OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Agronomy is 36. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Pod canopy staggered-layer cultivation increases rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) yield by improving population canopy structure and fully utilizing light-energy resources	110
Input uncertainty in CSM-CERES-wheat modeling: Dry farming and irrigated conditions using alternative weather and soil data	98
Corrigendum to “Yield responses of arable crops to liming – An evaluation of relationships between yields and soil pH from a long-term liming experiment” [Eur. J. Agron. 105 (2019) 176–188]	82
Long-term effects of wheat continuous cropping vs wheat in crop rotation on carbon content and mineralisation, aggregate stability, biological activity, and crop yield	80
Soil texture involvement in wildflower strip ecosystem services delivery in Mediterranean agro-environment	79
Long-term effects of optimized fertilization, tillage and crop rotation on soil fertility, crop yield and economic profit on the Loess Plateau	77
Achieving wheat seedling freezing injury assessment during the seedling stage using Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and hyperspectral imaging technology	73
Winter barley grown in a long-term field trial with a large variation in N supply: Grain yield, yield components, protein concentration and their trends	69
Global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of a sugarcane model considering the trash blanket effect	66
Optimising the effect of nitrogen on winter oilseed rape grain yield in China: A meta-analysis	65
Yield gaps and the driving factors under different plant density of spring maize in North China Plain	57
Calibration of the STICS crop model combining remote sensing data and farmer information	54
Enhancing irrigation scheduling by application efficiency estimations and soil moisture simulations	50
Phenolic content and profile of olive fruits: Impact of contrasting thermal regimes in non-Mediterranean growing environments	48
Predicting the nitrogen content of mediterranean forage crops: A remote sensing approach	48
Maize planting date and maturity in the US central Great Plains: Exploring windows for maximizing yields	48
Combining green manuring with ridge-mulching improves the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in drylands	47
Editorial Board	45
Dissimilarity in root traits and spatial distribution promotes the productivity of Piper nigrum L. and tree species in mixture systems	45
Optimizing winter wheat varieties for yield and net ecosystem productivity under climate change in the North China Plain	45
Optimization of agronomic management positively affects soil GHG emission: Viable solutions of mitigation in moist and dry Mediterranean climate zones	45
Optimizing nitrogen management enhances stalk lodging resistance and grain yield in dense planting maize by improving canopy light distribution	44
Artificial intelligence and multispectral imaging in coffee production: A systematic literature review	43
Delaying tillering nitrogen topdressing until the midtillering phase improves nitrogen use efficiency and reduces ammonia emission via rice canopy recapture	43
Nitrogen reduction enhances crop productivity, decreases soil nitrogen loss and optimize its balance in wheat-maize cropping area of the Loess Plateau, China	42

Genetic progress in 50 years of potato breeding in India: Where do we stand?	41
Characterizing apple production in China’s apple planting region: Biophysical simulation and machine learning analysis of quality determinants	40
Crop responses to application of optimum nitrogen fertilizers on soils of various fertilities formed from long-term fertilization regimes	40
Utilization of cattle slurry, biogas digestates and separated digestates by injection to organically managed spring barley	39
Deep fertilization combined with straw incorporation improved rice lodging resistance and soil properties of paddy fields	39
Assessing genetics, biophysical, and management factors related to soybean seed protein variation in Brazil	39
Evaluation of MSWX gridded data for modeling of wheat performance across Iran	38
Grass-legume intercropping pasture system improves physiological activity and yield of postcrop soybeans	38
Integrating phenology information with UAV multispectral data for rice nitrogen nutrition diagnosis	37
Inter-row floor management is a powerful factor for optimising vine balance in a non-irrigated organic Barbera vineyard in northern Italy	37
Crop residue decomposition and nutrient release are independently affected by nitrogen fertilization, plastic film mulching, and residue type	36
Spatial-temporal coupling pattern between irrigation demand and soil moisture dynamics throughout wheat-maize rotation system in the North China Plain	36
Winter wheat maturity date prediction using MODIS/ECMWF data: Accuracy evaluation and spatiotemporal variation analysis	36
Integrating phenology knowledge and Bayesian networks to map cropping patterns in South China	36