OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Limited dispersal ability and restricted niche characterize “depauperons” in Melastomataceae	100
Using plant functional traits and life strategies of annual species to inform green roof plant selection	30
Out of Africa: Linked continents, overland migration and differential survival explain abundance of Proteaceae in Australia	29
Population genomics and taxonomy solve a conservation conundrum in the Balearic paleoendemic Femeniasia balearica	28
Urban plant population genetics: A review	26
Taxonomic significance and evolution of homobaric and heterobaric leaves in Adesmia clade species (Leguminosae – Papilionoideae)	21
Geographic distribution and climatic niche comparison between diploid and polyploid cytotypes of a South American genus Lessingianthus H.Rob. (Vernonieae, Asteraceae)	19
Editorial Board	16
Phylogeography of the Euro-Siberian steppe plant Astragalus austriacus: Late Pleistocene climate fluctuations fuelled formation and expansion of two main lineages from a Pontic-Pannonian area of origi	14
Genetic diversity suggests two rather than three larch (Larix spp.) species across Siberia	14
Niche differentiation and resource-use strategies in two co-occurring sister species of Neotropical shrubs: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius and C. souzae	14
Eocene/Oligocene global disruption and the revolution of Caribbean mangroves	14
Twenty-year effect of sewage-sludge fertilization in a Mediterranean grassland: Impact on species composition, functional groups and interrelation with climate	13
Elevational range limits in naturalized Rumex conglomeratus likely formed by climate and lack of local adaptation	13
Biological flora of Central Europe: Centaurea cyanus L.	13
Performance-based inference of selection on stomatal length and specific leaf area varies with climate-of-origin of the forest tree, Eucalyptus ovata	11
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient	11
Sustainable harvest of a threatened medicinal herb: Empirical evidence for spatially and temporally specific management of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora	10
Similar diversification patterns in “sky islands”: A comparative approach in lineages from campo rupestre and campo de altitude	10
Editorial Board	10
Evolutionary footprints of cold adaptation in arctic-alpine Cochlearia (Brassicaceae) – Evidence from freezing experiments and electrolyte leakage	10
Functional ecology and evolution of terrestrial and epiphytic species of Rhododendron section Schistanthe (Ericaceae)	10
Determinants of biogeographical distribution of grasses in grasslands of South America	9
Using Gaussian Mixture Models in plant morphometrics	9
Range expansion and contraction of Tillandsia landbeckii lomas in the hyperarid Chilean Atacama Desert indicates ancient introgression and geneflow	9

Genetic differentiation of the Capparis spinosa group in the Mediterranean area	9
Floral nectar: Fifty years of new ecological perspectives beyond pollinator reward	9
Difference in reproductive traits of two sympatric species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae) throughout their distribution range: Are they context-dependent?	9
Anther smut pathogens as important drivers of population dynamics of long-lived perennial plants: A case study of Dianthus carthusianorum	8
Small mountaintop genera of Asteraceae (Eupatorieae) with a complex evolutionary history	8
Editorial Board	7
Variation in functional traits among different mycorrhizal types and life history stages of temperate broadleaf tree species	7
Why are there climbing plants in the desert?	7
Geographical parthenogenesis in tetraploid brambles: Do competition and reproductive output in the secondary contact zone matter?	6
The establishment growth and clonal growth organs	6
Fairy circle research: Status, controversies and the way forward	6
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	6
The species richness–resource availability relationship is hump-shaped	6
Prunus serotina in Europe: A comprehensive review of ecology, impacts and management of an invasive tree	6
Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibia’s fairy circles – Response to Jürgens & Gröngröft (2023)	6
Tillandsia landbeckii secures high phenotypic variation despite clonal propagation at the dry limits of plant life in the Atacama Desert	6
Cardamine rivularis Schur is not the same as Cardamine rivularis auct. non Schur and why does it matter in the genomic era: Resolving the long-standing taxonomic confusion	6