OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of South African Journal of Botany is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Larger trees facilitate understory herbaceous biomass but not diversity in a South African savanna	133
Unveiling the potential of synthetic cumin variety for seed quality and quantity under drought stress	75
Unveiling the amalgamation of growing substrates and cultivars for low-cost plantlet multiplication in banana	70
Unfolding the role of silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2NPs) in inducing drought stress tolerance in Hordeum vulgare through modulation of root metabolic, nutritional, and hormonal profiles	69
Secondarily woody Lobostemon and Echium (Boraginaceae) from two Mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots share similar wood anatomies	67
Three Mediterranean species from natural plant communities (Ceratonia siliqua, Pistacia lentiscus, and Olea europaea var. sylvestris): phenolic acids, flavonoids, and biological activities	62
In vitro antiglycation and lipoxygenase inhibition of naphthoquinones isolated from Diospyros lotus Linn	61
The untargeted phytochemical profile of Verbascum thapsus L. with potent antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer activities	60
Supplementation of Moringa based zinc oxide nanoparticles mitigates salt stress in Celosia argentea through reduced chloride (Cl −) uptake and modulation in physiochemical attributes	59
Corrigendum to Ecological survey, population assessment and habitat distribution modelling for conserving Fritillaria roylei—A critically endangered Himalayan medicinal herb, South African Journal of	58
Dual production of solar energy and important plant-derived active pharmaceutical ingredients: Artemisinin, a pilot study	56
Effects of the commercial biostimulant BC204 on the rhizosphere microbial community of Solanum lycopersicum L.	51
Responses of rootstock variability to tolerate salinity in tomato	51
Mathematical modeling of the combined action of Origanum grosii essential oil and sodium chloride on the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	50
Investigation of molecular mechanisms of Ulmus davidiana against gastric cancer: A network pharmacology study incorporating gene expression data and molecular docking analysis	49
Meta-analysis of the influence of seasonality on the chemical composition of essential oils from Myrtaceae species	48
E2F/DP protein family in beans: Identification, evolution and expression analysis within the genome	47
Use of low cost agar alternative for in vitro propagation of commercially viable orchids is an attractive way for commercialization	46
Geographical distribution, abundance and population structure of Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex. Heckel, a culturally important species in Benin Republic	46
Desiccation and chilling sensitivity of the recalcitrant seeds of Trichilia dregeana harvested from two provenances	45
Constituent content and allelopathic potential of eighteen extracts for the control of Urochloa decumbens under laboratory conditions	44
Micrasterias apiculata var. tjitjeroekensis, a scarce and interesting desmid from Mozambique	44
Breaking the salty spell: Understanding action mechanism of melatonin and beneficial microbes as nature's solution for mitigating salt stress in soybean	44
Editorial Board	44
The antiproliferative extract from the leaves of Acacia sieberiana var. woodii (Fabaceae) is harmless as evidenced by acute and subacute toxicity studies in rats	43

Anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic and anti-lipidemic activities of root bark extracts from Rhus tripartitum and cytotoxicity evaluation of isolated compounds	43
Morphology, biochemistry, and yield of cassava as functions of growth stage and water regime	42
Can an indigenous consortium of arbuscular mycorrhizae effectively mitigate drought stress in argan trees (Argania spinosa L. Skeels) by modulating mineral nutrition and phosphatase activities?	42
Silver nanoparticles synthesis from Crinum moorei: Optimization, characterization, kinetics and catalytic application	40
Protective effect of ciprofloxacin-induced oxidative stress, testicular and hepatorenal injury by Citrullus lanatus L. (Watermelon) seeds in adult Wistar rats	40
Clonal propagation of rare orchid species Paphiopedilum spp. (Orchidaceae) to save Indonesian biodiversity	40
Phenolics from underutilized wild pomegranate fruit flavedo: Extraction, quantification, hierarchical clustering, antibacterial properties, HPLC, SEM analysis and FT-IR characterization	39
Phytochemical profile and toxicity of extracts from the leaf of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. collected in mangrove areas affected by port activities	39
Isolating Miliusa velutina endophytic bacteria to generate antioxidants and optimizing culture conditions for antioxidant production	38
Promising botanical-derived monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors: pharmacological aspects and structure-activity studies	38
Evaluation of antidiabetic and wound healing properties of ethanol extract of Hedera nepalensis in alloxan-induced diabetic rats	38
Bioactivity of essential oils extracted from four varieties of Zanthoxylum bungeanum against insects and dominant spoilage fungi in Codonopsis pilosulae	37
Phytochemical profile, antioxidant, antiproliferative, and enzyme inhibition-docking analyses of Salvia ekimiana Celep & Doğan	37
In-Silico Investigation on the Inhibitory Effect of Compounds from Essential Oils of Boesenbergia rotunda on Sortase-A of Streptococcus mutans	37