OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review Plant Biology is 37. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	474
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	327
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	236
	176
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	175
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	165
Plant Proteome Dynamics	159
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	152
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	139
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	135
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	123
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	120
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	104
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	103
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	97
Temperature Sensing in Plants	90
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	81
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	80
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	75
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	69
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	68
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	68
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	66
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	62
Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	59

Phyllosphere Microbiome	57
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	53
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	52
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	50
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	49
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	49
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	47
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	44
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	43
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	43
Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	41
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis from Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era	38
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	37
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	37
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	37