OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agronomy for Sustainable Development is 31. 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.)

Article	Citations
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	225
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	138
Salinity effects on rice, rice weeds, and strategies to secure crop productivity and effective weed control. A review	113
STICS crop model and Sentinel-2 images for monitoring rice growth and yield in the Camargue region	98
Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a delicate balance between control and harnessing potential benefits. A review	84
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress	74
Agricultural technology as a driver of sustainable intensification: insights from the diffusion and focus of patents	70
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	57
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	56
Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A review	55
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	55
Mid-season variable-rate algorithm for organic and mineral rice fertilization	53
Archetypes of climate change adaptation among large-scale arable farmers in southern Romania	46
Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review	45
Temporal behaviour of cacao clone production over 18 years	45
Soil organic carbon stock change following perennialization: a meta-analysis	44
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review	44
The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective	43
Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis	43
Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system	42
Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands	41
Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review	40
Analyzing unexploitable, agronomic, and non-agronomic yield gaps in irrigated barley growing areas of arid and frost-prone regions from Iran	39
Current and emerging biodegradable mulch films based on polysaccharide bio-composites. A review	34
Agronomic performance, nitrogen acquisition and water-use efficiency of the perennial grain crop Thinopyrum intermedium in a monoculture and intercropped with alfalfa in Scandinavia	34

Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions	34
Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam	34
Proposal and extensive test of a calibration protocol for crop phenology models	34
Correction to: Incorporating energy cover crops for biogas production into agricultural systems: benefits and environmental impacts. A review	33
Alien vs. herbivore: ant-mediated plant defense as an option for biological control of leafcutter ants	31
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation with field aged biochar may enhance water and rice productivity	31
Long-term active restoration of degraded grasslands enhances vegetation resilience by altering the soil seed bank	31