OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arid Land Research and Management 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
Spatial variability of soil water content at the crop row scale with and without straw mulch inside a corn field in semi-humid Northeastern China	24
Seed priming with ascorbic acid improves response of Medicago polymorpha L. seedlings to osmotic stress induced by NaCl and PEG solutions	20
Agroecological sub-zone based sustainable land use in arid Rajasthan (India)	20
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in olive orchard soils in arid regions of Southern Tunisia	18
Screening for native Trichoderma strains as potential biocontrollers of the olive pathogen Verticillium dahliae	12
Biocrust contribution to soil CO₂ flux in desert shrubland ecosystem of northwest Mexico	12
Effects of fertile islands on soil organic carbon density and labile organic carbon distribution in elm ( Ulmus macrocarpa Hance)-dominated sparse wood grasslands in sou	11
Sources of spatial variability of soil salinity: the case of Beni Amir irrigated command areas in the Tadla Plain, Morocco	9
Unsaturated transport of Escherichia coli through disturbed soil column: effect of natural zeolite and cow manure addition	9
Alternate use of fresh and saline waters to improve water productivity and soil sustainability of drip irrigated wheat in a semi-arid region	7
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification degree in the Algerian green barrier over the last four decades (1984–2020)	7
Salicylic acid alleviates the effects of salt stress on the physiology, growth, and production of hydroponic okra	6
Drought tolerance traits in Medicago species: A review	6
Attapulgite application improves maize yield, water, and fertilizer utilization efficiency in newly cultivated sandy farmland in northwestern China	6
Mixed application of biochar, maize straw, and nitrogen can improve organic carbon fractions and available nutrients of a sandy soil	6
Water use efficiency and grain yield of water stressed-field grown triticale as affected by combined application of biochar and biological fertilizer	5
Investigating the effect of superabsorbent hydrogel on hydraulic characteristics of desert soil	5
Rapid land cover change in agricultural valleys of the Atacama Desert, Chile	5
Lasiurus sindicus Henr., a key perennial fodder grass for desert ecosystem	5
Efficiency of MGDA and GLDA ligands in extracting plant-available Zn from calcareous soils: kinetics and optimization of extraction conditions	5
Relationship between germination under osmotic stress and development in Bouteloua curtipendula genotypes: implications for restoration management	5
Fruit quality of ‘Tahiti’ lime grafted onto different rootstocks grown under salt stress	4
Water uptake, anatomical, and biochemical changes of sorghum genotypes subjected to polyethylene glycol-induced drought stress	4
Plant-soil interactions in response to grazing intensity in a semi-arid ecosystem from NE Spain	4
Dust source clay content and salinity estimation using VNIR spectrometry	4

Soil nematode community composition, diversity, and soil properties in an age sequence of Haloxylon ammodendron plantations in an oasis-desert ecotone of northwestern China	4
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving forces of land-use and land-cover change in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China from 1980 to 2018	4
Soil and plant attributes under grazing exclusion in semi-steppic semi-arid rangelands, Iran	3
Effect of biochar on potassium fractions and plant-available P, Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu concentrations of calcareous soils	3
Water conservation strategies in big cordgrass (Desmostachya bipinnataL.) for ecological success in hyper-arid and saline-arid environments	3
Effect of hydrogen peroxide application on physiology, production, and post-harvest quality of mini watermelon under salt stress	3
Long-term effects of land use type and management on sorptivity, macroscopic capillary length and water-conducting porosity of calcareous soils	3
Adaptive traits for drought tolerance in red-grained wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) landraces	3
Effects of fertilizer addition on soil organic carbon content in Chinese farmland: a meta-analysis	3
Soil potassium relations in an arid soil treated with biochar and chemical fertilizers after cultivation with safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) under water stress	3
Characteristics of soil seed bank in global drylands – A review	3
Adaptive strategies for ecological fitness in Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton	3
Distribution characteristics of selenium and influencing factors in the plant–soil system of an arid oasis	2
Predicting the occurrence and decline of Astragalus verus Olivier under climate change scenarios in Central Iran	2
Salinity fractionation of saline-sodic soils reclaimed by CaCl₂-amended brackish ice	2
Understanding how corn-yellow melilot intercropping combined with straw return increased stable organic carbon pool in Mollisols by reducing the application of chemical fertilizer	2
Grass-shrub coexistence: understanding root distribution in ecological sites of the Semiarid Chaco, Argentina	2
Precipitation and time effects on vegetation change in Southern Arizona abandoned farmland	2
GIS-based multi-criteria analysis for flood hazard areas mapping of M’zab wadi basin (Ghardaia, North-Central Algeria)	2
Different sources of nitrogen fertilizer in rainfed maize grown in a semiarid environment	2
Impact of fly ash deposition on plants diversity, metal content, and associated risk on grazing ruminants in the vicinity of Morupule power station, Botswana	2
Morpho-physiological, biochemical, and leaf epidermal responses of Desmostachya bipinnata L. in arid habitats	2
Survival of experimentally buried large, winged seeds from open sandy habitats defies the established theory of relatedness between seed size, shape, and longevity	2
Size class, sex ratio, and spatial distribution of four populations of Pimelea microcephala subsp. microcephala under different long-term	2
Emergence and development of Chihuahuan Desert grasses under simulated wet-dry sequences	1
Soil water migration under three tree species in response to water stress and extreme rainstorms	1
Seed priming with H₂O₂ improves photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in sunflower plants under salt stress	1
Soil wind erodibility and erosion estimation using Landsat satellite imagery and multiple-criteria decision analysis in Urmia Lake Region, Iran	1
Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles improves growth, osmolyte accumulation, antioxidant defence and yield quality of water-stressed mung bean plants	1
Bi-cropping of castor bean and nutri-millets optimizes system productivity, energy efficiency, and carbon footprint in rainfed alfisols of semi-arid tropics	1
Detection of changes in local-scale statistical distribution of daily temperature and precipitation in dryland region: a case study of Ningxia, China	1
Variations in chemical constituents of the rhizosphere of bread wheat genotypes and their significance for using as markers for heat and drought tolerance	1
Soil quality and vegetation cover characteristics as influenced by diverse grazing regimes and soil disturbance histories in a semi-arid rangeland (Iran)	1
Seaweed extract biofertilizer modulates scarlet eggplant tolerance to salt stress	1
Defense strategies in Cenchrus biflorus, C. ciliaris, and C. orientalis to cope with aridity, salinity, and cold stress	1
Ranch-scale soil health, forage quality, and cattle grazing capacity linkages in a high-elevation steppe	1
Effect of precipitation frequency on litter decomposition of three annual species (Setaria viridis, Artemisia sacrorum, and Chenopodium acuminatum) in a semi-arid sandy grassland of nort	1
Analysing spatio-temporal patterns in wintertime rainfall across Iran’s deserts using GPM DPR data	1
Predicting habitat suitability for the endangered speciesHedysarum criniferumBoiss. using a fuzzy model in the semi-arid zone in Iran	1
Exploring the distribution of soil properties across an open-grazed pastoral system in Laikipia rangelands, Kenya	1
Effect of mustard cover crops on corn growth, yield and soil water storage in southwest Texas	1
Shrub influence on soil carbon and nitrogen in a semi-arid grassland is mediated by precipitation and largely insensitive to livestock grazing	1
Carbon and nitrogen allocation in leaf, fine root, soil, and microbial biomass in invasive Prosopis juliflora and native Acacia nilotica in semi-arid forests of the Aravalli hills	1
An elucidation on productivity, energetics, and carbon footprint of different forage land-use systems in semi-arid tropics of Karnataka, India	1