OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Agronomy for Sustainable Development is 30. 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
Relevance of soil fertility spatial databases for parameterizing APSIM-wheat crop model in Moroccan rainfed areas	338
Using olive mill waste compost with sprinkler irrigation as a strategy to achieve sustainable rice cropping under Mediterranean conditions	206
Long-term ley and manure managements have consistent effects on microbial functional profiles and organic C groups across soils from a latitudinal gradient	126
Economic optimization of sustainable soil management: a Dutch case study	105
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry	84
Design and multicriteria assessment of low-input cropping systems based on plant diversification in southwestern France	80
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review	69
Organic management of cattle and pigs in Mediterranean systems: energy efficiency and ecosystem services	65
Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review	52
A conceptual framework for the contextualization of crop model applications and outputs in participatory research	51
Creating shared value(s) from On-Farm Experimentation: ten key lessons learned from the development of the SoYield® digital solution in Africa	48
A yield comparison between small-plot and on-farm foliar fungicide trials in soybean and maize	48
Introduction of alternative crops in the Mediterranean to satisfy EU Green Deal goals. A review	46
Agronomic and genetic assessment of organic wheat performance in England: a field-scale cultivar evaluation with a network of farms	42
Single-row exclusion nets: an alternative pest control method with no detectable impact on breeding bird assemblages in orchards bordered by hedgerows	42
Comparison of models for leaf blotch disease management in wheat based on historical yield and weather data in the Nordic-Baltic region	40
Available water capacity from a multidisciplinary and multiscale viewpoint. A review	40
The South African perennial legume Lebeckia ambigua sustainably supports livestock production on infertile soils in rain-fed agro-ecosystems	40
Tillage and reseeding effects on soil carbon stocks: evidence from 500 agricultural grasslands in the UK	39
Targeted timing of hairy vetch cover crop termination with roller crimper can eliminate glyphosate requirements in no-till sunflower	38
Biological seed treatments promote crop establishment and yield: a global meta-analysis	38
Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercropping performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland	37
A classification scheme for urban agriculture combining technical properties with characteristics related to the economic and social sustainability	37
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors	36
Assessing production gaps at the tree scale: definition and application to mango (Mangifera indica L.) in West Africa	34

Reducing competition in forage maize intercropped with tall fescue through herbicides, plant types, and sowing density	32
Acrocomia spp.: neglected crop, ballyhooed multipurpose palm or fit for the bioeconomy? A review	32
The spatial distribution and height of associated crops influence cocoa tree productivity in complex agroforestry systems	32
Designing agroecological systems across scales: a new analytical framework	31
Farming ducks in a maize field: a new and potential crop-livestock system from China	30
Designing high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China	30