OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agronomy for Sustainable Development is 31. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	346
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	215
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	134
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	108
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	91
STICS crop model and Sentinel-2 images for monitoring rice growth and yield in the Camargue region	81
Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A review	70
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	69
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	54
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	53
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	53
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	51
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	49
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	43
Sampling plans promoting farmers’ memory provide decision support in Tuta absoluta management	42
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	42
Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review	42
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	42
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	41
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	40
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	39
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	38
Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	37
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	37
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	35

Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	34
Current and emerging biodegradable mulch films based on polysaccharide bio-composites. A review	33
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	33
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	32
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	31
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	31