OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Breeding is 18. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Bread wheat with enhanced grain carotenoid content: a novel option for wheat biofortification	41
Enhancement of root sulfur metabolic pathway by overexpression of OAS-TL3 to increase total soybean seed protein content	32
Genome wide association study and transcriptome analysis identify candidate genes regulating wheat coleoptile length	30
Genomic insights into genome-wide heterozygosity and its impact on walnut adaptive evolution and improvement	28
Creation and gene expression analysis of a giant embryo rice mutant with high GABA content	27
Characterization of qPL5: a novel quantitative trait locus (QTL) that controls panicle length in rice (Oryza sativa L.)	26
Male sterility and hybrid breeding in soybean	26
Regional association and transcriptome analysis revealed candidate genes controlling plant height in Brassica napus	26
Engineering the key domains of starch synthases and branching enzyme to balance the amylose increase and yield loss in maize kernels	24
Integrating molecular markers and phenotypic analysis to assess cold tolerance in rice germplasm	22
Genetic mapping and functional genomics of soybean seed protein	22
Identification of two plastid transit peptides for construction of pollen-inactivation system in rice	21
Identification and QTL analysis of stripe rust resistance in the common wheat cultivar Gaoyuan813	21
Enhancing the blast resistance of an elite thermo-sensitive genic male sterile line (TGMS) Longke638S and its derived hybrid varieties by incorporating Pigm gene	21
Identification of qGL4.1 and qGL4.2, two closely linked QTL controlling grain length in rice	21
Genome-wide association study reveals candidate genes controlling root system architecture under low phosphorus supply at seedling stage in Brassica napus	20
Identification of an ovuleless mutant and fine mapping of its causal Ol locus in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)	20
Molecular mapping of two novel cold resistance genes in common wheat by 660K SNP array	19
Pyramiding blast resistance genes Pid3 and Pik-zh into a novel male sterile line Chuangyuan A for hybrid rice breeding	18
Milyang54, a short, high-tillering winter wheat cultivar with enhanced lodging resistance and yield	18
The integration of linkage mapping and dynamic transcriptome analysis uncovers conserved candidate genes associated with salt tolerance in maize	18
The role of Exo70s in plant defense against pathogens and insect pests and their application for crop breeding	18