OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 22. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	593
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	126
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	120
More than an on-and-off switch: Post-translational modifications of plant pattern recognition receptor complexes	119
Peculiarities of the regulation of translation initiation in plants	107
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	105
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	103
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	97
Looking at mechanobiology through an evolutionary lens	90
Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering	85
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	79
The dynamics of maize leaf development: Patterned to grow while growing a pattern	75
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	74
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	74
Stories that can’t be told by SNPs; DNA methylation variation in plant populations	73
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	72
Tactics of host manipulation by intracellular effectors from plant pathogenic fungi	71
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	66
Microbiota-root-shoot-environment axis and stress tolerance in plants	63
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	62
Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development	62
Editorial Board	62
Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule	59
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	55
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	55

The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	54
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	52
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	51
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	50
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	49
The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants	49
NLR immune receptors and diverse types of non-NLR proteins control race-specific resistance in Triticeae	48
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	46
The regulation of ACC synthase protein turnover: a rapid route for modulating plant development and stress responses	45
Mechanisms of temperature-regulated growth and thermotolerance in crop species	45
Modes of secretion of plant lipophilic metabolites via ABCG transporter-dependent transport and vesicle-mediated trafficking	45
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	44
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	44
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	42
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	41
Re-imagining crop domestication in the era of high throughput phenomics	41
Contents	39
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	39
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	38
Polymorphisms in plants to restrict losses to pathogens: From gene family expansions to complex network evolution	38
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	38
Plant microtubule nucleating apparatus and its potential signaling pathway	37
Organogenic events during gynoecium and fruit development in Arabidopsis	37
Contents	36
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	35
Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters	35
Biosynthesis of the triterpenoid withanolides in Withania somnifera	34
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants	34
Plant optogenetics: Applications and perspectives	34
Diverse regulatory mechanisms of StARkin domains in land plants and mammals	34
Light, CO2, and carbon storage in microalgae	34
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	34
Uncovering an ancestral green ménage à trois: Contributions of Chlamydomonas to the discovery of a broadly conserved triad of plant fertilization proteins	34
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	33
Pollen–pistil interactions: It takes two to tangle but a molecular cast of many to deliver	33
The diversity of salicylic acid biosynthesis and defense signaling in plants: Knowledge gaps and future opportunities	33
Editorial Board	33
The battle within: How pathogen effectors suppress NLR-mediated immunity	33
Plant transcription factors — being in the right place with the right company	33
Insights into dynamic coenocytic endosperm development: Unraveling molecular, cellular, and growth complexity	32
Fe acquisition at the crossroad of calcium and reactive oxygen species signaling	32
Regulation of PIN polarity in response to abiotic stress	32
Editorial Board	32
How bacteria overcome flagellin pattern recognition in plants	32
Tipping the balance: The dynamics of stem cell maintenance and stress responses in plant meristems	32
Soybean seed protein storage vacuoles for expression of recombinant molecules	32
Dynamics of DNA methylation and its impact on plant embryogenesis	31
Moving targets: Mechanisms regulating siRNA production and DNA methylation during plant development	31
Histone variants take center stage in shaping the epigenome	31
Biomolecular condensates at the plasma membrane: Insights into plant cell signaling	31

Spatiotemporal control of root immune responses during microbial colonization	31
Trehalose 6-phosphate metabolism in C4 species	30
Stem-borne roots as a framework to study trans-organogenesis and uncover fundamental insights in developmental biology	30
Contents	30
Editorial Board	30
Triticeae genome sequences reveal huge expansions of gene families implicated in fertility restoration	29
Non-canonical and developmental roles of the TCA cycle in plants	28
A ‘hot’ cocktail: The multiple layers of thermomemory in plants	28
Structural insights of cell wall integrity signaling during development and immunity	28
A review of the role of metabolites in vegetative desiccation tolerance of angiosperms	28
Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis	28
Creating an explosion: Form and function in explosive fruit	27
Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging	27
Cause or effect: Probing the roles of epigenetics in plant development and environmental responses	27
Cell type-specific control and post-translational regulation of specialized metabolism: opening new avenues for plant metabolic engineering	27
N6-methyladenosine modification underlies messenger RNA metabolism and plant development	27
Plant chromatin, metabolism and development – an intricate crosstalk	27
Illuminating the role of the calyptra in sporophyte development	26
Molecular mechanisms of reprogramming of differentiated cells into stem cells in the moss Physcomitrium patens	26
Rapid auxin signaling: Unknowns old and new	26
The evolution and development of sporangia—The fundamental reproductive organ of land plant sporophytes	26
Proteasome and selective autophagy: Brothers-in-arms for organelle quality control	26
Elucidating the biology of transcription factor–DNA interaction for accurate identification of cis-regulatory elements	25
Seeing is believing: Exploiting advances in structural biology to understand and engineer plant immunity	25
Blooming balloons: Searching for mechanisms of the inflated calyx	25
Involvement of small molecules and metabolites in regulation of biomolecular condensate properties	25
Convergent and divergent evolution of plant chemical defenses	25
Extracellular proteases from microbial plant pathogens as virulence factors	25
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice: Utilization, coordination, and availability	25
Scaling-up to understand tree–pathogen interactions: A steep, tough climb or a walk in the park?	25
Evolution of the sporophyte shoot axis and functions of TALE HD transcription factors in stem development	25
Contents	25
Innovations in two genes kickstarted the evolution of nitrogen-fixing nodules	24
Deciphering the molecular basis of tissue-specific gene expression in plants: Can synthetic biology help?	24
Disarming the defenses: Insect detoxification of plant defense-related specialized metabolites	24
Composition and function of plant chromatin remodeling complexes	23
Editorial Board	23
Whispers in the dark: Signals regulating underground plant–plant interactions	23
Cellular and molecular bases of lateral root initiation and morphogenesis	23
Contents	23
Tanshinones: Leading the way into Lamiaceae labdane-related diterpenoid biosynthesis	23
Contents	23
Team effort: Combinatorial control of seed maturation by transcription factors	23
One factor, many systems: the floral homeotic protein AGAMOUS and its epigenetic regulatory mechanisms	22
Compositionality, sparsity, spurious heterogeneity, and other data-driven challenges for machine learning algorithms within plant microbiome studies	22
The MVPs (masterful versatile players): Chromatin factors as pivotal mediators between 3D genome organization and the response to environment	22
Natural variance at the interface of plant primary and specialized metabolism	22
Revisiting plant electric signaling: Challenging an old phenomenon with novel discoveries	22
Pairing omics to decode the diversity of plant specialized metabolism	22
Integration of nutrient and water availabilities via auxin into the root developmental program	22