OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 20. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	174
Contents	149
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	113
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	111
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	102
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	101
Looking at mechanobiology through an evolutionary lens	85
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	84
Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering	82
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	81
Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development	78
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	71
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	67
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	66
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	64
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	64
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	63
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	62
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	61
Editorial Board	60
Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule	59
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	58
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	58
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	58
Piecing the puzzle together: Analyses in plants at the single-cell resolution	55

The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	54
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	53
The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants	53
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	51
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	51
Monoubiquitination of histone H2A and H2B: News and views	51
Contents	50
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	50
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	48
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	48
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	48
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	45
Re-imagining crop domestication in the era of high throughput phenomics	45
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	44
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	44
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	43
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	42
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	42
Contents	42
Uncovering an ancestral green ménage à trois: Contributions of Chlamydomonas to the discovery of a broadly conserved triad of plant fertilization proteins	41
Pollen–pistil interactions: It takes two to tangle but a molecular cast of many to deliver	40
Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters	40
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants	40
Plant optogenetics: Applications and perspectives	40
The battle within: How pathogen effectors suppress NLR-mediated immunity	39
Organogenic events during gynoecium and fruit development in Arabidopsis	39
Plant transcription factors — being in the right place with the right company	38
Biosynthesis of the triterpenoid withanolides in Withania somnifera	38
Plant microtubule nucleating apparatus and its potential signaling pathway	38
The diversity of salicylic acid biosynthesis and defense signaling in plants: Knowledge gaps and future opportunities	38
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	37
Light, CO2, and carbon storage in microalgae	37
Tipping the balance: The dynamics of stem cell maintenance and stress responses in plant meristems	36
Editorial Board	36
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	36
How bacteria overcome flagellin pattern recognition in plants	35
Editorial Board	35
Dynamics of DNA methylation and its impact on plant embryogenesis	34
Insights into dynamic coenocytic endosperm development: Unraveling molecular, cellular, and growth complexity	34
Spatiotemporal control of root immune responses during microbial colonization	34
Regulation of PIN polarity in response to abiotic stress	34
Soybean seed protein storage vacuoles for expression of recombinant molecules	33
Moving targets: Mechanisms regulating siRNA production and DNA methylation during plant development	33
Stem-borne roots as a framework to study trans-organogenesis and uncover fundamental insights in developmental biology	32
Editorial Board	32
Dynamic and spatial control of cellular activity during seed germination	32
Contents	32
Biomolecular condensates at the plasma membrane: Insights into plant cell signaling	32
Cause or effect: Probing the roles of epigenetics in plant development and environmental responses	31

Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging	31
Update on translational control modes in plant cell signaling	31
Cell biology features and gene expression programs modulating cell expansion during root organ growth	31
Trehalose 6-phosphate metabolism in C4 species	30
Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis	30
Creating an explosion: Form and function in explosive fruit	30
A review of the role of metabolites in vegetative desiccation tolerance of angiosperms	30
Cell type-specific control and post-translational regulation of specialized metabolism: opening new avenues for plant metabolic engineering	30
A ‘hot’ cocktail: The multiple layers of thermomemory in plants	29
Structural insights of cell wall integrity signaling during development and immunity	29
Triticeae genome sequences reveal huge expansions of gene families implicated in fertility restoration	29
How to turbo charge respiration – thermogenic metabolism in plants	29
Contents	29
Non-canonical and developmental roles of the TCA cycle in plants	29
Illuminating the role of the calyptra in sporophyte development	28
Molecular mechanisms of reprogramming of differentiated cells into stem cells in the moss Physcomitrium patens	28
Wet scissors: How biomolecular condensates cut cellular membranes	27
Rapid auxin signaling: Unknowns old and new	26
Involvement of small molecules and metabolites in regulation of biomolecular condensate properties	26
Scaling-up to understand tree–pathogen interactions: A steep, tough climb or a walk in the park?	26
Innovations and threats facing the storage of sugar in sugar beet	26
Seeing is believing: Exploiting advances in structural biology to understand and engineer plant immunity	26
Deciphering plastid retrograde signals and their roles in plant development	26
The evolution and development of sporangia—The fundamental reproductive organ of land plant sporophytes	26
Fortifying the frontier: cell wall modifications during plant immunity	26
Current insights into plant volatile organic compound biosynthesis	26
Whispers in the dark: Signals regulating underground plant–plant interactions	25
Elucidating the biology of transcription factor–DNA interaction for accurate identification of cis-regulatory elements	25
Contents	25
Innovations in two genes kickstarted the evolution of nitrogen-fixing nodules	25
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice: Utilization, coordination, and availability	25
Evolution of the sporophyte shoot axis and functions of TALE HD transcription factors in stem development	24
Convergent and divergent evolution of plant chemical defenses	24
Position and identity, two separable but inseparable processes in floral meristem patterning	23
Cellular and molecular bases of lateral root initiation and morphogenesis	23
Composition and function of plant chromatin remodeling complexes	23
Extracellular proteases from microbial plant pathogens as virulence factors	23
Disarming the defenses: Insect detoxification of plant defense-related specialized metabolites	23
Integration of nutrient and water availabilities via auxin into the root developmental program	22
Blooming balloons: Searching for mechanisms of the inflated calyx	22
Deciphering the molecular basis of tissue-specific gene expression in plants: Can synthetic biology help?	22
Tanshinones: Leading the way into Lamiaceae labdane-related diterpenoid biosynthesis	22
Compositionality, sparsity, spurious heterogeneity, and other data-driven challenges for machine learning algorithms within plant microbiome studies	21
The MVPs (masterful versatile players): Chromatin factors as pivotal mediators between 3D genome organization and the response to environment	21
Revisiting plant electric signaling: Challenging an old phenomenon with novel discoveries	21
“Order from disordered”: Potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins	21
Editorial Board	20
Pairing omics to decode the diversity of plant specialized metabolism	20
Natural variance at the interface of plant primary and specialized metabolism	20
Arabinogalactan proteins: Decoding the multifaceted roles in plant reproduction	20
Editorial Board	20
Plant galls induced by insects: Coordinated developmental reprogramming and defence manipulation	20
Epigenetic regulation in the shoot apical meristem	20
The molecular coordination of tuberization: Current status and future directions	20