OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agricultural Systems is 40. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The CIRKULÆR model – A national and regional static flow model of agricultural production, environmental and climatic impacts	239
Optimizing cropland management to mitigate climate-induced nitrogen leakage risk in Chinese ecosystems	206
Assessing extensive pasture-based beef production in South Africa under future climate change conditions	114
Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework	112
Editorial Board	108
Evaluating the economic and environmental benefits of rice-soybean diversification in South Korea	105
Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa	101
Digitalising agriculture with the internet of things: Insights from Canadian collaborators	101
Projected climate effects on soil workability and trafficability determine the feasibility of converting permanent grassland to arable land	87
From under-barn to outdoor swine manure storage: Modelling the effect of frequent under-barn pit emptying on methane emissions in a cold climate	85
Assessing the global potential for transition from single to multiple cropping	79
Organic and conventional farming systems: Effects on fruit quality and nutritional attributes of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) - A review	79
Strategies to reduce N waste through crop and livestock reconnection	79
Long-term balanced organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilization can realize sustainable crop production	74
Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses	66
Alternative practices to pesticide use in the Guadeloupe banana belt: Do biophysical constraints limit agroecological transitions?	63
Precision farming: what do Italian farmers really think? An application of the Q methodology	58
Frost shocks negatively impact the supply of high-stem juicing apples in Switzerland	55
Assessment of food-feed competition for producing milk in cow dairy farms	55
Cover crops and intercropping help reduce nitrate and pesticide leaching in low-input systems	54
Sustainable management of sweet potatoes: A review on practices, strategies, and opportunities in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, energy security, and quality of life	54
The dairy production system in the north of Sweden under possible future food scenarios	53
What determines the acceptance of Climate Smart Technologies? The influence of farmers' behavioral drivers in connection with the policy environment	52
Pathways towards Net Zero emissions in grain cropping farms	52
Modelling the impacts of cover crops on soil C stocks and N dynamics using Daisy: Model evaluation and scenario analysis	51

Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture	49
Editorial Board	47
Nutrient use efficiency of intensive dairy farms in China – Current situation and analyses of options for improvement	47
A scheme for distribution of genetically improved oil palm plants well suited to local conditions	46
Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services	46
Marginal lands between recovery and valorization. An inclusive definition to support bio-energy supply chains. The Southern Italy contexts case study	46
Strategies to advance the agroecological transition: Insights from a case study of sheep–crop integration in southwestern France	45
Editorial Board	44
Risk monitoring of pine wilt disease based on semi-dynamic spatial prediction in South Korea	44
Prospects of rehabilitation of ancient irrigation systems in India – A case study from coastal saline zone of West Bengal	42
Optimization of manure recycling and fertilizer use to meet crop nutrient demands and reduce nutrient losses, a case study in Quzhou, China	42
Spatially optimized forage cultivation reconciles livestock production and wildlife conservation in Alpine grasslands	42
Improving livelihood through crop-livestock integration: Insights from a farm trajectory model	41
Integrative adaptation strategies for stabilizing wheat productivity with rising temperatures in China	41
How opportunity and cognition improve family farms' low-carbon production behavior: Evidence from China	41
Limited capability of organic farming and conservation tillage to enhance agroecosystem resilience to severe drought	40
Managing trade-offs between economic, environmental, and animal welfare performance in French suckler cattle farms through feeding practices	40
Potential for land and water management adaptations in Mediterranean croplands under climate change	40