Most cited papers in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
What are the most cited papers in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis?
The most cited paper in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis is "Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming" (P. Maeder, Andreas Fließbach, David Dubois et al., 2002), with 2,945 citations. Next come "Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data" (2,089) and "Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence" (1,931).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 309 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming P. Maeder, Andreas Fließbach, David Dubois et al. · Science | 31 May 2002 | 2,945 |
| 2 | Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data Jan Lepš, Petr Šmilauer · Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America | Jul 2006 | 2,089 |
| 3 | Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence Jules Pretty · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 25 Jul 2007 | 1,931 |
| 4 | A Handful of Heuristics and Some Propositions for Understanding Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems Brian Walker, Lance Gunderson, Ann P. Kinzig et al. · Ecology and Society | 2006 | 1,371 |
| 5 | Challenges in the development and use of ecological indicators Virginia H. Dale, Suzanne C. Beyeler · Ecological Indicators | Aug 2001 | 1,361 |
| 6 | Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems David Mayke da Silva Pimentel, Paul Reed Hepperly, James Hanson et al. · BioScience | 2005 | 1,265 |
| 7 | Soil health in agricultural systems Mark Kibblewhite, Karl Ritz, Michael J. Swift · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 4 Sep 2007 | 1,157 |
| 8 | A framework for classifying and quantifying the natural capital and ecosystem services of soils Estelle Dominati, Murray Patterson, Alec D. Mackay · Ecological Economics | 28 May 2010 | 1,062 |
| 9 | Decision support system for agrotechnology transfer: DSSAT v3 Jim W. Jones, Gordon Y. Tsuji, Gerrit Hoogenboom et al. · Systems approaches for sustainable agricultural development | 1998 | 962 |
| 10 | A global strategy for road building William Frederick Laurance, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Sean Sloan et al. · Nature | 26 Aug 2014 | 913 |
| 11 | The spread of Conservation Agriculture: justification, sustainability and uptake Amir Kassam, Theodor Friedrich, Francis Shaxson et al. · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability | Nov 2009 | 868 |
| 12 | Assessing ecosystem health David J. Rapport · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Oct 1998 | 853 |
| 13 | Multi-criteria decision analysis in natural resource management: A critical review of methods and new modelling paradigms Guillermo Mendoza, Helena Martins · Forest Ecology and Management | 19 May 2006 | 826 |
| 14 | Global spread of Conservation Agriculture Amir Kassam, Theodor Friedrich, Rolf Derpsch · International Journal of Environmental Studies | 6 Aug 2018 | 817 |
| 15 | Precision Agriculture and Sustainability Rodolfo Gustavo Bongiovanni, James M. Lowenberg-DeBoer · Precision Agriculture | Aug 2004 | 811 |
| 16 | A conceptual framework for selecting environmental indicator sets D. Niemeijer, R.S. de Groot · Ecological Indicators | 22 Mar 2007 | 804 |
| 17 | A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems M.P.M. Meuwissen et al. · Agricultural Systems | 8 Aug 2019 | 764 |
| 18 | Organic farming and the sustainability of agricultural systems Dan Rigby, Daniel Cáceres · Agricultural Systems | Apr 2001 | 691 |
| 19 | Emergy-based indices and ratios to evaluate sustainability: monitoring economies and technology toward environmentally sound innovation Mark T. Brown, Sérgio Ulgiati · Ecological Engineering | Sep 1997 | 686 |
| 20 | Sustainability of three apple production systems John P. Reganold, Jerry D. Glover, Preston K. Andrews et al. · Nature | 19 Apr 2001 | 685 |
| 21 | Land system science and sustainable development of the earth system: A global land project perspective Peter H. Verburg, N. D. Crossman, Erle C. Ellis et al. · Anthropocene | 24 Oct 2015 | 627 |
| 22 | A method for quantifying vulnerability, applied to the agricultural system of the Yaqui Valley, Mexico Amy Lynd Luers, David B. Lobell, L. S. Sklar et al. · Global Environmental Change | 24 Nov 2003 | 607 |
| 23 | Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges Guy Pe’er et al. · People and Nature | 8 Mar 2020 | 604 |
| 24 | Conversion to Organic Farming: A Typical Example of the Diffusion of an Innovation? Susanne Padel · Sociologia Ruralis | 2001 | 604 |
| 25 | Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change S. Vermeulen, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Andrew S. Ainslie et al. · Environmental Science & Policy | 17 Oct 2011 | 574 |
| 26 | Technical efficiency in competing panel data models: a study of Norwegian grain farming Subal C. Kumbhakar, Gudbrand Lien, J. Brian Hardaker · Journal of Productivity Analysis | 18 Sep 2012 | 563 |
| 27 | Econometric Estimation of Technical and Environmental Efficiency: An Application to Dutch Dairy Farms Stijn Reinhard, C. A. Knox Lovell, G. Thijssen · American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Feb 1999 | 554 |
| 28 | Integrated assessment of agricultural systems – A component-based framework for the European Union (SEAMLESS) M.K. van Ittersum, Frank A. Ewert, Thomas Heckelei et al. · Agricultural Systems | 2 Oct 2007 | 544 |
| 29 | Drivers of change in global agriculture Peter Hazell, Stanley Wood · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 26 Jul 2007 | 538 |
| 30 | Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery David Christian Rose, William J. Sutherland, Caroline Parker et al. · Agricultural Systems | 29 Sep 2016 | 533 |
| 31 | What Is Sustainable Agriculture? A Systematic Review Sarah Velten, Julia Leventon, Nicolas W. Jager et al. · Sustainability | 18 Jun 2015 | 516 |
| 32 | SAFE—A hierarchical framework for assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems Nora Van Cauwenbergh, Katarzyna Biała, Charles Louis Bielders et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 4 Nov 2006 | 509 |
| 33 | Evaluation of the environmental impact of agriculture at the farm level: a comparison and analysis of 12 indicator-based methods Hayo M.G. van der Werf, Jean Petit · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | Dec 2002 | 492 |
| 34 | Regenerative agriculture – the soil is the base Loekie Schreefel, Rogier P.O. Schulte, I.J.M. de Boer et al. · Global Food Security | 6 Aug 2020 | 490 |
| 35 | Measuring ecological efficiency with data envelopment analysis (DEA) Harald Dyckhoff, Katrin Allen · European Journal of Operational Research | Jul 2001 | 488 |
| 36 | Technical efficiency in farming: a meta-regression analysis Boris E. Bravo‐Ureta, Daniel Solís, Víctor H Moreira López et al. · Journal of Productivity Analysis | 18 Dec 2006 | 487 |
| 37 | Social principles for agricultural extension to assist in the promotion of natural resource management Frank M. Vanclay · Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture | 29 Apr 2004 | 482 |
| 38 | Is agricultural sustainability a useful concept? James Hansen · Agricultural Systems | 1996 | 474 |
| 39 | Beyond conservation agriculture K.E. Giller, Jens Andersson, Marc Corbeels et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science | 28 Oct 2015 | 462 |
| 40 | Functional Rarity: The Ecology of Outliers Cyrille Violle, Wilfried Thuiller, Nicolas Mouquet et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 4 Apr 2017 | 461 |
| 41 | Exploring the adoption of precision agricultural technologies: A cross regional study of EU farmers Andrew Peter Barnes, Iria Soto, Vera Eory et al. · Land Use Policy | 11 Oct 2018 | 460 |
| 42 | Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptive Management - - Antidotes for Spurious Certitude? Lance Gunderson · Conservation Ecology | 1999 | 458 |
| 43 | Assessing farm innovations and responses to policies: A review of bio-economic farm models Sander J. C. Janssen, M.K. van Ittersum · Agricultural Systems | May 2007 | 458 |
| 44 | Invited review: Current production trends, farm structures, and economics of the dairy sheep and goat sectors Giuseppe Pulina, M.J. Milán, Paz Lavín et al. · Journal of Dairy Science | 30 May 2018 | 457 |
| 45 | Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture Warren Albert Dick · Journal of Environmental Quality | 1999 | 452 |
| 46 | Assessing a farm's sustainability: insights from resilience thinking I. Darnhofer, John Fairweather, Henrik Møller · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability | Aug 2010 | 452 |
| 47 | BEYOND THE PILLARS: SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SIGNIFICANT DECISION-MAKING Robert Banks Gibson · Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management | Sep 2006 | 451 |
| 48 | Native trees and shrubs for the productive rehabilitation of tropical cattle ranching lands Enrique Murgueitio, Zoraida Calle, Fernando Uribe et al. · Forest Ecology and Management | 17 Oct 2010 | 448 |
| 49 | How are foresight methods selected? Rafael Popper · foresight | 15 Oct 2008 | 448 |
| 50 | Biodiversity indicators: the choice of values and measures Peter Duelli, Martin К. Obrist · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 4 Apr 2003 | 442 |
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