OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Grass and Forage Science is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	49
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A Comparison Between Upper and Bottom Layers in Bunker Silos: Performance of Dairy Cows	33
Perennial Grass‐Legume Integration: A Sustainable Approach to Fodder Production	33
Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	31
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Proceedings of a European Grassland Federation Symposium, held at Vilnius, Lithuania, 11–14 June 2023. By Ž.Kadžiulienė, K.Jaškūnė, E.Norkevičienė, M.Toleikienė, L.Šarūnaitė (Eds.). 2023. pp. 280. ISB	13
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	12
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	11
Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	11
Could the Dilatata group of Paspalum be bred as sexual species? A preliminary assessment	10
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Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	10
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Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	9
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Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	8
Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	8
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Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	8
Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	8
Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	8

Effect of chop length of grass silage harvested at two maturity stages, and of concentrate protein level, on feed intake and milk production in dairy cows	8
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Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	8
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Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	7
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	7
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Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	6
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	6
Long‐term trends in the genotypic integrity, phenotype and reproductive development of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) populations in New Zealand dairy pastures: Implications for pasture	6
Species Composition Influences Zinc and Selenium Uptake in Multispecies Grasslands	6
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Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	5
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	5
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Agronomic and physiological responses of corn intercropped with palisadegrass growing in full sun or in a crop‐livestock‐forestry systems	5
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	5
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	5
Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene	4
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	4
Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	4
Nutritional Dynamics of Iranian Pasture Flora: Implications for Animal Health and Productivity	4
Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
Toward Standardisation of Methodologies and Biodiversity Measures for Describing the Microbiome Structure and Diversity of Silages	4
Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	4
Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	4
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	4
In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Seven Commonly Used Dairy Roughages With Relatively High and Low Nutritive Values	4
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Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	4
Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	3
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Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	3
Canopy leaf area and leaf mass in the upper stratum of Urochloa hybrid ‘Mavuno’ grass subjected to nitrogen fertilisation	3
Effects of nitrogen fertilization rate and seeding density on the forage yield and quality of autumn‐sown triticale in an alpine grazing area of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, China	3
Mixtures of grasses: An alternative to traditional pasture monocultures in the tropics	3
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	3
Nitrogen fertilization value of compost and dried dung in soils with contrasting synthetic nitrogen fertilization histories	3
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Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	3
Screening of and Mechanistic Insights Into the Enteric Methane Mitigation Potential of European Native and Non‐Native Forage Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs Using In Vitro Batch Culture	3
APSIM‐Tropical Pasture model parameterization for simulating Marandu palisade grass growth and soil water in irrigated and rainfed cut‐and‐carry systems	3
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	3
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	3
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	2
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Net Mixture Effects on Nutritive Value in Lucerne‐Grass Swards of Varied Composition and Diversity	2
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	2

Growth responses to waterlogging stress among cool‐season grass species	2
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Higher density swards have a higher load bearing capacity	2
Factors Influencing Protein Utilisation in Legume Silage and Hay for Ruminants	2
A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	2
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	2
Examining the role of ruminants in sustainable food systems	2
Forage accumulation, nutritive value, and grazing efficiency on rotationally stocked ‘Zuri’ guineagrass pastures as affected by pre‐graze canopy height and N rate	2
Grassland, forage, and turfgrass science in China	2
Grassland Yield Gaps and Their Impact on the Contribution to Food Security of Walloon Dairy Farms	2
Increasing Nitrogen Deposition Promotes Recruitment of Beneficial Rhizosphere Microbes to Help Grass Species Dominate Plant Community of Alpine Meadow on Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau	2
Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) accessions differ in nitrogen cycling during a simulated seasonal senescence	2
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Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	2
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	2
The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
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Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	1
Enhancing Forage Efficiency: Insights From Cultivar, Nitrogen and Cutting Strategies in Pearl Millet	1
Mixed ensiling of drought‐impaired grass with agro‐industrial by‐products and silage additives improves the nutritive value and shapes the microbial community of silages	1
Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum CV. Inia Sepé) responses to defoliation intensities	1
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Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	1
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	1
Interaction of multispecies sward composition and harvesting management on herbage yield and quality from establishment phase to the subsequent crop	1
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White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Functional Plant Species Traits That Shape Canopy Light Interception and Agronomic Performance of Perennial Forage Grasses Cultivated in Monoculture and Association	1
Effect of slurry application techniques on nitrous oxide emission from temperate grassland under varying soil and climatic conditions	1
Species dynamics in forage seed mixtures exposed to different lengths of growing season	1
Forage potential of Thinopyrum intermedium through near‐infrared spectrometry and grown in mixture with various legumes	1
Seasonal changes in carbon and nitrogen metabolism of Brachiaria decumbens in a long‐term silvopastoral system	1
Herbage and animal responses on continuously stocked ‘Ipyporã’ and ‘Mulato II’ brachiariagrasses	1
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	1
Effectiveness of dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.) control in new leys and established grassland following the application of herbicides	1
Annual and seasonal dry matter production, botanical species composition, and nutritive value of multispecies, permanent pasture, and perennial ryegrass swards managed under grazing	1
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
Intercropping of orchardgrass and alfalfa improves soil fertility, forage yield, feeding values and land use efficiency while limiting ruminal greenhouse gas emissions	1
Topics from the 2023 EGF Symposium: The future role of ley‐farming in cropping systems, and other recent grassland events	1
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	1
Convergence points of optimal herbage accumulation and intake rate by sheep grazing tall fescue	1
Effect of Chemical Additives on Maize Silage Fermentation and Aerobic Stability and on Preference and Short‐Term Intake by Goats	1
Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	1
Exploring Clover‐Based Nurse Cropping for Birdsfoot Trefoil Establishment and Yield	1
Does the inclusion of crop and forestry components in forage‐based systems affect the ruminal fermentation and methane production of Marandu palisadegrass?	1