OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Science is 35. 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
The receptor kinase OsANX limits precocious flowering and inflorescence over-branching and maintains pollen tube integrity in rice	277
Methylation in DNA, histone, and RNA during flowering under stress condition: A review	169
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	110
Genetic variations in FAD3 and its influence on agronomic traits and fatty acid composition in perilla germplasm	107
UV radiation and drought interact differently in grass and forb species of a mountain grassland	99
Live-cell imaging reveals the cellular dynamics in seed development	90
Hormonal involvement in boosting the vegetative vigour underlying caffeine-related improvements in lentil production	85
MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1 mediates root sensing of serotonin through jasmonic acid signaling and modulating reactive oxygen species	78
Characterisation of fatty acyl reductases of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed	69
Spatiotemporal organization and correlation of tip-focused exocytosis and endocytosis in regulating pollen tube tip growth	55
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	55
Systems biology of root development in Populus: Review and perspectives	51
The phospholipase D gene GhPLDδ confers resistance to Verticillium dahliae and improves tolerance to salt stress	51
Metabolites-induced co-evolutionary warfare between plants, viruses, and their associated vectors: So close yet so far away	49
The molecular mechanism of transcription factor regulation of grain size in rice	47
Molecular and structural basis for nitrosoglutathione-dependent redox regulation of triosephosphate isomerase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	45
Kinase domain diversification drives specificity in BRI1 and non-BRI1 RLKs in brassinosteroid signaling	43
The Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein α subunit binds to and inhibits the inward rectifying potassium channel KAT1	42
MdARF18-like, a member of Auxin response factor gene family, promotes adventitious root elongation in apple	42
Molecular hydrogen positively influences lateral root formation by regulating hydrogen peroxide signaling	41
Chlorophyll deficient barley xan-n mutants are defective in an essential superoxide dismutase	40
WD40 proteins PaTTG1 interact with both bHLH and MYB to regulate trichome formation and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Platanus acerifolia	40
Uncovering central carbon metabolism underlying the successive nectar secretion and scent volatiles emission in floral accessory whorls of Clerodendrum chinense	39
Comparative analysis of adaptive mechanisms to salt-alkali stress in two Leymus chinensis ecotypes	39
Identification of serine acetyltransferase (SAT) gene family and SAT2-mediated stress tolerance in cucumber, watermelon and melon	38

LC-MS-based metabolomics revealed dynamic changes of tissue- and developmental stage- specific metabolites in qingke	38
R2R3-MYB transcription factor FaesMYB15 controls floral shape and color via regulating ABC-class MADS-box genes in Long-homostyle common buckwheat	38
Exogenous dopamine improves resistance to Botryosphaeria dothidea by increasing autophagy activity in pear	37
A novel maize F-bZIP member, ZmbZIP76, functions as a positive regulator in ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance by binding to ACGT-containing elements	37
Strigolactone (GR24) regulates fruit ripening in yft3 tomatoes by altering ABA biosynthesis	37
Enhancing photosynthesis and yield in rice with improved N use efficiency	36
Continuous cropping obstacles in medicinal plants: Driven by soil microbial communities and root exudates. A review	36
Modeling-based age-dependent analysis reveals the net patterns of ethylene-dependent and -independent aerenchyma formation in rice and maize roots	36
RsCDF3, a member of Cycling Dof Factors, positively regulates cold tolerance via auto-regulation and repressing two RsRbohs transcription in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)	35
Lily (Lilium spp.) LhERF4 negatively affects anthocyanin biosynthesis by suppressing LhMYBSPLATTER transcription	35
Abscisic acid and ethylene coordinating fruit ripening under abiotic stress	35
Overexpression of high affinity K+ transporter from Nitraria sibirica enhanced salt tolerance of transgenic plants	35
Decrease in hemicellulose content and its retention of iron contributes to phosphorus deficiency alleviated iron deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana	35
Inheritance of resilience: genetic Mapping of transgenerational and intergenerational drought stress memory in wheat	35