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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	640
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	144
Looking at mechanobiology through an evolutionary lens	137
Peculiarities of the regulation of translation initiation in plants	134
The dynamics of maize leaf development: Patterned to grow while growing a pattern	120
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	109
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	105
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	101
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	90
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	89
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	83
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	82
More than an on-and-off switch: Post-translational modifications of plant pattern recognition receptor complexes	82
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	76
Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering	74
Tactics of host manipulation by intracellular effectors from plant pathogenic fungi	74
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	71
Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development	69
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	68
Microbiota-root-shoot-environment axis and stress tolerance in plants	65
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	64
Editorial Board	60
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	59
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	57
The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants	56

Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule	56
NLR immune receptors and diverse types of non-NLR proteins control race-specific resistance in Triticeae	54
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	54
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	53
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	50
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	50
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	50
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	50
Contents	48
Polymorphisms in plants to restrict losses to pathogens: From gene family expansions to complex network evolution	48
Modes of secretion of plant lipophilic metabolites via ABCG transporter-dependent transport and vesicle-mediated trafficking	46
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	46
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	45
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	45
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	45
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	44
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	44
Re-imagining crop domestication in the era of high throughput phenomics	44
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	44
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	43
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	42
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	42
The regulation of ACC synthase protein turnover: a rapid route for modulating plant development and stress responses	41
Mechanisms of temperature-regulated growth and thermotolerance in crop species	40
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	39
Contents	39
The battle within: How pathogen effectors suppress NLR-mediated immunity	38
Uncovering an ancestral green ménage à trois: Contributions of Chlamydomonas to the discovery of a broadly conserved triad of plant fertilization proteins	37
Organogenic events during gynoecium and fruit development in Arabidopsis	37
Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters	37
Biosynthesis of the triterpenoid withanolides in Withania somnifera	37
Light, CO2, and carbon storage in microalgae	36
Diverse regulatory mechanisms of StARkin domains in land plants and mammals	36
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	36
Plant microtubule nucleating apparatus and its potential signaling pathway	36
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	36
Plant optogenetics: Applications and perspectives	36
Pollen–pistil interactions: It takes two to tangle but a molecular cast of many to deliver	35
The diversity of salicylic acid biosynthesis and defense signaling in plants: Knowledge gaps and future opportunities	35
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants	35
Plant transcription factors — being in the right place with the right company	35
Soybean seed protein storage vacuoles for expression of recombinant molecules	34
Editorial Board	34
Insights into dynamic coenocytic endosperm development: Unraveling molecular, cellular, and growth complexity	33
Moving targets: Mechanisms regulating siRNA production and DNA methylation during plant development	33
Dynamics of DNA methylation and its impact on plant embryogenesis	33
How bacteria overcome flagellin pattern recognition in plants	33
Editorial Board	33
Tipping the balance: The dynamics of stem cell maintenance and stress responses in plant meristems	32
Regulation of PIN polarity in response to abiotic stress	32

Fe acquisition at the crossroad of calcium and reactive oxygen species signaling	32
Spatiotemporal control of root immune responses during microbial colonization	32
Stem-borne roots as a framework to study trans-organogenesis and uncover fundamental insights in developmental biology	31
Editorial Board	31
Contents	31
Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging	30
Triticeae genome sequences reveal huge expansions of gene families implicated in fertility restoration	30
A review of the role of metabolites in vegetative desiccation tolerance of angiosperms	30
Structural insights of cell wall integrity signaling during development and immunity	30
Biomolecular condensates at the plasma membrane: Insights into plant cell signaling	29
Creating an explosion: Form and function in explosive fruit	29
Non-canonical and developmental roles of the TCA cycle in plants	29
A ‘hot’ cocktail: The multiple layers of thermomemory in plants	29
Cause or effect: Probing the roles of epigenetics in plant development and environmental responses	29
Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis	29
Trehalose 6-phosphate metabolism in C4 species	29
N6-methyladenosine modification underlies messenger RNA metabolism and plant development	28
Dynamic and spatial control of cellular activity during seed germination	28
Cell type-specific control and post-translational regulation of specialized metabolism: opening new avenues for plant metabolic engineering	27
How to turbo charge respiration – thermogenic metabolism in plants	27
Innovations and threats facing the storage of sugar in sugar beet	27
Wet scissors: How biomolecular condensates cut cellular membranes	27
Illuminating the role of the calyptra in sporophyte development	27
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice: Utilization, coordination, and availability	27
Molecular mechanisms of reprogramming of differentiated cells into stem cells in the moss Physcomitrium patens	26
The evolution and development of sporangia—The fundamental reproductive organ of land plant sporophytes	26
Rapid auxin signaling: Unknowns old and new	26
Elucidating the biology of transcription factor–DNA interaction for accurate identification of cis-regulatory elements	26
Involvement of small molecules and metabolites in regulation of biomolecular condensate properties	26
Evolution of the sporophyte shoot axis and functions of TALE HD transcription factors in stem development	25
Seeing is believing: Exploiting advances in structural biology to understand and engineer plant immunity	25
Contents	25
Blooming balloons: Searching for mechanisms of the inflated calyx	25
Scaling-up to understand tree–pathogen interactions: A steep, tough climb or a walk in the park?	25
Innovations in two genes kickstarted the evolution of nitrogen-fixing nodules	25
Composition and function of plant chromatin remodeling complexes	25
Proteasome and selective autophagy: Brothers-in-arms for organelle quality control	25
Current insights into plant volatile organic compound biosynthesis	25
Whispers in the dark: Signals regulating underground plant–plant interactions	25
Convergent and divergent evolution of plant chemical defenses	24
Disarming the defenses: Insect detoxification of plant defense-related specialized metabolites	24
Extracellular proteases from microbial plant pathogens as virulence factors	24
Team effort: Combinatorial control of seed maturation by transcription factors	24
Tanshinones: Leading the way into Lamiaceae labdane-related diterpenoid biosynthesis	24
Contents	24
Cellular and molecular bases of lateral root initiation and morphogenesis	24
Deciphering the molecular basis of tissue-specific gene expression in plants: Can synthetic biology help?	24
The MVPs (masterful versatile players): Chromatin factors as pivotal mediators between 3D genome organization and the response to environment	23
Editorial Board	23
“Order from disordered”: Potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins	22
From birth to function: Male gametophyte development in flowering plants	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