OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Land Degradation & Development is 34. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Dual Controls of Shrub Encroachment in Semiarid Grasslands: Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Nitrogen Cycling	148
What Is the Effect of Long‐Term Revegetation on Soil Stoichiometry? Case Study Based on In Situ Long‐Term Monitoring on the Loess Plateau, China	108
Integrating Ecological Security Pattern and Sustainable Development Goals: A Multi‐Scale Framework for Arid Cities	102
Impact of Major Road Network on Landscape and Growth Pattern in Tehri Region: A Geospatial Technique	89
Rural–Urban Linkages and Development: A GIS‐MCDA Approach to Sustainable Cyclo‐Tourism and Rural Land Protection	89
Analytical framework using remote sensing and water geochemistry to assess changes in landscapes with high ecological and social value	82
Soil Polychlorinated Biphenyl Dissipation and Mung Bean Production Influenced by Ryegrass, Nanoscale Zero‐Valent Iron and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus	68
The incorporation of straw into the subsoil increases C, N, and P enzyme activities and nutrient supply by enriching distinctive functional microorganisms	59
Alpine SOC and Microbial Community Assembly Were Buffered Through Soil Pore Structure Along an Altitudinal Gradient	51
A comprehensive review of the impact of farmland property rights stability on farmers' land use and protection behaviors	42
From wasteland to oasis: Transformative effects of trees on farmland and livelihoods	42
Future changes in soil salinization across Central Asia under CMIP6 forcing scenarios	41
Long‐term combined subsoiling and straw mulching conserves water and improves agricultural soil properties	41
Restoration of degraded sodic soils through silvipastoral systems in the Indo‐Gangetic Plains	41
Distribution of some potentially toxic elements in the soils of the Jharia Coalfield: A probabilistic approach for source identification and risk assessment	40
Multiple Environmental Variables as Covariates to Improve the Accuracy of Spatial Prediction Models for SOM on Karst Aera	40
Elucidating the response mechanisms of hydrological and sediment connectivity to the river network structure, vegetation, and topographic features in the Jinghe River Basin	39
Allocation and transfer of photosynthetic ¹³C in the vegetation‐soil system and its response to permafrost degradation	39
Desalinization effect of simulated cut‐soiler‐based residue filled preferential shallow subsurface drainage: Improvement of physiology and yield of rain‐fed pearl millet in saline semiarid regions	39
Land Use Planning for Land Degradation Neutrality: Reflections and Critical Challenges	39
Moss establishment in restoration: The role of moss production method and short‐term benefits of abscisic acid	39
Spatial distribution of trace and rare earth elements of bottom sediments in Lake Ostrowite, Bory Tucholskie National Park, Poland	38
Effects of rapeseed residue organic fertilizer on cadmium toxicity in soil and its uptake and transfer by rice plants (Oryza sativa L.)	38
Freeze–Thaw Dynamics in Postindustrial Soil: Implications for Metal Stability and Soil Enzymatic Activity During Phytostabilization	37
Predicting Soil Nutrient Classes Using Vis–NIR Spectroscopy to Support Sustainable Farming Decisions	37

Ecological Impacts of Cultivated Land Conversion and Urban Eco‐Resilience in the COP29 Era	36
Developing SWAT‐S to strengthen the soil erosion forecasting performance of the SWAT model	36
Clonal propagation, scale dependent assembly, and nucleation drives natural regeneration in a restinga sandy coastal plain	36
Novel hybrid ravine vulnerability index‐based identification of potential reclamation zones for Western India	35
Land degradation and development in India: Status quo, challenges and opportunities	35
Impacts of infiltration holes on rainfall‐runoff production on slopes treated with engineering measures: A simulation study in the Loess Plateau of China	35
Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Drivers of Ecosystem Health Integrating Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study of Qilian Mountain National Park, China	35
Secondary succession of soil, plants, and bacteria following the recovery of abandoned croplands in two semi‐arid steppes	35
Earthworm Population and Diversity Enhanced Under Conservation Management Practices in Intensified Rice‐Fallow System of South Asia	35
Divergent changes in microbial communities and nutrients upon forest floor humus layer of the sandy Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantation in northeast of China	34
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