OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is 5. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Characteristics of the soil macropore and root architecture of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process and their impact on water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, northeaste	38
Influence of forest structure and soil chemistry on ants, land snails, and beetles in Balkan floodplain forests: Examining species richness and habitat preferences	32
Contribution of streambanks to phosphorus export from Iowa	19
Using artificial neural networks to improve phosphorus indices	18
Combining Gypsum with Establishment of Perennial Vegetation Improved the Restoration of a Salt-Affected Soil in the Northern Great Plains	17
The Nutrient Reduction Index: A minimalist and continuous measure of conservation practice adoption among farmers	16
Using targeted messages to improve farmer engagement in conservation programs	15
Erratum for Xiao et al., Crop type drives soil bacterial community and functional structure on the Loess Plateau terraces of China	15
Policy process and problem framing for state Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the US Upper Mississippi River Basin	15
Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio	14
Spatial and agronomic assessment of water erosion on inland Pacific Northwest cereal grain cropland	14
The good, the bad, the salty: Investigation of native plants for revegetation of salt-impacted soil in the northern Great Plains, United States	14
Increasing agricultural conservation outreach through social science	13
Assessing Soil Vulnerability Index classification with respect to rainfall characteristics	13
Soil loss due to harvesting of peanut and cassava under traditional farming systems: Cost implications of soil nutrient loss	12
Pathways to conservation persistence: Psychosocial drivers of durable grasslands following the Conservation Reserve Program	12
Estimates of soil erosion and best management practice effectiveness at forestry stream crossings in North Carolina	11
Social networks as conservation practice: Targeting wetland conservation for women landowners	11
Agriculture as part of the solution to climate change: Incentivizing the adoption of no-till and cover crops	11
Audit procedures and implementation rates for forest water quality Best Management Practices in the 13 southeastern states	10
A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges	10
Cover crop mixtures versus single species: Water quality and cash crop yield	10
Rice producer enrollment and retention in a USDA regional conservation partnership program in the southern United States	10
Surface runoff responses to conservation cotton production systems and edge-of-field buffers	9
Climate and pest interactions pose a cross-landscape management challenge to soil and water conservation	9

United Nations Food Systems Summit: What is the role of soil health in putting the Sustainable Development Goals on track?	9
Designing a lower salt future: Examining chloride’s environmental and infrastructure impacts	8
Infiltration within native prairie vegetative strips embedded in row crop fields across Iowa	8
Impact of rainfall on the distribution of soil aggregate fractions caused by shallow runoff	8
Recent advances in feed additives with the potential to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock	7
Compost amendment to enhance carbon sequestration in rangelands	7
Barriers to cover crop adoption: Evidence from parallel surveys in Maryland and Ohio	7
The soil microbiome unveils strong imprints of artificial erosion after 27 years	7
Invasive annual grasses—Reenvisioning approaches in a changing climate	7
Ecosystem services in Iowa agricultural catchments: Hypotheses for scenarios with water quality wetlands and improved tile drainage	7
Global connections: A case for international perspectives	6
Assessing the need to grow natural resources professionals’ competencies beyond conservation	6
Soil health through farmers’ eyes: Toward a better understanding of how farmers view, value, and manage for healthier soils	6
Soil macroaggregates: The hotspots driving emission or mitigation of greenhouse gases according to the management system adopted	6
Effect of biochar treatment on soil pH and cucumber fruit: A demonstration of the importance of biochar amendment on the tropical soils of Nigeria	6
Salinity and acid sulfate soils of the Vietnam Mekong Delta: Agricultural management and adaptation	6
Trade-off analysis of water conservation and water consumption of typical ecosystems at different climatic scales in the Dongjiang River basin, China	6
Estimating landowners’ willingness to accept payments for nature-based solutions in eastern North Carolina for flood hazard mitigation using the contingent valuation method	6
How much grass will grow on your rangelands this year? Grass-Cast sheds light on the question!	6
Communicating with farmers about conservation practices: Lessons learned from a systematic review of survey studies	6
The progression of USDA NRCS conservation planning’s Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool	5
Pathways to sustaining agriculture and communities in the Ogallala region	5
Kansas producers’ motivations and barriers to soil health practice adoption through the lens of diffusion of innovations theory	5
Linking geospatial information and effects of land management to edaphic properties	5
Conservation plans and soil and water conservation practice use: Evidence from Iowa	5
A historic landmark for the role of soil health in climate and food security: “Soil health” in COP28 UAE Declaration	5
Evaluating the impact of midwestern cropping systems on soil health and soil carbon dynamics	5
Environmental justice, climate change, and agriculture	5
Manure injection effects on soil nitrate, carbon mineralization, and POXC dynamics and spatial distribution under corn silage	5
Patterns and associations between dominant crop productions and water quality in an irrigated watershed	5
Awareness of nutrient loss among Illinois corn farmers	5
Sediment delivery ratios from forest road networks and harvesting operational features by physiographic region in the southeastern United States	5
Understanding farmers’ adoption of conservation tillage in South Dakota: A modified application of the theory of planned behavior	5
Reflections for enhancing participatory research and outreach from a multistakeholder soil health program	5