OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Journal is 50. 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
Issue Information	249
Announcing the TPJ Foundation Review series	224
Issue Information	212
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The DnaJ1 heat shock protein interacts with the flavanone 3‐hydroxylase‐like protein F3HL to synergistically enhance drought tolerance by scavenging reactive oxygen species in tomato	130
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Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy	118
DNA methylation controls the expression of tanshinone synthesis genes and the tanshinone accumulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza and Salvia bowleyana	116
Genetic effects on chromatin accessibility reveal the molecular mechanisms of complex traits in maize	105
High temperature induces MdGATA15 to suppress anthocyanin accumulation in apple peels	103
Evolutionary and immune‐activating character analyses of NLR genes in algae suggest the ancient origin of plant intracellular immune receptors	93
The transcription factor MYC1 interacts with FIT to negatively regulate iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana	92
ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANCE GENE2 confers fungal resistance in sorghum	83
Poly(A) polymerase 1 contributes to competence acquisition of pollen tubes growing through the style inArabidopsis thaliana	80
Molecular insights into OPR gene family in Saccharum identified a ScOPR2 gene could enhance plant disease resistance	80
PbGBF3 enhances salt response in pear by upregulating PbAPL2 and PbSDH1 and reducing ABA‐mediated salt sensitivity	78
A chromosome‐scale assembly of Brassica carinata (BBCC) accession HC20 containing resistance to multiple pathogens and an early generation assessment of introgressions into B. jun	78
Characterization of an α‐ketoglutarate‐dependent oxygenase involved in converting 2‐(2‐phenylethyl)chromones into 2‐styrylchromones in agarwood	74
Regulation as key to fulfilling the promises of agricultural genomics: Going beyond bottlenecks in plant gene technology development	72
Jasmonate primes plant responses to extracellular ATP	70
Synergistic actions of three MYB transcription factors underpins the high accumulation of myricetin in Morella rubra	69
Cotton GhNAC4 promotes drought tolerance by regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis and ribosomal protein homeostasis	69
GIGANTEA accelerates wheat heading time through gene interactions converging on FLOWERING LOCUS T1	68
Advances in mass spectrometry imaging for plant metabolomics—Expanding the analytical toolbox	68
Raffinose positively regulates maize drought tolerance by reducing leaf transpiration	65

Metabolic priming in G6PDH isoenzyme‐replaced tobacco lines improves stress tolerance and seed yields via altering assimilate partitioning	65
Stress combination: from genes to ecosystems	64
Uniparental silencing of 5S rRNA genes in plant allopolyploids – insights from Cardamine (Brassicaceae)	63
Cytonuclear interplay in auto‐ and allopolyploids: a multifaceted perspective from the Festuca‐Lolium complex	62
Studying ER‐membrane contact sites in plants using the optogenetic approach: Taking the LiMETER as an example	61
LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 (LHP1) partially inhibits the transcriptional activation of FT by MYB73 and regulates flowering in Arabidopsis	61
Genomics reveal a complicated past and suggest a possible future for Nicotiana benthamiana	61
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Tasselyzer, a machine learning method to quantify maize anther exertion, based on PlantCV	60
Characterization of two CYP80 enzymes provides insights into aporphine alkaloid skeleton formation in Aristolochia contorta	59
Role of an endodermis‐specific miR858b‐MYB1L module in the regulation of Taxol biosynthesis in Taxus mairei	57
PDR9 allelic variation and MYB63 modulate nutrient‐dependent coumarin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	56
Loss of daylength sensitivity by splice site mutation in Cannabis pseudo‐response regulator	56
Differential regulation of calcium‐activated plant kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana	56
Growth‐regulating factors: conserved and divergent roles in plant growth and development and potential value for crop improvement	55
The chromosome‐scale assembly of the Salvia rosmarinus genome provides insight into carnosic acid biosynthesis	54
Lycopene ε‐cyclase mediated transition of α‐carotene and β‐carotene metabolic flow in carrot fleshy root	54
Isocitrate lyase promotes Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici susceptibility in wheat (Triticum aestivum) by suppressing accumulation of glyoxylate cycle intermediates	53
Protein stability governed by α1–2 helices in Pvr4 is essential for localization and cell death	53
CEPR1 regulates Arabidopsis thaliana root architecture by modulating auxin production via NIT1	53
Distinct composition and amplification dynamics of transposable elements in sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)	53
Profiling of RNA editing events in plant organellar transcriptomes with high‐throughput sequencing	52
Identification of candidate genes in cotton associated with specific seed traits and their initial functional characterization in Arabidopsis	52
The ScAPD1‐like gene from the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis enhances resistance to Verticillium dahliae via phenylpropanoid gene regulation	51
Variation in the promoter of the sorbitol dehydrogenase gene MdSDH2 affects binding of the transcription factor MdABI3 and alters fructose content in apple fruit	51
Genetic dissection of ear‐related trait divergence between maize and teosinte	50