OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Science is 34. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The receptor kinase OsANX limits precocious flowering and inflorescence over-branching and maintains pollen tube integrity in rice	169
Overexpression of high affinity K+ transporter from Nitraria sibirica enhanced salt tolerance of transgenic plants	94
Spatiotemporal organization and correlation of tip-focused exocytosis and endocytosis in regulating pollen tube tip growth	89
Exogenous dopamine improves resistance to Botryosphaeria dothidea by increasing autophagy activity in pear	87
Molecular hydrogen positively influences lateral root formation by regulating hydrogen peroxide signaling	83
Genic male sterility increases rice drought tolerance	83
MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1 mediates root sensing of serotonin through jasmonic acid signaling and modulating reactive oxygen species	82
OsSalT gene cloned from rice provides evidence of its role in salinity and drought stress tolerance	82
Editorial Board	81
The molecular mechanism of transcription factor regulation of grain size in rice	66
Mdm-MIR393b-mediated adventitious root formation by targeted regulation of MdTIR1A expression and weakened sensitivity to auxin in apple rootstock	65
UV radiation and drought interact differently in grass and forb species of a mountain grassland	61
Functional conservation and divergence of SEPALLATA-like genes in the development of two-type florets in marigold	57
Hormonal involvement in boosting the vegetative vigour underlying caffeine-related improvements in lentil production	57
Decrease in hemicellulose content and its retention of iron contributes to phosphorus deficiency alleviated iron deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana	55
ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 5-ω3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE3 module regulates unsaturated fatty acids biosynthesis in Paeonia ostii	54
WD40 proteins PaTTG1 interact with both bHLH and MYB to regulate trichome formation and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Platanus acerifolia	53
Live-cell imaging reveals the cellular dynamics in seed development	52
Systems biology of root development in Populus: Review and perspectives	51
RsCDF3, a member of Cycling Dof Factors, positively regulates cold tolerance via auto-regulation and repressing two RsRbohs transcription in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)	50
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	48
SUMOylation: A critical transcription modulator in plant cells	44
Methylation in DNA, histone, and RNA during flowering under stress condition: A review	44
The hidden effects of agrochemicals on plant metabolism and root-associated microorganisms	44
Germinating seed can sense low temperature for the floral transition and vernalization of winter rapeseed (Brassica rapa)	42

Metabolites-induced co-evolutionary warfare between plants, viruses, and their associated vectors: So close yet so far away	40
Lily (Lilium spp.) LhERF4 negatively affects anthocyanin biosynthesis by suppressing LhMYBSPLATTER transcription	39
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	38
The phospholipase D gene GhPLDδ confers resistance to Verticillium dahliae and improves tolerance to salt stress	38
The Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein α subunit binds to and inhibits the inward rectifying potassium channel KAT1	38
A novel maize F-bZIP member, ZmbZIP76, functions as a positive regulator in ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance by binding to ACGT-containing elements	36
A review of starch, a unique biopolymer – Structure, metabolism and in planta modifications	35
Enhancing photosynthesis and yield in rice with improved N use efficiency	34
Characterisation of fatty acyl reductases of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed	34
Abscisic acid and ethylene coordinating fruit ripening under abiotic stress	34