OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Soil and Water Conservation Research is 30. 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
The assessment of soil loss by water erosion in China	173
Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties	104
Advantages and disadvantages of terracing: A comprehensive review	92
Determinants of adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Nigeria	84
Conservation management decreases surface runoff and soil erosion	74
Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective	67
Soil erosion assessment by RUSLE with improved P factor and its validation: Case study on mountainous and hilly areas of Hubei Province, China	64
Evaluation of soil erosion risk and identification of soil cover and management factor (C) for RUSLE in European vineyards with different soil management	62
Recent advances in assessment of soil erosion vulnerability in a watershed	61
Drivers of soil erosion and subsurface loss by soil leakage during karst rocky desertification in SW China	60
Biochar derived from agricultural wastes and wood residues for sustainable agricultural and environmental applications	55
Remote estimates of suspended particulate matter in global lakes using machine learning models	47
Comparing surface erosion processes in four soils from the Loess Plateau under extreme rainfall events	44
Multi-criteria decision making methods to address rural land allocation problems: A systematic review	44
Predictions of soil and nutrient losses using a modified SWAT model in a large hilly-gully watershed of the Chinese Loess Plateau	43
Soil erosion: An important indicator for the assessment of land degradation neutrality in Russia	41
Mulching as best management practice to reduce surface runoff and erosion in steep clayey olive groves	40
Impact of short-term organic amendments incorporation on soil structure and hydrology in semiarid agricultural lands	38
Duration and intensity of rainfall events with the same erosivity change sediment yield and runoff rates	37
Factor influencing land degradation sensitivity and desertification in a drought prone watershed in Thailand	36
Spatial optimization of soil and water conservation practices using coupled SWAT model and evolutionary algorithm	36
Agro-residue biochar and N fertilizer addition mitigates CO2-C emission and stabilized soil organic carbon pools in a rain-fed agricultural cropland	36
Effects of land management practices and land cover types on soil loss and crop productivity in Ethiopia: A review	36
Is the runoff coefficient increasing or decreasing after ecological restoration on China’s Loess Plateau?	35
Global analysis of cover management and support practice factors that control soil erosion and conservation	35

Improved and sustainable agroecosystem, food security and environmental resilience through zero tillage with emphasis on soils of temperate and subtropical climate regions: A review	34
Carbon sequestration benefits of the grain for Green Program in the hilly red soil region of southern China	34
Seasonal changes of soil erosion and its spatial distribution on a long gentle hillslope in the Chinese Mollisol region	33
Runoff and sediment yield in relation to precipitation, temperature and glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau	32
Crop productivity, soil health, and energy dynamics of Indian Himalayan intensified organic maize-based systems	31
Effects of a check dam system on the runoff generation and concentration processes of a catchment on the Loess Plateau	30
Assessment of deforestation impact on soil erosion in loess formation using 137Cs method (case study: Golestan Province, Iran)	30