OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review Plant Biology is 67. 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