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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Multi-temporal modeling of road-induced overland flow alterations in a terraced landscape characterized by shallow landslides	201
Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo	155
Spatial variability of soil organic carbon stock in an olive orchard at catchment scale in Southern Spain	139
Monitoring gully erosion in the European Union: A novel approach based on the Land Use/Cover Area frame survey (LUCAS)	124
Quantifying spatial distribution of interrill and rill erosion in a loess at different slopes using structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry	96
Kinetics of native and added carbon mineralization on incubating at different soil and moisture conditions in Typic Ustochrepts and Typic Halustalf	94
Modeling runoff and sediment yield at the event scale in semiarid watersheds	92
Spatial variations in runoff, sediment, and nutrient losses induced by toposequence and biochar application in upland maize farming	86
Is the runoff coefficient increasing or decreasing after ecological restoration on China’s Loess Plateau?	72
Automatic mapping of gully from satellite images using asymmetric non-local LinkNet: A case study in Northeast China	60
Estimation of generalized soil structure index based on differential spectra of different orders by multivariate assessment	56
Characteristics of unsaturated soil slope covered with capillary barrier system and deep-rooted grass under different rainfall patterns	55
Variations in the disintegration rate of physical crusts induced by artificial rainfall in different alcohol concentrations	55
Assessing soil erosion vulnerability using a novel capacity–condition framework (CCF): A case study from New South Wales, Australia	54
Effects of land management practices and land cover types on soil loss and crop productivity in Ethiopia: A review	53
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	48
Mapping soil erodibility in southeast China at 250 m resolution: Using environmental variables and random forest regression with limited samples	47
Editorial Board	46
Utilizing geodetectors to identify conditioning factors for gully erosion risk in the black soil region of northeast China	46
Determining nitrogen fate by hydrological pathways and impact on carbonate weathering in an agricultural karst watershed	42
Wind erosion from crusted playa surfaces by no saltation and with saltation: A comparison through laboratory wind tunnel experiments	42
Agricultural drought severity in NE Italy: Variability, bias, and future scenarios	40
New empirical-point pedotransfer functions for water retention data for a wide range of soil texture and climates	38
Generation of a long-term daily gridded precipitation dataset for the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) through temporal Reconstruction, Correction & Informed Regionalization-“ReCIR”	37
A modified CSLE for soil loss prediction under different vegetation patterns at slope scale in China	35

Agroecology-based land use/land cover change detection, prediction and its implications for land degradation: A case study in the Upper Blue Nile Basin	33
How to model the effect of mechanical erosion control practices at a catchment scale?	32
Large-scale extraction of check dams and silted fields on the Chinese loess plateau using ensemble learning models	32
Morphology evolution of vegetation-covered loess gully heads induced by hydraulic and gravitational erosion	32
Spatial distributions of soil nutrients affected by land use, topography and their interactions, in the Loess Plateau of China	30
Rainfall erosivity estimation over the Tibetan plateau based on high spatial-temporal resolution rainfall records	30
Divergent behaviour of soil nutrients imprinted by different land management practices in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	30
Vegetation characteristics and soil properties in grazing exclusion areas of the Inner Mongolia desert steppe	29
Soil splash erosion: An overlooked issue for sustainable rubber plantation in the tropical region of China	29
Response of soil detachment capacity to freeze‒thaw process for five loess soils from the Loess Plateau of China	29
Gully erosion mapping susceptibility in a Mediterranean environment: A hybrid decision-making model	29
Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry and Rare Earth Oxides can quantify diffuse and convergent soil loss and source apportionment	28
Editorial Board	27
Why we should revitalize indigenous water harvesting systems: Lessons learned	27
Simulated rainfall in Brazil: An alternative for assesment of soil surface processes and an opportunity for technological development	26
Intra-annual characterization of soil mean temperature at 5 and 10 cm depths based on remote sensing data, at country scale	26
Small dams/reservoirs site location analysis in a semi-arid region of Mozambique	25
A validation of WEPP water quality routines in uniform and nonuniform agricultural hillslopes	25
Establishing and verifying soil quality index model based on GIS and remote sensing for cultivated lands under semi-humid terrestrial ecosystem	24
Runoff and Infiltration responses of revegetated slopes to clipping management on the northern Loess Plateau	24
Advantages and disadvantages of terracing: A comprehensive review	24
Influence of vegetation type and topographic position on volumetric soil water content dynamics and similarity among surface and deep soil layers	23
Mapping sediment mobilization risks: Prioritizing results obtained at watershed and sub-watershed scales	23
Long-term conservation tillage results in a more balanced soil microbiological activity and higher nutrient supply capacity	22
Ecological intensification of cropping systems enhances soil functions, mitigates soil erosion, and promotes crop resilience to dry spells in the Brazilian Cerrado	22
Effects of initial soil moisture on rill erodibility and critical shear stress factors in the WEPP model across diverse soil types	21
Runoff and nutrient losses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) production with tied-ridge-furrow rainwater harvesting on sloping land	21
Assessing Plant Soil Water Availability in Drought Conditions: A Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Minimum Tillage, Example from Slovenia	21
Long-term trends of precipitation and erosivity over Northeast China during 1961–2020	21
Soil loss and runoff obtained with customized precipitation patterns simulated by InfiAsper	21
Automated quantification of contouring as support practice for improved soil erosion estimation considering ridges	21
Interactions between soil conservation and dryland farming of heterogeneously eroding areas in Loess Hills, China	20
Soil type-dependent effects of drying-wetting sequences on aggregates and their associated OC and N	20
Corrigendum to “Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties” [Int. Soil Water Conserv. Res. 10 (2022) 343–354]	20
Saltwater intrusion in the Po River Delta (Italy) during drought conditions: Analyzing its spatio-temporal evolution and potential impact on agriculture	20
Variability of soil organic carbon with elevation gradient in the Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau	19
The quality attribute of watershed ecosystem is more important than the landscape attribute in controlling erosion of red soil in southern China	19
Visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared spectra as an input variable for digital mapping of soil organic carbon	19
Runoff- and erosion-reducing effects of vegetation on the loess hillslopes of China under concentrated flow	19
Towards defining soil quality of Mediterranean calcareous agricultural soils: Reference values and potential core indicator set	19
Effect of microrelief features of tillage methods under different rainfall intensities on runoff and soil erosion in slopes	18
Exploring best soil conservation practices using the tolerable soil loss limit in central highland of Ethiopia: A case study of Andit Tid watershed	18
Field experimental study on the effect of thawed depth of frozen alpine meadow soil on rill erosion by snowmelt waterflow	18
Watershed management, groundwater recharge and drought resilience: An integrated approach to adapt to rainfall variability in northern Ethiopia	18
Generation of runoff in an alpine meadow hillslope underlain by permafrost	18
HOTSED: A new integrated model for assessing potential hotspots of sediment sources and related sediment dynamics at watershed scale	18
Editorial Board	17
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	17
Disparity in soil erosion processes between freeze-thaw and unfrozen slopes under artificial rainfall conditions in high-altitude and dry valleys of the Southeast Tibet region	17
Runoff and sediment yield in relation to precipitation, temperature and glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau	17

Trade-off analyses between food provision and soil conservation service of Grain for Green Program in Mountainous Area	17
Modelling land use changes impacts on the silting of small agricultural water harvesting reservoirs	17
Editorial Board	17
Overland flow resistance and its components for slope surfaces covered with gravel and grass	17
Editorial Board	16
Maize crop residue cover mapping using Sentinel-2 MSI data and random forest algorithms	16
A detailed reconstruction of changes in the factors and parameters of soil erosion over the past 250 years in the forest zone of European Russia (Moscow region)	16
Gully internal erosion triggered by a prolonged heavy rainfall event in the tableland region of China's Loess Plateau	16
Natural disaster in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil: Assessment of the daily rainfall erosivity as an early warning index	16
Environmental assessment based on soil loss, deforestation in permanent preservation areas, and water quality applied in the Itacaiúnas Watershed, Eastern Amazon	15
Redistribution process of precipitation in ecological restoration activity of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica in Mu Us Sandy Land, China	15
Role of alternate and fixed partial root-zone drying on water use efficiency and growth of maize (Zea mays L.) in gypsiferous soils	15
Effect of government regulation on promotion of soil restoration practices among farmers in the Loess plateau: Unveiling the role of green ecological cognition	15
Roles of raindrop impact in detachment and transport processes of interrill soil erosion	15
An updated isoerodent map of the conterminous United States	14
Heavy metal(loid)s migration mechanisms during soil erosion: A systematic quantitative review	14
Effects of forest cover type and ratio changes on runoff and its components	14
New sciences & technologies in soil conservation and eco-sustainability	14
Sediment source determination comparing rare earth element tracing and composite fingerprinting approaches on hillslopes	14
Using a modified PAP/RAC model and GIS-for mapping water erosion and causal risk factors: Case study of the Asfalou watershed, Morocco	14
Geospatial evaluation of the agricultural suitability and land use compatibility in Europe's temperate continental climate region	14
Spatiotemporal detailed crop cover and management factor maps as agri-environmental indicators for soil erosion in Germany	13
A modified RUSLE model to simulate soil erosion under different ecological restoration types in the loess hilly area	13
Temporal variability of global potential water erosion based on an improved USLE model	13
Tracing soil erosion with Fe3O4 magnetic powder: Principle and application	13
Root tensile strength of terrace hedgerow plants in the karst trough valleys of SW China: Relation with root morphology and fiber content	13
Spatiotemporal variations and determinants of stream nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations from a watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	13
Evaluation of the effectiveness of an expressway sand protection system in a gobi region—case study of the Ceke–Ejina expressway, Ejina banner, China	13
Experimental determination of sediment transport capacity of rill flow over sandified loess slope	13
Erosion and covered zones altered by surface coverage effects on soil nitrogen and carbon loss from an agricultural slope under laboratory-simulated rainfall events	12
Decoupling effects of driving factors on sediment yield in the Chinese Loess Plateau	12
Do model choice and sample ratios separately or simultaneously influence soil organic matter prediction?	12
Incorporating rocky desertification characteristic into soil erosion modeling in karst regions aligns better with regional conditions	12
Feedback mechanism between gully landforms and sediment trapping efficiency in a check dam	12
Synergetic variations of active layer soil water and salt in a permafrost-affected meadow in the headwater area of the Yellow River, northeastern Qinghai–Tibet plateau	12
Effects of soil rock fragment content on the USLE-K factor estimating and its influencing factors	12
Multi-criteria decision making methods to address rural land allocation problems: A systematic review	12
Impacts of different surface features on soil detachment in the subtropical region	12
The evolution of large gullies in association with long-term rainfall in the Tsitsa River Catchment, Eastern Cape, South Africa	12
Improving SOC estimation in low-relief farmlands using time-series crop spectral variables and harmonic component variables based on minimum sample size	12
Erosion risk assessment: A contribution for conservation priority area identification in the sub-basin of Lake Tana, north-western Ethiopia	11
The soil configuration on granite residuals affects Benggang erosion by altering the soil water regime on the slope	11
Historical evolution of gully erosion and its response to land use change during 1968–2018 in the Mollisol region of Northeast China	11
Biochar derived from agricultural wastes and wood residues for sustainable agricultural and environmental applications	11
Soil erosion assessment by RUSLE with improved P factor and its validation: Case study on mountainous and hilly areas of Hubei Province, China	11
Variations of soil organic carbon fractions in response to conservative vegetation successions on the Loess Plateau of China	11
Brazilian payment for environmental services programs emphasize water-related services	11
Towards accurate mapping of loess waterworn gully by integrating google earth imagery and DEM using deep learning	11
Soil properties characterization for land-use planning and soil management in watersheds under family farming	11
Prediction and mapping of soil organic carbon in the Bosten Lake oasis based on Sentinel-2 data and environmental variables	10
Modification of the RUSLE slope length factor based on a multiple flow algorithm considering vertical leakage at karst landscapes	10
Soil type and wetting intensity control the enhancement extent of N2O efflux in soil with drought and rewetting cycles	10
Numerical modeling of nutrient transport to assess the agricultural impact on the trophic state of reservoirs	10
Editorial Board	10
Streamflow prediction in ungauged catchments by using the Grunsky method	10
Improving the Landsat-8 determinations of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks through reducing the effects of buildings, water, and vegetation	10
Effects of a check dam system on the runoff generation and concentration processes of a catchment on the Loess Plateau	10
Effects of cropland abandonment and afforestation on soil redistribution in a small Mediterranean mountain catchment	9
Can hydraulic-energy-indices be effectively used to describe the saturated hydraulic conductivity?	9
Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective	9
Editorial Board	9
Long-term effects of tillage practices and future climate scenarios on topsoil organic carbon stocks in Lower Austria – A modelling and long-term experiment study	9
Editorial Board	9
Divergent shift of normal alpine meadow exacerbated soil loss of hillslope alpine meadows based on field experiments	9
Saturation-excess overland flow in the European loess belt: An underestimated process?	9
Assessing gully erosion and rehabilitation using multi temporal LiDAR DEMs: Case study from the Great Barrier Reef catchments, Australia	8
Rangeland hillslope lengths: A case study at the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, southeastern Arizona	8
The relative contributions of soil hydrophilicity and raindrop impact to soil aggregate breakdown for a series of textured soils	8
Nutrient transport by overland sheet flow on sites containing swine slurry	8
Editorial Board	8
Straw incorporation regulates rill erosion processes: Revealing multi-timescale hysteresis between runoff and sediment concentration in brown soil	8
Evaluating soil erosion and runoff dynamics in a humid subtropic, low stream order, southern plains watershed from cultivation and solar farm development	7
Benggang segmentation via deep exchanging of digital orthophoto map and digital surface model features	7
Hydrological and sediment connectivity under freeze–thaw meltwater compound erosion conditions on a loessal slope	7
In-depth analysis of soil management and farmers’ perceptions of related risks in two olive grove areas in southern Spain	7
Cover crops, crop rotation, and gypsum, as conservation practices, impact Mehlich-3 extractable plant nutrients and trace metals	7
Predictive simulation and optimal allocation of surface water resources in reservoir basins under climate change	7
Comparison and quantitative assessment of two regional soil erosion survey approaches	7
The effects of armed conflict on natural resources and conservation measures in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia	7
Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties	7