OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 44. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	192
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	143
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	129
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	128
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	107
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	105
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	102
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	99
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	97
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	87
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	84
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	76
Beyond elongation: The multifaceted roles of gibberellins in symbiosis and root development	74
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	72
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	68
Editorial Board	66
Piecing the puzzle together: Analyses in plants at the single-cell resolution	64
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	64
Corrigendum to “NLR receptor subcellular localization and plant immune activation”[Curr Opin Plant Biol 90 (2026) 102855]	62
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	62
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	62
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	61
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	60
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	59
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	59

Monoubiquitination of histone H2A and H2B: News and views	57
Contents	53
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	52
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	51
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	51
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	50
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	50
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	50
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	49
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	48
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	48
Contents	47
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	47
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	46
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants	45
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	45
Plant optogenetics: Applications and perspectives	45
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	45
Plant genome assembly and annotation	45