OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 65. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	486
WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat	217
Toxic metals and metalloids: Uptake, transport, detoxification, phytoremediation, and crop improvement for safer food	174
Single-nucleus RNA and ATAC sequencing reveals the impact of chromatin accessibility on gene expression in Arabidopsis roots at the single-cell level	168
Two gap-free reference genomes and a global view of the centromere architecture in rice	166
WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes	160
Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis in Plants: Advances and Challenges	156
A Collinearity-Incorporating Homology Inference Strategy for Connecting Emerging Assemblies in the Triticeae Tribe as a Pilot Practice in the Plant Pangenomic Era	153
Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution	153
Resequencing of 145 Landmark Cultivars Reveals Asymmetric Sub-genome Selection and Strong Founder Genotype Effects on Wheat Breeding in China	151
Transcriptional landscape of rice roots at the single-cell resolution	142
A 2-kb Mycovirus Converts a Pathogenic Fungus into a Beneficial Endophyte for Brassica Protection and Yield Enhancement	129
Genome- and transcriptome-wide association studies provide insights into the genetic basis of natural variation of seed oil content in Brassica napus	126
Nuclear phylotranscriptomics and phylogenomics support numerous polyploidization events and hypotheses for the evolution of rhizobial nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in Fabaceae	118
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification	117
Variation in cis-regulation of a NAC transcription factor contributes to drought tolerance in wheat	113
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes	108
Arabidopsis N6-methyladenosine reader CPSF30-L recognizes FUE signals to control polyadenylation site choice in liquid-like nuclear bodies	107
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free reference genome of watermelon and its mutation library provide important resources for gene discovery and breeding	104
Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome	103
Transcriptional activation and phosphorylation of OsCNGC9 confer enhanced chilling tolerance in rice	103
Plant adaptation to low phosphorus availability: Core signaling, crosstalks, and applied implications	99
Highly efficient heritable genome editing in wheat using an RNA virus and bypassing tissue culture	98
Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity	96
Plant Immune Mechanisms: From Reductionistic to Holistic Points of View	94

The Soil-Borne Identity and Microbiome-Assisted Agriculture: Looking Back to the Future	94
Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction	93
The GW2-WG1-OsbZIP47 pathway controls grain size and weight in rice	90
CPSF30-L-mediated recognition of mRNA m6A modification controls alternative polyadenylation of nitrate signaling-related gene transcripts in Arabidopsis	90
Metabolomics-centered mining of plant metabolic diversity and function: Past decade and future perspectives	89
Protein Quality Control in Plant Organelles: Current Progress and Future Perspectives	88
The lncRNA APOLO interacts with the transcription factor WRKY42 to trigger root hair cell expansion in response to cold	83
High-efficiency and multiplex adenine base editing in plants using new TadA variants	81
The receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase RIPK regulates broad-spectrum ROS signaling in multiple layers of plant immune system	80
Nitric oxide regulation of plant metabolism	80
Lipidomic Analysis Reveals the Importance of GIPCs in Arabidopsis Leaf Extracellular Vesicles	79
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice	79
Control of Plant Growth and Defense by Photoreceptors: From Mechanisms to Opportunities in Agriculture	78
Hydrogen sulfide-linked persulfidation of ABI4 controls ABA responses through the transactivation of MAPKKK18 in Arabidopsis	78
Nutrient–hormone relations: Driving root plasticity in plants	78
Creation and judicious application of a wheat resistance gene atlas	77
Development of a widely targeted volatilomics method for profiling volatilomes in plants	75
ζ-Carotene Isomerase Suppresses Tillering in Rice through the Coordinated Biosynthesis of Strigolactone and Abscisic Acid	75
Nematode-Encoded RALF Peptide Mimics Facilitate Parasitism of Plants through the FERONIA Receptor Kinase	74
Hybrid speciation via inheritance of alternate alleles of parental isolating genes	74
Molecular Basis of Disease Resistance and Perspectives on Breeding Strategies for Resistance Improvement in Crops	74
The INO80 chromatin remodeling complex promotes thermomorphogenesis by connecting H2A.Z eviction and active transcription in Arabidopsis	74
A well-supported nuclear phylogeny of Poaceae and implications for the evolution of C4 photosynthesis	73
CRISPR-Mediated Engineering across the Central Dogma in Plant Biology for Basic Research and Crop Improvement	73
A compressed variance component mixed model for detecting QTNs and QTN-by-environment and QTN-by-QTN interactions in genome-wide association studies	72
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	70
Phenylpropanoid Derivatives Are Essential Components of Sporopollenin in Vascular Plants	70
An angiosperm NLR Atlas reveals that NLR gene reduction is associated with ecological specialization and signal transduction component deletion	69
Primary carbohydrate metabolism genes participate in heat-stress memory at the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana	68
Major episodes of horizontal gene transfer drove the evolution of land plants	68
An alternative, zeaxanthin epoxidase-independent abscisic acid biosynthetic pathway in plants	68
Targeted mutagenesis of POLYAMINE OXIDASE 5 that negatively regulates mesocotyl elongation enables the generation of direct-seeding rice with improved grain yield	67
Mycorrhizal symbiosis modulates the rhizosphere microbiota to promote rhizobia–legume symbiosis	67
A transceptor–channel complex couples nitrate sensing to calcium signaling in Arabidopsis	67
HASTY modulates miRNA biogenesis by linking pri-miRNA transcription and processing	67
MPK14-mediated auxin signaling controls lateral root development via ERF13-regulated very-long-chain fatty acid biosynthesis	67
Wheat breeding history reveals synergistic selection of pleiotropic genomic sites for plant architecture and grain yield	67
An integrated framework reinstating the environmental dimension for GWAS and genomic selection in crops	65
Harnessing Knowledge from Maize and Rice Domestication for New Crop Breeding	65
The landscape of gene–CDS–haplotype diversity in rice: Properties, population organization, footprints of domestication and breeding, and implications for genetic improvement	65
GmCRY1s modulate gibberellin metabolism to regulate soybean shade avoidance in response to reduced blue light	65