Most-cited Agriculture and Biology papers of 2021, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Agriculture and Biology research papers published in 2021, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of postbiotics
   Seppo Salminen, María Carmen Collado et al. · 2021 · 2,413 citations · Free PDF
2. Drought Stress Impacts on Plants and Different Approaches to Alleviate Its Adverse Effects
   Mahmoud Fathy Seleiman, Nasser Al-Suhaibani et al. · 2021 · 1,982 citations · Free PDF
3. The European Union One Health 2020 Zoonoses Report
   European Food Safety Authority · 2021 · 1,579 citations
4. Abiotic Stress and Reactive Oxygen Species: Generation, Signaling, and Defense Mechanisms
   Swati Sachdev, Shamim Akhtar Ansari et al. · 2021 · 1,571 citations · Free PDF
5. Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review
   Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur et al. · 2021 · 1,516 citations · Free PDF
6. The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Insect Pests
   Sandra Skendžić, Monika Zovko et al. · 2021 · 1,428 citations · Free PDF
7. Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster
   Sara I. Zandalinas, Felix Fritschi et al. · 2021 · 1,133 citations
8. How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar
   Stephen Joseph, Annette Cowie et al. · 2021 · 1,070 citations
9. Response Mechanism of Plants to Drought Stress
   Xinyi Yang, Meiqi Lu et al. · 2021 · 1,055 citations · Free PDF
10. Regulation of Plant Responses to Salt Stress
    Shuangshuang Zhao, Qikun Zhang et al. · 2021 · 1,039 citations · Free PDF
11. Global predictions of primary soil salinization under changing climate in the 21st century
    Amirhossein Hassani, Adisa Azapagic et al. · 2021 · 1,032 citations · Free PDF
12. Plant diseases and pests detection based on deep learning: a review
    Jun Liu, Xuewei Wang · 2021 · 1,016 citations · Free PDF
13. Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning—A Review
    Lili Li, Shujuan Zhang et al. · 2021 · 1,010 citations
14. The Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defense System in Plants: A Concise Overview
    Jelena Dumanovic, Eugenie Nepovimová et al. · 2021 · 1,000 citations · Free PDF
15. Recent Developments in Enzymatic Antioxidant Defence Mechanism in Plants with Special Reference to Abiotic Stress
    Vishnu Dayal Rajput, Harish Mangesh et al. · 2021 · 995 citations · Free PDF
16. Metabolism Characteristics of Lactic Acid Bacteria and the Expanding Applications in Food Industry
    Yaqi Wang, Yaqi Wang et al. · 2021 · 994 citations · Free PDF
17. Towards Advances in Medicinal Plant Antimicrobial Activity: A Review Study on Challenges and Future Perspectives
    Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou et al. · 2021 · 993 citations · Free PDF
18. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on fermented foods
    Maria L. Marco, Mary Ellen Sanders et al. · 2021 · 922 citations · Free PDF
19. Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Effects of Probiotics in Gut Inflammation: A Door to the Body
    Fernanda Cristofori, Vanessa Nadia Dargenio et al. · 2021 · 913 citations · Free PDF
20. Machine Learning in Agriculture: A Comprehensive Updated Review
    Lefteris Th. Benos, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis et al. · 2021 · 899 citations · Free PDF
21. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) as Green Bioinoculants: Recent Developments, Constraints, and Prospects
    Anirban Basu, Priyanka Prasad et al. · 2021 · 898 citations · Free PDF
22. Regulation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defense in Plants under Salinity
    Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Md. Rakib Hossain Raihan et al. · 2021 · 876 citations · Free PDF
23. Diversity of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industries, Discharge Impacts and Treatment Methods
    Houda Ben Slama, Ali Chenari Bouket et al. · 2021 · 875 citations · Free PDF
24. The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
    Jean Beagle Ristaino, Pamela K. Anderson et al. · 2021 · 828 citations
25. Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon
    Kristina Witzgall, Alix Vidal et al. · 2021 · 814 citations · Free PDF

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