OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agricultural Systems is 38. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Bridging the gap between models and users: A lightweight mobile interface for optimized farming decisions in interactive modeling sessions	189
Crop-livestock integration provides opportunities to mitigate environmental trade-offs in transitioning smallholder agricultural systems of the Greater Mekong Subregion	187
Assessment of food-feed competition for producing milk in cow dairy farms	129
Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture	111
Coupling landscape-scale diagnostics surveys, on-farm experiments, and simulation to identify entry points for sustainably closing rice yield gaps in Nepal	107
Exploring opportunities for diversification of smallholders' rice-based farming systems in the Senegal River Valley	102
The relative productivity of organic agriculture must be considered in the full food-system context. A comment on Connor (2022)	97
Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa	82
Editorial Board	75
Examining the synergistic effect of cocoa-plantain intercropping system on gross margin: A system dynamics modelling approach	74
Alternative practices to pesticide use in the Guadeloupe banana belt: Do biophysical constraints limit agroecological transitions?	63
Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework	62
The dairy production system in the north of Sweden under possible future food scenarios	61
What determines the acceptance of Climate Smart Technologies? The influence of farmers' behavioral drivers in connection with the policy environment	60
Projected climate effects on soil workability and trafficability determine the feasibility of converting permanent grassland to arable land	60
Evaluating the economic and environmental benefits of rice-soybean diversification in South Korea	59
Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses	57
Precision farming: what do Italian farmers really think? An application of the Q methodology	57
Sustainable management of sweet potatoes: A review on practices, strategies, and opportunities in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, energy security, and quality of life	57
Editorial Board	56
Improving livelihood through crop-livestock integration: Insights from a farm trajectory model	54
Conserving cropland resilience space in alpine agro-pastoral ecotones: A quantitative study of Qinghai Province	53
How opportunity and cognition improve family farms' low-carbon production behavior: Evidence from China	50
Optimization of manure recycling and fertilizer use to meet crop nutrient demands and reduce nutrient losses, a case study in Quzhou, China	48
Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems	47

Determinants of phosphorus balance and use efficiency in diverse dairy farming systems	46
Editorial Board	46
A scheme for distribution of genetically improved oil palm plants well suited to local conditions	44
Potential for land and water management adaptations in Mediterranean croplands under climate change	43
Nutrient use efficiency of intensive dairy farms in China – Current situation and analyses of options for improvement	43
Analysis of perceived robustness, adaptability and transformability of Spanish extensive livestock farms under alternative challenging scenarios	43
Energy scarcity and rising cost: Towards a paradigm shift for livestock	43
Selected shade tree species improved cocoa yields in low-input agroforestry systems in Ghana	42
Prospects of rehabilitation of ancient irrigation systems in India – A case study from coastal saline zone of West Bengal	41
Modelling cow longevity policies: Impacts on GHG emissions of the Swiss agricultural sector	40
Assessing pollinator abundance and services to enhance agricultural sustainability and crop yield optimization in the Qilian Mountains	40
Marginal lands between recovery and valorization. An inclusive definition to support bio-energy supply chains. The Southern Italy contexts case study	38
A simulation of variable rate nitrogen application in winter wheat with soil and sensor information - An economic feasibility study	38
A framework for the assessment of farm diversification options in broadacre agriculture	38