OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Soil and Water Conservation Research is 17. 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