OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Physiology is 55. 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
Off-putting! No red, no ripe: methylglyoxal inhibits fruit ripening	230
Epigenetics, flavor, and tomatoes: A love triangle based on a stable relationship	105
Barley roots require HvGLU3 for cellulose biosynthesis	102
NF-YC3: The master regulator of tomato-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiotic symphony	91
A lotus by any other color: Gene regulation divergence in lotus petal development	90
DIV1: The master of awakening seeds in harsh salinity stress	90
Photosystems are ganging up to form megacomplexes in the dinoflagellateProrocentrum cordatum	90
Preventing transposons from jumping by transposon-derived small RNAs	88
CpWRKY50 drives jasmonic acid defense in boosting papaya's resistance to anthracnose	88
On the move, direction matters: Polar localization of OsLsi1 for differential uptake of metalloids in rice	86
Fight to survive: Marchantia synthesizes newly identified metabolites in response to wounding	81
Functional specialization of expanded orange carotenoid protein paralogs in subaerial Nostoc species	81
And … cut! Identifying chromatin features affecting CRISPR–Cas9 activity in plants	80
Allele-specific expression of AP2-like ABA repressor 1 regulates iron uptake by modulating rhizosphere pH in apple	79
Unlocking hybrid vigor: a new genic male sterile gene in da house	78
A data-integrative modeling approach accurately characterizes the effects of mutations on Arabidopsis lipid metabolism	78
The cytoskeleton controls membrane protein movement	77
Regulatory mechanisms of plant meiosis	76
Linking timing to nitrogen use efficiency: Rice OsEC-Ghd7-ARE1 module works on it	76
Ethylene reshapes protein assemblies in the dark	74
Cellular pH homeostasis shapes root system architecture by modulating auxin-mediated developmental responses	74
Application of new breeding techniques in fruit trees	73
Correction to: ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3/EIN3-LIKE1 modulate FLOWERING LOCUS C expression via histone demethylase interaction	72
Protoplast transient transformation facilitates subcellular localization and functional analysis of walnut proteins	71
Transcription factors Pbr3RAV2 and PbrTTG1 regulate pear resistance to Botryosphaeria dothidea via the autophagy pathway	70

CYTOSOLIC INVERTASE2 regulates flowering and reactive oxygen species-triggered programmed cell death in tomato	70
Stm is required for fate establishment of productive shoot progenitor cells in Arabidopsis tissue culture	70
BTB/POZ-MATH proteins regulate Arabidopsis seedling development by promoting auxin-independent degradation of the Aux/IAA protein IAA10	69
How plants adapt to combined and sequential abiotic stresses: A transcriptomics approach	69
Mixing it up: a chimeric tobacco-cyanobacterial photosystem II design for maximum low-light use efficiency	68
The intermediate in a nitrate-responsive ω-amidase pathway in plants may signal ammonium assimilation status	68
Comparison of red raspberry and wild strawberry fruits reveals mechanisms of fruit type specification	68
TaCAMTA4 negatively regulates H2O2-dependent wheat leaf rust resistance by activating catalase 1 expression	66
Chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation impact asymmetric subgenome dominance in allotriploid Brassica species	65
Roles of very long-chain fatty acids in compound leaf patterning inMedicago truncatula	65
Plant metabolism: Zoom in to the single-cell level	64
DROUGHT-INDUCED BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE enhances drought tolerance in rice	64
H2 supplied via ammonia borane stimulates lateral root branching via phytomelatonin signaling	64
How slender bamboo reacts to gravitational and external mechanical stimuli: Responses and mechanisms	63
The transcription factor ZmMYB69 represses lignin biosynthesis by activating ZmMYB31/42 expression in maize	63
Low temperature-induced regulatory network rewiring via WRKY regulators during banana peel browning	63
Mobile signals, patterning, and positional information in root development	60
Building safe lipid stores: Arabidopsis lipins shape lipid droplet biogenesis and lipid homeostasis	60
PyHAT5 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in red-fleshed pear and undergoes ubiquitination and degradation by PyAIP2	59
PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants	59
High-throughput genetic transformation and genome editing in pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.)	59
All members of the Arabidopsis DGAT and PDAT acyltransferase families operate during high and low temperatures	58
A comparative transcriptomics and eQTL approach identifiesSlWD40as a tomato fruit ripening regulator	58
R-SNARE protein YKT61 mediates root apical meristem cell division via BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1 recycling	58
PLANT UNCOUPLING MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN 2 localizes to the Golgi	57
The transcription factor VviNAC60 regulates senescence- and ripening-related processes in grapevine	57
Molecular characterization and functional analyses of maize phytochrome A photoreceptors	57
Let the sunshine in: Abscisic acid modulates shade avoidance by inducing hyponasty movement in Arabidopsis	57
Is hypoxia good or bad? Role of oxygen levels in maize kernel development	56
TTLOC: A Tn5 transposase-based approach to localize T-DNA integration sites	56
WOX11-mediated plant resilience: nematodes cut and adventitious lateral roots surge	55
The histone deacetylase RhHDA15 represses petal senescence by epigenetically regulating reactive oxygen species homeostasis in rose	55
The HsfA1a-BAG5b module mediates thermotolerance through activating autophagy in tomato	55