OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Cell is 65. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
ALA3 regulates pollen tube growth and guidance by keeping PRKs in all the right places	211
Splicing up strigolactone signaling	189
From the archives: Targeting proteins to plasmodesmata, germination in the desert, and functional diversity of KNOX proteins	181
Correction to: The DYRKP1 kinase regulates cell wall degradation in Chlamydomonas by inducing matrix metalloproteinase expression	169
The maize gene maternal derepression of r1 encodes a DNA glycosylase that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in the endosperm	168
Reversible phosphorylation of NPH3/RPT2-like proteins regulates phototropin receptor signaling	167
Brown is the new green: Discovery of an algal enzyme for the final step of fucoxanthin biosynthesis	165
Goldilocks and the SOS pathway: Finding “just right” for growth after salt stress	161
Frost fighters: The discovery of a tripartite molecular module that confers cold stress tolerance in apple	155
Molecular switch to regulate salt tolerance in rice	146
Translational activation by a synthetic PPR protein elucidates control of psbA translation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts	144
The maize ZmVPS23-like protein relocates the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat protein Rp1-D21 to endosomes and suppresses the defense response	129
Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase	125
Seeing hormones in action: High-resolution gibberellin dynamics in nodules	124
Ectopic assembly of an auxin efflux control machinery shifts developmental trajectories	120
INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses	118
The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia	116
Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function	115
A PHR transcription factor-directed gene network reveals key regulators of phosphate metabolism and starvation responses in tomato	114
MADS8 is indispensable for female reproductive development at high ambient temperatures in cereal crops	112
CRISPR interference screens reveal growth–robustness tradeoffs inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 across growth conditions	112
A cytological framework of female meiosis in Arabidopsis	109
The zinc finger protein DHHC09 S-acylates the kinase STRK1 to regulate H2O2 homeostasis and promote salt tolerance in rice	106
CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning	105
A light-governed cascade of ubiquitin modifications regulates cotton fiber development by coordinating PIN3a proteolysis	103

Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis	101
Natural variation in the ORL4 promoter regulates rice leaf rolling to modulate leaf architecture and yield	101
PlantConnectome: A knowledge graph database encompassing >71,000 plant articles	98
Adenosine monophosphate deaminase modulates BIN2 activity through hydrogen peroxide-induced oligomerization	95
Plastid retrograde signaling: A developmental perspective	95
RALF33–FERONIA signaling orchestrates postwounding root-tip regeneration via TPR4–ERF115 dynamics	94
The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations	92
DNA-dependent RNA polymerases in plants	90
Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements	88
The transcription factor TGA2 orchestrates salicylic acid signal to regulate cold-induced proline accumulation in Citrus	86
The EDR1–PP2A phospho-regulatory module fine-tunes MYC2-mediated plant disease resistance	86
Convergent evolution of immune receptors underpins distinct elicitin recognition in closely related Solanaceous plants	85
Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase	84
The big guy keeps the gate: The largest chloroplast-encoded protein, Orf2971, serves for translocation and quality control of chloroplast-imported proteins	83
Establishing AM symbiosis: Letting friends stay only when you need their gifts	83
An apple a day: MdBPC2 transcription factor keeps the auxin away and causes dwarfing inMalus domestica	83
Assembling chimeras: BC16 helps to reshape protein GPI lipid anchors, thereby tuning cell wall mechanics in rice	81
Reciprocal regulation of flower induction byELF3αandELF3βgenerated via alternative promoter usage	80
Sizing up: TCPs regulate seed size by impacting endosperm cellularization and integument growth	79
Plant phase extraction: A method for enhanced discovery of the RNA-binding proteome and its dynamics in plants	78
Powdery mildew induces chloroplast storage lipid formation at the expense of host thylakoids to promote spore production	78
Birth and expansion of NRC immune receptors across the largest group of flowering plants	76
Brassinosteroid-signaling kinase 4 activates mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 to enhance cold stress tolerance in maize	76
Whole grain: A genome-wide landscape of translational regulation during bread wheat development	74
Point mutations in the catalytic domain disrupt cellulose synthase (CESA6) vesicle trafficking and protein dynamics	73
Beyond transcription: compelling open questions in plant RNA biology	72
Differential phosphorylation of Ca2+-permeable channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE–GATED CHANNEL20 modulates calcium-mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis	72
The brassinosteroid receptor StBRI1 promotes tuber development by enhancing plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in potato	71
Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots	71
The transcription factor ERF108 interacts with AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs to mediate cotton fiber secondary cell wall biosynthesis	71
The B1–TaHDA6 module negatively regulates root hair length through reactive oxygen species homeostasis in wheat	71
The TERMINAL FLOWER1–NODULE ROOTs–FRUITFULLc module orchestrates compound inflorescence development in Medicago truncatula	70
SPINDLY mediates O-fucosylation of hundreds of proteins and sugar-dependent growth in Arabidopsis	69
Reimagining Plant Science Training in the Era of Generative AI: A Global Perspective	69
CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON repression: a side project	67
Nodulin cleavage by the cysteine protease CYP35 promotes soybean root nodule senescence	65
Transcriptomic response to nitrogen availability reveals signatures of adaptive plasticity during tetraploid wheat domestication	65
KIN10-mediated phosphorylation attenuates cooperative repression of oil accumulation by AHL14 and AHL29 in Arabidopsis seeds	65
The heat shock factor 20-HSF4-cellulose synthase A2 module regulates heat stress tolerance in maize	65
Writing the grass leaf: A single-cell view of vein initiation in maize	65