OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Experimental Botany is 52. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of increasing temperature on crop photosynthesis: from enzymes to ecosystems	181
The physiology of drought stress in grapevine: towards an integrative definition of drought tolerance	171
Significance of silicon uptake, transport, and deposition in plants	128
Pinpointing secondary metabolites that shape the composition and function of the plant microbiome	122
Re-evaluation of the nor mutation and the role of the NAC-NOR transcription factor in tomato fruit ripening	119
An evolutionary view of melatonin synthesis and metabolism related to its biological functions in plants	119
Shaping the leaf microbiota: plant–microbe–microbe interactions	106
Integration of silicon and secondary metabolites in plants: a significant association in stress tolerance	106
MYB21 interacts with MYC2 to control the expression of terpene synthase genes in flowers of Freesia hybrida and Arabidopsis thaliana	102
Alleviation mechanisms of metal(loid) stress in plants by silicon: a review	93
Plant responses to climate change: metabolic changes under combined abiotic stresses	89
Diversity of plant heat shock factors: regulation, interactions, and functions	88
How does nitrogen shape plant architecture?	88
Organic acids: versatile stress-response roles in plants	87
Epigenetics: possible applications in climate-smart crop breeding	85
Regulation of glucosinolate biosynthesis	84
All together now: regulation of the iron deficiency response	81
A heat stress responsive NAC transcription factor heterodimer plays key roles in rice grain filling	78
New evidence defining the evolutionary path of aquaporins regulating silicon uptake in land plants	78
Transcriptional integration of plant responses to iron availability	77
Auxin-mediated responses under salt stress: from developmental regulation to biotechnological applications	74
Overexpression of the manganese/cadmium transporter OsNRAMP5 reduces cadmium accumulation in rice grain	74
A best-practice guide to predicting plant traits from leaf-level hyperspectral data using partial least squares regression	72
Volatile-mediated plant–plant interactions: volatile organic compounds as modulators of receiver plant defence, growth, and reproduction	71
Cell wall thickness and composition are involved in photosynthetic limitation	70

The amino acid transporter AAP1 mediates growth and grain yield by regulating neutral amino acid uptake and reallocation in Oryza sativa	70
ABI5 regulates ABA-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis by modulating the MYB1-bHLH3 complex in apple	68
Recent insights into the metabolic adaptations of phosphorus-deprived plants	67
The sequence and thresholds of leaf hydraulic traits underlying grapevine varietal differences in drought tolerance	67
The role of amino acid metabolism in signaling and metabolic adaptation to stress-induced energy deficiency in plants	67
The transcription factor ZmNAC49 reduces stomatal density and improves drought tolerance in maize	63
Genetics and genomics of root system variation in adaptation to drought stress in cereal crops	63
Photorespiration—how is it regulated and how does it regulate overall plant metabolism?	63
Blocking intruders: inducible physico-chemical barriers against plant vascular wilt pathogens	63
Phytomelatonin: an unexpected molecule with amazing performances in plants	62
The Arabidopsis NRT1.1 transceptor coordinately controls auxin biosynthesis and transport to regulate root branching in response to nitrate	62
Rice NIN-LIKE PROTEIN 1 rapidly responds to nitrogen deficiency and improves yield and nitrogen use efficiency	61
ABA-responsive transcription factor bZIP1 is involved in modulating biosynthesis of phenolic acids and tanshinones in Salvia miltiorrhiza	61
Pre-harvest sprouting in cereals: genetic and biochemical mechanisms	61
Improving crop yield and resilience through optimization of photosynthesis: panacea or pipe dream?	60
The transcription factor WRKY75 positively regulates jasmonate-mediated plant defense to necrotrophic fungal pathogens	57
Hydrogen sulfide signaling in plant adaptations to adverse conditions: molecular mechanisms	55
Multifaceted roles of nitric oxide in tomato fruit ripening: NO-induced metabolic rewiring and consequences for fruit quality traits	55
Involvement of the R2R3-MYB transcription factor MYB21 and its homologs in regulating flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis stamen	55
Arabidopsis thaliana trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase gene TPPI enhances drought tolerance by regulating stomatal apertures	54
Melatonin promotes Arabidopsis primary root growth in an IAA-dependent manner	53
Reactive oxygen species and organellar signaling	53
Ethylene activation of carotenoid biosynthesis by a novel transcription factor CsERF061	53
Rewilding crops for climate resilience: economic analysis and de novo domestication strategies	53
The hypoxia–reoxygenation stress in plants	53
Coordinated homeostasis of essential mineral nutrients: a focus on iron	52
The NAC transcription factor NAC019-A1 is a negative regulator of starch synthesis in wheat developing endosperm	52