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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	184
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	135
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	127
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	125
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	105
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	104
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	100
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	95
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	94
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	82
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	81
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	73
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	71
Beyond elongation: The multifaceted roles of gibberellins in symbiosis and root development	70
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	65
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	64
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	63
Editorial Board	62
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	61
Corrigendum to “NLR receptor subcellular localization and plant immune activation”[Curr Opin Plant Biol 90 (2026) 102855]	60
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	60
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	59
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	58
Piecing the puzzle together: Analyses in plants at the single-cell resolution	58
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	58

Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	56
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	53
Contents	51
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	50
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	49
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	49
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	48
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	48
Monoubiquitination of histone H2A and H2B: News and views	47
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	47
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	47
Contents	46
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	46
Plant genome assembly and annotation	45
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	44
Some assembly required: Modularity and programmability as keys to decoupling growth-defence trade-offs in plants	44
Architects of plant immunity: Structure-informed strategies for engineering plant nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors	43
Organogenic events during gynoecium and fruit development in Arabidopsis	43