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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Harnessing ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis and multi-omics for wheat rust resistance gene discovery	365
Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters	341
Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification	292
Harnessing transposable elements for plant functional genomics and genome engineering	285
Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations	283
Strategies to intensify CO2 capture by microalgae for the circular bioeconomy	249
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions	243
Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes	231
Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?	220
Achieving the impossible: prevention and eradication of invasive plants in Mediterranean-type ecosystems	176
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3: a multifaceted integrator of light signaling	174
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants	156
‘Microscopic engineering vehicles’ for plants under stress combination	155
Plant–pest interactions under the microscope of chemical hormesis	150
Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division	147
Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function	139
Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor	132
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The plant proteome delivers from discovery to innovation	131
The era of panomics-driven gene discovery in plants	126
PRC2 activity, recruitment, and silencing: a comparative perspective	122
Pre-mRNA alternative splicing as a modulator for heat stress response in plants	119
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves	112
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits	112
Hydraulic failure and tree mortality: from correlation to causation	108

Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants	107
Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering	107
TKP-NLR calcium-permeable channels shield wheat from fungi	106
Fungi deploy host phosphate signaling disrupter	105
Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?	104
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Unlocking a ‘lock–key’ mechanism governing pollen–pistil interactions	104
Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone–protease system	101
Computational approaches that aid annotation in metabolomics	101
A nodule peptide confiscates haem to promote iron uptake in rhizobia	99
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology	99
Subscription and Copyright Information	95
The 3366 chickpea genomes for research and breeding	94
Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops	93
Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis	91
Strategies for breeding crops for future environments	91
Exploring natural product biosynthesis in plants with mass spectrometry imaging	84
Sensing and regulation of plant extracellular pH	83
Advances in optical phenotyping of cereal crops	80
The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling	78
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants	78
Evolution of cereal floral architecture and threshability	78
Illuminating plants: autoluminescence through big data mining and metabolic optimization	76
Dynamic epigenetic modifications in plant sugar signal transduction	76
Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds	76
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RPM: rapid detection of chloroplast RNA editing efficiency	68
Not just signals: RALFs as cell wall-structuring peptides	66
Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets	66
Microautophagy in cereal grains: protein storage or degradation?	64
Insect herbivores benefit from horizontal gene transfer	62
NAD meets ABA: connecting cellular metabolism and hormone signaling	62
Phospholipids and flowering regulation	60
The risk of transmitting antibiotic resistance through endophytic bacteria	59
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity	59
Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture	59
How volatile isoprenoids improve plant thermotolerance	59