OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 43. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	215
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	143
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	115
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	112
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	110
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	104
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	91
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	90
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	82
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	78
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	78
Editorial Board	73
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	72
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	68
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	67
Editorial Board	65
Piecing the puzzle together: Analyses in plants at the single-cell resolution	60
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	59
Corrigendum to “NLR receptor subcellular localization and plant immune activation”[Curr Opin Plant Biol 90 (2026) 102855]	59
Beyond elongation: The multifaceted roles of gibberellins in symbiosis and root development	57
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	55
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	55
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	55
How cell edges shape plant morphogenesis	54
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	54

Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	54
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	54
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	53
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	52
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	52
Contents	51
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	51
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	50
Monoubiquitination of histone H2A and H2B: News and views	49
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	48
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	48
Contents	47
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	46
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	46
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	45
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	44
Contents	44
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	43
Systems-level understanding of plant immune networks through single-cell and spatial omics	43
Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters	43