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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Influence of forest structure and soil chemistry on ants, land snails, and beetles in Balkan floodplain forests: Examining species richness and habitat preferences	26
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	22
Water quality considerations for using surface water bodies as an alternative irrigation water source in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi, USA	21
The Nutrient Reduction Index: A minimalist and continuous measure of conservation practice adoption among farmers	20
Changes in soil properties among site positions and tillage in a furrow-irrigated rice production system	19
Combining Gypsum with Establishment of Perennial Vegetation Improved the Restoration of a Salt-Affected Soil in the Northern Great Plains	18
Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio	16
Using targeted messages to improve farmer engagement in conservation programs	16
Policy process and problem framing for state Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the US Upper Mississippi River Basin	16
The good, the bad, the salty: Investigation of native plants for revegetation of salt-impacted soil in the northern Great Plains, United States	15
Increasing agricultural conservation outreach through social science	14
Spatial and agronomic assessment of water erosion on inland Pacific Northwest cereal grain cropland	14
Assessing Soil Vulnerability Index classification with respect to rainfall characteristics	12
Evaluating the effectiveness of the application of cereal straw mulch versus coir geotextiles in reducing runoff and soil loss after wildfires	12
Prairie strips improve many measures of soil health in nearly a decade	12
Pathways to conservation persistence: Psychosocial drivers of durable grasslands following the Conservation Reserve Program	11
Assessing sediment sources, nutrient storage, and long-term sustainability of three permanently filled farm ponds in southern Iowa	11
Agriculture as part of the solution to climate change: Incentivizing the adoption of no-till and cover crops	10
Can a forested state park within an agriculturally impacted watershed reduce total suspended solids and dissolved organic carbon concentrations? A case study in the US Midwest	10
Social networks as conservation practice: Targeting wetland conservation for women landowners	10
Estimation of soil organic carbon as a function of soil pretreatment and spectral features of radiometers within the visible and near-infrared spectra	10
A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges	9
Cover crop mixtures versus single species: Water quality and cash crop yield	9
Rice producer enrollment and retention in a USDA regional conservation partnership program in the southern United States	9
Ecosystem services in Iowa agricultural catchments: Hypotheses for scenarios with water quality wetlands and improved tile drainage	8

Audit procedures and implementation rates for forest water quality Best Management Practices in the 13 southeastern states	8
The soil microbiome unveils strong imprints of artificial erosion after 27 years	8
Designing a lower salt future: Examining chloride’s environmental and infrastructure impacts	8
Invasive annual grasses—Reenvisioning approaches in a changing climate	7
Trade-off analysis of water conservation and water consumption of typical ecosystems at different climatic scales in the Dongjiang River basin, China	7
Surface runoff responses to conservation cotton production systems and edge-of-field buffers	7
Compost amendment to enhance carbon sequestration in rangelands	7
Effect of biochar treatment on soil pH and cucumber fruit: A demonstration of the importance of biochar amendment on the tropical soils of Nigeria	7
Infiltration within native prairie vegetative strips embedded in row crop fields across Iowa	7
Global connections: A case for international perspectives	7
Climate and pest interactions pose a cross-landscape management challenge to soil and water conservation	7
Recent advances in feed additives with the potential to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock	6
How much grass will grow on your rangelands this year? Grass-Cast sheds light on the question!	6
Citizen science reveals opportunities for improving sustainability outcomes of cover crops	6
Implementing nonpoint source pollution programs: Insights from interviews with agency professionals	6
Soil macroaggregates: The hotspots driving emission or mitigation of greenhouse gases according to the management system adopted	6
Assessing the need to grow natural resources professionals’ competencies beyond conservation	6
What is the (real) rate of soil health practice adoption? Making sense of three data sources	6
Manure injection effects on soil nitrate, carbon mineralization, and POXC dynamics and spatial distribution under corn silage	5
Soil health through farmers’ eyes: Toward a better understanding of how farmers view, value, and manage for healthier soils	5
Reflections for enhancing participatory research and outreach from a multistakeholder soil health program	5
Estimating landowners’ willingness to accept payments for nature-based solutions in eastern North Carolina for flood hazard mitigation using the contingent valuation method	5
Vegetation response to rangeland water manipulation structures in the US Southwest	5
On-farm progress toward soil health potential in Southern US row crops	5
Salinity and acid sulfate soils of the Vietnam Mekong Delta: Agricultural management and adaptation	5
Soil health and conservation	5
The impact of behaviorally informed communications on uptake of a cover crop cost-share program	5
A historic landmark for the role of soil health in climate and food security: “Soil health” in COP28 UAE Declaration	5