OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Journal is 52. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Optical maps refine the bread wheat Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring genome assembly	278
Developing climate‐resilient crops: improving plant tolerance to stress combination	266
Signaling mechanisms in abscisic acid‐mediated stomatal closure	249
Phytohormones in fruit development and maturation	234
Multiple levels of crosstalk in hormone networks regulating plant defense	228
Hormones as go‐betweens in plant microbiome assembly	153
Designing future crops: challenges and strategies for sustainable agriculture	136
Harnessing root architecture to address global challenges	133
Strigolactone biosynthesis, transport and perception	133
N⁶‐Methyladenosine mRNA methylation is important for salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis	132
Plant mitochondria – past, present and future	126
Plant apocarotenoids: from retrograde signaling to interspecific communication	125
Caffeoylquinic acids: chemistry, biosynthesis, occurrence, analytical challenges, and bioactivity	119
ROS production and signalling in chloroplasts: cornerstones and evolving concepts	116
Mechanisms and functions of membrane lipid remodeling in plants	109
Cytochrome P450 CYP81A10v7 in Lolium rigidum confers metabolic resistance to herbicides across at least five modes of action	106
Trends and applications in plant volatile sampling and analysis	103
Ethylene‐activated PpERF105 induces the expression of the repressor‐type R2R3‐MYB gene PpMYB140 to inhibit anthocyanin biosynthesis in red pear fruit	97
Cell wall‐derived mixed‐linked β‐1,3/1,4‐glucans trigger immune responses and disease resistance in plants	90
Improving oxidative stress resilience in plants	90
The emergence and evolution of intron‐poor and intronless genes in intron‐rich plant gene families	81
RETRACTED: Potato CYCLING DOF FACTOR 1 and its lncRNA counterpart StFLORE link tuber development and drought response	78
Foliar water and solute absorption: an update	78
Bulk segregation analysis in the NGS era: a review of its teenage years	77
Transcriptional and epigenetic analysis reveals that NAC transcription factors regulate fruit flavor ester biosynthesis	76

The evolution of the phenylpropanoid pathway entailed pronounced radiations and divergences of enzyme families	75
Integration of electric, calcium, reactive oxygen species and hydraulic signals during rapid systemic signaling in plants	75
Inter‐tissue and inter‐organ signaling in drought stress response and phenotyping of drought tolerance	74
Highly efficient multiplex editing: one‐shot generation of 8× Nicotiana benthamiana and 12× Arabidopsis mutants	73
What is going on with the hormonal control of flowering in plants?	72
OsTTG1, a WD40 repeat gene, regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in rice	71
Improved genome assembly and pan‐genome provide key insights into eggplant domestication and breeding	70
Enhancing crop diversity for food security in the face of climate uncertainty	69
Genome downsizing after polyploidy: mechanisms, rates and selection pressures	65
An efficient Oligo‐FISH painting system for revealing chromosome rearrangements and polyploidization in Triticeae	65
Efficient Cas9 multiplex editing using unspaced sgRNA arrays engineering in a Potato virus X vector	64
Volatile terpenes – mediators of plant‐to‐plant communication	64
Disruption of EARLY LESION LEAF 1, encoding a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, induces ROS accumulation and cell death in rice	64
Ethylene increases the cold tolerance of apple via the MdERF1B–MdCIbHLH1 regulatory module	63
To dry perchance to live: Insights from the genome of the desiccation‐tolerant biocrust moss Syntrichia caninervis	62
Diverse roles of MYB transcription factors in regulating secondary metabolite biosynthesis, shoot development, and stress responses in tea plants (Camellia sinensis)	61
Jasmonate induces biosynthesis of anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin in apple by mediating the JAZ1–TRB1–MYB9 complex	60
Genome sequences of three Aegilops species of the section Sitopsis reveal phylogenetic relationships and provide resources for wheat improvement	60
The genome of Shanputao (Vitis amurensis) provides a new insight into cold tolerance of grapevine	60
Targeted gene disruption of ATP synthases 6‐1 and 6‐2 in the mitochondrial genome of Arabidopsis thaliana by mitoTALENs	59
Arabidopsis WRKY71 regulates ethylene‐mediated leaf senescence by directly activating EIN2, ORE1 and ACS2 genes	59
Acclimation in plants – the Green Hub consortium	55
Sensors for the quantification, localization and analysis of the dynamics of plant hormones	55
The PalWRKY77 transcription factor negatively regulates salt tolerance and abscisic acid signaling in Populus	55
The OsWRKY63–OsWRKY76–OsDREB1B module regulates chilling tolerance in rice	54
Tomato transcriptional repressor MYB70 directly regulates ethylene‐dependent fruit ripening	53
Root system architecture in cereals: progress, challenges and perspective	53
ERF108 from Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. functions in cold tolerance by modulating raffinose synthesis through transcriptional regulation of PtrRafS	52
MeRAV5 promotes drought stress resistance in cassava by modulating hydrogen peroxide and lignin accumulation	52