OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Plant Sciences is 3. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Herbaria as Big Data Sources of Plant Traits	47
The Next Generation of Adaptive Radiation Studies in Plants	18
Ovulate Cones of Schizolepidopsis ediae sp. nov. Provide Insights into the Evolution of Pinaceae	15
Fossil Fruits and Seeds of Zingiberales from the Late Cretaceous–Early Cenozoic Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India	14
Ex Situ Conservation of Large and Small Plant Populations Illustrates Limitations of Common Conservation Metrics	14
Rhizophydites matryoshkaegen. et sp. nov. (Fossil Chytridiomycota) on Spores of the Early Land PlantHorneophyton lignierifrom the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert	13
From Genomes to Populations: A Meta-analysis and Review of Fern Population Genetics	13
Floral Organogenesis and Morphogenesis ofStaphisagria(Ranunculaceae): Implications for the Evolution of Synorganized Floral Structures in Delphinieae	11
First Reports of Vivipary in Neotropical Melastomataceae	10
R2R3-MYBGene Evolution in Plants, Incorporating Ferns into the Story	9
Crops and the Seed Mass–Seed Output Trade-Off in Plants	9
Fossil Dennstaedtiaceae and Hymenophyllaceae from the Early Eocene of the Pacific Northwest	9
Outcrossing Mating System of the Early-Divergent Moonwort Fern (Botrychium lunaria, Ophioglossaceae) Revealed in the European Alps	9
Breeding Systems and Pollen-Ovule Ratios inEricaSpecies (Ericaceae) of the Cape Floristic Region	8
Ventilago (Rhamnaceae) Fruit from the Middle Eocene of Central Tibet, China	8
The Ancestral Conifer Cone: What Did It Look Like? A Modern Trait-Evolution Approach	8
Wood Anatomy of Modern and Fossil Fagales in Relation to Phylogenetic Hypotheses, Familial Classification, and Patterns of Character Evolution	8
First South American Record ofWinteroxylon, Eocene of Laguna del Hunco (Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina): New Link to Australasia and Malesia	8
Early Records of Melastomataceae from the Middle–Late Paleocene Rain Forests of South America Conflict with Laurasian Origins	7
Pollen Grains Found in Pollen Cones of Schidolepium Heer (Pinopsida) from the Middle Jurassic of East Siberia, Russia	7
Fossil Capsular Valves ofKoelreuteria(Sapindaceae) from the Eocene of Central Tibetan Plateau and Their Biogeographic Implications	7
Omniastrobus gen. nov., an Emsian Plant with Implications for the Evolution of Heterospory in the Early Devonian	7
Refining Iteroparity with Comparative Morphometric Data in Bromeliaceae	7
Stigmaria: A Review of the Anatomy, Development, and Functional Morphology of the Rootstock of the Arboreous Lycopsids	7
Review of the Fossil Record ofPassiflora, with a Description of New Seeds from the Pliocene Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, USA	7

Genetic Patterns of Zamia in Florida Are Consistent with Ancient Human Influence and Recent Near Extirpation	7
What to Do with Prototaxites?	6
Southern High-Latitude Plant-Insect Interactions from the Miocene of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina	6
The First Plants to Recolonize Western North America Following the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction Event	6
Low-Trunk Epiphytic Fern Gametophyte and Sporophyte Occurrence Is Influenced by Moss Height and Density in a Costa Rican Lowland Tropical Rain Forest	6
Phenological Escape and Its Importance for Understory Plant Species in Temperate Forests	6
How Are Systematics and Biological and Ecological Features Related to Silica Content in Plants? A Study of Species from Southern South America	6
Pollination Services to Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae) Are Maintained across an Urbanization Gradient	6
“Sweet Rain” from Bat-Pollinated Flowers: How Does Sugar Concentration Modulate Nectar Retention?	6
A New Interpretation of the Successive Cambia of Some Nyctaginaceae as Interxylary Phloem	6
Herbarium Specimens May Provide Biased Flowering Phenology Estimates for Dioecious Species	6
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Cretaceous Gymnosperms from the Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina	6
Melloniflora, a New Extinct Multiparted Flower from the Early Cretaceous of Virginia, USA	6
Newly Recognized Reproductive Structures Linked with Langeria from the Eocene of Washington, USA, and Their Affinities with Platanaceae	5
Diversification and Biogeography of North American Thistles (Cirsium: Carduoideae: Compositae): Drivers of a Rapid Continent-Wide Radiation	5
Sexual Conflict in Hermaphroditic Flowers of an African Aloe	5
Evolution and Development of Staminodes in Paronychia (Caryophyllaceae)	5
Comparative Pollination Ecology of Five EuropeanEuphorbiaSpecies	5
Discordance in a South African Memecylon Clade (Melastomataceae): Evidence for Reticulate Evolution	5
Geochemical Fingerprints of Ginkgoales Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary of Greenland	5
Flower Structure and Development ofSpondias tuberosaandTapirira guianensis(Spondioideae): Implications for the Evolution of the Unisexual Flowers and Pseudomonomery in Anacardiaceae	5
Fruits of Euphorbiaceae from the Late Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India	5
Plastid Genomes of the Hemiparasitic GenusKrameria(Zygophyllales) Are Intact and Exhibit Little Relaxation in Selection	4
Early and Mid-Cretaceous Aristolochiaceous Seeds from Portugal and Eastern North America	4
How Much Pollen Do Beelike Floral Vibrations Remove from Different Types of Anthers?	4
Associations among Cotyledon Developmental Stability, Canalization, and Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Shading and Burial Depth in Five Herbaceous Species at Early Seedling Stage	4
Fruits and Pollen of Malvoideae (Malvaceae) in the Maastrichtian–Danian Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central India	4
Conifer Diversity in the Middle Triassic: New Data from the Fossillagerstätte Kühwiesenkopf/Monte Prà della Vacca (Pelsonian, Anisian) in the Dolomites (Northeastern Italy)	4
Hofmeister’s Rule’s Paradox: Explaining the Changeable Carpel Position in Caryophyllaceae	4
Catanthus, an Extinct Magnoliid Flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal	4
What Is inside a Papilionoid Flower? II. Insights into the Vascular Anatomy of Faboideae	4
Floral Variation across Three Varieties of the Landscape-Dominant TreeMetrosideros polymorpha(Myrtaceae): Insights from a Hawaii Island Common Garden	4
The Use of Pollen Morphology to Disentangle the Origin, Early Evolution, and Diversification of the Asteraceae	4
Genetic Diversity Assessment of Ex Situ Collections of EndangeredQuercus hinckleyi	4
Magnolia tamaulipana: Genetic Evaluation Shows High Vulnerability in a Narrow Distribution	4
Population Genomics and Conservation of Erigenia bulbosa (Apiaceae), an Edge-of-Range Species in Pennsylvania	3
The Phylogenetic Distribution and Frequency of Self-Incompatibility in Fabaceae	3
The Level of Pollination Specialization Affects the Relationship between the Shape of Flowers and the Bills of Their Hummingbird Pollinators in Antillean Gesneriaceae	3
A Fossil Syncarpous Fruit from Australia Provides Support for a Gondwanan History for the Screw Pines (Pandanus, Pandanaceae)	3
Phylogenetic Relationships of Tilia (Malvaceae) Inferred from Multiple Nuclear Loci and Plastid Genomes	3
Relative Energetic Economy of Cleistogamous Selfing in Three Populations of the Perennial Ruellia humilis	3
The Archaeopterid Forests of Lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Westernmost Laurentia: Biota and Depositional Environment of the Maywood Formation in Northern Wyoming as Reflected by Palynoflora, Macrofl	3
A New Reconstruction of the Iridopteridalean Ibyka amphikoma Skog et Banks from the Middle Devonian of Gilboa, New York State	3
Trans-Beringial Distribution of Platimeliphyllum (Platanaceae) in the Eocene of Eastern Asia and Western North America	3
Periderm Production in the Mississippian CladoxylopsidCladoxylon taeniatumand a Review of Periderm Occurrence in Paleozoic Plants	3
Hot but Not Dry: Modest Changes in Water Relations for an Epiphytic Bromeliad in a Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest	3
Is Africa Really an “Odd Man Out”? Evidence for Diversity Decline across the Oligocene-Miocene Boundary	3
Lycaugea edieae gen. et sp. nov., a Late Devonian Lycopsid from New South Wales, Australia	3
Shoot Apical Meristem Growth in Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea, Cactaceae) Is Episodic and Radially Asymmetrical Rather Than Uniform	3
Extinct Anacardiaceous Samaras and Sumac-Like Leaves from the Eocene of Western North America	3

Flower and Fruit Development of Three Species of Hydrophylleae Sheds New Light on Flower Evolution in Hydrophyllaceae	3
Evidence for a Cost of Increased Floral Longevity in Female and Hermaphrodite Lobelia siphilitica (Campanulaceae)	3
Large Permineralized Seeds in the Jurassic of Haida Gwaii, Western Canada: Exploring the Mode and Tempo of Cycad Evolution	3
Belenocarpa tertiara (Berry) gen. et comb. nov. (Euphorbiaceae): Fossil Fruits with Carunculate Seeds from the Oligocene of Peru	3
Wireroadia, a New Genus of Winged Fruit from the Cretaceous of Alabama and New England, USA	3
False Advertising with Fermented Scents: Floral Mimicry in Pawpaw (Asimina triloba: Annonaceae) Pollination	3
Predispersal Seed Predation Obscures the Detrimental Effect of Dust on Wildflower Reproduction	3
Diversity of Microfossils, including Fungal Material, Associated with Early Tracheophytes in the Lower Devonian (Emsian) Battery Point Formation (Gaspé Bay, Quebec, Canada)	3
Topographic Controls on Stomatal and Mesophyll Limitations to Photosynthesis in Two Subalpine Conifers	3
Shade Tolerance and the Relationship between Herbivory and Light Availability	3
Plant Megafossils, Palynomorphs, and Paleoenvironment from the Late Middle to Late Eocene Burnaby Mountain Flora, Huntingdon Formation, British Columbia, Canada	3