OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Soil and Water Conservation Research is 7. 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
Editorial Board	151
An integrative analysis of hydroclimatic elements in the three-river source region for historical and future periods: Shift toward an intensified hydrological cycle	123
Editorial Board	116
Can hydraulic-energy-indices be effectively used to describe the saturated hydraulic conductivity?	112
Experimental determination of sediment transport capacity of rill flow over sandified loess slope	100
Ephemeral gully recognition and accuracy evaluation using deep learning in the hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau in China	83
Kinetics of native and added carbon mineralization on incubating at different soil and moisture conditions in Typic Ustochrepts and Typic Halustalf	80
New sciences & technologies in soil conservation and eco-sustainability	77
Estimation of soil moisture of a high Andean wetland ecosystem (Bofedal) with geo-radar data and In-Situ measurements, Ayacucho - Peru	72
Augmenting freshwater availability in mountain headwater streams: Assessing the sustainability under baseline and future climate change scenarios	62
Divergent shift of normal alpine meadow exacerbated soil loss of hillslope alpine meadows based on field experiments	51
Near-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity and pore characteristics as influenced by conventional and conservation tillage practices in North-West Himalayan region, India	50
Soil type-dependent effects of drying-wetting sequences on aggregates and their associated OC and N	49
137Cs tracing of the spatial patterns in soil redistribution, organic carbon and total nitrogen in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau	49
Monitoring gully erosion in the European Union: A novel approach based on the Land Use/Cover Area frame survey (LUCAS)	47
An artificial neural network emulator of the rangeland hydrology and erosion model	47
Automated quantification of contouring as support practice for improved soil erosion estimation considering ridges	46
Multi-temporal modeling of road-induced overland flow alterations in a terraced landscape characterized by shallow landslides	44
Runoff and nutrient losses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) production with tied-ridge-furrow rainwater harvesting on sloping land	43
An updated isoerodent map of the conterminous United States	42
Mitigating Severe Hydrological Droughts in the Brazilian Tropical High-land Region: A Novel Land Use Strategy under Climate Change	41
Performance evaluation of a water erosion tracer using plot-scale experiments and process-based modeling	41
Using a modified PAP/RAC model and GIS-for mapping water erosion and causal risk factors: Case study of the Asfalou watershed, Morocco	40
Influence of post-fire root decay-induced soil macropores on slope stability: A new method for analyzing heterogeneous slope stability	40
The varying fetch effect of aeolian sand transport above a gobi surface and its implication for gobi development process	39

An experimental study on the responses of spring snowmelt erosion to driving factors in a Chinese mollisol soil	36
A modified RUSLE model to simulate soil erosion under different ecological restoration types in the loess hilly area	35
Novel sediment source fingerprinting quantifying erosion-induced total nitrogen and total phosphorus outputs from an intensive agricultural catchment, North China	34
Root tensile strength of terrace hedgerow plants in the karst trough valleys of SW China: Relation with root morphology and fiber content	34
Ecological intensification of cropping systems enhances soil functions, mitigates soil erosion, and promotes crop resilience to dry spells in the Brazilian Cerrado	32
Soil loss and runoff obtained with customized precipitation patterns simulated by InfiAsper	31
Effects of initial soil moisture on rill erodibility and critical shear stress factors in the WEPP model across diverse soil types	30
Long-term trends of precipitation and erosivity over Northeast China during 1961–2020	28
Spatiotemporal variations and determinants of stream nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations from a watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	27
Seasonal changes of soil erosion and its spatial distribution on a long gentle hillslope in the Chinese Mollisol region	26
Quantifying spatial distribution of interrill and rill erosion in a loess at different slopes using structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry	26
An examination of thematic research, development, and trends in remote sensing applied to conservation agriculture	26
Towards a better understanding of pathways of multiple co-occurring erosion processes on global cropland	26
Land surface roughness impacted by typical vegetation restoration projects on aeolian sandy lands in the Yarlung Zangbo River valley, southern Tibetan plateau	25
Spatial variability of soil organic carbon stock in an olive orchard at catchment scale in Southern Spain	25
Soil conservation and sustainable development goals(SDGs) achievement in Europe and central Asia: Which role for the European soil partnership?	25
Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo	25
Temporal variability of global potential water erosion based on an improved USLE model	24
Economic comparison of conventional and conservation tillage in a long-term experiment: Is it worth shifting?	23
Assessment of gully erosion susceptibility using different DEM-derived topographic factors in the black soil region of Northeast China	23
The quality attribute of watershed ecosystem is more important than the landscape attribute in controlling erosion of red soil in southern China	23
Factor influencing land degradation sensitivity and desertification in a drought prone watershed in Thailand	23
Semi-automated detection of rangeland runoff and erosion control berms using high-resolution topography data	23
Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective	23
The relative contributions of soil hydrophilicity and raindrop impact to soil aggregate breakdown for a series of textured soils	22
Saturation-excess overland flow in the European loess belt: An underestimated process?	22
Advances in soil erosion research: Mechanisms, modeling and applications - A special issue in honor of Dr. Mark Nearing	21
Rangeland hillslope lengths: A case study at the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, southeastern Arizona	21
Interactions between soil conservation and dryland farming of heterogeneously eroding areas in Loess Hills, China	21
In Memoriam: Dr. John M. Laflen	20
Automatic mapping of gully from satellite images using asymmetric non-local LinkNet: A case study in Northeast China	19
Potential of conservation tillage and altered land configuration to improve soil properties, carbon sequestration and productivity of maize based cropping system in eastern Himalayas, India	19
Evaluation of the effectiveness of an expressway sand protection system in a gobi region—case study of the Ceke–Ejina expressway, Ejina banner, China	19
Crop productivity, soil health, and energy dynamics of Indian Himalayan intensified organic maize-based systems	18
Variations in the disintegration rate of physical crusts induced by artificial rainfall in different alcohol concentrations	18
Watershed management, groundwater recharge and drought resilience: An integrated approach to adapt to rainfall variability in northern Ethiopia	18
Nutrient transport by overland sheet flow on sites containing swine slurry	17
Tracing soil erosion with Fe3O4 magnetic powder: Principle and application	17
National variability in soil organic carbon stock predictions: Impact of bulk density pedotransfer functions	17
Mapping soil erodibility in southeast China at 250 m resolution: Using environmental variables and random forest regression with limited samples	17
Towards defining soil quality of Mediterranean calcareous agricultural soils: Reference values and potential core indicator set	17
Modeling hydrologic responses using multi-site and single-site rainfall generators in a semi-arid watershed	17
Editorial Board	16
Rainfall intensity profile induced changes in surface‒subsurface flow and soil loss as influenced by surface cover type: A long-term in situ field study	16
GIS-based soil maps as tools to evaluate land capability and suitability in a coastal reclaimed area (Ravenna, northern Italy)	16
Carbon sequestration benefits of the grain for Green Program in the hilly red soil region of southern China	16
Influence of mulch and poultry manure application on soil temperature, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency of dry season cultivated okra	16
Visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared spectra as an input variable for digital mapping of soil organic carbon	15
Investigation of environmental and land use impacts in forested permafrost headwaters of the Selenga-Baikal river system, Mongolia - Effects on discharge, water quality and macroinvertebrate diversity	15
Assessing gully erosion and rehabilitation using multi temporal LiDAR DEMs: Case study from the Great Barrier Reef catchments, Australia	15

Estimation of generalized soil structure index based on differential spectra of different orders by multivariate assessment	15
Corrigendum to “Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties” [Int. Soil Water Conserv. Res. 10 (2022) 343–354]	14
The USLE soil erodibility nomograph revisited	14
Runoff- and erosion-reducing effects of vegetation on the loess hillslopes of China under concentrated flow	14
Changes of soil quality induced by different vegetation restoration in the collapsing gully erosion areas of southern China	14
Invasion of Prosopis juliflora and its effects on soil physicochemical properties in Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia	14
Saltwater intrusion in the Po River Delta (Italy) during drought conditions: Analyzing its spatio-temporal evolution and potential impact on agriculture	14
Impacts of different surface features on soil detachment in the subtropical region	14
Multi-criteria decision making methods to address rural land allocation problems: A systematic review	14
Effects of land management practices and land cover types on soil loss and crop productivity in Ethiopia: A review	14
Characteristics of unsaturated soil slope covered with capillary barrier system and deep-rooted grass under different rainfall patterns	13
Is the runoff coefficient increasing or decreasing after ecological restoration on China’s Loess Plateau?	13
Editorial Board	13
Editorial Board	12
Field experimental study on the effect of thawed depth of frozen alpine meadow soil on rill erosion by snowmelt waterflow	12
Exploring coupling effects of rainfall and surface roughness on the sheet flow velocity	12
Evaluating soil erosion and runoff dynamics in a humid subtropic, low stream order, southern plains watershed from cultivation and solar farm development	12
Generation of runoff in an alpine meadow hillslope underlain by permafrost	12
Atlas of precipitation extremes for South America and Africa based on depth-duration-frequency relationships in a stochastic weather generator dataset	12
Determining nitrogen fate by hydrological pathways and impact on carbonate weathering in an agricultural karst watershed	12
Modeling gully initiation by two codeless nonlinear methods: A case study in a small watershed on the Tibetan Plateau	12
Feedback mechanism between gully landforms and sediment trapping efficiency in a check dam	11
Benggang segmentation via deep exchanging of digital orthophoto map and digital surface model features	11
Cover crops, crop rotation, and gypsum, as conservation practices, impact Mehlich-3 extractable plant nutrients and trace metals	11
Rainfall partitioning in young clonal plantations Eucalyptus species in a subtropical environment, and implications for water and forest management	11
MINErosion 4: Using measurements from a tilting flume-rainfall simulator facility to predict erosion rates from post-mining catchments/landscapes in Central Queensland, Australia	11
VIS-NIR spectroscopy and environmental factors coupled with PLSR models to predict soil organic carbon and nitrogen	11
Wind erosion from crusted playa surfaces by no saltation and with saltation: A comparison through laboratory wind tunnel experiments	11
Editorial Board	11
Dynamic change of watershed sediment sources during implementation of the “grain for green” project in the coarse sandy areas of the Chinese Loess Plateau	10
Rangeland restoration in Jordan: Restoring vegetation cover by water harvesting measures	10
Effect of microrelief features of tillage methods under different rainfall intensities on runoff and soil erosion in slopes	10
Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties	10
Plot investigation on rill flow resistance due to path tortuosity	10
Development of web-based decision support tool for rainfall erosivity estimation using both high-resolution rainfall data and simplified models	10
Predictive simulation and optimal allocation of surface water resources in reservoir basins under climate change	10
Determinants of adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Nigeria	10
Decoupling effects of driving factors on sediment yield in the Chinese Loess Plateau	9
Agricultural drought severity in NE Italy: Variability, bias, and future scenarios	9
Responses of flood peaks to land use and landscape patterns under extreme rainstorms in small catchments - A case study of the rainstorm of Typhoon Lekima in Shandong, China	9
Runoff and sediment yield in relation to precipitation, temperature and glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau	9
HOTSED: A new integrated model for assessing potential hotspots of sediment sources and related sediment dynamics at watershed scale	9
Editorial Board	9
Unpaved road erosion after heavy storms in mountain areas of northern China	9
In-depth analysis of soil management and farmers’ perceptions of related risks in two olive grove areas in southern Spain	9
Hydrological and sediment connectivity under freeze–thaw meltwater compound erosion conditions on a loessal slope	9
Agroecology-based land use/land cover change detection, prediction and its implications for land degradation: A case study in the Upper Blue Nile Basin	9
Historical evolution of gully erosion and its response to land use change during 1968–2018 in the Mollisol region of Northeast China	9
Utilizing geodetectors to identify conditioning factors for gully erosion risk in the black soil region of northeast China	9
Comparison and quantitative assessment of two regional soil erosion survey approaches	9
Editorial Board	9
Seasonal variation in soil erosion resistance of gullies covered by different plant communities on the Loess Plateau of China	9
Temporal sediment source tracing during storm events in the black soil region, Northeast China	8
Dealing with sub-pixel landscape elements in distributed rainfall-runoff modelling in agricultural catchments	8
Call for joint international actions to improve scientific understanding and address soil erosion and riverine sediment issues in mountainous regions	8
Editorial Board	8
Generation of a long-term daily gridded precipitation dataset for the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) through temporal Reconstruction, Correction & Informed Regionalization-“ReCIR”	8
Large-scale extraction of check dams and silted fields on the Chinese loess plateau using ensemble learning models	8
Variations of soil organic carbon fractions in response to conservative vegetation successions on the Loess Plateau of China	8
Editorial Board	8
Erosion and covered zones altered by surface coverage effects on soil nitrogen and carbon loss from an agricultural slope under laboratory-simulated rainfall events	8
Gully internal erosion triggered by a prolonged heavy rainfall event in the tableland region of China's Loess Plateau	7
Intensified cropping reduces soil erosion and improves rainfall partitioning and soil properties in the marginal land of the Indian Himalayas	7
Event-based hydrology and sedimentation in paired watersheds under commercial eucalyptus and grasslands in the Brazilian Pampa biome	7
Legacy earthen berms influence vegetation and hydrologic complexity in the Altar Valley, Arizona	7
Modelling the role of ground-true riparian vegetation for providing regulating services in a Mediterranean watershed	7
Maize crop residue cover mapping using Sentinel-2 MSI data and random forest algorithms	7
Do model choice and sample ratios separately or simultaneously influence soil organic matter prediction?	7
Editorial Board	7