OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Physiology is 56. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Off-putting! No red, no ripe: methylglyoxal inhibits fruit ripening	243
Epigenetics, flavor, and tomatoes: A love triangle based on a stable relationship	109
Barley roots require HvGLU3 for cellulose biosynthesis	106
NF-YC3: The master regulator of tomato-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiotic symphony	93
Photosystems are ganging up to form megacomplexes in the dinoflagellateProrocentrum cordatum	92
DIV1: The master of awakening seeds in harsh salinity stress	91
Preventing transposons from jumping by transposon-derived small RNAs	90
A lotus by any other color: Gene regulation divergence in lotus petal development	90
On the move, direction matters: Polar localization of OsLsi1 for differential uptake of metalloids in rice	90
Fight to survive: Marchantia synthesizes newly identified metabolites in response to wounding	88
Functional specialization of expanded orange carotenoid protein paralogs in subaerial Nostoc species	83
A data-integrative modeling approach accurately characterizes the effects of mutations on Arabidopsis lipid metabolism	82
Allele-specific expression of AP2-like ABA repressor 1 regulates iron uptake by modulating rhizosphere pH in apple	82
And … cut! Identifying chromatin features affecting CRISPR–Cas9 activity in plants	82
Unlocking hybrid vigor: a new genic male sterile gene in da house	82
Ethylene reshapes protein assemblies in the dark	79
Linking timing to nitrogen use efficiency: Rice OsEC-Ghd7-ARE1 module works on it	79
Stm is required for fate establishment of productive shoot progenitor cells in Arabidopsis tissue culture	78
Correction to: ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3/EIN3-LIKE1 modulate FLOWERING LOCUS C expression via histone demethylase interaction	78
CYTOSOLIC INVERTASE2 regulates flowering and reactive oxygen species-triggered programmed cell death in tomato	74
BTB/POZ-MATH proteins regulate Arabidopsis seedling development by promoting auxin-independent degradation of the Aux/IAA protein IAA10	74
The intermediate in a nitrate-responsive ω-amidase pathway in plants may signal ammonium assimilation status	73
TaCAMTA4 negatively regulates H2O2-dependent wheat leaf rust resistance by activating catalase 1 expression	73
Mixing it up: a chimeric tobacco-cyanobacterial photosystem II design for maximum low-light use efficiency	73
Roles of very long-chain fatty acids in compound leaf patterning inMedicago truncatula	72

Chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation impact asymmetric subgenome dominance in allotriploid Brassica species	71
Plant metabolism: Zoom in to the single-cell level	71
H2 supplied via ammonia borane stimulates lateral root branching via phytomelatonin signaling	70
DROUGHT-INDUCED BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE enhances drought tolerance in rice	69
How slender bamboo reacts to gravitational and external mechanical stimuli: Responses and mechanisms	69
PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants	68
Building safe lipid stores: Arabidopsis lipins shape lipid droplet biogenesis and lipid homeostasis	68
Mobile signals, patterning, and positional information in root development	68
PyHAT5 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in red-fleshed pear and undergoes ubiquitination and degradation by PyAIP2	67
All members of the Arabidopsis DGAT and PDAT acyltransferase families operate during high and low temperatures	66
High-throughput genetic transformation and genome editing in pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.)	66
R-SNARE protein YKT61 mediates root apical meristem cell division via BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1 recycling	63
Molecular characterization and functional analyses of maize phytochrome A photoreceptors	62
Let the sunshine in: Abscisic acid modulates shade avoidance by inducing hyponasty movement in Arabidopsis	61
PLANT UNCOUPLING MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN 2 localizes to the Golgi	61
Is hypoxia good or bad? Role of oxygen levels in maize kernel development	61
Comparison of red raspberry and wild strawberry fruits reveals mechanisms of fruit type specification	60
Spatiotemporal dynamics of the tomato fruit transcriptome under prolonged water stress	60
How plants adapt to combined and sequential abiotic stresses: A transcriptomics approach	60
The transcription factor VviNAC60 regulates senescence- and ripening-related processes in grapevine	59
Transcriptional factor MdESE3 controls fruit acidity by activating genes regulating malic acid content in apple	59
A galactolipase activated by high light helps cells acclimate to stress in cyanobacteria	59
Multi-omics and genetic analysis uncover salicylic acid-mediated core signaling networks for seed longevity in rice	58
Diatoms exhibit dynamic chloroplast calcium signals in response to high light and oxidative stress	58
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted editing of GmSH2 enhances sugar accumulation in vegetable soybean	58
CRISPR-Cas12i confers efficient genome editing and gene regulation in plants	58
A highly conserved ABCG transporter mediates root–soil cohesion in Arabidopsis	57
Advances in seed hypoxia research	57
Large-scale comparative wheat phosphoproteome profiling reveals temperature-associated molecular signatures in wheat	56
Acyl-CoA binding protein is required for lipid droplet degradation in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum	56
Tomato pollen tube growth requires flavonol glycosylation	56