OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of New Phytologist is 72. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A tail of two horses? Guard cell abscisic acid and carbon dioxide signalling in the Equisetum ferns	410
Ontogenetic trajectories as the target of selection	409
Plant PI4P is required for bacteria to translocate type‐3 effectors	302
Shining a new light on the classical concepts of carbon‐isotope dendrochronology	287
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Issue Information	239
Editing of upstream regulatory elements advances plant gene silencing	186
Corrigendum to: Decadal soil warming decreased vascular plant above and belowground production in a subarctic grassland by inducing nitrogen limitation	185
Biomolecular condensation programs floral transition to orchestrate flowering time and inflorescence architecture	166
Hypoxia response protein HRM1 modulates the activity of mitochondrial electron transport chain in Arabidopsis under hypoxic stress	156
Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among bacteria, ectomycorrhizal fungi, and land trees	149
Methane emission from stems of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) offsets as much as half of methane oxidation in soil	146
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The RXLR effector PpE18 of Phytophthora parasitica is a virulence factor and suppresses peroxisome membrane‐associated ascorbate peroxidase NbAPX3‐1‐mediated pl	134
Island colonization in flowering plants is determined by the interplay of breeding system, lifespan, floral symmetry, and arrival opportunity	130
Complex climate‐mediated effects of urbanization on plant reproductive phenology and frost risk	130
Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought	127
Impacts of climate timescale on the stability of trait–environment relationships	126
Photosynthetic capacity in seagrass seeds and early‐stage seedlings of Zostera marina	126
Climb forest, climb: diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients	124
A newly evolved chimeric lysin motif receptor‐like kinase in Medicago truncatula spp. tricycla R108 extends its Rhizobia symbiotic partnership	123
Plant‐to‐plant defence induction in cotton is mediated by delayed release of volatiles upon herbivory	120
The good, the bad, and the phosphate: regulation of beneficial and detrimental plant–microbe interactions by the plant phosphate status	118
HalALMT1 mediates malate efflux in the cortex of mature cluster rootlets of Hakea laurina, occurring naturally in severely phosphorus‐impoverished soil	117
A novel HD‐Zip I/C2H2‐ZFP/WD‐repeat complex regulates the size of spine base in cucumber	117

Mechanisms of UV‐B light‐induced photoreceptor UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics	112
A perspective on cross‐kingdom RNA interference in mutualistic symbioses	108
Modelling analysis confirms the role of NPQ saturation for the divergence of the GPP–SIF relationship during heatwave	106
The synaptonemal complex stabilizes meiosis in allotetraploid Brassica napus and autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana	106
Anionic phospholipid‐mediated transmembrane transport and intracellular membrane trafficking in plant cells	105
Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations	104
The ETI‐dependent receptor‐like kinase 1 positively regulates effector‐triggered immunity by stabilizing NLR‐required for cell death 4 in Nicotiana benthamiana	104
Discovery of a second‐site nia2 mutation in the background of multiple ArabidopsisPIF‐related mutants containing the pif3‐3 allele	102
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Breeding for delayed bolting decelerated the circadian clock in cultivated lettuce	99
Temporally disjunct herbaceous species differ in leaf embolism resistance	98
ArabidopsisPROTODERMAL FACTOR2 binds lysophosphatidylcholines and transcriptionally regulates phospholipid metabolism	98
A consumer‐oriented approach to define breeding targets for molecular breeding	96
Time‐integrated δ²H in n‐alkanes and carbohydrates from boreal needles reveal intra‐annual physiological and environmental signals	95
Drought and life‐history strategies in Heliophila (Brassicaceae)	95
Red light shines a path forward on leaf minimum conductance	94
An endogenous basis for synchronisation characteristics of the circadian rhythm in proliferating Lemna minor plants	91
The genomic secrets of invasive plants	90
Greenbeards in plants?	89
Chemical biology to dissect molecular mechanisms underlying plant circadian clocks	89
Tracing phosphorus from soil through mycorrhizal fungi to plants	89
A 23‐million‐year record of morphological evolution within Neotropical grass pollen	88
A reactive oxygen species Ca²⁺ signalling pathway identified from a chemical screen for modifiers of sugar‐activated circadian gene expression	88
Elevated CO₂ mediates ectomycorrhizal fungi species‐specific decreases of native soil carbon and causes negative priming under low nutrients	87
Wood nutrients: Underexplored traits with functional and biogeochemical consequences	86
World‐wide impacts of climate change and nitrogen deposition on vegetation structure, composition, and functioning of shrublands	86
All roads lead to Rome: alternative biosynthetic routes in plant specialised metabolism	86
Mutualism, herbivory, and invasive ants as seasonally dependent drivers of root surface area in a foundational savanna ant–plant	84
Xylella fastidiosa’s relationships: the bacterium, the host plants, and the plant microbiome	84
DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE 5 regulates polar tip growth of tobacco pollen tubes	84
Stereochemical insights into sarpagan and akuammiline alkaloid biosynthesis	84
The rice OsERF101 transcription factor regulates the NLR Xa1‐mediated immunity induced by perception of TAL effectors	80
Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions	78
Do grasses have meristemoids?	78
Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy fuel moisture content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forest to wildfires under extreme drought	78
Exploring the importance of aromatic plants' extrafloral volatiles for pollinator attraction	76
SHORT‐ROOT and SCARECROW homologs regulate patterning of diverse cell types within and between species	76
Exploring optimal stomatal control under alternative hypotheses for the regulation of plant sources and sinks	76
Hydraulic conductivity‐induced systematic parameter variation in a widely used thermal dissipation sap‐flow technique	76
Tracking tree demography and forest dynamics at scale using remote sensing	75
Haplotype‐resolved genome assembly provides insights into the evolution of S‐locus supergene in distylous Nymphoides indica	74
A genetically encoded biosensor reveals spatiotemporal variation in cellular phosphate content in Brachypodium distachyon mycorrhizal roots	74
Piecing together the eophytes – a new group of ancient plants containing cryptospores	73
Global maps and factors driving forest foliar elemental composition: the importance of evolutionary history	73
The unique root form and function on the Tibetan Plateau	72
The OsNLP3/4‐OsRFL module regulates nitrogen‐promoted panicle architecture in rice	72
The SnRK2.2‐ZmHsf28‐JAZ14/17 module regulates drought tolerance in maize	72
Warming triggers stomatal opening by enhancement of photosynthesis and ensuing guard cell CO₂ sensing, whereas higher temperatures induce a photosynthesis‐uncoupled response	72