OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Plant Biology is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Overexpression of TWO-IN-ONE Domains Inhibits Cytokinesis in Arabidopsis	98
Molecular Evolution Study of PdeFTL1, a FT/TFL1-Like Gene from Pinus densiflora, for Flowering Control	34
Enhancer Elements in Plants: Genomic Context and Biological Functions	31
The Comparison of Temporal Transcriptome Changes Between Morning-Opening and Afternoon-Opening Iris Flowers Reveals the Candidate Genes Regulating Flower Opening and Closing	19
Trait Improvement of Solanaceae Fruit Crops for Vertical Farming by Genome Editing	17
CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Knockout in Magnaporthe oryzae in Combination with Homologous Recombination	15
An Ethylicin Dosage Form - for Bacterial Wilt Disease Control	15
Evaluating Ecological Strategies of non-native Plants Inhabiting in a Riparian semi-natural Ecosystem Using Grime’s CSR Scheme	13
Functional Characterization of Chinese Cabbage BrCML49 Gene in Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Elongation and the Regulation of Ca2+-Mediated Self-Incompatibility Response	13
Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Proteins in Plants: Structure, Function, and Signaling	12
Emerging Regulatory Mechanisms of Leaf Senescence: Insights into Epigenetic Regulators, Non-Coding RNAs, and Peptide Hormones	11
Duckweeds for Plant Molecular Farming: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions	11
Stable Expression of Organelle-Targeted Fluorescent Markers for Investigating Autophagy and Subcellular Dynamics in Rice	10
Application of Trichoderma spp. Combined with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Improves the Physiochemical Response of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Drought	10
Many Flowers but few Fruits: Pollinator and Pollen Limitation in the Early-Spring Flowering Cold Desert Perennial Iris tenuifolia	10
Intrinsic Signaling Pathways and key Regulatory Factors of Stomatal Development	10
Updates and Applications of CRISPR/Cas Technology in Plants	10
Usefulness and Molecular Mechanism of Seed-Specificity Introduced by AtBZR1 and AtBES1 to Improve Seed Yield and Quality in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
OsFKBP42b Regulates Rice Growth and Development Through Interacting with OsABCB1 and OsABCB14	8
ELF18-INDUCED LONG NONCODING RNA 25 positively regulates the pathogen defense-related CYP82C2 expression in Arabidopsis	7
A New Paradigm for the Stomatal Closures: ABA-Dependent Stomatal Closures and ABA-Independent Stomatal Closures	7
Stem Hydraulic Traits are Decoupled from Leaf Ecophysiological Traits in Mangroves in Southern Philippines	7
TOE1 Interacts with FLM and SVP to Repress Flowering in Arabidopsis	7
atcog8-2, A New Mutant Allele of the Conserved Oligomeric Golgi Complex 8, Reveals the Need for the COG Complex for Gametophyte Development in Arabidopsis	7
Comparative Analysis and Functional Identification of Rhizome miRNAs of Two Atractylodes lancea Ecotypes	7

TIR Domains in Arabidopsis thaliana Suppressor of npr1-1, Constitutive 1 and Its Closely Related Disease Resistance Proteins Form Intricate Interaction Networks	7
Pseudo-Response Regulators: Molecular Mediators Transducing NTRC-Dependent Metabolic Oscillatory Signals to the Nuclear Clocks in Plants	6
POLAP: A New Pipeline for Plant Mitochondrial Genome Assembly Using Oxford Nanopore Data Through Reference Generation	6
Systematic Assessment of the Positive Role of Arabidopsis thaliana GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs in Regulation of Cell Proliferation During Leaf Growth	6
A SHORTROOT-Mediated Transcriptional Regulatory Network for Vascular Development in the Arabidopsis Shoot	6
The Tomato Juhwang Mutant Accumulates a High Level of β-Carotene and has a Long Shelf-Life	6
Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of FOUR LIPS in Pomegranate, a Protein Involved in Regulating the Gravitropic Set-Point Angle of Adventitious Roots	6
Enhancing Plant Salt Tolerance with Vreelandella Titanicae Strain GPM3, an Epiphytic Bacterium Isolated from Pyropia Yezoensis	5
HOS15 Contributes to Thermotolerance Through Destabilization of HD2C in Arabidopsis	5
Over-expression of FaGalLDH Increases Ascorbic Acid Concentrations and Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
A Light-Inducible Bidirectional Promoter Initiates Expression of Both Genes SHH2 and CFM3 in Brassica napus L.	5
LC–MS Analysis for Paenibacillus yonginensis DCY84T and Silicon Informs the Significance of Suppressed Unsaturated Fatty Acids	5
Comparative Transcriptomics Identifies Different Gene Expression Networks Regulating Gametic Development in Arabidopsis	4
Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Transporters and Its Application to Elucidate the Uncharacterized Functions of OsABCC7 Gene Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System	4
Twenty Years of Regeneration Process for Tree Species in Burnt Pine Forests with Different Severity and Initial Regeneration	4
Overexpression of a Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C Gene from Populus simonii × P. nigra Improves Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco	4
Polycomb Repressive Complexes and Their Roles in Plant Developmental Programs, Particularly Floral Transition	4
Brassinosteroids and Salicylic Acid Mutually Enhance Endogenous Content and Signaling to Show a Synergistic Effect on Pathogen Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana	4
Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms for Ginsenoside Biosynthesis	4
Photoreceptors and Circadian Clock Regulators Control Growth and Flowering Under Ionizing Radiation Stress	3
Arabidopsis Profilin 1 Mediates ATP-independent Refolding of Misfolded Proteins Under Stress	3
Nitrogen Addition Changes the Allelopathic Effects of the Root Leachate from the Invasive Weed Stellera chamaejasme L. on a Dominant Grass in the Songnen Grassland	3
Targeted Overexpression of CBF1 Using a Pollen-specific Promoter Enhances Fertility in Heat-stressed Arabidopsis	3
Integrating Tobacco Whole-Transcriptome and Competitive Endogenous RNA Network Reveal the Potential Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Mechanism	3
Pollen-Specific OsRALF5 Regulates Pollen Tube Growth in Oryza sativa	3
Decadal Succession Process in Five Forest Types in Cool-Temperate Odaesan National Park	3
Suberin Polyester Barrier in Plants: Biosynthesis and Its Regulation	3
Production of Plant-Based Recombinant Vaccine Against Porcine Deltacoronavirus in the Form of Bacteria-Like Particles Using Lactococcus lactis	3
Genome-Wide Association Analysis Reveals Genetic Components of Salt Stress Tolerance in North Korean Rice	3
FCA Contributes to Root Thermomorphogenesis by Attenuating SOG1-Mediated Stress Signaling in Arabidopsis	3
The Function of Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Arabidopsis: Recent Progress of Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases (UBPs)	3
Hybridization and introgression in Daphniphyllum macropodum (Daphniphyllaceae) on Ulleungdo Island	3
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants in ZmZEP1 Associated with Zeaxanthin Level in Maize Grains	3
Knock Off 3 SlNAIP Genes with Modified CRISPR-Cas9 Causes Dwarf Phenotype in Tomato	3
HOS15 Modulates Alternative Splicing Homeostasis Under Cold Stress in Arabidopsis Thaliana	3
Strigolactone Enhances Alkaline Tolerance in Soybean Seeds Germination by Altering Expression Profiles of ABA Biosynthetic and Signaling Genes	3
Bacterial Communities Associated with the Rhizosphere of Transgenic Chrysanthemum	3
Genome-wide Analysis of Rice OsDREB1 Genes Under Heat Stress Reveals Functional Specialization of OsDREB1F for Thermotolerance in Arabidopsis	3
PIF4 Negatively Regulates Plant Defense Against Pseudomonas syringae via Suppression of PAMP- and Effector-Triggered Immunity	2
Time Course Transcriptomic Analysis of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea ssp. capitata L.) During Vernalization	2
A New Species of Goodyera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae) from Korea and Japan	2
OsbZIP62 Positively Regulates Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance and ABA Signaling in Rice	2
MYB Transcription Factors in Plant Developmental Plasticity	2
Characterization of the Arabidopsis At5-MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase	2
Estimation on Individual-Level Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Understory Perennial Herbs	2
OsWRKY9 is Involved in Transcriptional Regulatory Cascade Enhancing Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance	2
Determining Germ Cells in Flowering Plants: Common Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms Steering Meiocyte Specification and Mode of Cell Division	2
Introduction of Multiple Genes via Agrobacterium-Mediated Co-Transformation into Soybean and Confirmation of Insertion Using PCR	2
Identification of a Novel Candidate Gene for Chilling Tolerance in Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Using Whole-Genome Resequencing	2
Transcriptional Regulation of Temperature-Responsive Flowering in Arabidopsis	2

Assembly of Human Papillomavirus 16 L1 Protein in Nicotiana benthamiana Chloroplasts into Highly Immunogenic Virus-Like Particles	2
Transcriptome Analysis and Functional Verification of Key Genes Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rhododendron	2
Overexpression of V-ATPase c Subunit Gene (VHA-c) from Antarctic Notothenioid Fish Improves Tolerance of Transgenic Arabidopsis to Low Temperature	2
Multifunctionality of Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 721 and 722 in Plants	2
The Function of Like Heterochromatin Protein 1 (LHP1) as an Epigenetic Regulator of Plant Development	2
Jasmonic Acid Mediates Maize (Zea mays L.) Roots Response to Soil Nitrogen Heterogeneity	2
Arabidopsis CSN5A Acts as a Transcriptional Co-activator of DREB2C During Seed Germination	2
The Roles of MYC2 Transcription Factor in JA-Signaling Pathway in Plants	2
Ectopic Expression of a Banana CCCH-Zinc Finger Protein Enhances Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis	2
Dehydration-Responsive Element-Binding Factor 2C Activates PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1;9 in Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Phosphate Starvation	2