OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Photosynthesis Research is 7. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The role of photosynthesis related pigments in light harvesting, photoprotection and enhancement of photosynthetic yield in planta	147
Photosynthesis research under climate change	87
Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures	71
The role of Cytochrome b6f in the control of steady-state photosynthesis: a conceptual and quantitative model	51
Electron and proton transport in wheat exposed to salt stress: is the increase of the thylakoid membrane proton conductivity responsible for decreasing the photosynthetic activity in sensitive genotyp	35
Photosynthetic resistance and resilience under drought, flooding and rewatering in maize plants	34
Glycinebetaine mitigated the photoinhibition of photosystem II at high temperature in transgenic tomato plants	33
Improving photosynthesis to increase grain yield potential: an analysis of maize hybrids released in different years in China	32
Evidence for variable chlorophyll fluorescence of photosystem I in vivo	32
From manganese oxidation to water oxidation: assembly and evolution of the water-splitting complex in photosystem II	27
Crop photosynthesis for the twenty-first century	26
Recent progress in atomistic modeling of light-harvesting complexes: a mini review	25
Recent advances in the structural diversity of reaction centers	24
Static magnetic field treatment enhanced photosynthetic performance in soybean under supplemental ultraviolet-B radiation	24
Natural variation in the fast phase of chlorophyll a fluorescence induction curve (OJIP) in a global rice minicore panel	24
Acclimation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to extremely strong light	21
Nitrogen, phosphorus and high CO2 modulate photosynthesis, biomass and lipid production in the green alga Chlorella vulgaris	21
Simultaneously measuring pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM) chlorophyll fluorescence of leaves at wavelengths shorter and longer than 700 nm	21
The relative abundance of wheat Rubisco activase isoforms is post-transcriptionally regulated	20
Role of redox-inactive metals in controlling the redox potential of heterometallic manganese–oxido clusters	20
The different patterns of post-heat stress responses in wheat genotypes: the role of the transthylakoid proton gradient in efficient recovery of leaf photosynthetic capacity	20
Enhanced photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency and increased nitrogen allocation to photosynthetic machinery under cotton domestication	19
High-light-inducible proteins HliA and HliB: pigment binding and protein–protein interactions	18
Cyclic electron flow (CEF) and ascorbate pathway activity provide constitutive photoprotection for the photopsychrophile, Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241 (renamed Chlamydomonas priscuii)	18
Photophysics of nanographenes: from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to graphene nanoribbons	17

Combined gas exchange characteristics, chlorophyll fluorescence and response curves as selection traits for temperature tolerance in maize genotypes	16
High nitrogen inhibits photosynthetic performance in a shade-tolerant and N-sensitive species Panax notoginseng	16
Improved photosynthetic characteristics correlated with enhanced biomass in a heterotic F1 hybrid of maize (Zea mays L.)	16
Evolutionary diversity of proton and water channels on the oxidizing side of photosystem II and their relevance to function	16
A theoretical framework of the hybrid mechanism of photosystem II photodamage	15
The effect of different spectral light quality on the photoinhibition of Photosystem I in intact leaves	15
Role of bundle sheath conductance in sustaining photosynthesis competence in sugarcane plants under nitrogen deficiency	15
Impaired chloroplast positioning affects photosynthetic capacity and regulation of the central carbohydrate metabolism during cold acclimation	15
Phos-tag-based approach to study protein phosphorylation in the thylakoid membrane	15
Quantification of NAD(P)H in cyanobacterial cells by a phenol extraction method	15
Selecting informative bands for partial least squares regressions improves their goodness-of-fits to estimate leaf photosynthetic parameters from hyperspectral data	14
Juggling Lightning: How Chlorella ohadii handles extreme energy inputs without damage	14
Photosynthesis of the Cyanidioschyzon merolae cells in blue, red, and white light	14
Localization and characterization θ carbonic anhydrases in Thalassiosira pseudonana	14
Effects of partial replacement of red by green light in the growth spectrum on photomorphogenesis and photosynthesis in tomato plants	14
Role of C4 photosynthetic enzyme isoforms in C3 plants and their potential applications in improving agronomic traits in crops	12
NADPH production in dark stages is critical for cyanobacterial photocurrent generation: a study using mutants deficient in oxidative pentose phosphate pathway	12
Absolute quantification of cellular levels of photosynthesis-related proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	12
Electron transport and photosynthetic performance in Fragaria × ananassa Duch. acclimated to the solar spectrum modified by a spectrum conversion film	12
Primary donor triplet states of Photosystem I and II studied by Q-band pulse ENDOR spectroscopy	12
High photosynthetic capacity of Sahelian C3 and C4 plants	12
Reconstruction of the absorption spectrum of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 optical mutants from the in vivo signature of individual pigments	11
Redox properties and regulatory mechanism of the iron-quinone electron acceptor in photosystem II as revealed by FTIR spectroelectrochemistry	11
Photosynthesis and food security: the evolving story of C4 rice	11
The role of the local environment on the structural heterogeneity of carotenoid β-ionone rings	11
Determining photosynthetic control, a probe for the balance between electron transport and Calvin–Benson cycle activity, with the DUAL-KLAS-NIR	11
An insight into spectral composition of light available for photosynthesis via remotely assessed absorption coefficient at leaf and canopy levels	11
Variation in leaf photosynthetic capacity within plant canopies: optimization, structural, and physiological constraints and inefficiencies	11
The location of the low-energy states in Lhca1 favors excitation energy transfer to the core in the plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex	11
Photosystem II antenna modules CP43 and CP47 do not form a stable ‘no reaction centre complex’ in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	11
Psb27, a photosystem II assembly protein, enables quenching of excess light energy during its participation in the PSII lifecycle	11
Accumulation of geranylgeranylated chlorophylls in the pigment-protein complexes of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to green light: effects on the organization of light-harvesting complex II and photo	10
Singlet oxygen damages the function of Photosystem II in isolated thylakoids and in the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana	10
Comparison of proton transfer paths to the QA and QB sites of the Rb. sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers	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
Quantity of supplementary LED lightings regulates photosynthetic apparatus, improves photosynthetic capacity and enhances productivity of Cos lettuce grown in a tropical greenhouse	10
Estimating leaf photosynthesis of C3 plants grown under different environments from pigment index, photochemical reflectance index, and chlorophyll fluorescence	10
Properties of Photosystem II lacking the PsbJ subunit	10
A perspective on the major light-harvesting complex dynamics under the effect of pH, salts, and the photoprotective PsbS protein	10
Acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus to low light in a thermophilic Synechococcus sp. strain	10
Ultrafast energy transfer dynamics of phycobilisome from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus, as revealed by ps fluorescence and fs pump-probe spectroscopies	10
Mehler reaction plays a role in C3 and C4 photosynthesis under shade and low CO2	9
Light-induced changes of far-red excited chlorophyll fluorescence: further evidence for variable fluorescence of photosystem I in vivo	9
Effects of MPK3 and MPK6 kinases on the chloroplast architecture and function induced by cold acclimation in Arabidopsis	9
Exogenous brassinosteroids increases tolerance to shading by altering stress responses in mung bean (Vigna radiata L.)	9
The PsbJ protein is required for photosystem II activity in centers lacking the PsbO and PsbV lumenal subunits	9
Photosystem I in low light-grown leaves of Alocasia odora, a shade-tolerant plant, is resistant to fluctuating light-induced photoinhibition	9
Ca2+ effects on Fe(II) interactions with Mn-binding sites in Mn-depleted oxygen-evolving complexes of photosystem II and on Fe replacement of Mn in Mn-containing, Ca-depleted complexes	8
Proximity-based proteomics reveals the thylakoid lumen proteome in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002	8
Ultraviolet screening by slug tissue and tight packing of plastids protect photosynthetic sea slugs from photoinhibition	8

Plastoquinone homeostasis in plant acclimation to light intensity	8
Water oxidation reaction in the presence of a dinuclear Mn(II)-semicarbohydrazone coordination compound	8
Coral symbionts evolved a functional polycistronic flavodiiron gene	8
LCIB functions as a carbonic anhydrase: evidence from yeast and Arabidopsis carbonic anhydrase knockout mutants	8
The redox state of the plastoquinone (PQ) pool is connected to thylakoid lipid saturation in a marine diatom	8
Chloride facilitates Mn(III) formation during photoassembly of the Photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex	8
Regulation of light energy conversion between linear and cyclic electron flow within photosystem II controlled by the plastoquinone/quinol redox poise	7
Photosynthetic acclimation during low-light-induced leaf senescence in post-anthesis maize plants	7
Reactive oxygen species in photosystem II: relevance for oxidative signaling	7
The effect of some antiseptic drugs on the energy transfer in chromatophore photosynthetic membranes of purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides	7
Quantum chemical elucidation of a sevenfold symmetric bacterial antenna complex	7
Circular dichroism and resonance Raman spectroscopies of bacteriochlorophyll b-containing LH1-RC complexes	7
Singular adaptations in the carbon assimilation mechanism of the polyextremophile cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis thermalis	7
Binding and functions of the two chloride ions in the oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II	7
Predicting the oxidation states of Mn ions in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II using supervised and unsupervised machine learning	7
The PshX subunit of the photochemical reaction center from Heliobacterium modesticaldum acts as a low-energy antenna	7
Natural and artificial photosynthesis: fundamentals, progress, and challenges	7
Bridging the gap between Kok-type and kinetic models of photosynthetic electron transport within Photosystem II	7