OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Cell is 60. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance	631
Concerted action: SYP61 and ATL31 cooperatively regulate the carbon/nitrogen nutrient response in Arabidopsis	245
Seeing hormones in action: High-resolution gibberellin dynamics in nodules	184
ALA3 regulates pollen tube growth and guidance by keeping PRKs in all the right places	166
Unexpected help: role of an N-terminally truncated helper NLR in plant immunity	131
No more manual counting: LeafNet quantifies the leaf surface	130
Splicing up strigolactone signaling	119
From the archives: Targeting proteins to plasmodesmata, germination in the desert, and functional diversity of KNOX proteins	117
Adenosine monophosphate deaminase modulates BIN2 activity through hydrogen peroxide-induced oligomerization	112
Brown is the new green: Discovery of an algal enzyme for the final step of fucoxanthin biosynthesis	112
Ectopic assembly of an auxin efflux control machinery shifts developmental trajectories	109
Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance	109
Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis	106
Molecular switch to regulate salt tolerance in rice	101
Erratum to: Arabidopsis NF-YCs play dual roles in repressing brassinosteroid biosynthesis and signaling during light-regulated hypocotyl elongation	100
Translational activation by a synthetic PPR protein elucidates control of psbA translation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts	99
Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase	96
Plastid retrograde signaling: A developmental perspective	95
DNA-dependent RNA polymerases in plants	95
The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations	91
The maize ZmVPS23-like protein relocates the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat protein Rp1-D21 to endosomes and suppresses the defense response	89
CRISPR interference screens reveal growth–robustness tradeoffs inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 across growth conditions	89
The zinc finger protein DHHC09 S-acylates the kinase STRK1 to regulate H2O2 homeostasis and promote salt tolerance in rice	89
The 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate proteome links folates with C/N metabolism and reveals feedback regulation of folate biosynthesis	86
Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase	86

A PHR transcription factor-directed gene network reveals key regulators of phosphate metabolism and starvation responses in tomato	85
CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning	84
The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia	81
PlantConnectome: a knowledge graph database encompassing >71,000 plant articles	81
Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements	80
Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function	80
Genome-wide association of the metabolic shifts underpinning dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis	80
Goldilocks and the SOS pathway: Finding “just right” for growth after salt stress	78
Correction to: The DYRKP1 kinase regulates cell wall degradation in Chlamydomonas by inducing matrix metalloproteinase expression	78
RALF33–FERONIA signaling orchestrates postwounding root-tip regeneration via TPR4–ERF115 dynamics	77
The transcription factor TGA2 orchestrates salicylic acid signal to regulate cold-induced proline accumulation in Citrus	76
Aboveground plant-to-plant electrical signaling mediates network acquired acclimation	76
MADS8 is indispensable for female reproductive development at high ambient temperatures in cereal crops	75
LeafNet: a tool for segmenting and quantifying stomata and pavement cells	75
Convergent evolution of immune receptors underpins distinct elicitin recognition in closely related Solanaceous plants	73
Establishing AM symbiosis: Letting friends stay only when you need their gifts	72
The big guy keeps the gate: The largest chloroplast-encoded protein, Orf2971, serves for translocation and quality control of chloroplast-imported proteins	72
The maize genematernal derepression of r1encodes a DNA glycosylase that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in the endosperm	72
CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON repression: a side project	71
Birth and expansion of NRC immune receptors across the largest group of flowering plants	71
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	70
Assembling chimeras: BC16 helps to reshape protein GPI lipid anchors, thereby tuning cell wall mechanics in rice	69
An apple a day: MdBPC2 transcription factor keeps the auxin away and causes dwarfing inMalus domestica	68
Whole grain: A genome-wide landscape of translational regulation during bread wheat development	68
Immunocapture of dsRNA-bound proteins provides insight into Tobacco rattle virus replication complexes and reveals Arabidopsis DRB2 to be a wide-spectrum antiviral effector	67
Beyond transcription: compelling open questions in plant RNA biology	65
Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots	65
Microtubule-associated protein SlMAP70 interacts with IQ67-domain protein SlIQD21a to regulate fruit shape in tomato	64
The B1–TaHDA6 module negatively regulates root hair length through reactive oxygen species homeostasis in wheat	64
SPINDLY mediates O-fucosylation of hundreds of proteins and sugar-dependent growth in Arabidopsis	64
Plant phase extraction: A method for enhanced discovery of the RNA-binding proteome and its dynamics in plants	64
The F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase BAF1 mediates the degradation of the brassinosteroid-activated transcription factor BES1 through selective autophagy in Arabidopsis	63
The brassinosteroid receptor StBRI1 promotes tuber development by enhancing plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in potato	63
Reciprocal regulation of flower induction byELF3αandELF3βgenerated via alternative promoter usage	62
Transcriptomic response to nitrogen availability reveals signatures of adaptive plasticity during tetraploid wheat domestication	61
The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto	60