OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Seed Science Research is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Vernalization enforces seed dormancy in the agricultural weed Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.)	33
The role of polyploidy in improving seed traits, growth kinetics, and embryo development in Cuminum cyminum L.	15
Stimulatory and inhibitory effects of light on Cereus repandus (Cactaceae) seed germination are strongly dependent on spectral quality	13
Maternal environmental control of progeny seed physiology: a review of concepts, evidence and mechanism	12
Testa morphology and permeability of weedy Amaranthus species	11
Evaluating seed longevity: use of RNA integrity to characterize variation within species of legume grains	11
Seed germination of Cistanche armena (Orobanchaceae), a rare endangered holoparasitic species endemic to Armenia	9
Deciphering seed development and germination in the single-cell era	9
Seed persistence and germination strategies of Carajasia cangae (Rubiaceae): an endemic forb from the Amazon ironstone outcrop	9
Insects and mycorrhizal fungi influence maternal seed provisioning in Senecio vulgaris	7
Seed biopriming and long-term air-dry storage effects on Pseudomonas fluorescens viability and Brassica napus germination	7
Seed longevity: analysing post-storage germination data in R to fit the viability equation	7
Beetroot and spinach seed microbiomes can suppress Pythium ultimum infection: results from a large-scale screening	7
Seed permeability: an essential trait for classifying seed dormancy type	7
Silver nanoparticle seed priming as a redox-driven regulator of seed germination and stress memory	7
Proteomic characterization of the different stages of seed germination in Cupressus gigantea	6
Dry storage alters intraspecific variation in phenotypic traits at early life stages: evidence from a dominant alpine meadow species	6
Oxidative phosphorylation is regulated by ubiquitination under slow-cooling treatment in hydrated lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seeds	6
Overcoming major barriers in seed ecology research in developing countries	5
Effects of Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) feces on seed germination and early seedling growth: insights into their contribution to seed dispersal	5
Population size is not a reliable indicator of seed germination	5
Characterization and diversity of seed endophytic bacteria of the endemic holoparasitic plant Cistanche armena (Orobanchaceae) from a semi-desert area in Armenia	5
Contrasting seed moisture sorption behaviour between two species and the implication for seed longevity	5
Advances in seed science and technology for more sustainable crop production Julia Buitink and Olivier Leprince (Eds.) Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Series in Agricultural Science	5
Non-deep simple and deep simple morphophysiological dormancy in seeds of three species of Ilex from subtropical and tropical regions of Taiwan	5

Rice seed longevity in the context of seed moisture contents and hypoxic conditions in the storage environment	5
Editorial	4
Seed morphology and its relationships with phylogeny, lifeform and distribution of African orchid species	4
Seed germination ecology of the medicinal plant motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)	4
Development of an extraction method for the identification of peptides in the spermosphere of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	4
Can alpine species take the heat? Impacts of increased temperatures on early life stages	4
Interactions between seed functional traits and environmental factors and their influence on germination performance of Australian native species	4
In Memoriam: Yitzchak Gutterman (28 January 1936–17 October 2022)	4
Seed ecology of post-fire flowering species from the Cerrado	3
Intra-specific variation in relative embryo length and germination of wild Daucus carota across climate gradients in North America and Europe	3
Soybean single-seed respiration evaluation through spectral imaging	3
Fruiting traits and seedling regeneration of the relict mangrove plant Nypa fruticans Wurmb in China	3
Dry and warm: a modified open-top chamber for seed ecology research	3
Redox imbalance accompanies loss of viability in seeds of two cacti species buried in situ	3
Germination niche of a pioneer woody species (Manihot grahamii hook.): a strategy of seed heat stimulation to cope with disturbance in dry subtropical forests	3
Phylogenetic trends in TZ staining analysis of six deep dormancy seeds	3
Germination responses in Zephyranthes tubispatha seeds exposed to different thermal conditions and the role of antioxidant metabolism and several phytohormones in their control	3
Distinct roles of VEL family proteins in Arabidopsis seed development reveal VEL1 and VRN5 as regulators of seed abortion	3
Orchid embryo-to-seed (E:S) ratio as an indicator of germination behaviour and its ecological implications	2
Differences in germination traits of time-separated seed collections of dry forest species from Central Zambia and the potential role of climate	2
In Memoriam: J. Derek Bewley 1943–2023	2
Seed dormancy break and germination by a rare relict of the Würmian glaciation in the Iberian Peninsula: Euonymus latifolius (Celastraceae)	2
Genome-wide association study on seed dormancy in barley	2
Environmental predictors of seed germination in two Halocnemum species from Mediterranean (Balearic, Tyrrenic and Adriatic) and Red Sea coastal salt marshes	2