OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agriculture-Basel is 54. 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
Review on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Applied to Plant Leaf Disease Classification	231
Smart Farming: Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Sustainable Agriculture	193
Mortierella Species as the Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi Present in the Agricultural Soils	189
Agricultural Sustainability: Microbial Biofertilizers in Rhizosphere Management	154
Agriculture-Food Supply Chain Management Based on Blockchain and IoT: A Narrative on Enterprise Blockchain Interoperability	132
Challenges of Smallholder Farming in Ethiopia and Opportunities by Adopting Climate-Smart Agriculture	130
Response and Defence Mechanisms of Vegetable Crops against Drought, Heat and Salinity Stress	128
Use of Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture as an Alternative to Synthetic Pesticides	115
The Path to Smart Farming: Innovations and Opportunities in Precision Agriculture	113
Modern Seed Technology: Seed Coating Delivery Systems for Enhancing Seed and Crop Performance	110
Early Weed Detection Using Image Processing and Machine Learning Techniques in an Australian Chilli Farm	110
Tomato Leaf Disease Diagnosis Based on Improved Convolution Neural Network by Attention Module	105
Disease Detection in Apple Leaves Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network	104
A Review on Hydroponics and the Technologies Associated for Medium- and Small-Scale Operations	102
An Attention Mechanism-Improved YOLOv7 Object Detection Algorithm for Hemp Duck Count Estimation	98
Nanoparticles as Novel Elicitors to Improve Bioactive Compounds in Plants	98
Mechanism of Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression by Chitosan Biopolymer	96
Rice for Food Security: Revisiting Its Production, Diversity, Rice Milling Process and Nutrient Content	91
A Lightweight Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Networks for Tomato Leaf Disease Classification	87
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trends and Mitigation Measures in Australian Agriculture Sector—A Review	85
Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Plant Agriculture: A One Health Perspective	85
A Spatial Feature-Enhanced Attention Neural Network with High-Order Pooling Representation for Application in Pest and Disease Recognition	84
Precision and Digital Agriculture: Adoption of Technologies and Perception of Brazilian Farmers	84
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhance Soil Key Enzymes, Plant Growth, Seed Yield, and Qualitative Attributes of Guar	83
Irrigation Induced Salinity and Sodicity Hazards on Soil and Groundwater: An Overview of Its Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies	83

Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices in Viticulture: A Critical Review	82
A Comparative Study on Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems in Agriculture	76
Revisiting Sulphur—The Once Neglected Nutrient: It’s Roles in Plant Growth, Metabolism, Stress Tolerance and Crop Production	72
Research on the Time-Dependent Split Delivery Green Vehicle Routing Problem for Fresh Agricultural Products with Multiple Time Windows	71
Convolutional Neural Networks in Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases: A Review	71
Artificial Neural Networks in Agriculture	71
On Using Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things for Crop Disease Detection: A Contemporary Survey	68
Relationship between Plant Roots, Rhizosphere Microorganisms, and Nitrogen and Its Special Focus on Rice	68
Fertilizer Use, Soil Health and Agricultural Sustainability	67
Deep-Learning Temporal Predictor via Bidirectional Self-Attentive Encoder–Decoder Framework for IOT-Based Environmental Sensing in Intelligent Greenhouse	66
Barriers to the Development of Organic Farming: A Polish Case Study	66
Machine Learning for Detection and Prediction of Crop Diseases and Pests: A Comprehensive Survey	66
Green Finance, Chemical Fertilizer Use and Carbon Emissions from Agricultural Production	65
Costs and Benefits of Improving Farm Animal Welfare	65
Sustainable Agro-Food Systems for Addressing Climate Change and Food Security	64
Extraction of Cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa L. (Hemp)—Review	64
Anthocyanins: Biosynthesis, Distribution, Ecological Role, and Use of Biostimulants to Increase Their Content in Plant Foods—A Review	62
From Smart Farming towards Unmanned Farms: A New Mode of Agricultural Production	62
The Impact of Transport Infrastructure on the Sustainable Development of the Region—Case Study	61
A Real-Time Apple Targets Detection Method for Picking Robot Based on ShufflenetV2-YOLOX	60
An Assessment of Poverty Alleviation Measures and Sustainable Livelihood Capability of Farm Households in Rural China: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach	60
Effects of Triazole Fungicides on Soil Microbiota and on the Activities of Enzymes Found in Soil: A Review	59
An Approach for Rice Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease Segmentation and Disease Severity Estimation	59
Crop Diversification for Improved Weed Management: A Review	57
The Impact of the Digital Economy on Agricultural Green Development: Evidence from China	57
Impact of Seaweed Liquid Extract Biostimulant on Growth, Yield, and Chemical Composition of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)	56
Applications of Discrete Element Method in the Research of Agricultural Machinery: A Review	56
Drought Stress Amelioration in Maize (Zea mays L.) by Inoculation of Bacillus spp. Strains under Sterile Soil Conditions	55
Diversity of Colletotrichum Species Associated with Anthracnose Disease in Tropical Fruit Crops—A Review	54