Journal of Arid Land

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Arid Land 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Erratum to: Soil evolution along an alluvial-loess transect in the Herat Plain, western Afghanistan57
Benefits and ecological restoration implications of hanging grass fences in Mongolian desert steppe48
Formation and ecological response of sand patches in the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, China41
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China40
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset40
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem37
Effects of different ridge-furrow mulching systems on yield and water use efficiency of summer maize in the Loess Plateau of China34
Nutrient resorption and its influencing factors of typical desert plants in different habitats on the northern margin of the Tarim Basin, China32
Wind dynamic environment and wind-sand erosion and deposition processes on different surfaces along the Dunhuang–Golmud railway, China31
Hydrochemistry and environmental implications in the western alpine region of China31
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China30
Impact of land use/land cover types on surface humidity in northern China in the early 21st century26
Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates24
Reclamation during oasification is conducive to the accumulation of the soil organic carbon pool in arid land24
Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years22
Thriving green havens in baking deserts: Plant diversity and species composition of urban plantations in the Sahara Desert21
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of vegetation net primary productivity in the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, China from 2001 to 202020
Spatiotemporal variation in vegetation net primary productivity and its relationship with meteorological factors in the Tarim River Basin of China from 2001 to 2020 based on the Google Earth Engine19
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services17
Future meteorological drought conditions in southwestern Iran based on the NEX-GDDP climate dataset17
Host plant traits play a crucial role in shaping the composition of epiphytic microbiota in the arid desert, Northwest China17
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran16
Effects of desert plant communities on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon in the proluvial fan in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China16
Reasonable grazing may balance the conflict between grassland utilization and soil conservation in the semi-arid hilly areas, China16
Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China15
High-frequency climatic fluctuations over the past 30 ka in northwestern margin of the East Asian monsoon region, China15
Predicting potential invasion risks of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in the arid area of Saudi Arabia15
Grazing alters sandy soil greenhouse gas emissions in a sand-binding area of the Hobq Desert, China15
Understanding and simulating of three-dimensional subsurface hydrological partitioning in an alpine mountainous area, China14
Three-dimensional (3D) parametric measurements of individual gravels in the Gobi region using point cloud technique14
Response of vegetation variation to climate change and human activities in the Shiyang River Basin of China during 2001–202214
A review of science–policy interface for water governance in the Caspian Sea14
Assessment of runoff changes in the sub-basin of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin, China based on multiple methods14
Impact of urban sprawl on land surface temperature in the Mashhad City, Iran: A deep learning and cloud-based remote sensing analysis13
Effects of the growing-maize canopy and irrigation characteristics on the ability to funnel sprinkler water13
Study of the intensity and driving factors of land use/cover change in the Yarlung Zangbo River, Nyang Qu River, and Lhasa River region, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China13
Response of ecosystem carbon storage to land use change from 1985 to 2050 in the Ningxia Section of Yellow River Basin, China13
Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of land use/land cover (LULC) changes in the Jinghe River Basin, China12
Occurrence, sources, and relationships of soil microplastics with adsorbed heavy metals in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China12
Evaluation of CRU TS, GPCC, AgMERRA, and AgCFSR meteorological datasets for estimating climate and crop variables: A case study of maize in Qazvin Province, Iran12
Influence of vapor pressure deficit on vegetation growth in China12
Carbon inputs regulate the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in temperate forests12
Land use change and its driving factors in the ecological function area: A case study in the Hedong Region of the Gansu Province, China12
Land use and cover change and influencing factor analysis in the Shiyang River Basin, China12
Leaf morpho-physiology and phytochemistry of olive trees as affected by cultivar type and increasing aridity12
Leguminosae plants play a key role in affecting soil physical-chemical and biological properties during grassland succession after farmland abandonment in the Loess Plateau, China12
Effects of temperature and salinity on the seed germination of Limonium strictissimum (Salzm.) Arrigoni in the Mediterranean Basin11
Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of habitat quality in Hohhot City of China based on the InVEST and CA-Markov models11
Plant cover as an estimator of above-ground biomass in semi-arid woody vegetation in Northeast Patagonia, Argentina11
Erosion on marginal slopes of unpaved roads in semi-arid Brazil, and the role of Caatinga vegetation in sediment retention and disconnectivity11
Effect of sand-fixing vegetation on the hydrological regulation function of sand dunes and its practical significance11
Parkland trees on smallholder farms ameliorate soil physical-chemical properties in the semi-arid area of Tigray, Ethiopia11
Soil seed bank is affected by transferred soil thickness and properties in the reclaimed coal mine in the Qilian Mountains, China11
Spatial-temporal variations of ecological vulnerability in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China10
Controlled drainage in the Nile River delta of Egypt: a promising approach for decreasing drainage off-site effects and enhancing yield and water use efficiency of wheat10
Effects of land-use patterns on soil microbial diversity and composition in the Loess Plateau, China10
Spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of soil protection in the wind-water erosion area of Chinese Loess Plateau10
Succession of soil bacterial and fungal communities of Caragana korshinskii plantation in a typical agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China over a 50-a period10
Modelling the dead fuel moisture content in a grassland of Ergun City, China10
Morphological change and migration of revegetated dunes in the Ketu Sandy Land of the Qinghai Lake, China9
Spatial variability between glacier mass balance and environmental factors in the High Mountain Asia9
Combination of artificial zeolite and microbial fertilizer to improve mining soils in an arid area of Inner Mongolia, China9
Temporal and spatial variations of net primary productivity and its response to groundwater of a typical oasis in the Tarim Basin, China9
Exploring groundwater quality in semi-arid areas of Algeria: Impacts on potable water supply and agricultural sustainability9
Dependency of litter decomposition on litter quality, climate change, and grassland type in the alpine grassland of Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China9
An arthropod community beyond the dry limit of plant life9
Land use/cover change and ecological network in Gansu Province, China during 2000–2020 and their simulations in 20509
Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem9
Research on wind erosion processes and controlling factors based on wind tunnel test and 3D laser scanning technology8
Projections of temperature extremes based on preferred CMIP5 models: a case study in the Kaidu-Kongqi River basin in Northwest China8
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning8
Projection of hydrothermal condition in Central Asia under four SSP-RCP scenarios8
Influence of land use on spatial distribution of primary productivity in aquatic environment in the Weihe River Basin, China8
Monitoring rock desert formation caused by two different origins (ice-snow melting and drying) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China by considering topographic and meteorological elements8
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China8
Quantifying major sources of uncertainty in projecting the impact of climate change on wheat grain yield in dryland environments8
Dew amount and its long-term variation in the Kunes River Valley, Northwest China8
Rhizobacteria facilitate physiological and biochemical drought tolerance of Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss8
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits8
Characteristics of snow cover distribution along railway subgrade and the protective effect of snow fences8
Mechanism underlying the uprooting of taproot-type shrub species in the loess area of northeastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China7
Optimal bandwidth selection for retrieving Cu content in rock based on hyperspectral remote sensing7
Responses of plant diversity and soil microorganism diversity to nitrogen addition in the desert steppe, China7
Spatiotemporal evolution of ecological environment quality and its drivers in the Helan Mountain, China7
Promoting the production of salinized cotton field by optimizing water and nitrogen use efficiency under drip irrigation7
Estimation of rock Fe content based on hyperspectral indices7
Urban growth scenario projection using heuristic cellular automata in arid areas considering the drought impact7
Exogenous addition of nitrate nitrogen regulates the uptake and translocation of lead (Pb) by Iris lacteal Pall. var. chinensis (Fisch.) Koidz.7
Distribution patterns of fire regime in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa7
Spatiotemporal variations of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Gobi desert, Northwest China7
Runoff simulation and hydropower resource prediction of the Kaidu River Basin in the Tianshan Mountains, China7
Monitoring vegetation drought in the nine major river basins of China based on a new developed Vegetation Drought Condition Index7
Radial growth of Platycladus orientalis Linn. and its growth resilience after extreme droughts along a precipitation gradient7
Check dam extraction from remote sensing images using deep learning and geospatial analysis: A case study in the Yanhe River Basin of the Loess Plateau, China7
Environmental significance and hydrochemical characteristics of rivers in the western region of the Altay Mountains, China7
Spatiotemporal variation of forest land and its driving factors in the agropastoral ecotone of northern China6
Spatial changes and driving factors of lake water quality in Inner Mongolia, China6
Using statistical models and GIS to delimit the groundwater recharge potential areas and to estimate the infiltration rate: A case study of Nadhour-Sisseb-El Alem Basin, Tunisia6
Effects of climate change and land-use changes on spatiotemporal distributions of blue water and green water in Ningxia, Northwest China6
Characteristics of root pullout resistance of Caragana korshinskii Kom. in the loess area of northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China6
Monitoring and analysis of snow cover change in an alpine mountainous area in the Tianshan Mountains, China6
Effects of different types of guardrails on sand transportation of desert highway pavement6
Formation mechanisms and remediation techniques for low-efficiency artificial shelter forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau6
Landscape ecological risk assessment and its driving factors in the Weihe River basin, China6
Temporal and spatial variation characteristics of extreme precipitation on the Loess Plateau of China facing the precipitation process6
Large scale sand saltation over hard surface: a controlled experiment in still air6
Spatiotemporal variations in ecological quality of Otindag Sandy Land based on a new modified remote sensing ecological index6
Effects of native and invasive Prosopis species on topsoil physiochemical properties in an arid riparian forest of Hormozgan Province, Iran5
Contents and spatial distribution patterns of heavy metals in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert, China5
Plant property regulates soil bacterial community structure under altered precipitation regimes in a semi-arid desert grassland, China5
Image recognition and empirical application of desert plant species based on convolutional neural network5
Impact of climate change on water resources in the Yarmouk River Basin of Jordan5
Assessment of rehabilitation strategies for lakes affected by anthropogenic and climatic changes: A case study of the Urmia Lake, Iran5
Effects of water stress on growth phenology photosynthesis and leaf water potential in Stipagrostis ciliata (Desf.) De Winter in North Africa5
Nitrogen application levels based on critical nitrogen absorption regulate processing tomatoes productivity, nitrogen uptake, nitrate distributions, and root growth in Xinjiang, China5
Interactive effects of deficit irrigation and vermicompost on yield, quality, and irrigation water use efficiency of greenhouse cucumber5
Spatiotemporal variation and influencing factors of desertification sensitivity on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China5
Effects of vegetation near-soil-surface factors on runoff and sediment reduction in typical grasslands on the Loess Plateau, China5
Two-dimensional hydrodynamic robust numerical model of soil erosion based on slopes and river basins5
Diversity of soil bacteria and fungi communities in artificial forests of the sandy-hilly region of Northwest China5
Environmental factors influencing the distribution of endangered endemic species Hedysarum criniferum Boiss in arid and semi-arid rangelands, Iran5
Effects of mixed-based biochar on water infiltration and evaporation in aeolian sand soil4
Rock mechanical characteristics and landscape evolutionary mechanism of the slit-type Danxia landform on the Chinese Loess Plateau4
Antelope adaptations to counteract overheating and water deficit in arid environments4
Extreme drought with seasonal timing consistently promotes CH4 uptake through inconsistent pathways in a temperate grassland, China4
Exploration of playa surface crusts in Qehan Lake, China through field investigation and wind tunnel experiments4
Separating emitted dust from the total suspension in airflow based on the characteristics of PM10 vertical concentration profiles on a Gobi surface in northwestern China4
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on soil microbial community structure and ecological processes in the farmland of Chinese Loess Plateau4
Effects of drought treatment on photosystem II activity in the ephemeral plant Erodium oxyrhinchum4
Spatiotemporal characteristics of seed rain and soil seed bank of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest in the Tengger Desert, China4
Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in the Three-North region of China4
Responses of vegetation yield to precipitation and reference evapotranspiration in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China4
Identifying water vapor sources of precipitation in forest and grassland in the north slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia4
Contribution of groundwater to the formation of sand dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China4
Morphological and physiological differences in heteromorphic leaves of male and female Populus euphratica Oliv.4
Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of ecosystem services in Central Asia4
Glacier mass balance and its impacts on streamflow in a typical inland river basin in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China4
Synergistic effects of multiple driving factors on the runoff variations in the Yellow River Basin, China4
Seasonal variations in glacier velocity in the High Mountain Asia region during 2015–20204
Multi-scenario simulation of land use change and its impact on ecosystem services in the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China4
Effect of coir geotextile and geocell on ephemeral gully erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China4
Ecological effect of the plantation of Sabina vulgaris in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China4
Estimation of aboveground biomass of arboreal species in the semi-arid region of Brazil using SAR (synthetic aperture radar) images4
Effects of water and nitrogen on growth and relative competitive ability of introduced versus native C4 grass species in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China4
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve biomass, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller under different water levels3
Spatiotemporal variation of surface albedo and its influencing factors in northern Xinjiang, China3
Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia3
Mathematical and statistical modeling of morphometric and planar parameters of barchans in Pashoeyeh Erg in the west of Lut Desert, Iran3
Reducing water and nitrogen inputs combined with plastic mulched ridge-furrow irrigation improves soil water and salt status in arid saline areas, China3
Afforestation with an age-sequence of Mongolian pine plantation promotes soil microbial residue accumulation in the Horqin Sandy Land, China3
Spatiotemporal evolution and future simulation of land use/land cover in the Turpan-Hami Basin, China3
Competition, spatial pattern, and regeneration of Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum communities in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China3
Climate change impacts on the streamflow of Zarrineh River, Iran3
Modern pollen assemblages and their relationships with vegetation and climate on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China3
Adjustment of precipitation measurements using Total Rain weighing Sensor (TRwS) gauges in the cryospheric hydrometeorology observation (CHOICE) system of the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China3
Combining RUSLE model and the vegetation health index to unravel the relationship between soil erosion and droughts in southeastern Tunisia3
An over review of desertification in Xinjiang, Northwest China3
Variations of soil bacterial community structure and function under different habitats of Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. in the upper reaches of the Tarim River, Northwest China3
Comparison of isotope-based linear and Bayesian mixing models in determining moisture recycling ratio3
Impacts of extreme climate and vegetation phenology on net primary productivity across the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China from 1982 to 20203
Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of habitat quality in the loess hilly area of the Yellow River Basin: A case study of Lanzhou City, China3
Effects of wind speed, underlying surface, and seed morphological traits on the secondary seed dispersal in the Tengger Desert, China3
Ecosystem service values of gardens in the Yellow River Basin, China3
Ecological security pattern construction using landscape ecological quality: A case study of Yanchi County, northern China3
Contribution of underlying terrain to sand dunes: evidence from the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China3
Degradation of alpine meadows exacerbated plant community succession and soil nutrient loss on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China3
Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on litter decomposition in forests and grasslands in China3
Influence of varied drought types on soil conservation service within the framework of climate change: insights from the Jinghe River Basin, China3
Assessment of plant diversity of endemic species of the Saharo-Arabian region in Egypt3
Economic losses from reduced freshwater under future climate scenarios: An example from the Urumqi River, Tianshan Mountains3
Dynamics of groundwater recharge near a semi-arid Mediterranean intermittent stream under wet and normal climate conditions3
Evaluation of the water conservation function in the Ili River Delta of Central Asia based on the InVEST model3
Spatiotemporal changes of eco-environmental quality based on remote sensing-based ecological index in the Hotan Oasis, Xinjiang2
Evaluating the soil evaporation loss rate in a gravel-sand mulching environment based on stable isotopes data2
Feature extraction and analysis of reclaimed vegetation in ecological restoration area of abandoned mines based on hyperspectral remote sensing images2
Scenario simulation of water retention services under land use/cover and climate changes: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China2
Attribution analysis and multi-scenario prediction of NDVI drivers in the Xilin Gol grassland, China2
Assessment of ecological quality in Northwest China (2000–2020) using the Google Earth Engine platform: Climate factors and land use/land cover contribute to ecological quality2
Oxygen and hydrogen isotope characteristics of different water bodies in the Burqin River Basin of the Altay Mountains, China2
Transformation among precipitation, surface water, groundwater, and mine water in the Hailiutu River Basin under mining activity2
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf nutrient concentrations and nutrient resorption efficiency of two dominant alpine grass species2
Heterogeneity and non-linearity of ecosystem responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountains National Park, China2
Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of cultivated land conversion in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China2
Spatiotemporal variation of land surface temperature and its driving factors in Xinjiang, China2
Investigating the causes of Lake Urmia shrinkage: climate change or anthropogenic factors?2
Combined effects of polymer SH and ryegrass on the water-holding characteristics of loess2
Spatiotemporal variation and correlation of soil enzyme activities and soil physicochemical properties in canopy gaps of the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China2
Application of the InVEST model for assessing water yield and its response to precipitation and land use in the Weihe River Basin, China2
Evolution of groundwater recharge-discharge balance in the Turpan Basin of China during 1959–20212
A new method of searching for concealed Au deposits by using the spectrum of arid desert plant species2
Effects of film-stalk spaced dual mulching system on corn growth and yield2
Correlation analysis between the Aral Sea shrinkage and the Amu Darya River2
Subsurface irrigation with ceramic emitters improves wolfberry yield and economic benefits on the Tibetan Plateau, China2
Driving forces behind the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land-use and land-cover change: A case study of the Weihe River Basin, China2
Disturbance of plateau zokor-made mound stimulates plant community regeneration in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China2
Runoff change in the Yellow River Basin of China from 1960 to 2020 and its driving factors2
Projecting future precipitation change across the semi-arid Borana lowland, southern Ethiopia2
Improving irrigation management in wheat farms through the combined use of the AquaCrop and WinSRFR models2
A CMIP6-based assessment of regional climate change in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains2
Sediment yield and erosion-deposition distribution characteristics in ephemeral gullies in black soil areas under geocell protection2
Root system architecture and its scaling relationships of Reaumuria soongorica in Alxa steppe desert, Northwest China2
Glacier area change and its impact on runoff in the Manas River Basin, Northwest China from 2000 to 20202
A new monitoring index for ecological vulnerability and its application in the Yellow River Basin, China from 2000 to 20222
Estimation of evapotranspiration from artificial forest in mountainous areas of western Loess Plateau based on HYDRUS-1D model2
Nutrient coordination mechanism of tiger nut induced by rhizosphere soil nutrient variation in an arid area, China2
Long-term light grazing does not change soil organic carbon stability and stock in biocrust layer in the hilly regions of drylands2
Saxicolous lichen communities in three basins associated with mining activity in northwestern Argentina2
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