OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems is 42. 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
The adoption and impacts of improved parboiling technology for rice value chain upgrading on the livelihood of women rice parboilers in Benin	202
Editorial: Identification and control of the geographic origin of plant materials: Investigation of ambient influences and environmental selection	193
Presence of foodborne pathogens and survival of generic Escherichia coli in an organic integrated crop-livestock system	160
Editorial: Technological advancements for the processing and preservation of fruits and vegetables	158
“At first, I was only a subscriber”: re-mediating food citizens’ solidarity practices through digital technologies	145
Quantifying movement of the coffee berry borer at the interface between coffee plantations and adjacent land uses	142
Drivers, advances, and significance of measures for effective circular food packaging	117
Agronomic iron-biofortification by activated hydrochars of spent coffee grounds	113
Genome-Enabled Molecular Subtyping and Serotyping for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli	95
Microplastics and cadmium pollution in Chinese sweet potato fields	93
Detection of cassava brown streak ipomoviruses in aphids collected from cassava plants	90
Empowering women across gender and caste in a women’s dairy cooperative in India	81
Editorial: Increasing the Ambition of Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture Whilst Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Food Policy Aims	77
Effect of integrative NPK soil and foliar nutrition on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) productivity in irrigated arid lands	76
The effects and mechanisms of deep free trade agreements on agricultural global value chains	73
Effects of lactic acid bacterial and chemical additives on the quality and biogenic amine production of oat silage at low temperature	70
The impact of policy-oriented agricultural insurance on China’s grain production resilience	69
Behavioral analysis of loan decision-making and influencing factors among food-producing new agricultural operating entities in China	68
Agrochemical Usage Inventory and Measured Residues in Streams Within an Off-Season Durian Production Region of Thailand	67
Editorial: Production, downstreaming, and utilization of proteins and exopolysaccharides from single cells in food matrices	66
Towards understanding SFSC and the pillars of its conceptualisation: Building upon the Community of Practice approach	64
Global trends in ICT-based extension and advisory services in agriculture: a bibliometric analysis	63
A gendered assessment of crop traits to improve breeding product design and uptake: the case of potato in Kenya	63
Farmers’ adoption of smart agricultural technologies for black soil conservation and utilization in China: the driving factors and its mechanism	61
Trend analysis of the application of multispectral technology in plant yield prediction: a bibliometric visualization analysis (2003–2024)	61

Drivers of Animal Source Food Consumption: A Biophysical Approach	60
Impact of nature reserve establishment on the subjective well-being of surrounding farmers: an analysis based on the mediating effect of farmers’ ecological awareness	54
Sustainable promotion of farmers’ work performance: servant leadership insights from Chinese agricultural entities	54
Editorial: Nutritional aspects of sustainable foods	54
How pilot free trade zones affect food system resilience: quasi-natural experiment evidence from China	53
The effects of natural additives on litter condition, microclimate environment and antimicrobial resistance in the broiler chickens rearing	52
Customary land governance dynamics and its implications for shea tenure and ecology in selected peri-urban communities in Ghana	50
Exploring the untapped potential of naturally occurring antimicrobial compounds: novel advancements in food preservation for enhanced safety and sustainability	49
Learning from the past to deal with the future: Using different knowledges to ensure food security in the Tsá Tué biosphere reserve (Northwest Territories, Canada)	49
How does land transfer impact rural household income disparity? An empirical analysis based on the micro-perspective of farmers in China	48
The Anthropology of Aquaculture	47
Silvopasture offers climate change mitigation and profit potential for farmers in the eastern United States	47
Policy gaps and food systems optimization: a review of agriculture, environment, and health policies in South Africa	47
Brief overview of edible insects: exploring consumption and promising sustainable uses in Latin America	46
Gendered perceptions and adaptations to climate change in Ghana: what factors influence the choice of an adaptation strategy?	43
Emerging monitoring technologies to reduce illegal fishing activities at sea and prevent entry of fraudulent fish into markets	42
The green transformation of agricultural production: evaluating the spatial role of agricultural industrial structure innovation in Guangdong, China	42
The causal mechanism of farmers’ chemical fertilizer reduction: an empirical perspective from farmland transfer-in and digital extension	42
A Shock to the System: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals About Australia's Food Systems and Their Resilience	42