OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Cell is 66. 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
From the archives: Targeting proteins to plasmodesmata, germination in the desert, and functional diversity of KNOX proteins	247
Correction to: The DYRKP1 kinase regulates cell wall degradation in Chlamydomonas by inducing matrix metalloproteinase expression	208
Brown is the new green: Discovery of an algal enzyme for the final step of fucoxanthin biosynthesis	187
Goldilocks and the SOS pathway: Finding “just right” for growth after salt stress	184
Frost fighters: The discovery of a tripartite molecular module that confers cold stress tolerance in apple	184
Molecular switch to regulate salt tolerance in rice	180
Translational activation by a synthetic PPR protein elucidates control of psbA translation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts	174
A light-governed cascade of ubiquitin modifications regulates cotton fiber development by coordinating PIN3a proteolysis	169
Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis	154
Seeing hormones in action: High-resolution gibberellin dynamics in nodules	141
INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses	139
Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function	137
DNA-dependent RNA polymerases in plants	133
The EDR1–PP2A phospho-regulatory module fine-tunes MYC2-mediated plant disease resistance	132
CRISPR interference screens reveal growth–robustness tradeoffs inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 across growth conditions	131
Convergent evolution of immune receptors underpins distinct elicitin recognition in closely related Solanaceous plants	125
Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase	124
CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning	120
The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations	120
The maize ZmVPS23-like protein relocates the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat protein Rp1-D21 to endosomes and suppresses the defense response	118
The zinc finger protein DHHC09 S-acylates the kinase STRK1 to regulate H2O2 homeostasis and promote salt tolerance in rice	116
Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase	115
Ectopic assembly of an auxin efflux control machinery shifts developmental trajectories	114
The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia	113
RALF33–FERONIA signaling orchestrates postwounding root-tip regeneration via TPR4–ERF115 dynamics	108

A PHR transcription factor-directed gene network reveals key regulators of phosphate metabolism and starvation responses in tomato	106
A cytological framework of female meiosis in Arabidopsis	101
Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements	100
PlantConnectome: A knowledge graph database encompassing >71,000 plant articles	99
Reversible phosphorylation of NPH3/RPT2-like proteins regulates phototropin receptor signaling	94
Removing the smoke screen of SMAX1 and SMXL2's role in seedling growth	94
The transcription factor TGA2 orchestrates salicylic acid signal to regulate cold-induced proline accumulation in Citrus	92
SlWRKY2 orchestrates cold tolerance via phytochromes interaction and SlPIF4 stabilization in tomato	91
Plastid retrograde signaling: A developmental perspective	90
MADS8 is indispensable for female reproductive development at high ambient temperatures in cereal crops	88
Natural variation in the ORL4 promoter regulates rice leaf rolling to modulate leaf architecture and yield	88
An apple a day: MdBPC2 transcription factor keeps the auxin away and causes dwarfing inMalus domestica	87
Assembling chimeras: BC16 helps to reshape protein GPI lipid anchors, thereby tuning cell wall mechanics in rice	85
Sizing up: TCPs regulate seed size by impacting endosperm cellularization and integument growth	84
Powdery mildew induces chloroplast storage lipid formation at the expense of host thylakoids to promote spore production	84
Birth and expansion of NRC immune receptors across the largest group of flowering plants	83
Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots	82
Whole grain: A genome-wide landscape of translational regulation during bread wheat development	82
The TERMINAL FLOWER1–NODULE ROOTs–FRUITFULLc module orchestrates compound inflorescence development in Medicago truncatula	80
The brassinosteroid receptor StBRI1 promotes tuber development by enhancing plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in potato	80
CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON repression: a side project	79
Beyond transcription: compelling open questions in plant RNA biology	77
KIN10-mediated phosphorylation attenuates cooperative repression of oil accumulation by AHL14 and AHL29 in Arabidopsis seeds	77
Point mutations in the catalytic domain disrupt cellulose synthase (CESA6) vesicle trafficking and protein dynamics	77
Transcriptomic response to nitrogen availability reveals signatures of adaptive plasticity during tetraploid wheat domestication	76
Nodulin cleavage by the cysteine protease CYP35 promotes soybean root nodule senescence	76
Writing the grass leaf: a single-cell view of vein initiation in maize	75
Brassinosteroid-signaling kinase 4 activates mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 to enhance cold stress tolerance in maize	74
Reimagining plant science training in the era of generative artificial intelligence: a global perspective	73
Differential phosphorylation of Ca2+-permeable channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE–GATED CHANNEL20 modulates calcium-mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis	72
SPINDLY mediates O-fucosylation of hundreds of proteins and sugar-dependent growth in Arabidopsis	72
The transcription factor ERF108 interacts with AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs to mediate cotton fiber secondary cell wall biosynthesis	70
The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto	69
Microtubule-associated protein SlMAP70 interacts with IQ67-domain protein SlIQD21a to regulate fruit shape in tomato	68
The renaissance and enlightenment ofMarchantiaas a model system	68
Dynamic epigenetic and transcriptional regulatory network in pepper fruit development and ripening	67
An ancestral role for 3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE3 as a negative regulator of plant cuticular wax synthesis	67
CAMTA3 repressor destabilization triggers TIR domain protein TN2-mediated autoimmunity in the Arabidopsis exo70B1 mutant	67
The heat shock factor 20-HSF4-cellulose synthase A2 module regulates heat stress tolerance in maize	67
The B1–TaHDA6 module negatively regulates root hair length through reactive oxygen species homeostasis in wheat	66
The (un)likelihood of clock-driven lateral root priming; a modeling exploration	66
Plant phase extraction: A method for enhanced discovery of the RNA-binding proteome and its dynamics in plants	66
Multitasker Argonaute leaves no stone unturned	66
Reciprocal regulation of flower induction byELF3αandELF3βgenerated via alternative promoter usage	66