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Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review Plant Biology is 30. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	559
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	391
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	292
	213
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	210
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	199
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	197
Plant Proteome Dynamics	178
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	170
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	163
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	152
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	149
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	124
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	120
Temperature Sensing in Plants	119
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	119
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	97
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	87
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	82
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	81
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	81
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	78
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	76
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	75
Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	72

Phyllosphere Microbiome	71
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	63
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	59
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	58
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	58
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	57
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	57
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	56
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	54
Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	53
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis from Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era	53
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	52
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	49
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	47
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	47
Spindle Assembly and Mitosis in Plants	45
Into the Shadows and Back into Sunlight: Photosynthesis in Fluctuating Light	44
Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands	42
Improving Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency Toward Sustainable Green Revolution	42
Using Synthetic Biology to Understand the Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites	41
Salt-Tolerant Crops: Time to Deliver	41
Proximity Labeling in Plants	39
Why Are Invasive Plants Successful?	38
The Diversity and Functions of Plant RNA Modifications: What We Know and Where We Go from Here	37
Parental and Environmental Control of Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana	37
Plant Peptide Ligands as Temporal and Spatial Regulators	37
Plant Hormone Transport and Localization: Signaling Molecules on the Move	34
cis-Regulatory Elements in Plant Development, Adaptation, and Evolution	34
Leaf Vein Patterning	34
Alternative Splicing Dynamics in Plant Adaptive Responses to Stress	32
Autophagy in Plant Health and Disease	31
Functions and Mechanisms of Histone Modifications in Plants	30
Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide	30