OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Photosynthesis Research is 4. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Adaptive significance of age- and light-related variation in needle structure, photochemistry, and pigments in evergreen coniferous trees	389
The role of the local environment on the structural heterogeneity of carotenoid β-ionone rings	157
Using picosecond fluorescence lifetime analysis to determine photosynthesis in the world’s oceans	47
Light harvesting in purple bacteria does not rely on resonance fine-tuning in peripheral antenna complexes	42
Integrating multiple statistical indices to measure the stability of photosynthetic pigment content and composition in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern germplasm under varying environmental conditions	32
Changes in light-harvesting and energy-transfer processes of the chlorophyll d-dominated cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina in response to different light qualities	32
Tools for analyzing protonation states and for tracing proton transfer pathways with examples from the Rb. sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers	26
Photosynthetic capacity and pigment distribution of a siphonous green alga, Dichotomosiphon tuberosus	25
Year-round sustainable biomass production potential of Nannochloris sp. in outdoor raceway pond enabled through strategic photobiological screening	25
Photosystem 2 and the oxygen evolving complex: a brief overview	25
EPR studies of ferredoxin in spinach and cyanobacterial thylakoids related to photosystem I-driven NADP+ reduction	23
PSII supercomplex disassembly is not needed for the induction of energy quenching (qE)	22
Insights into the binding mechanism of ascorbic acid and violaxanthin with violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE) and chlorophycean violaxanthin de-epoxidase (CVDE) enzymes	21
Active in situ and passive airborne fluorescence measurements for water stress detection on a fescue field	19
Singular adaptations in the carbon assimilation mechanism of the polyextremophile cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis thermalis	19
High salt-induced PSI-supercomplex is associated with high CEF and attenuation of state transitions	19
Far-red light-driven photoautotrophy of chlorophyll f-producing cyanobacterium without red-shifted phycobilisome core complex	17
Drop-casted Photosystem I/cytochrome c multilayer films for biohybrid solar energy conversion	17
Tuning photosynthetic oxygen for hydrogen evolution in synergistically integrated, sulfur deprived consortia of Coccomyxa chodatii and Rhodobium gokarnense at dim and high light	17
Reminiscences of Robert Paul Levine (1927–2022)	17
Light quality affects chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthetic performance in Antarctic Chlamydomonas	17
On the Pelletier and Caventou (1817, 1818) papers on chlorophyll and beyond	17
Theoretical elucidation of the structure, bonding, and reactivity of the CaMn4Ox clusters in the whole Kok cycle for water oxidation embedded in the oxygen evolving center of photosystem II. New molec	16
Photosynthetic response of the invasive weed Chromolaena odorata to glyphosate	16
Correction to: The molecular basis of the most red-shifted allophycocyanin discovered to date	16

Bicarbonate is a key regulator but not a substrate for O2 evolution in Photosystem II	16
Primary donor triplet states of Photosystem I and II studied by Q-band pulse ENDOR spectroscopy	15
Investigation of electrocatalytic activity of a new mononuclear Mn(II) complex for water oxidation in alkaline media	15
Seasonal dynamics of photosynthetic nitrogen content and partitioning in deciduous forests	15
Time-resolved FTIR difference spectroscopy for the study of photosystem I with high potential naphthoquinones incorporated into the A1 binding site 2: Identification of neutral state quinone bands	15
Trends and progress in application of cobalt-based materials in catalytic, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic, and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting	15
11th International Conference on “Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability”	14
The circadian night depression of photosynthesis analyzed in a herb, Pulmonaria vallarsae. Day/night quantitative relationships	14
Tribute to Kenneth Sauer (1931–2022): a mentor, a role-model, and an inspiration to all in the field of photosynthesis	14
Photosystem I: towards stable photovoltage generation in a semi-artificial system	14
Mn-porphyrins in a four-helix bundle participate in photo-induced electron transfer with a bacterial reaction center	13
Localization and characterization θ carbonic anhydrases in Thalassiosira pseudonana	13
Investigating photosynthetic and chlorophyll fluorescence responses to light in peanut acclimated to elevated CO2 and temperature	13
Mg2+ limitation leads to a decrease in chlorophyll, resulting in an unbalanced photosynthetic apparatus in the cyanobacterium Synechocytis sp. PCC6803	13
Exploring the interdependence of calcium and chloride activation of O2 evolution in photosystem II	13
Photogeneration and quenching of singlet molecular oxygen by bacterial C40 carotenoids with long chain of conjugated double bonds	13
Effects of mutations of D1-R323, D1-N322, D1-D319, D1-H304 on the functioning of photosystem II in Thermosynechococcus vulcanus	13
Salt stress induces Kranz anatomy and expression of C4 photosynthetic enzymes in the amphibious sedge Eleocharis vivipara	13
Plastoquinone homeostasis in plant acclimation to light intensity	12
Concurrent bioimaging of microalgal photophysiology and oxidative stress	12
Absolute quantification of cellular levels of photosynthesis-related proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	12
David (Dave) Charles Fork (1929–2020): a gentle human being, a great experimenter, and a passionate researcher	12
Correction to: The carbon-concentrating mechanism of the extremophilic red microalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae	11
Influence of the antiseptic octenidine on spectral characteristics and energy migration processes in photosystem II core complexes	11
A perspective on the major light-harvesting complex dynamics under the effect of pH, salts, and the photoprotective PsbS protein	11
Nonpigmented PsbR is involved in the integrity of excitation landscape in higher plant photosystem II, a case study in Arabidopsis thaliana and a mutant	11
Accurate photosynthetic parameter estimation at low stomatal conductance: effects of cuticular conductance and instrumental noise	10
In vitro demetalation of central magnesium in various chlorophyll derivatives using Mg-dechelatase homolog from the chloroflexi Anaerolineae	10
Genome-wide association study of leaf photosynthesis using a high-throughput gas exchange system in rice	10
Peculiarities of DNP-INT and DBMIB as inhibitors of the photosynthetic electron transport	10
Psb34 protein modulates binding of high-light-inducible proteins to CP47-containing photosystem II assembly intermediates in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	10
The pattern of photosynthetic response and adaptation to changing light conditions in lichens is linked to their ecological range	10
Honoring two stalwarts of photosynthesis research: Eva-Mari Aro and Govindjee	10
Effectiveness of salt priming and plant growth-promoting bacteria in mitigating salt-induced photosynthetic damage in melon	10
Differential sensitivities of photosynthetic component processes govern oxidative stress levels and net assimilation rates in virus-infected cotton	10
Adaptive significance of age- and light-related variation in needle structure, photochemistry, and pigments in evergreen coniferous trees	10
Resonant vibrations produce quantum bridge over high-energy states in heterogeneous antenna	10
Basking in the sun: how mosses photosynthesise and survive in Antarctica	9
Correction to: Derivative-based time-adjusted analysis of diurnal and within-tree variation in the OJIP fluorescence transient of silver birch	9
Spruce versus Arabidopsis: different strategies of photosynthetic acclimation to light intensity change	9
Effects of drought and moisture stress on the growth and ecophysiological traits of Schima superba seedlings	9
Effect of cationic antiseptics on the vectorial electron and proton transfer in chromatophores of photosynthetic bacteria	9
Characterizing compensatory mechanisms in the absence of photoprotective qE in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	8
Absorption changes in Photosystem II in the Soret band region upon the formation of the chlorophyll cation radical [PD1PD2]+	8
Diversity of responses to nitrogen deficiency in distinct wheat genotypes reveals the role of alternative electron flows in photoprotection	8
Photo-induced processes in photosynthesis—from femtoseconds to seconds	8
Excitation energy transfer and trapping in Photosystem I of the green alga Bryopsis corticulans	8
Aquatic plant Myriophyllum spicatum displays contrasting morphological, photosynthetic, and transcriptomic responses between its aquatic and terrestrial morphotypes	8
Controlled electron transfer by molecular wires embedded in ultrathin insulating membranes for driving redox catalysis	8
Retraction Note: The highly efficient NDH-dependent photosystem I cyclic electron flow pathway in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina	8

Perspectives of cyanobacterial cell factories	8
Assembly of allophycocyanin from individual subunits: involvement of apo-form in the formation of trimers	7
Photoperiod-mediated rapid generation advancement in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)	7
Elucidating the role of adsorption during artificial photosynthesis: H2O and CO2 adsorption isotherms over TiO2 reveal thermal effects under UV illumination	7
Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures	7
Divergent photosynthesis and leaf respiration responses of four common subtropical tree species to modest warming	7
Photosynthesis and food security: the evolving story of C4 rice	7
Light intensity influences carotenoid accumulation and modulates the expression of photosynthetic genes in Euglena sanguinea	7
Retraction Note: Anatomical adjustment of mature leaves of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) to increased irradiance	7
Correction to: Presence of low-energy chlorophylls d in photosystem I trimer and monomer cores isolated from Acaryochloris sp. NBRC 102871	7
Comparison of proton transfer paths to the QA and QB sites of the Rb. sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers	7
Inverted region in the reaction of the quinone reduction in the A1-site of photosystem I from cyanobacteria	7
Environmentally relevant copper concentrations stimulate photosynthesis in Monoraphidium sp.	7
Plant morphology, secondary metabolites and chlorophyll fluorescence of Artemisia argyi under different LED environments	7
Light-harvesting complex gene regulation by a MYB-family transcription factor in the marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum	7
Redox properties and regulatory mechanism of the iron-quinone electron acceptor in photosystem II as revealed by FTIR spectroelectrochemistry	6
Quantifying photosynthetic restrictions	6
Special issue on inorganic carbon concentrating mechanisms	6
Elevational variation in leaf anatomical and stomatal traits and their allometric relationships of Quercus variabilis from a warm-temperate forest	6
Scaling-up and proteomic analysis reveals photosynthetic and metabolic insights toward prolonged H2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas hpm91 mutant lacking proton gradient regulation 5 (PGR5)	6
The chlorophyll fluoroscope, a device to observe the in vivo emission of chlorophyll fluorescence for teaching and demonstration purposes	6
Crystallographic and biochemical analyses of a far-red allophycocyanin to address the mechanism of the super-red-shift	6
Towards engineering a hybrid carboxysome	6
Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: simple and general antenna models	6
Identification of multiple nonphotochemical quenching processes in the extremophilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae	6
Presence of low-energy chlorophylls d in photosystem I trimer and monomer cores isolated from Acaryochloris sp. NBRC 102871	6
Inorganic carbon utilization strategies of plateau aquatic plants in response to native habitats	6
Comparative analysis of biochemical and sequence features of PSI-LHCI supercomplexes from Cyanidium caldarium NIES-551 and Cyanidiococcus yangmingshanensis NIES-2137	6
Special issue on quantum and classical computational methods in photosynthesis: from the atom to the mesoscale	6
Chlorophyll triplet states in thylakoid membranes of Acaryochloris marina. Evidence for a triplet state sitting on the photosystem I primary donor populated by intersystem crossing	5
Quantum chemical elucidation of a sevenfold symmetric bacterial antenna complex	5
Characterization of the wave phenomenon of flash-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	5
Photosynthetic electron transport in pitcher plants (Nepenthes mirabilis)	5
Quantifying chlorophylls in melanic lichens: the necessity of separating the absorbance of melanin and chlorophyll	5
Long-term light adaptation of light-harvesting and energy-transfer processes in the glaucophyte Cyanophora paradoxa under different light conditions	5
Plastoquinone pool redox state and control of state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in darkness and under illumination	5
Atomic force microscopic analysis of the light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum	5
Investigating the role of PGR5 and PGRL1 in photosynthetic acclimation to salt stress in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	5
Hybrid AI model for estimating the canopy photosynthesis of eggplants	5
Light intensity affects growth, photosynthesis and nutritional properties of Toona sinensis sprouts in plant factory	5
In memoriam of Professor Bridgette Barry (March 1, 1957–January 20, 2021)	5
Coordinated diffusional and biochemical limitations underlie age-related decline in photosynthetic capacity of rice leaves	5
Exceptional Quantum Efficiency Powers Biomass Production in Halotolerant Algae Picochlorum sp.^	5
Spectral diversity of photosystem I from flowering plants	5
Light-induced changes of far-red excited chlorophyll fluorescence: further evidence for variable fluorescence of photosystem I in vivo	5
Photosynthetic performance under adaxial and abaxial illumination in three Mediterranean Quercus species differing in branch architecture and individual leaf area	5
The S1 to S2 and S2 to S3 state transitions in plant photosystem II: relevance to the functional and structural heterogeneity of the water oxidizing complex	5
Roles of ApcD and orange carotenoid protein in photoinduction of electron transport upon dark–light transition in the Synechocystis PCC 6803 mutant deficient in flavodiiron protein Flv1	5
Eustress responses of Musa acuminata cv. red banana using LED spectra	5
Psb27, a photosystem II assembly protein, enables quenching of excess light energy during its participation in the PSII lifecycle	5
The synergy between the PscC subunits for electron transfer to the P840 special pair in Chlorobaculum tepidum	5
The role of photosynthesis related pigments in light harvesting, photoprotection and enhancement of photosynthetic yield in planta	4
Stomatal, mesophyll and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis and their relationship with leaf structure over an elevation gradient in two conifers	4
Regulation of light energy conversion between linear and cyclic electron flow within photosystem II controlled by the plastoquinone/quinol redox poise	4
Hysteresis light curves: a protocol for characterizing the time dependence of the light response of photosynthesis	4
Mutagenic analysis of the bundle-shaped phycobilisome from Gloeobacter violaceus	4
Biochemical evidence for the diversity of LHCI proteins in PSI-LHCI from the red alga Galdieria sulphuraria NIES-3638	4
A practical guide to long-term field PAM chlorophyll fluorescence measurements: setup, installation, data processing with R package ‘LongTermPAM’ and interpretation	4
Preface: special issues on photosystem II	4
Transgenic strategies to improve the thermotolerance of photosynthesis	4
Editorial Expression of Concern: Excess copper induces anoxygenic photosynthesis in Anabaena doliolum: A homology based proteomic assessment of its survival strategy	4
Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of PSI-LHCI from the red alga Cyanidium caldarium	4
Relationship between non-photochemical quenching efficiency and the energy transfer rate from phycobilisomes to photosystem II	4
Physical properties of chlorophyll–quinone conjugates prepared via Friedel–Crafts reaction	4
Identification of amino acid residues in a proton release pathway near the bacteriochlorophyll dimer in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides	4
The cytochrome b6f complex: plastoquinol oxidation and regulation of electron transport in chloroplasts	4
The response of LncRNAs associated with photosynthesis-and pigment synthesis-related genes to green light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	4
Remembering Robert (Bob) Togasaki (1932–2019): A leader in Chlamydomonas genetics and in plant biology, as well as a teacher par excellence	4
Preface to the special issue: the keynote lectures of the 18th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research	4
Fluorescence and electron transfer of Limnospira indica functionalized biophotoelectrodes	4
Preface: to the special issue: photochemistry and electrochemistry of natural and artificial photosynthesis	4
The molecular basis of the most red-shifted allophycocyanin discovered to date	4
Photon costs of shoot and root NO3−, and root NH4+, assimilation in terrestrial vascular plants considering associated pH regulation, osmotic and ontogenetic effects	4
Diurnal light fitness of the C3 and C4 species from the genus Atriplex under control and drought conditions	4
In vivo two-photon FLIM resolves photosynthetic properties of maize bundle sheath cells	4