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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor	301
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3: a multifaceted integrator of light signaling	260
Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function	250
‘Microscopic engineering vehicles’ for plants under stress combination	246
The plant proteome delivers from discovery to innovation	220
Achieving the impossible: prevention and eradication of invasive plants in Mediterranean-type ecosystems	219
Harnessing transposable elements for plant functional genomics and genome engineering	194
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants	193
Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division	153
Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?	142
Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes	141
Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters	137
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits	137
Plant–pest interactions under the microscope of chemical hormesis	136
Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification	130
Pre-mRNA alternative splicing as a modulator for heat stress response in plants	117
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions	111
Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants	111
Hydraulic failure and tree mortality: from correlation to causation	109
Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations	109
PRC2 activity, recruitment, and silencing: a comparative perspective	107
The era of panomics-driven gene discovery in plants	106
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves	99
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The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling	96
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The 3366 chickpea genomes for research and breeding	95
A nodule peptide confiscates haem to promote iron uptake in rhizobia	95
Unlocking a ‘lock–key’ mechanism governing pollen–pistil interactions	93
Fungi deploy host phosphate signaling disrupter	93
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants	92
Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering	92
Evolution of cereal floral architecture and threshability	92
Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis	91
Sensing and regulation of plant extracellular pH	91
Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?	91
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Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone–protease system	88
Illuminating plants: autoluminescence through big data mining and metabolic optimization	86
Computational approaches that aid annotation in metabolomics	86
Exploring natural product biosynthesis in plants with mass spectrometry imaging	82
Advances in optical phenotyping of cereal crops	79
Strategies for breeding crops for future environments	77
Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds	72
Dynamic epigenetic modifications in plant sugar signal transduction	72
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology	71
Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops	70
How volatile isoprenoids improve plant thermotolerance	69
The risk of transmitting antibiotic resistance through endophytic bacteria	69
Not just signals: RALFs as cell wall-structuring peptides	69
RPM: rapid detection of chloroplast RNA editing efficiency	68
Phospholipids and flowering regulation	67
1H NMR-based metabolomics and lipidomics of microalgae	66
Microautophagy in cereal grains: protein storage or degradation?	64
NAD meets ABA: connecting cellular metabolism and hormone signaling	64
Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets	63
Insect herbivores benefit from horizontal gene transfer	61
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity	60