OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Science is 33. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The receptor kinase OsANX limits precocious flowering and inflorescence over-branching and maintains pollen tube integrity in rice	198
Exogenous dopamine improves resistance to Botryosphaeria dothidea by increasing autophagy activity in pear	118
Genic male sterility increases rice drought tolerance	102
RsCDF3, a member of Cycling Dof Factors, positively regulates cold tolerance via auto-regulation and repressing two RsRbohs transcription in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)	93
Genome-wide identification of miRNAs and targets associated with cell wall biosynthesis: Differential roles of dlo-miR397a and dlo-miR408-3p during early somatic embryogenesis in longan	92
MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1 mediates root sensing of serotonin through jasmonic acid signaling and modulating reactive oxygen species	75
Editorial Board	67
The molecular mechanism of transcription factor regulation of grain size in rice	65
UV radiation and drought interact differently in grass and forb species of a mountain grassland	65
A novel maize F-bZIP member, ZmbZIP76, functions as a positive regulator in ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance by binding to ACGT-containing elements	64
Genetic variations in FAD3 and its influence on agronomic traits and fatty acid composition in perilla germplasm	60
Metabolites-induced co-evolutionary warfare between plants, viruses, and their associated vectors: So close yet so far away	58
Characterisation of fatty acyl reductases of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed	55
BpAFP, a Broussonetia papyrifera latex chitinase, exhibits a dual role in resisting to both Verticillium wilt disease and lepidopterous pests, Plutella xylostella and Prodenia litura	55
SUMOylation: A critical transcription modulator in plant cells	52
Modeling-based age-dependent analysis reveals the net patterns of ethylene-dependent and -independent aerenchyma formation in rice and maize roots	50
OsSalT gene cloned from rice provides evidence of its role in salinity and drought stress tolerance	49
Overexpression of high affinity K+ transporter from Nitraria sibirica enhanced salt tolerance of transgenic plants	47
Hormonal involvement in boosting the vegetative vigour underlying caffeine-related improvements in lentil production	44
Kinase domain diversification drives specificity in BRI1 and non-BRI1 RLKs in brassinosteroid signaling	42
Molecular hydrogen positively influences lateral root formation by regulating hydrogen peroxide signaling	41
Inheritance of resilience: genetic Mapping of transgenerational and intergenerational drought stress memory in wheat	41
The Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein α subunit binds to and inhibits the inward rectifying potassium channel KAT1	40
Enhancing photosynthesis and yield in rice with improved N use efficiency	40
Live-cell imaging reveals the cellular dynamics in seed development	39

ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 5-ω3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE3 module regulates unsaturated fatty acids biosynthesis in Paeonia ostii	38
Abscisic acid and ethylene coordinating fruit ripening under abiotic stress	38
Decrease in hemicellulose content and its retention of iron contributes to phosphorus deficiency alleviated iron deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana	37
Spatiotemporal organization and correlation of tip-focused exocytosis and endocytosis in regulating pollen tube tip growth	37
Methylation in DNA, histone, and RNA during flowering under stress condition: A review	35
The hidden effects of agrochemicals on plant metabolism and root-associated microorganisms	35
WD40 proteins PaTTG1 interact with both bHLH and MYB to regulate trichome formation and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Platanus acerifolia	34
Lily (Lilium spp.) LhERF4 negatively affects anthocyanin biosynthesis by suppressing LhMYBSPLATTER transcription	34
A review of starch, a unique biopolymer – Structure, metabolism and in planta modifications	33
Strigolactone (GR24) regulates fruit ripening in yft3 tomatoes by altering ABA biosynthesis	33
The phospholipase D gene GhPLDδ confers resistance to Verticillium dahliae and improves tolerance to salt stress	33
Regulation of photosynthetic light reaction proteins via reversible phosphorylation	33
Systems biology of root development in Populus: Review and perspectives	33