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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Comparison of Temporal Transcriptome Changes Between Morning-Opening and Afternoon-Opening Iris Flowers Reveals the Candidate Genes Regulating Flower Opening and Closing	49
Trait Improvement of Solanaceae Fruit Crops for Vertical Farming by Genome Editing	27
Molecular Evolution Study of PdeFTL1, a FT/TFL1-Like Gene from Pinus densiflora, for Flowering Control	25
BEAR1, a bHLH Transcription Factor, Controls Salt Response Genes to Regulate Rice Salt Response	23
Overexpression of TWO-IN-ONE Domains Inhibits Cytokinesis in Arabidopsis	18
Enhancer Elements in Plants: Genomic Context and Biological Functions	15
Duckweeds for Plant Molecular Farming: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions	14
Effect of Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amides, Coumaroyl Tyramine and Coumaroyl Tryptamine on Biotic Stress Response in Arabidopsis	13
Functional Characterization of Chinese Cabbage BrCML49 Gene in Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Elongation and the Regulation of Ca2+-Mediated Self-Incompatibility Response	11
Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Proteins in Plants: Structure, Function, and Signaling	11
Evaluating Ecological Strategies of non-native Plants Inhabiting in a Riparian semi-natural Ecosystem Using Grime’s CSR Scheme	11
Updates and Applications of CRISPR/Cas Technology in Plants	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
Emerging Regulatory Mechanisms of Leaf Senescence: Insights into Epigenetic Regulators, Non-Coding RNAs, and Peptide Hormones	9
Many Flowers but few Fruits: Pollinator and Pollen Limitation in the Early-Spring Flowering Cold Desert Perennial Iris tenuifolia	9
A Simple Protocol for Thallus Culture-Based Genetic Transformation of the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha	9
Histone Deacetylases in Rice Development and Stress Responses	9
Usefulness and Molecular Mechanism of Seed-Specificity Introduced by AtBZR1 and AtBES1 to Improve Seed Yield and Quality in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
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	8
TIR Domains in Arabidopsis thaliana Suppressor of npr1-1, Constitutive 1 and Its Closely Related Disease Resistance Proteins Form Intricate Interaction Networks	8
OsFKBP42b Regulates Rice Growth and Development Through Interacting with OsABCB1 and OsABCB14	8
Stem Hydraulic Traits are Decoupled from Leaf Ecophysiological Traits in Mangroves in Southern Philippines	8
The Tomato Juhwang Mutant Accumulates a High Level of β-Carotene and has a Long Shelf-Life	7
Systematic Assessment of the Positive Role of Arabidopsis thaliana GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs in Regulation of Cell Proliferation During Leaf Growth	7

A SHORTROOT-Mediated Transcriptional Regulatory Network for Vascular Development in the Arabidopsis Shoot	7
Comparative Analysis and Functional Identification of Rhizome miRNAs of Two Atractylodes lancea Ecotypes	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
Comparative Transcriptomics Identifies Different Gene Expression Networks Regulating Gametic Development in Arabidopsis	6
Vernalization Regulates Flowering Genes and Modulates Glucosinolates Biosynthesis in Chinese Cabbage	6
Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Transporters and Its Application to Elucidate the Uncharacterized Functions of OsABCC7 Gene Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System	5
Brassinosteroids and Salicylic Acid Mutually Enhance Endogenous Content and Signaling to Show a Synergistic Effect on Pathogen Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
Polycomb Repressive Complexes and Their Roles in Plant Developmental Programs, Particularly Floral Transition	5
A Light-Inducible Bidirectional Promoter Initiates Expression of Both Genes SHH2 and CFM3 in Brassica napus L.	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
Over-expression of FaGalLDH Increases Ascorbic Acid Concentrations and Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
Hydrogen Peroxide is Involved in Salicylic Acid-Induced Adventitious Rooting in Cucumber Under Cadmium Stress	4
Increased Cysteine Accumulation is Essential for Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis Halotolerance 2-Like (AHL)-Overexpressing Transgenic Plants	4
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	4
Strigolactone Enhances Alkaline Tolerance in Soybean Seeds Germination by Altering Expression Profiles of ABA Biosynthetic and Signaling Genes	4
Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms for Ginsenoside Biosynthesis	4
Fruit-Specific Expression of crtB, HpBHY, CrBKT and SlLCYB in a Special Tomato Landrace Triggers Hyper Production of Carotenoids in the Fruit	4
Production of Plant-Based Recombinant Vaccine Against Porcine Deltacoronavirus in the Form of Bacteria-Like Particles Using Lactococcus lactis	4
Twenty Years of Regeneration Process for Tree Species in Burnt Pine Forests with Different Severity and Initial Regeneration	4
Distributional Characters of Warm-Temperate Evergreen Broadleaf Tree Species Growing in Urban Park -Focused on Duryu Urban Park in Daegu-	4
Knock Off 3 SlNAIP Genes with Modified CRISPR-Cas9 Causes Dwarf Phenotype in Tomato	4
Integrating Tobacco Whole-Transcriptome and Competitive Endogenous RNA Network Reveal the Potential Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Mechanism	4
The Function of Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Arabidopsis: Recent Progress of Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases (UBPs)	3
Bacterial Communities Associated with the Rhizosphere of Transgenic Chrysanthemum	3
OsWRKY9 is Involved in Transcriptional Regulatory Cascade Enhancing Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance	3
Decadal Succession Process in Five Forest Types in Cool-Temperate Odaesan National Park	3
Determining Germ Cells in Flowering Plants: Common Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms Steering Meiocyte Specification and Mode of Cell Division	3
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants in ZmZEP1 Associated with Zeaxanthin Level in Maize Grains	3
Overexpression of DREB2C Delays Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana via the Activation of FLC	3
Hybridization and introgression in Daphniphyllum macropodum (Daphniphyllaceae) on Ulleungdo Island	3
Time Course Transcriptomic Analysis of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea ssp. capitata L.) During Vernalization	3
A New Species of Goodyera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae) from Korea and Japan	2
Overexpression of V-ATPase c Subunit Gene (VHA-c) from Antarctic Notothenioid Fish Improves Tolerance of Transgenic Arabidopsis to Low Temperature	2
Jasmonic Acid Mediates Maize (Zea mays L.) Roots Response to Soil Nitrogen Heterogeneity	2
Ectopic Expression of a Banana CCCH-Zinc Finger Protein Enhances Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis	2
Multifunctionality of Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 721 and 722 in Plants	2
Estimation on Individual-Level Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Understory Perennial Herbs	2
Heterologous expression of Solanum tuberosum NAC1 gene confers enhanced tolerance to salt stress in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana	2
Introduction of Multiple Genes via Agrobacterium-Mediated Co-Transformation into Soybean and Confirmation of Insertion Using PCR	2
Hierarchical Structures and Dissected Functions of MADS-Box Transcription Factors in Rice Development	2
Crucial Waterlogging-Responsive Genes and Pathways Revealed by Comparative Physiology and Transcriptome in Tropical and Temperate Maize (Zea mays L.) inbred Lines	2
Dehydration-Responsive Element-Binding Factor 2C Activates PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1;9 in Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Phosphate Starvation	2
Exogenous Spermidine Improves Chilling Tolerance in Sweet Corn Seedlings by Regulation on Abscisic Acid, ROS and Ca2+ Pathways	2
The Roles of MYC2 Transcription Factor in JA-Signaling Pathway in Plants	2
The Function of Like Heterochromatin Protein 1 (LHP1) as an Epigenetic Regulator of Plant Development	2
Assembly of Human Papillomavirus 16 L1 Protein in Nicotiana benthamiana Chloroplasts into Highly Immunogenic Virus-Like Particles	2
Spatial Distribution, Growth Conditions and Local Utilization for Conservation Strategy of an Endangered Species Azolla japonica	2
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Methyl Jasmonate-mediated Biosynthesis of Protopanaxadiol-type Saponins in Panax notoginseng Leaves	2
Characterization and Functional Explorations of O-glycosylation Enzymes SECRET AGENT and SPINDLY in Pyrus bretschneideri	2