OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Journal of Range & 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
The effect of changes in human drivers on the fire regimes of South African grassland and savanna environments over the past 100 years	18
Dynamics of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and Kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus) pastures associated with white clover (Trifolium repens) in small-scale dairy systems in the	18
Bromatological and histological features of native African grasses under grazing in Brazilian semi-arid rangelands	18
Performance of goats browsing on Vachellia karroo encroached communal lands and open grasslands in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	16
Quality characteristics of forage in the sowing year of a standard perennial pasture established with annual ryegrass, barley, and berseem clover as companion crops	15
Book Review. Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development	13
Diet preference of black rhinocerosDiceros bicornisat Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, across seasons	12
Kraals or bomas increase soil carbon and fertility across several biomes	9
Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa	9
Nearly six decades of grazing research published by the Grassland Society of Southern Africa: trends, recommendations and gaps	9
Participatory establishment of Cenchrus ciliaris forage grass among pastoralists in a semi-arid rangeland area of eastern Tanzania	9
Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?	8
Nutritional properties and in vitro gas production in cactus pear ( Opuntia stricta ) and cassava ( Manihot esculenta	7
Two reviews of GrassPro Southern Africa (online app)	6
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	6
Effect of slope aspect on vegetation characteristics in mountain rangelands of Tajikistan: considerations for future ecological management and restoration	6
Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems	6
Lucerne establishment in dryland conditions: effects of crop residues and wheat as a nurse crop	6
Does spring defoliation affect energy reserves in a South African mesic grassland geophyte?	6
Effect of plant spacing and cutting intensity on the morphology and productivity of forage cactus [ Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.]	6
Book review: ‘Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert: Ecosystem Engineering by Subterranean Social Insects’	6
Putting the pieces together: woody plant encroachment across a precipitation gradient in southern Africa	6
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa	5
Overlooked forbs: implications for rangeland biodiversity and function in southern Africa	5
An Ecological Guide to the BushAn Ecological Guide to the Bush, By Bruce McKenzie, 2022, Jacana Media: www.jacana.co.za, 194 pages, softcover, ISBN 9781431432875, Price: R235.00	5

Biostimulant effects on the herbage yield and nutritive composition of a mixed ryegrass–clover pasture	5
The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action	5
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	4
Genetic analysis of Panicum coloratum var. makarikariense caryopsis retention	4
Effect of botanical composition calibration on the accuracy of undisturbed sward height and comparative yield method techniques for herbage mass estimation in tropical heterogeneous pastures	4
Forage yield, competition and economic benefit of intercropping cactus and millet with mulch in a semi-arid environment	4
From forage to multifunctionality: shifting perceptions of rangeland ecosystem services in the journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa	4
Vegetation structure and defoliation patterns in heterogeneous grasslands under two herbage allowance levels	4
Herbicide trials on Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) during adverse conditions reveal incompatibility with biocontrol and a narrow window of opportunity for che	4
Unravelling the accessions–environment interactions and the unveiling of released variety: insights from Bouffordia dichotoma	4
Selection and evaluation of promising indigenous fodder trees and shrubs as supplemental diets for ruminant animals across different agroecological environments	4
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States	3
The diversity of epigeal insects after the application of the brush packing restoration method following bush-encroachment control in South Africa	3
The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next	3
Grass dynamics along a woody-plant density reduction gradient in a South African savanna	3
Effects of short-duration kraaling depend on initial conditions in a mesic grassland	3
Could CO₂-induced changes to C₄ grass flammability aggravate savanna woody encroachment?	3
Forage yield and quality response of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) to different dry season harvesting management under the subhumid agroecology of western Ethiopia	3
African Journal of Range and Forage Science : paving the way to restoration in African rangelands	3
Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas	3
Fermentation characteristics of maize–forage legume mixtures ensiled in small-scale silos	3
Sedimentary charcoal studies from southern Africa’s grassy biomes: a potential resource for informing the management of fires and ecosystems	3
Nutritional improvement of cactus fruit scraps with addition of alfalfa or Atriplex halimus , and comparison of two animal feed preservation methods (silage and solar dr	2
A laissez-faire management approach in a grassland landscape results in a fine-scale, spatio-temporally heterogeneous fire pattern	2
Rewilding – the Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery	2
Historical trajectories and current perspectives on sub-Saharan wildland fire science and management in select scientific literature	2
Seedling establishment and early growth in Calobota sericea subjected to moisture stress	2
Does the presence of tall or dwarf elephant grass genotypes change the nutritive value of butterfly pea in grass–legume intercrops?	1
Associative nitrogen fixation could be common in South African mesic grassland	1
The influence of grass competition and soil moisture on the growth and phenology of Karoo shrubs in the Eastern Upper Karoo	1
Spatio-temporal status of vegetation, soil and cattle serum minerals in degraded communal rangelands of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: implications for livestock sustainability and management interve	1
Chemical composition and in-vitro dry matter degradability of Eragrostis curvula grass hay supplemented with Raphanus sativ	1
Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019)	1
Book Review. Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands	1
A tribute to Winston Smuts Watts Trollope – a firebrand and visionary in fire research	1
Grazing capacity change on a small Mediterranean-type South African offshore island following the control of invasive alien European rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )	1
Calibration and evaluation of a CROPGRO Perennial Forage Model for Brachiaria humidicola yield simulation under future climate in subhumid environments of Ethiopia	1
Ensiling as a technique for preservation of the nutritional quality of Vachellia nilotica	1
Rainfed-based production of Megathyrsus maximus in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the semi-arid environment of Sudan	1
Allometric biomass estimations for Senegalia mellifera and Vachellia reficiens	1
The recent fire regimes of Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks, Angola	1
Frequent defoliation rapidly and progressively reduces the vigour of a perennial mesic grassland forb, Thunbergia atriplicifolia	1
Drought release and post-drought changes in herbaceous composition and diversity in two land uses subjected to selective bush control in a semi-arid Kalahari savanna	1
Tipping the scales: how fire controls the balance among functional groups in Angolan grasslands	1
Book Review. Ekologiese Restourasie in Namakwaland: ’n Praktiese GidsEkologiese restourasie in Namakwaland: ’n praktiese gids, By Peter Carrick, Susan Botha and Raldo Kruger, 2022, Nurture, Restore, I	1
Grazing effects on forage quality parameters of three rangeland species in arid regions of Semnan, Iran	1
The grazing paradox: assessing contradictions of continuous versus rotational grazing systems in southern Africa	1