OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agronomy for Sustainable Development is 35. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	246
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	110
Ecologically based agriculture benefits earthworms in Argentina’s large-scale systems: farm-level strategies matter	109
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	109
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	89
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	86
Agroforestry adaptation by farm households in northwestern Vietnam: resource needs and implications for practice and policy	80
Soil-health frameworks in agri-food systems. A review	79
Living mulch in fruit and olive orchards. A review	62
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	59
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	58
Integrating tactics for weed seed management provides sustainable weed control in organic rice production	57
FarmSTEPS, a model for spatial-temporal exploration of diversified and sustainable crop sequence plans for crop farms	55
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	55
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	53
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	52
Tackling the question of work in systemic agronomy. A review	50
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	48
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	48
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	48
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	46
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	44
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	43
Engaging, collaborating, and driving change within a multi-stakeholder platform through a step-by-step approach of innovation design applied to African dairy value chains	43
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	42

Optimizing planting density for enhanced maize yield and resource use efficiency in China. A meta-analysis	41
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	40
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	40
Integrating legumes into cropping systems increases soil carbon and nitrogen content while it reduces the soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. A meta-analysis	40
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	40
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	40
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	38
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	36
A multifunctional life cycle assessment of durum wheat cropping systems	36
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	36