OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review Plant Biology is 20. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Autophagy in Plant Health and Disease	310
Evolutionary History of Plant Metabolism	294
Rational Redomestication for Future Agriculture	214
Development and Molecular Genetics ofMarchantia polymorpha	174
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Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	169
Leaf Vein Patterning	140
Dissecting Mechanisms of Epigenetic Memory Through Computational Modeling	121
Alternative Splicing Dynamics in Plant Adaptive Responses to Stress	115
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	115
Functions and Mechanisms of Histone Modifications in Plants	115
On the Origin of Carnivory: Molecular Physiology and Evolution of Plants on an Animal Diet	108
Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide	107
Plant Pan-Genomics Comes of Age	104
Salicylic Acid: Biosynthesis and Signaling	99
VIGS Goes Viral: How VIGS Transforms Our Understanding of Plant Science	98
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	94
Leaf Shape Diversity: From Genetic Modules to Computational Models	91
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	87
Temperature Sensing in Plants	86
cis-Regulatory Elements in Plant Development, Adaptation, and Evolution	80
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	80
Phytochrome Signaling Networks	79
Natural Variation in Crops: Realized Understanding, Continuing Promise	79
Reproduction Multitasking: The Male Gametophyte	77

Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	75
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	68
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	68
From Starfish to Gibberellins: Biosynthesis and Regulation of Plant Hormones	68
Message in a Bubble: Shuttling Small RNAs and Proteins Between Cells and Interacting Organisms Using Extracellular Vesicles	68
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	67
Adaptation and the Geographic Spread of Crop Species	66
Polyamines: Their Role in Plant Development and Stress	66
The Birth and Death of Floral Organs in Cereal Crops	64
Diving into the Water: Amphibious Plants as a Model for Investigating Plant Adaptations to Aquatic Environments	60
Plant Cryopreservation: Principles, Applications, and Challenges of Banking Plant Diversity at Ultralow Temperatures	59
Extension of Plant Phenotypes by the Foliar Microbiome	50
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis From Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era	50
Fighting for Survival at the Stomatal Gate	50
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	47
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	46
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Centrophilic Retrotransposons of Plant Genomes	44
A Central Role for Genetics in Plant Biology	43
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	43
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	42
New Horizons in Plant Photoperiodism	40
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	39
Advances and Opportunities in Single-Cell Transcriptomics for Plant Research	38
The Game of Timing: Circadian Rhythms Intersect with Changing Environments	37
Between-Plant Signaling	34
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	34
Optogenetic Methods in Plant Biology	31
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	30
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	29
H⁺-ATPases in Plant Growth and Stress Responses	28
Cell Wall Signaling in Plant Development and Defense	27
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	26
New Insight Into Phytochromes: Connecting Structure to Function	24
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	24
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	24
Environmental Control of Hypocotyl Elongation	24
Adventures in Life and Science, from Light to Rhythms	23
Comparative Embryogenesis in Angiosperms: Activation and Patterning of Embryonic Cell Lineages	23
FERONIA: A Receptor Kinase at the Core of a Global Signaling Network	23
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Solving the Puzzle of Shape Regulation in Plant Epidermal Pavement Cells	21
An RNA World	20
The Evolution and Evolvability of Photosystem II	20