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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Insights into Anticancer Activity of Indian Aromatic Rice Callus Suspension Culture on Colon and Lung Cancer Cell Lines by Proteomic Analysis	126
Screening of Rice Germplasm and Processing Methods to Produce Low Glycemic Rice	109
Rice Germination and Its Impact on Technological and Nutritional Properties: A Review	103
Epoxiconazole Improved Photosynthesis, Yield Formation, Grain Quality and 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Biosynthesis of Fragrant Rice	69
Development and Application of a Novel Functional Marker for Fragrance in Rice	65
Mapping and Functional Analysis of LE Gene in a Lethal Etiolated Rice Mutant at Seedling Stage	64
Salinity Stress Deteriorates Grain Yield and Increases 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Content in Rice	63
Alternative Splicing of OsCYL4 Controls Drought Resistance via Regulating Water Loss and Reactive Oxygen Species- Scavenging in Rice	57
A Recessive Mutant of argonaute1b/gsnl4 Leads to Narrow Leaf, Small Grain Size and Low Seed Setting in Rice	54
Molecular Evolution of Rice Blast Resistance Gene bsr-d1	45
TSA4, Encoding an RsgA GTPase, is Required for Temperature-Dependent Chloroplast Development in Rice	41
SAO Regulates Aerial Organ Development in Rice	35
Histone Acetyltransferase GCN5 Regulates Rice Growth and Development and Enhances Salt Tolerance	34
OsPR10b Positively Regulates Blast and Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice	34
Rice Variety Classification Based on Optimized Near-Infrared Spectral Classification Model	33
Transfer Learning-Based Image Recognition of Nitrogen and Potassium Nutrient Stress in Rice	29
Morphophysiological Diversity and Haplotype Analysis of Saltol QTL Region in Diverse Rice Landraces for Salinity Tolerance	28
Rice Curled Its Leaves Either Adaxially or Abaxially to Combat Drought Stress	27
RISE Method Based on Rare Allele Infusion and Sanger Sequencing Estimation: A Simple, Cheap, and Efficient Method for Detecting Transgene Copy Number in Rice	26
Efficient Production of Pyrrolnitrin by Optimizing Culture Medium and Blocking Competitive Secondary Metabolic Pathways in Pseudomonas protegens JP2-4390	26
Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources of Wild Rice in China	25
Antioxidant Activities and Characterization of Polyphenols from Selected Northern Thai Rice Husks: Relation with Seed Attributes	23
NRL3 Interacts with OsK4 to Regulate Heading Date in Rice	23
Genome-Wide Association Study and Haplotype Analysis Jointly Identify New Candidate Genes for Alkaline Tolerance at Seedling Stage in Rice	23
Comparisons of Metabolic Profiles for Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Lipids, Fragrance and Flavones During Grain Development in indica Rice Cultivars	22

OsELF3.1-OsCATA-Ghd7 Pathway Regulates Rice Heading	21
Recent Advances to Enhance Nutritional Quality of Rice	21
Leaf Morphology Genes SRL1 and RENL1 Co-Regulate Cellulose Synthesis and Affect Rice Drought Tolerance	21
Biochar Decreases Soil Cadmium (Cd) Availability and Regulates Expression Levels of Cd Uptake/Transport-Related Genes to Reduce Cd Translocation in Rice	21
NaCl Facilitates Cell Wall Phosphorus Reutilization in Abscisic Acid Dependent Manner in Phosphorus Deficient Rice Root	21
Enlarged Sink Capacity and Optimized Population Physiological Characteristics are Key to High Yield in Conventional Japonica Rice	20
Drought-Tolerant Rice at Molecular Breeding Eras: An Emerging Reality	19
Peptide Transporter OsNPF8.1 Contributes to Sustainable Growth under Salt and Drought Stresses, and Grain Yield under Nitrogen Deficiency in Rice	19
Physical and Physicochemical Classification of Parboiled Rice Using VNIR-SWIR Spectroscopy and Machine Learning	19
Ionomic Profiling of Rice Genotypes and Identification of Varieties with Elemental Covariation Effects	19
Transcriptomic Regulation Analysis Reveals Salt-Induced Response at Early Seedling Stages among Three Rice Genotypes	19
Improving Rice Blast Resistance by Mining Broad-Spectrum Resistance Genes at Pik Locus	19
QTL Mapping for Plant Height Using Introgression Lines Derived from Zhonghui 8015 and Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon)	18
Effects of Milling Methods on Rice Flour Properties and Rice Product Quality: A Review	18
Nucleus-Encoded Thylakoid Protein, OsY3IP1, Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Saline and Alkaline Stresses in Rice	18
Cell Wall Fixation, Translocation, and Vacuolar Detoxification of Cadmium Contribute to Differential Grain Cadmium Accumulation in Two Rice Cultivars	18
Could Plant Height Compensate for Temporal and Spatial Limitations of Canopy Spectra for Inversion of Plant Nitrogen Accumulation in Rice?	18
Search for Dispersed Repeats in Oryza sativa Genome Using Iterative Procedure Method	17
Applying Boron Fertilizer at Different Growth Stages Promotes Boron Uptake and Productivity in Rice	16
Efficient Improvement of Nutritional Content in Rice Grains by Precise Base Editing of OsROS1	16
Molecular and Biological Characterization of Novel Mitovirus Infecting Phytopathogenic Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	16
Analysis of Sulfate Transporter Gene Family 3 in Rice	15
Metabolic Engineering in Rice for Functional Metabolite Production	15
Cadmium Tolerance and Accumulation in Wild Rice Species	14
Identification and Characterization of WAKg Genes Involved in Rice Disease Resistance and Yield	14
Development and Application of Prime Editing in Plants	14
Accelerating Wild Rice Disease-Resistant Germplasm Exploration: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Wild Rice Blast Disease Level Evaluation and Disease-Resistance Identification	14
Elemental Assessments in Paddy Soil for Geographical Traceability of Rice from Peninsular Malaysia	13
High Power Microwave Treatment Impacts on Microbes in Rough Rice	13
Improving Semi-Dried Brown Rice Noodle Quality via Mixed Fermentation of Lactobacillus and Yeast	13
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
Cloning and Functional Analysis of Calcineurin Subunits A and B in Development and Fecundity of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)	13
Global Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Seedlings in Response to Extracellular ATP	12
Warm Nights, Waxy Leaves: Exploring the Interplay Between Epicuticular Wax and Nocturnal Transpiration	12
Grain Shape Genes: Shaping the Future of Rice Breeding	11
Identification of New Allele of FLOURY ENDOSPERM2 in White-Core Endosperm Mutant of Rice	11
Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Based Rapid Detection of Aroma Gene in Rice	11
Chlorophyllide-a Oxygenase 1 (OsCAO1) Over-Expression Affects Rice Photosynthetic Rate and Grain Yield	11
A β-Carotene Ketolase Gene NfcrtO from Subaerial Cyanobacteria Confers Drought Tolerance in Rice	11
HAG1 Regulates Arsenic Allocation and Accumulation in Rice Grains	10
Transcriptome Analysis of oserf922 Mutants Reveals New Insights into Rice Blast Resistance	10
Rice Grains from Slightly Saline Field Exhibited Unchanged Starch Physicochemical Properties but Enhanced Nutritional Values	10
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	10
Jumonji C Domain-Containing Protein OsJMJ712 Integrates Epigenetic Regulation and Circadian Clock to Fine-Tune Flowering in Rice	9
Compound Microbial Agent Improves Soil Redox Status to Reduce Methane Emissions from Paddy Fields	9
Simulating Responses of Rice Yield and Nitrogen Fates to Ground Cover Rice Production System under Different Types of Precipitation Years	9
Molecular and Functional Roles of Tapetum Organelles: A Nursing Staff for Pollen Development	8
Effects of Nitrogen-Regulating Gene AreA on Growth, Pathogenicity, and Fumonisin Synthesis of Fusarium proliferatum	8
Computer-Assisted Real-Time Rice Variety Learning Using Deep Learning Network	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

Mixed-Oligosaccharides Promote Seedling Growth of Direct-Seeded Rice under Salt and Alkaline Stress	8
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Six Rice Cultivars in Italian Agricultural Ecosystem Managed with Alternate Wetting and Drying	8