OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Rangeland Journal is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental drivers of above-ground biomass in semi-arid rangelands	31
Herbage yield stability of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) genotypes across rain-fed environments	27
A typology of Australian beef producers and the sustainability challenge	24
Carbon sequestration uncertainty: is grazing-induced soil organic carbon accrual offset by inorganic carbon loss?	19
Shrubs alter alpha and beta diversity of soil fauna in a semiarid grassland	12
Conflict actors influence the dynamics of agropastoral policies to accommodate their preferences and expectations in Ghana	10
The effects of clipping frequency and nitrogen fertilisation on greenhouse gas emissions and net ecosystem exchange in an Australian temperate grassland	10
Rethinking policies for pastoralists – governing the rangelands	9
Quantifying woody plant health and its implications for estimates of aboveground biomass in rangeland ecosystems	8
Using digital photography to monitor changes in biocrusts and ground cover in a savanna rangeland	7
Tradeoff between production and regulation functions of semi-arid rangelands	7
Breaking the wildfire cycle: progressive fire management can shift fire regimes and improve ecosystem condition. A case study from a large conservation reserve in northern Australia	7
Active restoration of extremely degraded grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: a review	7
Temporal variation in the chemical composition of Nassella trichotoma under a defoliation gradient	7
Sown grass–legume production paddocks have potential to improve beef enterprise productivity in the seasonally dry monsoonal tropics of northern Queensland	6
Arid erosion mapping: comparing LiDAR and structure from motion	6
Measuring transaction costs of grassland eco-compensation policies: the case of the Compensation and Rewards Policy for Grassland Protection in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	6
Changes in land management practices have reduced wind erosion in the cropping areas of far south-western NSW, Australia	6
Reimagining the northern Australian beef industry; review of feedbase opportunities for growth	5
Rehabilitating vegetation and demonstrating co-benefits in highly degraded rangelands draining to the Great Barrier Reef: seven things to consider	5
Carbon sequestration in woody biomass of mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands: confidence in prediction using the carbon accounting model FullCAM	5
A remotely sensed weight gain model for sheep in the semi-arid Karoo shrublands of South Africa	5
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe	4
Donkey production systems and breeding practices in selected districts of South Omo Zone, southern Ethiopia	4
Resource partitioning between Caucasian chamois and domestic sheep in mountain pastures of the eastern Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia	4

Social-identity dynamics in rural communities: a motive for resistance to change	4
Influence of selected environmental variables on the germination of Eucalyptus costata	4
The importance of camel (Camelus dromedaries) in the livelihoods of herders: the case of camel herders’ households in peri-urban N’Djamena and pastoral Fitri, Chad	3
Corrigendum to: Does grazing exclusion in Australia’s rangelands impact biomass and debris carbon stocks?	3
Managing grazing to increase ground cover in rangelands: using remote sensing to detect change	3
Effects of ivermectin on soil nutrient cycling, plant biomass, and dung beetle abundance	3
Processes underpinning natural capital account compilation highlight the potential for low-input grazing to mitigate farm carbon emissions while also improving biodiversity outcomes	3
Augmenting rangeland condition monitoring with drones: potential for carbon farming projects to support widespread ecosystem assessment	2
Applying two remotely-sensed methods for monitoring grazing impacts in the Australian arid zone	2
Rangelands in the Campos region of South America managed as stockpiled forage: impacts on intake, digestibility, nitrogen-use efficiency, and methane emissions in sheep	2
Above-ground carbon in mulga-dominated rangelands, Murchison Bioregion, Western Australia	2
Low-emission beef production in the Southern Rangelands of Western Australia: an analysis of herd structure and stocking rate experiencing droughts	2
Feed conversion efficiency of cattle in pasture-based sedentary production systems in Benin	2
Comparing narratives on carnivore management in a dryland ecosystem: a case study of state-backed lethal control	2
How and why do rangeland changes and their underlying drivers differ across Namibia’s two major land-tenure systems?	2
Triple La Niña 2020–2022 revival: river red gum and coolibah recruitment in the Queensland Murray–Darling Basin floodplain, Australia	2
Predicted effects of simulated ambient warming and moisture on forage nutrient quality and community composition in Mongolian an arid grassland	2