OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Arid Land is 5. 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
Quantifying major sources of uncertainty in projecting the impact of climate change on wheat grain yield in dryland environments	36
Effect of topography on the changes of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains	32
Rhizobacteria facilitate physiological and biochemical drought tolerance of Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss	31
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	31
Formation and ecological response of sand patches in the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, China	30
Disturbance of plateau zokor-made mound stimulates plant community regeneration in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	29
Dew amount and its long-term variation in the Kunes River Valley, Northwest China	29
Spatial variability of leaf wetness under different soil water conditions in rainfed jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) in the loess hilly region, China	26
A bibliometric analysis of carbon exchange in global drylands	26
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem	24
Spatio-temporal evolution analysis of landscape pattern and habitat quality in the Qinghai Province section of the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2022 based on InVEST model	24
Prospects and limitations of soil amendment and irrigation techniques for the water-saving public urban greenery and ephemeral weed management in the sandy soils of the United Arab Emirates	20
Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of cultivated land conversion in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China	20
A new monitoring index for ecological vulnerability and its application in the Yellow River Basin, China from 2000 to 2022	19
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China	18
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset	17
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf nutrient concentrations and nutrient resorption efficiency of two dominant alpine grass species	17
Research on wind erosion processes and controlling factors based on wind tunnel test and 3D laser scanning technology	16
Morphological and physiological differences in heteromorphic leaves of male and female Populus euphratica Oliv.	16
Integrated water risk early warning framework of the semi-arid transitional zone based on the water environmental carrying capacity (WECC)	16
Transformation among precipitation, surface water, groundwater, and mine water in the Hailiutu River Basin under mining activity	15
Saxicolous lichen communities in three basins associated with mining activity in northwestern Argentina	14
Correlation analysis between the Aral Sea shrinkage and the Amu Darya River	14
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	13
Climate and topography regulate the spatial pattern of soil salinization and its effects on shrub community structure in Northwest China	13

Utilizing sediment grain size characteristics to assess the effectiveness of clay–sand barriers in reducing aeolian erosion in Minqin desert area, China	13
Trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services in Yutian County along the Keriya River Basin, Northwest China	13
Wind dynamic environment and wind-sand erosion and deposition processes on different surfaces along the Dunhuang–Golmud railway, China	13
Responses of vegetation yield to precipitation and reference evapotranspiration in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China	12
Nutrient coordination mechanism of tiger nut induced by rhizosphere soil nutrient variation in an arid area, China	12
Subsurface irrigation with ceramic emitters improves wolfberry yield and economic benefits on the Tibetan Plateau, China	12
Attribution analysis and multi-scenario prediction of NDVI drivers in the Xilin Gol grassland, China	11
Cost analysis of sand barriers in desertified regions based on the land grid division model	11
Impact of trimming intensity on the growth of mangrove in Iran	11
Contribution of groundwater to the formation of sand dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China	11
Separating emitted dust from the total suspension in airflow based on the characteristics of PM10 vertical concentration profiles on a Gobi surface in northwestern China	11
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning	11
Effects of different ridge-furrow mulching systems on yield and water use efficiency of summer maize in the Loess Plateau of China	11
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits	11
Nutrient resorption and its influencing factors of typical desert plants in different habitats on the northern margin of the Tarim Basin, China	10
Estimation of aboveground biomass of arboreal species in the semi-arid region of Brazil using SAR (synthetic aperture radar) images	10
Response of drought to climate extremes in a semi-arid inland river basin in China	10
Benefits and ecological restoration implications of hanging grass fences in Mongolian desert steppe	10
Spatiotemporal patterns of the forage-livestock balance in the Xilin Gol steppe, China: implications for sustainably utilizing grassland-ecosystem services	10
Water utilization of typical plant communities in desert steppe, China	10
Propagation characteristics from meteorological drought to agricultural drought over the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China	9
Assessment of water resources in Yarmouk River Basin using geospatial technique during the period 1980–2020	9
Projections of temperature extremes based on preferred CMIP5 models: a case study in the Kaidu-Kongqi River basin in Northwest China	9
Potential risk of soil irrigation with treated wastewater over 40 years: a field experiment under semi-arid conditions in northeastern Tunisia	9
Erratum to: Soil evolution along an alluvial-loess transect in the Herat Plain, western Afghanistan	9
Heterogeneity and non-linearity of ecosystem responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountains National Park, China	9
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	9
Erratum to: Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia	9
Implications of future climate change on crop and irrigation water requirements in a semi-arid river basin using CMIP6 GCMs	9
Soil bacterial characteristics between surface and subsurface soils along a precipitation gradient in the Alxa Desert, China	8
Identifying water vapor sources of precipitation in forest and grassland in the north slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia	8
Exploration of playa surface crusts in Qehan Lake, China through field investigation and wind tunnel experiments	8
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	8
Host plant traits play a crucial role in shaping the composition of epiphytic microbiota in the arid desert, Northwest China	8
Effects of restoration modes on the spatial distribution of soil physical properties after land consolidation: a multifractal analysis	8
Effects of climate change and land use/cover change on the volume of the Qinghai Lake in China	8
Grassland-type ecosystem stability in China differs under the influence of drought and wet events	8
A new method of searching for concealed Au deposits by using the spectrum of arid desert plant species	8
Characteristics of snow cover distribution along railway subgrade and the protective effect of snow fences	7
Potential responses of vegetation to atmospheric aerosols in arid and semi-arid regions of Asia	7
Mathematical and statistical modeling of morphometric and planar parameters of barchans in Pashoeyeh Erg in the west of Lut Desert, Iran	7
Ecological effect of the plantation of Sabina vulgaris in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China	7
Promoting the production of salinized cotton field by optimizing water and nitrogen use efficiency under drip irrigation	7
Modelling the biological invasion of Prosopis juliflora using geostatistical-based bioclimatic variables under climate change in arid zones of southwestern Iran	7
Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years	6
Effects of gravel on the water absorption characteristics and hydraulic parameters of stony soil	6
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran	6
Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on litter decomposition in forests and grasslands in China	6
Effect of coir geotextile and geocell on ephemeral gully erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China	6
Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates	6

Spatiotemporal analysis of drought variability based on the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal	6
Reclamation during oasification is conducive to the accumulation of the soil organic carbon pool in arid land	6
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	6
Dynamic analysis of agricultural green development efficiency in China: Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors	6
Predicting potential invasion risks of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in the arid area of Saudi Arabia	6
Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation response to permafrost degradation in Northeast China	6
Ecological problems and ecological restoration zoning of the Aral Sea	6
Glacier area change and its impact on runoff in the Manas River Basin, Northwest China from 2000 to 2020	6
Effects of mulch and planting methods on Medicago ruthenica seed yield and soil physical-chemical properties	6
Analysis of morphological characteristics of gravels based on digital image processing technology and self-organizing map	6
Contribution of underlying terrain to sand dunes: evidence from the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China	6
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services	6
Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China	6
Spatial distribution and ecological risk of heavy metals and their source apportionment in soils from a typical mining area, Inner Mongolia, China	6
Projection of hydrothermal condition in Central Asia under four SSP-RCP scenarios	5
Multiple assessments, source determination, and health risk apportionment of heavy metal(loid)s in the groundwater of the Shule River Basin in northwestern China	5
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	5
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	5
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of vegetation net primary productivity in the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, China from 2001 to 2020	5
Remote sensing monitoring of the recent rapid increase in cultivation activities and its effects on desertification in the Mu Us Desert, China	5
Effects of loading rate on root pullout performance of two plants in the eastern Loess Plateau, China	5
Drought trend analysis in a semi-arid area of Iraq based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index and Standardized Precipitation Index	5
Combining RUSLE model and the vegetation health index to unravel the relationship between soil erosion and droughts in southeastern Tunisia	5
Tree-ring δ15N of Qinghai spruce in the central Qilian Mountains of China: Is pre-treatment of wood samples necessary?	5
Impact of land use/land cover types on surface humidity in northern China in the early 21st century	5
Impacts of climate change and human activities on vegetation dynamics on the Mongolian Plateau, East Asia from 2000 to 2023	5
Spatiotemporal variations of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Gobi desert, Northwest China	5