OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Plant Science is 75. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defense System in Plants: A Concise Overview	422
Drought and Salinity Stress Responses and Microbe-Induced Tolerance in Plants	384
Linking Plant Secondary Metabolites and Plant Microbiomes: A Review	344
Microplastic Shape, Polymer Type, and Concentration Affect Soil Properties and Plant Biomass	308
Global Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops Amid the Gene Edited Crop Boom – A Review	223
Abscisic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure: An Important Component of Plant Defense Against Abiotic and Biotic Stress	222
Mechanisms of Waterlogging Tolerance in Plants: Research Progress and Prospects	204
Response Mechanisms of Plants Under Saline-Alkali Stress	200
Nitrogen Use Efficiency Definitions of Today and Tomorrow	198
Contribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Phosphate–Solubilizing Bacteria, and Silicon to P Uptake by Plant	190
Mechanisms Regulating the Dynamics of Photosynthesis Under Abiotic Stresses	188
Interaction Between Macro‐ and Micro-Nutrients in Plants	185
Polyphenols, Flavonoids, and Antioxidant Activity Involved in Salt Tolerance in Wheat, Aegilops cylindrica and Their Amphidiploids	160
Interactions of Silicon With Essential and Beneficial Elements in Plants	160
Plant Hormone-Mediated Regulation of Heat Tolerance in Response to Global Climate Change	160
The Modern Plant Breeding Triangle: Optimizing the Use of Genomics, Phenomics, and Enviromics Data	155
Plant hormones and neurotransmitter interactions mediate antioxidant defenses under induced oxidative stress in plants	146
Signaling Toward Reactive Oxygen Species-Scavenging Enzymes in Plants	144
Effect of Salt Stress on Growth, Physiological Parameters, and Ionic Concentration of Water Dropwort (Oenanthe javanica) Cultivars	138
Macrophomina phaseolina: General Characteristics of Pathogenicity and Methods of Control	138
Tomato Fruit Detection and Counting in Greenhouses Using Deep Learning	135
Plant Defense Responses to Biotic Stress and Its Interplay With Fluctuating Dark/Light Conditions	126
Cold Stress in Wheat: Plant Acclimation Responses and Management Strategies	125
Applications of Multi-Omics Technologies for Crop Improvement	122
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Plant Breeding: Predicting Yield From Hyperspectral Reflectance in Soybean	117

The Threat of the Combined Effect of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Factors in Forestry Under a Changing Climate	117
Melatonin Pretreatment Confers Heat Tolerance and Repression of Heat-Induced Senescence in Tomato Through the Modulation of ABA- and GA-Mediated Pathways	115
Plant Associated Rhizobacteria for Biocontrol and Plant Growth Enhancement	115
Selenium Biofortification and Interaction With Other Elements in Plants: A Review	109
Cadmium Phytotoxicity, Tolerance, and Advanced Remediation Approaches in Agricultural Soils; A Comprehensive Review	109
Targeting Nitrogen Metabolism and Transport Processes to Improve Plant Nitrogen Use Efficiency	107
Phytoremediation technologies and their mechanism for removal of heavy metal from contaminated soil: An approach for a sustainable environment	106
Grape Berry Secondary Metabolites and Their Modulation by Abiotic Factors in a Climate Change Scenario–A Review	101
Phenolic Compound Induction in Plant-Microbe and Plant-Insect Interactions: A Meta-Analysis	100
Benefits to Plant Health and Productivity From Enhancing Plant Microbial Symbionts	100
Pearl Millet: A Climate-Resilient Nutricereal for Mitigating Hidden Hunger and Provide Nutritional Security	100
Dynamics of DNA Methylation and Its Functions in Plant Growth and Development	100
Editorial: Amino Acids in Plants: Regulation and Functions in Development and Stress Defense	97
Phosphate-Dependent Regulation of Growth and Stresses Management in Plants	97
Small DNA Methylation, Big Player in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses and Memory	96
The PTI to ETI Continuum in Phytophthora-Plant Interactions	95
Regulatory Mechanisms of bHLH Transcription Factors in Plant Adaptive Responses to Various Abiotic Stresses	95
Phytohormones Trigger Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants: Outlook and Future Perspectives	92
How Does the Waterlogging Regime Affect Crop Yield? A Global Meta-Analysis	92
Mechanisms Underlying Graft Union Formation and Rootstock Scion Interaction in Horticultural Plants	91
The Plant Cuticle: An Ancient Guardian Barrier Set Against Long-Standing Rivals	90
Lead Toxicity in Cereals: Mechanistic Insight Into Toxicity, Mode of Action, and Management	90
Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides: Friend or Foe for Human and Plant Health?	90
Plant growth-promoting microorganisms as biocontrol agents of plant diseases: Mechanisms, challenges and future perspectives	88
Deep learning-based segmentation and classification of leaf images for detection of tomato plant disease	88
Photosynthetic Physiology of Blue, Green, and Red Light: Light Intensity Effects and Underlying Mechanisms	88
Ultraviolet Radiation From a Plant Perspective: The Plant-Microorganism Context	87
Which Factors Affect the Occurrence of Off-Target Effects Caused by the Use of CRISPR/Cas: A Systematic Review in Plants	87
Three Decades of Advances in Arabinogalactan-Protein Biosynthesis	85
Physiological Essence of Magnesium in Plants and Its Widespread Deficiency in the Farming System of China	85
Brassinosteroid Signaling, Crosstalk and, Physiological Functions in Plants Under Heavy Metal Stress	85
An advanced deep learning models-based plant disease detection: A review of recent research	85
ROS generated from biotic stress: Effects on plants and alleviation by endophytic microbes	84
Advantage of Nanotechnology-Based Genome Editing System and Its Application in Crop Improvement	84
Cobalt: An Essential Micronutrient for Plant Growth?	84
Uncovering the Research Gaps to Alleviate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: A Review	83
Automatic Diagnosis of Rice Diseases Using Deep Learning	83
Endophytic Fungi: From Symbiosis to Secondary Metabolite Communications or Vice Versa?	83
Elicitors of Plant Immunity Triggered by Beneficial Bacteria	82
Impact of climate change on agricultural production; Issues, challenges, and opportunities in Asia	81
WRKY transcription factors (TFs): Molecular switches to regulate drought, temperature, and salinity stresses in plants	81
Past and Future of Plant Stress Detection: An Overview From Remote Sensing to Positron Emission Tomography	81
CRISPR-Cas12a (Cpf1): A Versatile Tool in the Plant Genome Editing Tool Box for Agricultural Advancement	81
Evaluating Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change in Grapevine Production–A Systematic Review	80
Zinc oxide nanoparticles improved chlorophyll contents, physical parameters, and wheat yield under salt stress	78
Maximum Entropy Modeling to Predict the Impact of Climate Change on Pine Wilt Disease in China	78
Nitrogen use efficiency—a key to enhance crop productivity under a changing climate	77
Overview of biofertilizers in crop production and stress management for sustainable agriculture	77
Functions and strategies for enhancing zinc availability in plants for sustainable agriculture	76
Model Application of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Alternatives to Chemical Pesticides: Prospects, Challenges, and Insights for Next-Generation Sustainable Agriculture	75

Intelligent Fruit Yield Estimation for Orchards Using Deep Learning Based Semantic Segmentation Techniques—A Review	75
Melatonin-Mediated Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants	75