OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Rice Science is 8. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Insights into Anticancer Activity of Indian Aromatic Rice Callus Suspension Culture on Colon and Lung Cancer Cell Lines by Proteomic Analysis	130
Salinity Stress Deteriorates Grain Yield and Increases 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Content in Rice	114
Alternative Splicing of OsCYL4 Controls Drought Resistance via Regulating Water Loss and Reactive Oxygen Species- Scavenging in Rice	108
Development and Application of a Novel Functional Marker for Fragrance in Rice	73
Epoxiconazole Improved Photosynthesis, Yield Formation, Grain Quality and 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Biosynthesis of Fragrant Rice	68
Mapping and Functional Analysis of LE Gene in a Lethal Etiolated Rice Mutant at Seedling Stage	68
TSA4, Encoding an RsgA GTPase, is Required for Temperature-Dependent Chloroplast Development in Rice	66
Molecular Evolution of Rice Blast Resistance Gene bsr-d1	60
Rice Germination and Its Impact on Technological and Nutritional Properties: A Review	46
Screening of Rice Germplasm and Processing Methods to Produce Low Glycemic Rice	41
Rice Variety Classification Based on Optimized Near-Infrared Spectral Classification Model	37
SAO Regulates Aerial Organ Development in Rice	36
Morphophysiological Diversity and Haplotype Analysis of Saltol QTL Region in Diverse Rice Landraces for Salinity Tolerance	34
Transfer Learning-Based Image Recognition of Nitrogen and Potassium Nutrient Stress in Rice	34
Histone Acetyltransferase GCN5 Regulates Rice Growth and Development and Enhances Salt Tolerance	30
OsPR10b Positively Regulates Blast and Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice	29
Rice Curled Its Leaves Either Adaxially or Abaxially to Combat Drought Stress	28
RISE Method Based on Rare Allele Infusion and Sanger Sequencing Estimation: A Simple, Cheap, and Efficient Method for Detecting Transgene Copy Number in Rice	27
NRL3 Interacts with OsK4 to Regulate Heading Date in Rice	26
Efficient Production of Pyrrolnitrin by Optimizing Culture Medium and Blocking Competitive Secondary Metabolic Pathways in Pseudomonas protegens JP2-4390	26
Antioxidant Activities and Characterization of Polyphenols from Selected Northern Thai Rice Husks: Relation with Seed Attributes	25
Physical and Physicochemical Classification of Parboiled Rice Using VNIR-SWIR Spectroscopy and Machine Learning	23
Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources of Wild Rice in China	23
NaCl Facilitates Cell Wall Phosphorus Reutilization in Abscisic Acid Dependent Manner in Phosphorus Deficient Rice Root	22
Genome-Wide Association Study and Haplotype Analysis Jointly Identify New Candidate Genes for Alkaline Tolerance at Seedling Stage in Rice	22

Comparisons of Metabolic Profiles for Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Lipids, Fragrance and Flavones During Grain Development in indica Rice Cultivars	22
Leaf Morphology Genes SRL1 and RENL1 Co-Regulate Cellulose Synthesis and Affect Rice Drought Tolerance	22
Enlarged Sink Capacity and Optimized Population Physiological Characteristics are Key to High Yield in Conventional Japonica Rice	22
Transcriptomic Regulation Analysis Reveals Salt-Induced Response at Early Seedling Stages among Three Rice Genotypes	21
Recent Advances to Enhance Nutritional Quality of Rice	21
Biochar Decreases Soil Cadmium (Cd) Availability and Regulates Expression Levels of Cd Uptake/Transport-Related Genes to Reduce Cd Translocation in Rice	21
OsELF3.1-OsCATA-Ghd7 Pathway Regulates Rice Heading	20
QTL Mapping for Plant Height Using Introgression Lines Derived from Zhonghui 8015 and Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon)	19
Ionomic Profiling of Rice Genotypes and Identification of Varieties with Elemental Covariation Effects	19
Nucleus-Encoded Thylakoid Protein, OsY3IP1, Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Saline and Alkaline Stresses in Rice	19
Could Plant Height Compensate for Temporal and Spatial Limitations of Canopy Spectra for Inversion of Plant Nitrogen Accumulation in Rice?	19
Peptide Transporter OsNPF8.1 Contributes to Sustainable Growth under Salt and Drought Stresses, and Grain Yield under Nitrogen Deficiency in Rice	19
Drought-Tolerant Rice at Molecular Breeding Eras: An Emerging Reality	19
Effects of Milling Methods on Rice Flour Properties and Rice Product Quality: A Review	18
Improving Rice Blast Resistance by Mining Broad-Spectrum Resistance Genes at Pik Locus	18
Search for Dispersed Repeats in Oryza sativa Genome Using Iterative Procedure Method	17
Cell Wall Fixation, Translocation, and Vacuolar Detoxification of Cadmium Contribute to Differential Grain Cadmium Accumulation in Two Rice Cultivars	17
Molecular and Biological Characterization of Novel Mitovirus Infecting Phytopathogenic Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	17
Efficient Improvement of Nutritional Content in Rice Grains by Precise Base Editing of OsROS1	16
High Power Microwave Treatment Impacts on Microbes in Rough Rice	15
Applying Boron Fertilizer at Different Growth Stages Promotes Boron Uptake and Productivity in Rice	15
Cloning and Functional Analysis of Calcineurin Subunits A and B in Development and Fecundity of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)	14
Elemental Assessments in Paddy Soil for Geographical Traceability of Rice from Peninsular Malaysia	14
Metabolic Engineering in Rice for Functional Metabolite Production	14
Cadmium Tolerance and Accumulation in Wild Rice Species	14
Analysis of Sulfate Transporter Gene Family 3 in Rice	14
Translocation and Distribution of Carbon-Nitrogen in Relation to Rice Yield and Grain Quality as Affected by High Temperature at Early Panicle Initiation Stage	13
Accelerating Wild Rice Disease-Resistant Germplasm Exploration: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Wild Rice Blast Disease Level Evaluation and Disease-Resistance Identification	13
Development and Application of Prime Editing in Plants	13
Identification and Characterization of WAKg Genes Involved in Rice Disease Resistance and Yield	12
Chlorophyllide-a Oxygenase 1 (OsCAO1) Over-Expression Affects Rice Photosynthetic Rate and Grain Yield	12
Warm Nights, Waxy Leaves: Exploring the Interplay Between Epicuticular Wax and Nocturnal Transpiration	12
Improving Semi-Dried Brown Rice Noodle Quality via Mixed Fermentation of Lactobacillus and Yeast	12
Identification of New Allele of FLOURY ENDOSPERM2 in White-Core Endosperm Mutant of Rice	12
Grain Shape Genes: Shaping the Future of Rice Breeding	11
Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Based Rapid Detection of Aroma Gene in Rice	11
Global Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Seedlings in Response to Extracellular ATP	11
A β-Carotene Ketolase Gene NfcrtO from Subaerial Cyanobacteria Confers Drought Tolerance in Rice	11
Transcriptome Analysis of oserf922 Mutants Reveals New Insights into Rice Blast Resistance	11
Rice Grains from Slightly Saline Field Exhibited Unchanged Starch Physicochemical Properties but Enhanced Nutritional Values	10
HAG1 Regulates Arsenic Allocation and Accumulation in Rice Grains	9
A Recombinase-Aided Amplification-Lateral Flow Dipstick Detection Technique for Early On-Site Diagnosis of Bacterial Blight Caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Rice	9
Jumonji C Domain-Containing Protein OsJMJ712 Integrates Epigenetic Regulation and Circadian Clock to Fine-Tune Flowering in Rice	9
Molecular and Functional Roles of Tapetum Organelles: A Nursing Staff for Pollen Development	8
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Six Rice Cultivars in Italian Agricultural Ecosystem Managed with Alternate Wetting and Drying	8
Mixed-Oligosaccharides Promote Seedling Growth of Direct-Seeded Rice under Salt and Alkaline Stress	8
Compound Microbial Agent Improves Soil Redox Status to Reduce Methane Emissions from Paddy Fields	8
Differential Expression of Iron Deficiency Responsive Rice Genes under Low Phosphorus and Iron Toxicity Conditions and Association of OsIRO3 with Yield in Acidic Soils	8