OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Cell 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Thirty years of resistance: Zig-zag through the plant immune system	325
Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley	178
PhasiRNAs in Plants: Their Biogenesis, Genic Sources, and Roles in Stress Responses, Development, and Reproduction	140
Cis-regulatory sequences in plants: Their importance, discovery, and future challenges	127
Return of the Lemnaceae: duckweed as a model plant system in the genomics and postgenomics era	112
The Rice Circadian Clock Regulates Tiller Growth and Panicle Development Through Strigolactone Signaling and Sugar Sensing	109
Differential Phosphorylation of the Transcription Factor WRKY33 by the Protein Kinases CPK5/CPK6 and MPK3/MPK6 Cooperatively Regulates Camalexin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis	108
Allelic Variation of MYB10 Is the Major Force Controlling Natural Variation in Skin and Flesh Color in Strawberry (Fragaria spp.) Fruit	108
Strigolactone and Karrikin Signaling Pathways Elicit Ubiquitination and Proteolysis of SMXL2 to Regulate Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis	99
Plant NLR diversity: the known unknowns of pan-NLRomes	98
Structure–Function Analysis of SMAX1 Reveals Domains That Mediate Its Karrikin-Induced Proteolysis and Interaction with the Receptor KAI2	91
ARGONAUTE2 Enhances Grain Length and Salt Tolerance by Activating BIG GRAIN3 to Modulate Cytokinin Distribution in Rice	90
ERECTA1 Acts Upstream of the OsMKKK10-OsMKK4-OsMPK6 Cascade to Control Spikelet Number by Regulating Cytokinin Metabolism in Rice	90
Establishment of Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation Approaches in Different Plant Model Systems	88
Diverse Roles of the Salicylic Acid Receptors NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4 in Plant Immunity	85
The Cotton Wall-Associated Kinase GhWAK7A Mediates Responses to Fungal Wilt Pathogens by Complexing with the Chitin Sensory Receptors	80
Ten Years of the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population: Impact, Limitations, and Future Directions	80
The long noncoding RNA MdLNC499 bridges MdWRKY1 and MdERF109 function to regulate early-stage light-induced anthocyanin accumulation in apple fruit	79
The Transcription Factor NIGT1.2 Modulates Both Phosphate Uptake and Nitrate Influx during Phosphate Starvation in Arabidopsis and Maize	79
Brassinosteroid-Activated BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1 Inhibits Flavonoid Biosynthesis and Coordinates Growth and UV-B Stress Responses in Plants	78
The multiple fates of gene duplications: Deletion, hypofunctionalization, subfunctionalization, neofunctionalization, dosage balance constraints, and neutral variation	76
The Transcription Factor bZIP60 Links the Unfolded Protein Response to the Heat Stress Response in Maize	75
Light-adapted charge-separated state of photosystem II: structural and functional dynamics of the closed reaction center	74
Modifying Plant Photosynthesis and Growth via Simultaneous Chloroplast Transformation of Rubisco Large and Small Subunits	74
Evolution and origin of bread wheat	73

A single-cell view of the transcriptome during lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana	73
Molecular Mechanism Underlying the Synergetic Effect of Jasmonate on Abscisic Acid Signaling during Seed Germination in Arabidopsis	72
Mutations in the Pectin Methyltransferase QUASIMODO2 Influence Cellulose Biosynthesis and Wall Integrity in Arabidopsis	68
Functional Features of TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE1, an Essential Enzyme in Arabidopsis[OPEN]	68
Abscisic Acid-Triggered Persulfidation of the Cys Protease ATG4 Mediates Regulation of Autophagy by Sulfide	67
Karrikin Signaling Acts Parallel to and Additively with Strigolactone Signaling to Regulate Rice Mesocotyl Elongation in Darkness	65
Convergent Loss of an EDS1/PAD4 Signaling Pathway in Several Plant Lineages Reveals Coevolved Components of Plant Immunity and Drought Response	63
A DNA Methylation Reader–Chaperone Regulator–Transcription Factor Complex Activates OsHKT1;5 Expression during Salinity Stress	63
Calcium Binding by Arabinogalactan Polysaccharides Is Important for Normal Plant Development	63
MYB30 Is a Key Negative Regulator of Arabidopsis Photomorphogenic Development That Promotes PIF4 and PIF5 Protein Accumulation in the Light	62
Arabidopsis apoplastic fluid contains sRNA- and circular RNA–protein complexes that are located outside extracellular vesicles	62
Vascular Bundles Mediate Systemic Reactive Oxygen Signaling during Light Stress	62
The OsGSK2 Kinase Integrates Brassinosteroid and Jasmonic Acid Signaling by Interacting with OsJAZ4	61
Control of Grain Size and Weight by the GSK2-LARGE1/OML4 Pathway in Rice	60
Wounding and Insect Feeding Trigger Two Independent MAPK Pathways with Distinct Regulation and Kinetics	60
Guard Cell Starch Degradation Yields Glucose for Rapid Stomatal Opening in Arabidopsis	59
SlERF.F12 modulates the transition to ripening in tomato fruit by recruiting the co-repressor TOPLESS and histone deacetylases to repress key ripening genes	59
Regulation of Cell Type-Specific Immunity Networks in Arabidopsis Roots	58
Dual-Reporting Transcriptionally Linked Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Indicators Resolve the Spatiotemporal Coordination of Cytosolic Abscisic Acid and Second Messenger Dynamics in Arabidopsis	56
The EccDNA Replicon: A Heritable, Extranuclear Vehicle That Enables Gene Amplification and Glyphosate Resistance in Amaranthus palmeri	56
Molecular mechanisms of endomembrane trafficking in plants	55
WRKY53 integrates classic brassinosteroid signaling and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway to regulate rice architecture and seed size	55
Autophagy Plays Prominent Roles in Amino Acid, Nucleotide, and Carbohydrate Metabolism during Fixed-Carbon Starvation in Maize	54
Molecular innovations in plant TIR-based immunity signaling	54
CRISPR screens in plants: approaches, guidelines, and future prospects	53
Identification of Plant Enhancers and Their Constituent Elements by STARR-seq in Tobacco Leaves	53
Altered chromatin architecture and gene expression during polyploidization and domestication of soybean	52
Climate change challenges, plant science solutions	52
Different DNA-binding specificities of NLP and NIN transcription factors underlie nitrate-induced control of root nodulation	52
HPCA1 is required for systemic reactive oxygen species and calcium cell-to-cell signaling and plant acclimation to stress	52
Rapid growth of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis): Cellular roadmaps, transcriptome dynamics, and environmental factors	52