OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Agricultural Science is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of rehydration with cactus pear on the fermentation profile, chemical composition and bacterial microbiome of corn grain silage	39
Developing biomarkers to estimate manure ammonia emissions from dairy cattle	29
AGS volume 160 issue 1-2 Cover and Back matter	23
Genomic evaluation of threshold traits in different scenarios of threshold number using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods	20
Calibration and bias correction of seasonal weather forecasts from the North American Multi-Model Ensemble: Potential applications for regional crop modelling and irrigation management	20
Prediction and copy number variation identification of ZNF146 gene related to growth traits in Chinese cattle	19
AGS volume 160 issue 5 Cover and Back matter	17
Pectoral angle: a glance at a traditional phenotypic trait in chickens from a new perspective	13
Obituary: John H. M. Thornley MA, DPhil	11
Soybean yield in integrated crop–livestock system in comparison to soybean–maize succession system	11
On-farm agronomic performance and farmer preference of quality protein maize grown under conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: a case for Zimbabwe	11
Early growth performance in the Murciano-Granadina goats: insights from genetic and phenotypic analyses	11
Dormancy breaking of ‘Kampai’ peach trees with alternative products in subtropical regions	11
The effect of increased temperature and CO₂ air enrichment on the nutritive value of orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) in permanent grassland	11
Effects of breed and genomic inbreeding on milk, fat and protein lactation yields and fertility traits in pasture-based dairy cows in Argentina	11
A novel 28-bp indel inIGF1Rgene associated with growth traits across four Chinese cattle breeds	10
Yield, dry matter and water productivity simulation for surface and subsurface drip-irrigated bell pepper using the SALTMED model	10
Temporal variabilities of soil carbon dioxide fluxes from cornfield impacted by temperature and precipitation changes through high-frequent measurement and DAYCENT modelling	10
Nitrogen pollution from cattle production in India: a review of the social, cultural and economic influences	9
Benchmarking of topsoil moisture estimation methods based on a field study	9
Statistical options for the analysis of in vitro gas production profiles illustrated using rumen liquor as the inoculum – ERRATUM	8
Plant density effects on quinoa yield, leaf anatomy, ultrastructure and gas exchange	8
Cereal and oil seed crops response to organic nitrogen when grown in rotation with annual aerial-seeded pasture legumes	8
Production and nutritive value of Tifton 85 bermudagrass pastures overseeded with annual ryegrass and inoculated with diazotrophic bacteria	8
The Brazilian case as a beacon to increase crop production in sub-Saharan Africa	8

Millet research status and prospects for alleviating food insecurity through a text-mining approach	8
Genetic variation in leaf photosynthesis and associated traits in elite and landrace-derived genotypes in wheat	7
Evaluation of epiphytic microbiota in red clover and alfalfa on silage fermentation products, bacterial community diversity and functionality of oat	7
Radiation use efficiency and canopy structure of contrasting elephant grass varieties grown as monocrops and intercrops with butterfly pea	6
Effect of Lolium perenne population differences on shoot tissue nitrogen concentrations when grown on a peat soil	6
Structural and productive characteristics of Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. Webster in monoculture and silvopastoral system	6
Adding corn meal into mixed elephant grass–butterfly pea legume silages improves nutritive value and dry matter recovery	6
Holistic nutritional management as a tool to mitigate nitrogen pollution from dairy cattle farming	6
Soybean seed protein concentration is limited by nitrogen supply in tropical and subtropical environments in Brazil	6
Polymer-coated urea application can increase both grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency injaponica-indicahybrid rice	6
WAASB index revealed stable resistance sources for soybean anthracnose in India	5
Ecosystem services provided by silvopastoral systems: a review	5
Optimal choice of cotton cultivar for rainfed conditions in Sahelo-Sudanian climate with late planting: a case study in Senegal	5
Content and uptake of macroelements in green fodder of mixtures of narrowleaf lupin with spring triticale	5
Research status of seed improvement in underutilized crops: prospects for enhancing food security	5
Response of wheat cultivars to zinc application for seed yield and quality improvement	5
Crop–livestock systems transformation in the semiarid zones of North Africa over a decade: approach and case-study in Southern Tunisia	5
Effects of mulching on plant growth, viral diseases, earliness and fruit yield attributes of round gourd under variable sowing dates in North Indian plains	5
Quantifying parent-of-origin variation in growth and reproductive traits of Kermani sheep	5
Estimation of dominance genetic effects on pre-weaning efficiency-related traits in Baluchi sheep	5
Effect of cactus pear as a moistening additive in the production of rehydrated corn grain silage	4
Soil quality assessment based on hybrid computational approach with spatial multi-criteria analysis and geographical information system for sustainable tea cultivation	4
Inoculant, nitrogen and phosphorus improves photosynthesis and water-use efficiency in soybean production	4
Effect of corn–soybean meal-based diets with low calcium and available phosphorus in male broilers on performance, tibia criteria and jejunum histomorphology	4
Revisiting the concept of the critical period of weed control	4
Regenerative agriculture v. conservation agriculture: potential effects on soil quality, crop productivity and whole-farm economics in Mediterranean-climate regions	4
A statistical method to standardize and interpret the activity data generated by wireless biosensors in dairy cows	4
Weed management in a direct-seeded rice-ratoon rice cropping system	4
Influence of Cassia fistula leaf powder on in vitro ruminal fermentation, gas production and degradability of diets for ruminants	4
Localized cooling systems and their effects on swine production in a farrowing house	4
Soybean response under climatic scenarios with changed mean and variability under rainfed and irrigated conditions in major soybean-growing states of the USA	4
Aerobic ammonia removal with heterotrophic nitrification and denitrification of Alcaligenes faecalis strain No.4 to mitigate nitrogenous pollution caused by piggery wastewater: a feasibility st	4
Dynamics of fermentation profile, bacterial communities and their functional characteristics in red clover	4
Modelling the effects of stocking rate, soil type, agroclimate location and nitrogen input on the grass DM yield and forage self-sufficiency of Irish grass-based dairy production systems	3
Neonatal mortality of lambs in production systems in a semi-arid environment: main risk factors	3
Comparison of single-step methods for genomic prediction of age at first calving in dairy buffaloes	3
A review of the de novo domestication and cultivation of edible Australian native plants as food crops	3
Genotype–environment interaction and sexual dimorphism in the genetic evaluation of yearling weight in Simmental cattle raised in Brazil	3
Management strategies to improve forage accumulation and nutritive value in crabgrass hayfields	3
Relationship between intake and faecal excretion of indigestible fractions in trials with sheep: impact of the method of analysis, diet and trial	3
Biorefined perennial ryegrass press cake as an alternative feed for dairy cows in late lactation and during the dry period: a demonstration	3
Impact of crown architecture on light availability, gas exchange, flowering and fruiting in jamun (Syzygium cumini [L.] Skeels)	3
Nitrogen nutrition for cotton in a semi-arid environment	3
Evaluation of alfalfa cultivars under rainfed Mediterranean conditions	3
Organic system vs. conventional – a Bayesian analysis of Polish potato post-registration trials	3
Drought stress tolerance in vetch plants (Vicia sp.): agronomic evidence and physiological signatures	3
Enhancing lodging resistance in two Vicia species: unveiling the morphological and stem anatomy transformations induced by Moddus	3
Tiller population dynamics and self-thinning law reveal stability mechanisms in mixed grass swards under variable grazing management	3
The potential application of Illumina MiSeq sequencing in herbivore-diet analysis: quantitative estimation of sheep diet in meadow steppe	3
Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) a legume with great ecological and agronomical potential under climate change	3

Effects of reduced nitrogen fertilizer application rates on grain yield and rice quality of early- and late-season dual-use rice in South China	3
Growth and yield estimation of banana through mathematical modelling: a systematic review	3
Effect of three crop rotations and four residue levels on canola and bean grain yield and residue production	3
The variability of maize kernel drying: sowing date, harvest scenario and year	3
AGS volume 159 issue 9-10 Cover and Back matter	3
Cropping pattern effects on water supply-demand balance in a traditional irrigation network of a semi-arid region of Iran	3