OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 41. 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
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	164
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	124
Looking at mechanobiology through an evolutionary lens	107
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	103
Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development	98
Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering	95
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	80
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	78
Contents	75
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	74
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	66
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	66
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	64
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	63
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	60
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	60
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	59
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	58
Editorial Board	57
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	56
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	56
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	56
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	53
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	52
The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants	52

Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	52
Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule	51
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	50
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	50
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	50
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	50
Re-imagining crop domestication in the era of high throughput phenomics	47
Contents	47
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	46
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	46
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	45
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	44
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	43
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	43
Mechanisms of temperature-regulated growth and thermotolerance in crop species	43
Modes of secretion of plant lipophilic metabolites via ABCG transporter-dependent transport and vesicle-mediated trafficking	42