OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Phytopathology is 13. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Phytopathogens Reprogram Host Alternative mRNA Splicing	135
Genome-Enabled Insights into Downy Mildew Biology and Evolution	133
	132
Theories for Understanding the Effect of Impact Assessment and Project Evaluation on the Practice of Science	104
Ralstonia solanacearum: An Arsenal of Virulence Strategies and Prospects for Resistance	68
Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) in Plant Innate Immunity: Applying the Danger Model and Evolutionary Perspectives	67
Functional Peptides for Plant Disease Control	61
	60
Phytophthora capsici: Recent Progress on Fundamental Biology and Disease Management 100 Years After Its Description	60
Biotechnology and Genomic Approaches to Mitigating Disease Impacts on Forest Health	50
Functions and Mechanisms of Secreted Proteinaceous Effectors of Broad-Host-Range Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens	50
Evolving Archetypes: Learning from Pathogen Emergence on a Nonmodel Host	49
The Past Is Present: Coevolution of Viruses and Host Resistance Within Geographic Centers of Plant Diversity	47
Genome Biology of Rust Fungi	44
Engineering a One Health Super Wheat	43
Interkingdom Signaling Interference: The Effect of Plant-Derived Small Molecules on Quorum Sensing in Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria	43
Shedding the Light on Powdery Mildew: The Use of Optical Irradiation in Management of the Disease	40
Management of Huanglongbing of Citrus: Lessons from São Paulo and Florida	39
Peptide Effectors in Phytonematode Parasitism and Beyond	39
The Global Forest Health Crisis: A Public-Good Social Dilemma in Need of International Collective Action	35
International Trade and Local Effects of Viral and Bacterial Diseases in Ornamental Plants	33
Virulence and Ecology of Agrobacteria in the Context of Evolutionary Genomics	33
Appreciation for the Leadership of Leach and Lindow	33
The Plant Ubiquitin–Proteasome System as a Target for Microbial Manipulation	32
Climate Change Effects on Pathogen Emergence: Artificial Intelligence to Translate Big Data for Mitigation	31

Induced Resistance in Fruit and Vegetables: A Host Physiological Response Limiting Postharvest Disease Development	31
Ill Communication: Host Metabolites as Virulence-Regulating Signals for Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria	30
Diversity, Evolution, and Function of Pseudomonas syringae Effectoromes	30
Challenges to Wheat Disease Resistance and Current Global Strategies	29
Function, Evolution, and Ecology of Type VI Secretion Systems of Plant-Associated Bacteria	26
Fungal Trunk Diseases: A Global Threat to Grapevines	25
Cryphonectriaceae: Biodiverse and Threatening Tree Pathogens in the Tropics and Southern Hemisphere	23
The Greening of One Health: Plants, Pathogens, and the Environment	23
Replication Organelles of Plant Positive-Strand RNA Viruses: A Boost in Knowledge Following New Imaging Approaches	22
The Phloem as an Arena for Plant Pathogens	21
Re-Envisioning the Plant Disease Triangle: Full Integration of the Host Microbiota and a Focal Pivot to Health Outcomes	20
Disease Management in Regenerative Cropping in the Context of Climate Change and Regulatory Restrictions	19
Mycotoxin Production inFusariumAccording to Contemporary Species Concepts	17
Facilitating Reforestation Through the Plant Microbiome: Perspectives from the Phyllosphere	17
Susceptibility Genes in Bacterial Diseases of Plants	17
Characterization of Effector–Target Interactions in Necrotrophic Pathosystems Reveals Trends and Variation in Host Manipulation	15
Free-Riding in Plant Health: A Social-Ecological Systems Approach to Collective Action	15
Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus Pandemic	14
Regulation of Cell Death and Signaling by Pore-Forming Resistosomes	13
Recognition and Response in Plant–Nematode Interactions	13
Regulation of Bacterial Growth and Behavior by Host Plant	13
Point-of-Care DNA Amplification for Disease Diagnosis and Management	13