OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of New Phytologist is 74. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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A tail of two horses? Guard cell abscisic acid and carbon dioxide signalling in the Equisetum ferns	210
Issue Information	172
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Shining a new light on the classical concepts of carbon‐isotope dendrochronology	170
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Editing of upstream regulatory elements advances plant gene silencing	161
World‐wide impacts of climate change and nitrogen deposition on vegetation structure, composition, and functioning of shrublands	159
Tracing phosphorus from soil through mycorrhizal fungi to plants	159
A key virulence effector from cyst nematodes targets host autophagy to promote nematode parasitism	156
Vast, overlooked peat, and organic soils in Brazil's Cerrado: carbon storage, dynamics, and stability	153
Tomato plants control leaf sodium levels to limit damage by Spodoptera littoralis larvae	132
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Tracking tree demography and forest dynamics at scale using remote sensing	127
The OsNLP3/4‐OsRFL module regulates nitrogen‐promoted panicle architecture in rice	122
Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development	122
Plant‐to‐plant defence induction in cotton is mediated by delayed release of volatiles upon herbivory	116
Hydraulic conductivity‐induced systematic parameter variation in a widely used thermal dissipation sap‐flow technique	115
All roads lead to Rome: alternative biosynthetic routes in plant specialised metabolism	112
A consumer‐oriented approach to define breeding targets for molecular breeding	112
Corrigendum to: Decadal soil warming decreased vascular plant above and belowground production in a subarctic grassland by inducing nitrogen limitation	110
Actin filaments drive spindle positioning in Arabidopsis meiosis II	110
Drought and life‐history strategies in Heliophila (Brassicaceae)	107
Time‐integrated δ²H in n‐alkanes and carbohydrates from boreal needles reveal intra‐annual physiological and environmental signals	107
Elevated CO₂ mediates ectomycorrhizal fungi species‐specific decreases of native soil carbon and causes negative priming under low nutrients	107

Ontogenetic trajectories as the target of selection	105
Social and biological innovations are essential to deliver transformative forest biotechnologies	104
Mutualism, herbivory, and invasive ants as seasonally dependent drivers of root surface area in a foundational savanna ant–plant	103
Greenbeards in plants?	102
Climb forest, climb: diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients	101
The rice OsERF101 transcription factor regulates the NLR Xa1‐mediated immunity induced by perception of TAL effectors	100
A 23‐million‐year record of morphological evolution within Neotropical grass pollen	100
Plant PI4P is required for bacteria to translocate type‐3 effectors	99
Sequential Oligo‐ FISH reveals conserved synteny and rapid cytological diploidization in Chrysanthemum	99
An angiosperm‐wide perspective on reproductive strategies and floral traits	99
Exploring the importance of aromatic plants' extrafloral volatiles for pollinator attraction	97
From bacterial predators to partners: phages in agriculture	96
Arabidopsis PROTODERMAL FACTOR2 binds lysophosphatidylcholines and transcriptionally regulates phospholipid metabolism	95
Chemical biology to dissect molecular mechanisms underlying plant circadian clocks	91
A step back to move forward: an effect of biomass removal on functional traits of clonal and nonclonal herbs during establishment growth	91
Biomolecular condensation programs floral transition to orchestrate flowering time and inflorescence architecture	91
To be or not to be: cell‐specific expression profiles reveal drivers of cell identity in C ₄	90
Adaptive evolution can mitigate the negative effects of temperature stress on plant–pollinator interactions	89
A perspective on cross‐kingdom RNA interference in mutualistic symbioses	89
The RXLR effector PpE18 of Phytophthora parasitica is a virulence factor and suppresses peroxisome membrane‐associated ascorbate peroxidase NbAPX3‐1‐mediated pl	88
Complex climate‐mediated effects of urbanization on plant reproductive phenology and frost risk	88
Island colonization in flowering plants is determined by the interplay of breeding system, lifespan, floral symmetry, and arrival opportunity	87
Modelling analysis confirms the role of NPQ saturation for the divergence of the GPP–SIF relationship during heatwave	86
The ETI‐dependent receptor‐like kinase 1 positively regulates effector‐triggered immunity by stabilizing NLR‐required for cell death 4 in Nicotiana benthamiana	86
Discovery of a second‐site nia2 mutation in the background of multiple ArabidopsisPIF‐related mutants containing the pif3‐3 allele	85
A reactive oxygen species Ca ²⁺ signalling pathway identified from a chemical screen for modifiers of sugar‐activated circadian gene expression	83
Why leaf N : P is not reliable for diagnosing nutrient limitation of productivity: answer from leaf phosphorus fractions	82
A PLETHORA3 /7 transcription factor shapes cucumber shoot architecture	82
A newly evolved chimeric lysin motif receptor‐like kinase in Medicago truncatula spp. tricycla R108 extend	82
Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions	81
Breeding for delayed bolting decelerated the circadian clock in cultivated lettuce	81
Photosynthetic capacity in seagrass seeds and early‐stage seedlings of Zostera marina	80
Asymmetry in leaf phosphorus concentration of woody plants and its divergent drivers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres	80
Haplotype‐resolved genome assembly provides insights into the evolution of S‐locus supergene in distylous Nymphoides indica	80
Enterobacter sp. SA187 boosts high‐affinity nitrate transporters expression, ethylene signaling, and plant growth under lo	80
The unique root form and function on the Tibetan Plateau	79
Hypoxia response protein HRM1 modulates the activity of mitochondrial electron transport chain in Arabidopsis under hypoxic stress	79
Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy fuel moisture content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forest to wildfires under extreme drought	79
Mechanisms of UV‐B light‐induced photoreceptor UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics	77
A paler shade of green: engineering cellular chlorophyll content to enhance photosynthesis in crowded environments	76
Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among bacteria, ectomycorrhizal fungi, and land trees	76
Stereochemical insights into sarpagan and akuammiline alkaloid biosynthesis	76
SHORT‐ROOT and SCARECROW homologs regulate patterning of diverse cell types within and between species	75
Phosphorus limitation of early growth differs between nitrogen‐fixing and nonfixing dry tropical forest tree species	75
Phosphatidylinositol 4‐phosphate: a key determinant of plasma membrane identity and function in plants	75
Methane emission from stems of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) offsets as much as half of methane oxidation in soil	75
The synaptonemal complex stabilizes meiosis in allotetraploid Brassica napus and autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana	75
Evaluation of combined root exudate and rhizosphere microbiota sampling approaches to elucidate plant–soil–microbe interactions	75
Warming triggers stomatal opening by enhancement of photosynthesis and ensuing guard cell CO₂ sensing, whereas higher temperatures induce a photosynthesis‐uncoupled response	74