OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Integrative Plant Biology is 45. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Contribution of phenylpropanoid metabolism to plant development and plant–environment interactions	500
Epigenetic regulation in plant abiotic stress responses	264
Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress	260
Melatonin: A master regulator of plant development and stress responses	229
The plant cell wall: Biosynthesis, construction, and functions	180
Potassium and phosphorus transport and signaling in plants	165
Mitogen‐activated protein kinase cascades in plant signaling	137
Light signaling and UV‐B‐mediated plant growth regulation	119
Hydrogen sulfide, a signaling molecule in plant stress responses	113
Molecular mechanisms for the photoperiodic regulation of flowering in soybean	103
The root microbiome: Community assembly and its contributions to plant fitness	98
Plant Metabolic Network 15: A resource of genome‐wide metabolism databases for 126 plants and algae	96
Ethylene signaling in rice and Arabidopsis: New regulators and mechanisms	87
Auxin signaling: Research advances over the past 30 years	86
Root developmental responses to phosphorus nutrition	85
Mechanisms underlying legume–rhizobium symbioses	84
The transcription factor ICE1 functions in cold stress response by binding to the promoters of CBF and COR genes	79
B‐box proteins: Pivotal players in light‐mediated development in plants	76
Soybean AP1 homologs control flowering time and plant height	73
The role of light in regulating seed dormancy and germination	69
SmMYB2 promotes salvianolic acid biosynthesis in the medicinal herb Salvia miltiorrhiza	69
Autophagy in plants: Physiological roles and post‐translational regulation	68
The calcium‐dependent protein kinase ZmCDPK7 functions in heat‐stress tolerance in maize	68
Aluminium is essential for root growth and development of tea plants (Camellia sinensis)	67
Ca²⁺ signaling in plant responses to abiotic stresses	66

The direct targets of CBFs: In cold stress response and beyond	66
Genome editing for plant research and crop improvement	63
Phyllosphere microbiota: Community dynamics and its interaction with plant hosts	59
Trehalose‐6‐phosphate phosphatase E modulates ABA‐controlled root growth and stomatal movement in Arabidopsis	58
Plant cell totipotency: Insights into cellular reprogramming	58
A rare Waxy allele coordinately improves rice eating and cooking quality and grain transparency	55
A WRKY transcription factor confers aluminum tolerance via regulation of cell wall modifying genes	54
Phylotranscriptomic insights into Asteraceae diversity, polyploidy, and morphological innovation	54
Integrated metabolo‐transcriptomics and functional characterization reveals that the wheat auxin receptor TIR1 negatively regulates defense against Fusarium graminearum	51
Arabidopsis U‐box E3 ubiquitin ligase PUB11 negatively regulates drought tolerance by degrading the receptor‐like protein kinases LRR1 and KIN7	51
Plant plasma membrane‐resident receptors: Surveillance for infections and coordination for growth and development	50
An update on the function and regulation of methylerythritol phosphate and mevalonate pathways and their evolutionary dynamics	50
Increasing yield potential through manipulating of an ARE1 ortholog related to nitrogen use efficiency in wheat by CRISPR/Cas9	48
WRKY transcription factors WRKY12 and WRKY13 interact with SPL10 to modulate age‐mediated flowering	47
Single‐cell RNA sequencing reveals a high‐resolution cell atlas of xylem in Populus	47
Plant abiotic stress: New insights into the factors that activate and modulate plant responses	47
Arabidopsis E3 ligase KEG associates with and ubiquitinates MKK4 and MKK5 to regulate plant immunity	46
Fg12 ribonuclease secretion contributes to Fusarium graminearum virulence and induces plant cell death	46
Co‐regulation of indole glucosinolates and camalexin biosynthesis by CPK5/CPK6 and MPK3/MPK6 signaling pathways	46
Ethylene and salicylic acid synergistically accelerate leaf senescence in Arabidopsis	46