OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Cell is 59. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance	566
Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis	225
Concerted action: SYP61 and ATL31 cooperatively regulate the carbon/nitrogen nutrient response in Arabidopsis	157
Seeing hormones in action: High-resolution gibberellin dynamics in nodules	155
ALA3 regulates pollen tube growth and guidance by keeping PRKs in all the right places	143
Unexpected help: role of an N-terminally truncated helper NLR in plant immunity	130
No more manual counting: LeafNet quantifies the leaf surface	120
Aboveground plant-to-plant electrical signaling mediates network acquired acclimation	113
Splicing up strigolactone signaling	107
From the archives: Targeting proteins to plasmodesmata, germination in the desert, and functional diversity of KNOX proteins	104
MADS8 is indispensable for female reproductive development at high ambient temperatures in cereal crops	103
Brown is the new green: Discovery of an algal enzyme for the final step of fucoxanthin biosynthesis	99
Correction to: The DYRKP1 kinase regulates cell wall degradation in Chlamydomonas by inducing matrix metalloproteinase expression	97
The maize ZmVPS23-like protein relocates the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat protein Rp1-D21 to endosomes and suppresses the defense response	97
Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance	96
Molecular switch to regulate salt tolerance in rice	95
Erratum to: Arabidopsis NF-YCs play dual roles in repressing brassinosteroid biosynthesis and signaling during light-regulated hypocotyl elongation	93
Adenosine monophosphate deaminase modulates BIN2 activity through hydrogen peroxide-induced oligomerization	87
CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning	86
LeafNet: a tool for segmenting and quantifying stomata and pavement cells	85
The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia	84
Ectopic assembly of an auxin efflux control machinery shifts developmental trajectories	82
Genome-wide association of the metabolic shifts underpinning dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis	81
The maize genematernal derepression of r1encodes a DNA glycosylase that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in the endosperm	80
DNA-dependent RNA polymerases in plants	80

Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function	80
CRISPR interference screens reveal growth–robustness tradeoffs inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 across growth conditions	78
Plastid retrograde signaling: A developmental perspective	78
Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase	77
Convergent evolution of immune receptors underpins distinct elicitin recognition in closely related Solanaceous plants	75
Structural and biochemical analyses of concanavalin A circular permutation by jack bean asparaginyl endopeptidase	73
The transcription factor TGA2 orchestrates salicylic acid signal to regulate cold-induced proline accumulation in Citrus	72
Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase	71
Translational activation by a synthetic PPR protein elucidates control of psbA translation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts	71
Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements	69
The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations	69
The zinc finger protein DHHC09 S-acylates the kinase STRK1 to regulate H2O2 homeostasis and promote salt tolerance in rice	69
Powdery mildew induces chloroplast storage lipid formation at the expense of host thylakoids to promote spore production	68
The 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate proteome links folates with C/N metabolism and reveals feedback regulation of folate biosynthesis	68
Reciprocal regulation of flower induction byELF3αandELF3βgenerated via alternative promoter usage	67
The brassinosteroid receptor StBRI1 promotes tuber development by enhancing plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in potato	66
An ancestral role for 3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE3 as a negative regulator of plant cuticular wax synthesis	66
Beyond transcription: compelling open questions in plant RNA biology	65
Plant phase extraction: A method for enhanced discovery of the RNA-binding proteome and its dynamics in plants	65
Differential phosphorylation of Ca2+-permeable channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE–GATED CHANNEL20 modulates calcium-mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis	64
Transcriptomic response to nitrogen availability reveals signatures of adaptive plasticity during tetraploid wheat domestication	63
The F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase BAF1 mediates the degradation of the brassinosteroid-activated transcription factor BES1 through selective autophagy in Arabidopsis	63
CAMTA3 repressor destabilization triggers TIR domain protein TN2-mediated autoimmunity in the Arabidopsis exo70B1 mutant	62
The heat shock factor 20-HSF4-cellulose synthase A2 module regulates heat stress tolerance in maize	62
Establishing AM symbiosis: Letting friends stay only when you need their gifts	61
Microtubule-associated protein SlMAP70 interacts with IQ67-domain protein SlIQD21a to regulate fruit shape in tomato	61
The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto	61
The big guy keeps the gate: The largest chloroplast-encoded protein, Orf2971, serves for translocation and quality control of chloroplast-imported proteins	61
A surprising feature of the blue light: Regulation of leaf hydraulic conductance via an autonomous phototropin-mediated blue light signaling pathway in bundle-sheath cells	60
Birth and expansion of NRC immune receptors across the largest group of flowering plants	60
Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots	60
CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON repression: a side project	60
Separated together: prediction of native protein complexes in rice aleurone via co-fractionation mass spectrometry	59
Assembling chimeras: BC16 helps to reshape protein GPI lipid anchors, thereby tuning cell wall mechanics in rice	59