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Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review Plant Biology is 29. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
NAD Modification at the Battlefront in Plant–Pathogen Interactions	643
Computational Modeling of Plant Roots: Development Meets Physiology and Adaptation	444
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	340
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	252
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	251
	229
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	215
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	205
m6A RNA Methylation in Plants: From Molecular Insights to Applications	201
Plant Proteome Dynamics	189
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	177
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	173
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	146
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	145
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	142
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	137
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	113
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	107
Temperature Sensing in Plants	99
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	92
Metabolism, Perception, and Functions of Inositol (Pyro)Phosphates in Plants	89
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	89
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	89
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	88
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	82

RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	80
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	80
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	79
Phyllosphere Microbiome	73
Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	71
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	70
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	70
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	67
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	67
Extracellular Vesicles and Extracellular RNAs in Plant–Microbe Interactions	66
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	64
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	61
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	57
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	55
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	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	52
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	51
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	50
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	49
γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA): Metabolite, Messenger, and Mediator of Stress Adaptation	49
Plant Phenotypic Plasticity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Breeding and Climate Change Adaptation	47
Spindle Assembly and Mitosis in Plants	45
Into the Shadows and Back into Sunlight: Photosynthesis in Fluctuating Light	45
Salt-Tolerant Crops: Time to Deliver	45
Improving Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency Toward Sustainable Green Revolution	44
Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands	43
Using Synthetic Biology to Understand the Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites	42
Proximity Labeling in Plants	42
The Diversity and Functions of Plant RNA Modifications: What We Know and Where We Go from Here	41
Plant Hormone Transport and Localization: Signaling Molecules on the Move	39
Why Are Invasive Plants Successful?	39
Plant Peptide Ligands as Temporal and Spatial Regulators	39
Parental and Environmental Control of Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana	34
Autophagy in Plant Health and Disease	34
The Genetic Basis and Domestication of Root System Architecture in Cereals	34
Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide	33
cis-Regulatory Elements in Plant Development, Adaptation, and Evolution	33
Leaf Vein Patterning	32
Functions and Mechanisms of Histone Modifications in Plants	31
Alternative Splicing Dynamics in Plant Adaptive Responses to Stress	30
Structural Insights into Plant Hormone-Sensing Mechanisms	29