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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular Evolution Study of PdeFTL1, a FT/TFL1-Like Gene from Pinus densiflora, for Flowering Control	66
Overexpression of TWO-IN-ONE Domains Inhibits Cytokinesis in Arabidopsis	30
Enhancer Elements in Plants: Genomic Context and Biological Functions	27
The Comparison of Temporal Transcriptome Changes Between Morning-Opening and Afternoon-Opening Iris Flowers Reveals the Candidate Genes Regulating Flower Opening and Closing	24
Trait Improvement of Solanaceae Fruit Crops for Vertical Farming by Genome Editing	16
BEAR1, a bHLH Transcription Factor, Controls Salt Response Genes to Regulate Rice Salt Response	15
Functional Characterization of Chinese Cabbage BrCML49 Gene in Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Elongation and the Regulation of Ca2+-Mediated Self-Incompatibility Response	13
Effect of Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amides, Coumaroyl Tyramine and Coumaroyl Tryptamine on Biotic Stress Response in Arabidopsis	13
Evaluating Ecological Strategies of non-native Plants Inhabiting in a Riparian semi-natural Ecosystem Using Grime’s CSR Scheme	12
Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Proteins in Plants: Structure, Function, and Signaling	11
An Ethylicin Dosage Form - for Bacterial Wilt Disease Control	11
Duckweeds for Plant Molecular Farming: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions	11
Updates and Applications of CRISPR/Cas Technology in Plants	10
Emerging Regulatory Mechanisms of Leaf Senescence: Insights into Epigenetic Regulators, Non-Coding RNAs, and Peptide Hormones	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
Application of Trichoderma spp. Combined with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Improves the Physiochemical Response of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Drought	10
Histone Deacetylases in Rice Development and Stress Responses	8
A Simple Protocol for Thallus Culture-Based Genetic Transformation of the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha	8
Usefulness and Molecular Mechanism of Seed-Specificity Introduced by AtBZR1 and AtBES1 to Improve Seed Yield and Quality in Arabidopsis thaliana	7
Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of FOUR LIPS in Pomegranate, a Protein Involved in Regulating the Gravitropic Set-Point Angle of Adventitious Roots	7
TIR Domains in Arabidopsis thaliana Suppressor of npr1-1, Constitutive 1 and Its Closely Related Disease Resistance Proteins Form Intricate Interaction Networks	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
OsFKBP42b Regulates Rice Growth and Development Through Interacting with OsABCB1 and OsABCB14	7
Stem Hydraulic Traits are Decoupled from Leaf Ecophysiological Traits in Mangroves in Southern Philippines	7

A SHORTROOT-Mediated Transcriptional Regulatory Network for Vascular Development in the Arabidopsis Shoot	6
Comparative Analysis and Functional Identification of Rhizome miRNAs of Two Atractylodes lancea Ecotypes	6
Systematic Assessment of the Positive Role of Arabidopsis thaliana GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs in Regulation of Cell Proliferation During Leaf Growth	6
Vernalization Regulates Flowering Genes and Modulates Glucosinolates Biosynthesis in Chinese Cabbage	6
The Tomato Juhwang Mutant Accumulates a High Level of β-Carotene and has a Long Shelf-Life	6
POLAP: A New Pipeline for Plant Mitochondrial Genome Assembly Using Oxford Nanopore Data Through Reference Generation	6
Comparative Transcriptomics Identifies Different Gene Expression Networks Regulating Gametic Development in Arabidopsis	5
Pseudo-Response Regulators: Molecular Mediators Transducing NTRC-Dependent Metabolic Oscillatory Signals to the Nuclear Clocks in Plants	5
A Light-Inducible Bidirectional Promoter Initiates Expression of Both Genes SHH2 and CFM3 in Brassica napus L.	5
Over-expression of FaGalLDH Increases Ascorbic Acid Concentrations and Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
Overexpression of a Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C Gene from Populus simonii × P. nigra Improves Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco	5
LC–MS Analysis for Paenibacillus yonginensis DCY84T and Silicon Informs the Significance of Suppressed Unsaturated Fatty Acids	5
Twenty Years of Regeneration Process for Tree Species in Burnt Pine Forests with Different Severity and Initial Regeneration	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
Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Transporters and Its Application to Elucidate the Uncharacterized Functions of OsABCC7 Gene Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System	4
Hydrogen Peroxide is Involved in Salicylic Acid-Induced Adventitious Rooting in Cucumber Under Cadmium Stress	4
HOS15 Contributes to Thermotolerance Through Destabilization of HD2C in Arabidopsis	4
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
Suberin Polyester Barrier in Plants: Biosynthesis and Its Regulation	3
Overexpression of DREB2C Delays Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana via the Activation of FLC	3
Knock Off 3 SlNAIP Genes with Modified CRISPR-Cas9 Causes Dwarf Phenotype in Tomato	3
Production of Plant-Based Recombinant Vaccine Against Porcine Deltacoronavirus in the Form of Bacteria-Like Particles Using Lactococcus lactis	3
Targeted Overexpression of CBF1 Using a Pollen-specific Promoter Enhances Fertility in Heat-stressed Arabidopsis	3
Bacterial Communities Associated with the Rhizosphere of Transgenic Chrysanthemum	3
Strigolactone Enhances Alkaline Tolerance in Soybean Seeds Germination by Altering Expression Profiles of ABA Biosynthetic and Signaling Genes	3
HOS15 Modulates Alternative Splicing Homeostasis Under Cold Stress in Arabidopsis Thaliana	3
Integrating Tobacco Whole-Transcriptome and Competitive Endogenous RNA Network Reveal the Potential Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Mechanism	3
The Function of Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Arabidopsis: Recent Progress of Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases (UBPs)	3
Assembly of Human Papillomavirus 16 L1 Protein in Nicotiana benthamiana Chloroplasts into Highly Immunogenic Virus-Like Particles	2
Dehydration-Responsive Element-Binding Factor 2C Activates PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1;9 in Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Phosphate Starvation	2
OsWRKY9 is Involved in Transcriptional Regulatory Cascade Enhancing Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance	2
Hybridization and introgression in Daphniphyllum macropodum (Daphniphyllaceae) on Ulleungdo Island	2
Characterization and Functional Explorations of O-glycosylation Enzymes SECRET AGENT and SPINDLY in Pyrus bretschneideri	2
The Roles of MYC2 Transcription Factor in JA-Signaling Pathway in Plants	2
Overexpression of V-ATPase c Subunit Gene (VHA-c) from Antarctic Notothenioid Fish Improves Tolerance of Transgenic Arabidopsis to Low Temperature	2
Hierarchical Structures and Dissected Functions of MADS-Box Transcription Factors in Rice Development	2
Multifunctionality of Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 721 and 722 in Plants	2
Determining Germ Cells in Flowering Plants: Common Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms Steering Meiocyte Specification and Mode of Cell Division	2
Decadal Succession Process in Five Forest Types in Cool-Temperate Odaesan National Park	2
Characterization of the Arabidopsis At5-MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase	2
A New Species of Goodyera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae) from Korea and Japan	2
Introduction of Multiple Genes via Agrobacterium-Mediated Co-Transformation into Soybean and Confirmation of Insertion Using PCR	2
Transcriptome Analysis and Functional Verification of Key Genes Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rhododendron	2
Ectopic Expression of a Banana CCCH-Zinc Finger Protein Enhances Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis	2
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Methyl Jasmonate-mediated Biosynthesis of Protopanaxadiol-type Saponins in Panax notoginseng Leaves	2
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants in ZmZEP1 Associated with Zeaxanthin Level in Maize Grains	2
Time Course Transcriptomic Analysis of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea ssp. capitata L.) During Vernalization	2

Estimation on Individual-Level Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Understory Perennial Herbs	2
The Function of Like Heterochromatin Protein 1 (LHP1) as an Epigenetic Regulator of Plant Development	2