OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Plant Science is 59. 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
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Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function	313
Harnessing transposable elements for plant functional genomics and genome engineering	269
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants	259
‘Microscopic engineering vehicles’ for plants under stress combination	257
Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division	229
Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?	227
Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes	208
Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification	204
Plant–pest interactions under the microscope of chemical hormesis	163
Achieving the impossible: prevention and eradication of invasive plants in Mediterranean-type ecosystems	148
The plant proteome delivers from discovery to innovation	145
The era of panomics-driven gene discovery in plants	143
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions	143
Pre-mRNA alternative splicing as a modulator for heat stress response in plants	142
PRC2 activity, recruitment, and silencing: a comparative perspective	131
Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations	126
Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor	117
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits	115
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves	114
Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters	114
Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants	113
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3: a multifaceted integrator of light signaling	108
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Hydraulic failure and tree mortality: from correlation to causation	102

The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling	101
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A nodule peptide confiscates haem to promote iron uptake in rhizobia	99
The 3366 chickpea genomes for research and breeding	99
Evolution of cereal floral architecture and threshability	98
Unlocking a ‘lock–key’ mechanism governing pollen–pistil interactions	98
Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis	97
Fungi deploy host phosphate signaling disrupter	96
Exploring natural product biosynthesis in plants with mass spectrometry imaging	96
Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?	96
Dynamic epigenetic modifications in plant sugar signal transduction	93
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants	92
TKP-NLR calcium-permeable channels shield wheat from fungi	91
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Illuminating plants: autoluminescence through big data mining and metabolic optimization	87
Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone–protease system	87
Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops	84
Computational approaches that aid annotation in metabolomics	79
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology	77
Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds	75
Advances in optical phenotyping of cereal crops	74
Sensing and regulation of plant extracellular pH	73
Strategies for breeding crops for future environments	73
Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering	73
Not just signals: RALFs as cell wall-structuring peptides	72
RPM: rapid detection of chloroplast RNA editing efficiency	72
Phospholipids and flowering regulation	71
1H NMR-based metabolomics and lipidomics of microalgae	69
NAD meets ABA: connecting cellular metabolism and hormone signaling	68
Microautophagy in cereal grains: protein storage or degradation?	66
Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets	66
Insect herbivores benefit from horizontal gene transfer	65
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity	64
Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture	60
Plant-TFClass: a structural classification for plant transcription factors	59