulnerability in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China	10
Combination of artificial zeolite and microbial fertilizer to improve mining soils in an arid area of Inner Mongolia, China	10
Non-stationary characteristics and causes of extreme precipitation in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China	10
Morphological change and migration of revegetated dunes in the Ketu Sandy Land of the Qinghai Lake, China	10
Land use/cover change and ecological network in Gansu Province, China during 2000–2020 and their simulations in 2050	10
Artificial cyanobacteria crusts can improve soil fertility and plant growth in a semi-arid area, northern China	10
Effects of land-use patterns on soil microbial diversity and composition in the Loess Plateau, China	10
Improving the livelihoods of local communities in degraded desert regions through afforestation with Moringa peregrina trees to combat desertification	10
Exploring groundwater quality in semi-arid areas of Algeria: Impacts on potable water supply and agricultural sustainability	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	9
Dew amount and its long-term variation in the Kunes River Valley, Northwest China	9
Quantifying major sources of uncertainty in projecting the impact of climate change on wheat grain yield in dryland environments	9
Research on wind erosion processes and controlling factors based on wind tunnel test and 3D laser scanning technology	9
Succession of soil bacterial and fungal communities of Caragana korshinskii plantation in a typical agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China over a 50-a period	9
Spatial variability between glacier mass balance and environmental factors in the High Mountain Asia	9
Rhizobacteria facilitate physiological and biochemical drought tolerance of Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss	9
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 elements	9
Dependency of litter decomposition on litter quality, climate change, and grassland type in the alpine grassland of Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	9

Temporal and spatial variations of net primary productivity and its response to groundwater of a typical oasis in the Tarim Basin, China	9
Influence of land use on spatial distribution of primary productivity in aquatic environment in the Weihe River Basin, China	9
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning	9
Distribution patterns of fire regime in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa	8
Radial growth of Platycladus orientalis Linn. and its growth resilience after extreme droughts along a precipitation gradient	8
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, China	8
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits	8
Characteristics of snow cover distribution along railway subgrade and the protective effect of snow fences	8
Spatiotemporal variations of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Gobi desert, Northwest China	8
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China	8
Projection of hydrothermal condition in Central Asia under four SSP-RCP scenarios	7
Runoff simulation and hydropower resource prediction of the Kaidu River Basin in the Tianshan Mountains, China	7
Mechanism underlying the uprooting of taproot-type shrub species in the loess area of northeastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China	7
Environmental significance and hydrochemical characteristics of rivers in the western region of the Altay Mountains, China	7
Spatiotemporal evolution of ecological environment quality and its drivers in the Helan Mountain, China	7
Urban growth scenario projection using heuristic cellular automata in arid areas considering the drought impact	7
Exogenous addition of nitrate nitrogen regulates the uptake and translocation of lead (Pb) by Iris lacteal Pall. var. chinensis (Fisch.) Koidz.	7
Responses of plant diversity and soil microorganism diversity to nitrogen addition in the desert steppe, China	7
Optimal bandwidth selection for retrieving Cu content in rock based on hyperspectral remote sensing	7