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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
50 Grasses of the Limpopo Valley - Visual identification guide	23
The effect of changes in human drivers on the fire regimes of South African grassland and savanna environments over the past 100 years	16
Morphological and physiological responses of Calobota sericea plants subjected to water limitation and subsequent rewatering	15
Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019)	12
Performance of goats browsing on Vachellia karroo encroached communal lands and open grasslands in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	11
From forage to multifunctionality: shifting perceptions of rangeland ecosystem services in the journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa	11
Evaluating carbohydrate fractions and degradation kinetics of maize silages on different storage periods and the estimates of milk production	10
Occurrence of Dalbergia obovata in grasslands of urban nature reserves within a metropolitan municipality: Is it an encroaching woody species?	9
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	8
A laissez-faire management approach in a grassland landscape results in a fine-scale, spatio-temporally heterogeneous fire pattern	7
Low nitrogen fertiliser rates and stage of maturity influence nitrogen fractionation and in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability in tropical grasses	7
Historical trajectories and current perspectives on sub-Saharan wildland fire science and management in select scientific literature	7
A historical perspective on fire research in East and Southern African grasslands and savannas	7
Kraals or bomas increase soil carbon and fertility across several biomes	7
Threshold changes in the production potential of bush clumps along piosphere gradients in arid thicket mosaics	6
Herbicide trials on Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) during adverse conditions reveal incompatibility with biocontrol and a narrow window of opportunity for che	6
Participatory establishment of Cenchrus ciliaris forage grass among pastoralists in a semi-arid rangeland area of eastern Tanzania	6
Ensiling as a technique for preservation of the nutritional quality of Vachellia nilotica	6
Diet preference of black rhinocerosDiceros bicornisat Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, across seasons	6
Seedling establishment and early growth in Calobota sericea subjected to moisture stress	6
Bromatological and histological features of native African grasses under grazing in Brazilian semi-arid rangelands	5
Ecosystem Collapse and Recovery	5
Herbage intake and performance of grazing lambs in tropical erect grass pastures maintained at different heights	5
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	5
Quantifying the effect of chemical bush control of Senegalia mellifera on vegetation production in the Eastern Kalahari Bushveld, South Africa	5

Influence of different temperatures on seedling growth and development of Calobota sericea , a semi-arid rangeland species of South Africa	5
A tribute to Winston Smuts Watts Trollope – a firebrand and visionary in fire research	5
Book Review: ‘Global Application of Prescribed Fire’Book Review: ‘Global Application of Prescribed Fire’, Edited by John R Weir and Derek Scasta, 2022, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 320 pages, ISBN 97810	4
Intentions behind common and risky fires in south-eastern Tanzania	4
Evaluation of in situ and ex situ forage germplasm collections reveals the first occurrence and seed-transmission of alfalfa mosaic virus	4
Rewilding – the Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery	4
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States	3
Assessment of the impact of woody species encroachment on plant species diversity and the livelihood of pastoralists in southeastern Ethiopia	3
Genetic analysis of Panicum coloratum var. makarikariense caryopsis retention	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	3
Book Review. Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands	3
The recent fire regimes of Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks, Angola	3
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	3
Nearly six decades of grazing research published by the Grassland Society of Southern Africa: trends, recommendations and gaps	3
Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa	3
Selection and evaluation of promising indigenous fodder trees and shrubs as supplemental diets for ruminant animals across different agroecological environments	3
Assessing long-term nutrient and lime enrichment effects on a subtropical South African grassland	3
The diversity of epigeal insects after the application of the brush packing restoration method following bush-encroachment control in South Africa	2
Characteristics of herbaceous vegetation on abandoned fallow fields in south central Zimbabwe	2
Fieldwork Ready: An Introductory Guide to Field Research for Agriculture, Environment and Soil Scientists	2
Effect of slope aspect on vegetation characteristics in mountain rangelands of Tajikistan: considerations for future ecological management and restoration	2
Effects of short-duration kraaling depend on initial conditions in a mesic grassland	2
Nourishment – What animals can teach us about rediscovering our nutritional wisdom	2
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	2
Vegetation diversity and composition in relation to different grazing intensity levels in an arid environment in Jordan	2
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	1
Response of improved Brachiaria (Urochloa) grass cultivars to foliar diseases and their agronomic performances in Rwanda	1
The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 4: grasslands and savannas within Mokala National Park, South Africa	1
African Journal of Range and Forage Science : paving the way to restoration in African rangelands	1
Fire suppression interacts with soil acidity to maintain stable recalcitrant pyrogenic carbon fractions in South African mesic grasslands soil	1
Associative nitrogen fixation could be common in South African mesic grassland	1
Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas	1
Nutritional properties and in vitro gas production in cactus pear ( Opuntia stricta ) and cassava ( Manihot esculenta	1
Long-term frequent fires do not decrease topsoil carbon and nitrogen in an Afromontane grassland	1
Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?	1
Calibration and evaluation of a CROPGRO Perennial Forage Model for Brachiaria humidicola yield simulation under future climate in subhumid environments of Ethiopia	1
Germination performance of different forage grass species at different salinity (NaCl) concentrations	1
The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 1: grasslands and savannas in the central Kruger National Park, South Africa	1
Rethinking radical veld improvement: a sustainable approach to grazing land restoration?	1
Drivers of change in vegetation and soil in the Gamka Karoo: grazing versus rainfall	1
Nutritional quality of Calobota sericea fodders harvested at different phenological stages – opportunities for inclusion in fodder flow programs for extensive livestock	1
A review of the responses of medium- to large-sized African mammals to fire	1
Grazing capacity change on a small Mediterranean-type South African offshore island following the control of invasive alien European rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )	1
Comparison of three soil health indicators between different vegetative strip compositions	1
Book Review. Caring for Natural Rangelands (improved 2nd edition)	1
Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems	1
The influence of grass competition and soil moisture on the growth and phenology of Karoo shrubs in the Eastern Upper Karoo	1
Expansion of the Grassland Biome in the eastern Karoo corresponds with changes in rainfall and livestock numbers	1
The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 2:Dichrostachys cinereapatches and adjacent grassland in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa	1
Shepherding is not a shot in the dark: evidence of low predation losses from the Northern Cape province of South Africa	1

The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 3:Colophospermum mopaneshrublands and woodlands in the central Kruger National Park, South Africa	1
Fire and herbivory shape belowground bud banks in a semi-arid African savanna	1