OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agricultural Water Management is 51. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	288
Water-saving irrigation mitigates methane emissions from paddy fields: The role of iron	154
Developing climate change agro-adaptation strategies through field experiments and simulation analyses for sustainable sorghum production in semi-arid tropics of India	123
Bridging the gap: An interpretable coupled model (SWAT-ELM-SHAP) for blue-green water simulation in data-scarce basins	115
Editorial Board	104
Economic irrigation water productivity of wheat and potato: An earth observation perspective on policy implications in the Litani Basin, Lebanon	93
Regional-scale evaluation of tertiary irrigation system in Muda Irrigation Scheme from space	92
Improving pumpset selection to support intensification of groundwater irrigation in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains	92
Adopting plastic film mulching system in the food-energy-water-carbon nexus to the sustainable dryland agriculture	92
Regional water-saving potential calculation method for paddy rice based on remote sensing	90
Water stress, yield, and grape quality in a hilly rainfed “Aglianico” vineyard grown in two different soils along a slope	86
Combined effects of urea type and placement depth on grain yield, water productivity and nitrogen use efficiency of rain-fed spring maize in northern China	85
Optimizing water-use efficiency under elevated CO₂: A meta-analysis of crop type, soil modulation, and enrichment methods	80
Humic acid improves water retention, maize growth, water use efficiency and economic benefits in coastal saline-alkali soils	78
Effects of long-term straw application and groundwater management on acidification of paddy soils in subtropical China: Insight from a 35-year field experiment	75
Processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller) yield and quality in arid regions through micro-nano aerated drip irrigation coupled with humic acid application	74
Generating high-precision farmland irrigation pattern maps using remotely sensed ecological indices and machine learning algorithms	74
Institutional and technological innovations for sustained change in smallholder irrigation schemes in southern and Eastern Africa	74
Alternate partial root-zone irrigation combined with nitrogen fertilizer: An adaptive surge root irrigation and nitrogen strategy to improve apple yield, water-nitrogen use efficiency and fruit qualit	72
Pathways to balancing water and food for agricultural sustainable development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China	72
Quantifying the influence of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate on soil nitrous oxide production in multi-year reclaimed water-irrigated soil	71
Advancing irrigation uniformity monitoring through remote sensing: A deep-learning framework for identifying the source of non-uniformity	70
Farmer driven water conservation policy on the Ogallala aquifer reduces the environmental footprints of crop production	70
Cover-management impacts on runoff and sediment dynamics at different slope positions in Northeast China	69
Micro-nano aerated subsurface drip irrigation and biochar promote photosynthesis, dry matter accumulation and yield of cucumbers in greenhouse	69

Effect of practicing water-saving irrigation on greenhouse gas emissions and crop productivity: A global meta-analysis	68
Assessing the irrigation water requirement and irrigation water use at a house scale in Las Vegas Valley	67
An LSTM approach to deciphering irrigation operations from remote sensing and groundwater levels records	66
Spatially optimized allocation of water and land resources based on multi-dimensional coupling of water quantity, quality, efficiency, carbon, food, and ecology	65
Spatial characteristics and critical groundwater depth of soil salinization in arid artesian irrigation area of northwest China	64
Characteristics of water supply and demand in an agroforestry ecosystem under long-term continuous cropping assessed using the RZWQM2 model	63
Estimating stomatal conductance of citrus orchard based on UAV multi-modal information in Southwest China	63
Examining the complementarity in belowground water use between different varieties and ages of Arabica coffee plants and dominant shade tree species in an organic agroecosystem	62
Agricultural and energy products trade intensified the water scarcity in the grain and energy base in northern China	62
Micro-nano bubble water subsurface drip irrigation affects strawberry yield and quality by modulation of microbial communities	62
Determination of the optimal frequency and duration of micro-spray patterns for high-temperature environment tomatoes based on the Fuzzy Borda model	60
Phloem carbon isotopic signature as a valuable tool to assess physiological adjustments among European grapevine varieties under a Mediterranean climate	60
Relevance of the irrigation and soil management system to optimize maize crop production under semiarid Mediterranean conditions	60
Does water-saving irrigation truly conserve water? Yes and No	60
Could buckwheat and spelt be alternatives to wheat under future environmental conditions? Study of their physiological response to drought	58
Combined application of biochar and partial root-zone drying irrigation improves water relations and water use efficiency of cotton plants under salt stress	56
The spatially-distributed ANN-optimization approach for water-agriculture-ecology nexus management under uncertainties and risks	54
Performance evaluation of a low-cost thermal camera for citrus water status estimation	53
Connotation, calculation and influencing factors of the water-use rights benchmark price: A case study of agricultural water use in the Ningxia Yellow River irrigation area	52
Implementing conjunctive management of water resources for irrigation development: A framework applied to the Southern Plain of Western Nepal	52
Modeling the coupling processes of evapotranspiration and soil water balance in agroforestry systems	52
Soil water stress and physiological responses of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) subject to tillage and irrigation management in lower Gangetic plain	52
Nitrogen fertilizer rate and timing of application for potato under different irrigation methods	51
Precise soil water control using a negative pressure irrigation system to improve the water productivity of greenhouse watermelon	51
Accurate measurement of wind drift and evaporation losses could improve water application efficiency of sprinkler irrigation systems − A comparison of measuring techniques	51
Rainfall shocks and crop productivity in Zambia: Implication for agricultural water risk management	51