OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Soil and Water Conservation Research is 17. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial variations in runoff, sediment, and nutrient losses induced by toposequence and biochar application in upland maize farming	236
Monitoring gully erosion in the European Union: A novel approach based on the Land Use/Cover Area frame survey (LUCAS)	188
Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo	142
Spatial variability of soil organic carbon stock in an olive orchard at catchment scale in Southern Spain	108
Quantifying spatial distribution of interrill and rill erosion in a loess at different slopes using structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry	98
Kinetics of native and added carbon mineralization on incubating at different soil and moisture conditions in Typic Ustochrepts and Typic Halustalf	78
Multi-temporal modeling of road-induced overland flow alterations in a terraced landscape characterized by shallow landslides	72
Novel Deep Learning Algorithm in Soil Erodibility Factor Predicting at a Continental Scale	67
Estimation of generalized soil structure index based on differential spectra of different orders by multivariate assessment	65
Biochar application reduces soil detachment capacity by overland flow under a continuous three-year field experiment on the Loess Plateau of China	63
Rainfall intensity profile induced changes in surface‒subsurface flow and soil loss as influenced by surface cover type: A long-term in situ field study	60
Effects of rainfall intensity and kinetic energy on hillslope soil erosion in the thin-layer Mollisol region of China: Field observation and rainfall simulation	59
Convolutional neural networks-driven bias correction of satellite precipitation improves rainfall-runoff-inundation modeling	57
COMPARISON OF APPROACHES USING MUSLE, USLE-M AND RUSLE2 FOR LARGE-SCALE HYDROSEDIMENTOLOGICAL MODELLING	51
Automatic mapping of gully from satellite images using asymmetric non-local LinkNet: A case study in Northeast China	51
Effects of land management practices and land cover types on soil loss and crop productivity in Ethiopia: A review	45
Variations in the disintegration rate of physical crusts induced by artificial rainfall in different alcohol concentrations	41
Mapping soil erodibility in southeast China at 250 m resolution: Using environmental variables and random forest regression with limited samples	41
Editorial Board	39
Assessing the impact of residue cover on hillslope soil loss in the Midwest US: insights from the daily erosion project modeling framework	38
Agricultural drought severity in NE Italy: Variability, bias, and future scenarios	37
Determining nitrogen fate by hydrological pathways and impact on carbonate weathering in an agricultural karst watershed	36
Wind erosion from crusted playa surfaces by no saltation and with saltation: A comparison through laboratory wind tunnel experiments	36
Utilizing geodetectors to identify conditioning factors for gully erosion risk in the black soil region of northeast China	35
Dealing with sub-pixel landscape elements in distributed rainfall-runoff modelling in agricultural catchments	34

A modified CSLE for soil loss prediction under different vegetation patterns at slope scale in China	33
Large-scale extraction of check dams and silted fields on the Chinese loess plateau using ensemble learning models	33
Morphology evolution of vegetation-covered loess gully heads induced by hydraulic and gravitational erosion	33
New empirical-point pedotransfer functions for water retention data for a wide range of soil texture and climates	32
Agroecology-based land use/land cover change detection, prediction and its implications for land degradation: A case study in the Upper Blue Nile Basin	30
Optimizing water and nutrient application for Caragana korshinskii-based vegetation restoration in coal-mine-degraded arid lands	29
Soybean yield in response to soil erosion under different dry and wet conditions	29
Spatial distributions of soil nutrients affected by land use, topography and their interactions, in the Loess Plateau of China	29
Gully erosion mapping susceptibility in a Mediterranean environment: A hybrid decision-making model	28
Divergent behaviour of soil nutrients imprinted by different land management practices in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	28
Soil splash erosion: An overlooked issue for sustainable rubber plantation in the tropical region of China	27
Vegetation characteristics and soil properties in grazing exclusion areas of the Inner Mongolia desert steppe	27
Rainfall erosivity estimation over the Tibetan plateau based on high spatial-temporal resolution rainfall records	27
Application of UAV Multimodal Data and Deep Learning for Estimating Soil Salt Content at the Small Catchment Scale	27
A validation of WEPP water quality routines in uniform and nonuniform agricultural hillslopes	26
Long-term conservation tillage results in a more balanced soil microbiological activity and higher nutrient supply capacity	26
Soil type classification using Landsat 8: A comparison between the USDA and a local system in Israel	26
Establishing and verifying soil quality index model based on GIS and remote sensing for cultivated lands under semi-humid terrestrial ecosystem	26
Influence of vegetation type and topographic position on volumetric soil water content dynamics and similarity among surface and deep soil layers	25
Simulated rainfall in Brazil: An alternative for assesment of soil surface processes and an opportunity for technological development	25
Editorial Board	24
Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry and Rare Earth Oxides can quantify diffuse and convergent soil loss and source apportionment	24
The effects of freeze-thaw processes on crusting, aggregation and the interaction with erosive level winds in the Mollisol region of Northeast China	24
Mapping sediment mobilization risks: Prioritizing results obtained at watershed and sub-watershed scales	24
Assessing Plant Soil Water Availability in Drought Conditions: A Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Minimum Tillage, Example from Slovenia	23
Long-term trends of precipitation and erosivity over Northeast China during 1961–2020	23
Runoff and Infiltration responses of revegetated slopes to clipping management on the northern Loess Plateau	23
Runoff and nutrient losses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) production with tied-ridge-furrow rainwater harvesting on sloping land	23
Why we should revitalize indigenous water harvesting systems: Lessons learned	23
Soil loss and runoff obtained with customized precipitation patterns simulated by InfiAsper	22
Ecological intensification of cropping systems enhances soil functions, mitigates soil erosion, and promotes crop resilience to dry spells in the Brazilian Cerrado	22
Soil type-dependent effects of drying-wetting sequences on aggregates and their associated OC and N	22
Effects of initial soil moisture on rill erodibility and critical shear stress factors in the WEPP model across diverse soil types	21
Zonal characteristics and attribution analysis of soil erodibility in Robinia pseudoacacia plantations on the Loess Plateau, China	21
Automated quantification of contouring as support practice for improved soil erosion estimation considering ridges	21
The quality attribute of watershed ecosystem is more important than the landscape attribute in controlling erosion of red soil in southern China	20
Visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared spectra as an input variable for digital mapping of soil organic carbon	20
Towards defining soil quality of Mediterranean calcareous agricultural soils: Reference values and potential core indicator set	20
Watershed management, groundwater recharge and drought resilience: An integrated approach to adapt to rainfall variability in northern Ethiopia	20
Field experimental study on the effect of thawed depth of frozen alpine meadow soil on rill erosion by snowmelt waterflow	19
Tracing soil erosion processes in Karst regions using rare earth elements: The role of bedrock outcrops and seasonal impacts	19
Runoff- and erosion-reducing effects of vegetation on the loess hillslopes of China under concentrated flow	19
Interactions between soil conservation and dryland farming of heterogeneously eroding areas in Loess Hills, China	19
Runoff and soil erosion influenced by abandonment of sloping land on the Loess Plateau: Insights from eight years of monitoring	19
Saltwater intrusion in the Po River Delta (Italy) during drought conditions: Analyzing its spatio-temporal evolution and potential impact on agriculture	19
Corrigendum to “Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties” [Int. Soil Water Conserv. Res. 10 (2022) 343–354]	19
Effect of microrelief features of tillage methods under different rainfall intensities on runoff and soil erosion in slopes	18
HOTSED: A new integrated model for assessing potential hotspots of sediment sources and related sediment dynamics at watershed scale	18
Inorganic amendments increase soil carbon sequestration across global acidic agroecosystems: A meta-analysis	18
Generation of runoff in an alpine meadow hillslope underlain by permafrost	18

Responses of flood peaks to land use and landscape patterns under extreme rainstorms in small catchments - A case study of the rainstorm of Typhoon Lekima in Shandong, China	18
Trade-off analyses between food provision and soil conservation service of Grain for Green Program in Mountainous Area	17
Editorial Board	17
Exploring best soil conservation practices using the tolerable soil loss limit in central highland of Ethiopia: A case study of Andit Tid watershed	17
Overland flow resistance and its components for slope surfaces covered with gravel and grass	17
Runoff and sediment yield in relation to precipitation, temperature and glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau	17
Gully internal erosion triggered by a prolonged heavy rainfall event in the tableland region of China's Loess Plateau	17
Modelling land use changes impacts on the silting of small agricultural water harvesting reservoirs	17