OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 66. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation	3196
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	382
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	333
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	295
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	281
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	268
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	245
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	233
Antagonistic regulation of systemin signaling acts on ligands and receptors	190
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	177
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	168
A solo-LTR insertion in the CreTPS3a promoter enhances γ-terpinene biosynthesis and affects consumer preference for tangerine-like aroma in citrus fruits	167
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	139
Warm temperature activates the TCP15-HDA4 module to suppress shoot branching by promoting auxin biosynthesis and signaling in tomato	130
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	128
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	122
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	120
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	118
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	118
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	115
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice	113
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	112
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	110
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	106
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	105

Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	105
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	104
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	104
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	104
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	104
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	103
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	103
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	103
Duet between stress granules and glutathionylation regulates cytosolic redox state to maintain proteostasis in Arabidopsis	102
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	102
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	99
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	98
A mortise–tenon joint system facilitates precise targeted DNA insertion and replacement in rice	98
Activation of multilayered plant immunity through spatiotemporal expression of Botrytis cinerea BcCrh1-derived dual epitopes	97
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	95
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	93
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	92
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	90
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses	88
Too SHY 2 repress	85
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	84
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	84
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes	82
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	80
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	80
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	79
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching	79
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	79
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	79
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	77
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	72
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	71
Phase separation of the redox sensor RCD1 mediates differential ROS signals to regulate plant growth and stress responses	71
Genomic insights into stepwise selection reshaping fruit traits and male-biased selection driving hermaphroditism in papayas	69
Dephosphorylation and polyubiquitination of the histone variant H2AX act coordinately to terminate DNA damage signaling in Arabidopsis	68
Structure under stress: Conserved RNA structure in plant-environment interactions	67
Extracellular vesicles in plants	67
Synergizing Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Crop Design	66
Receptor-like protein kinases in plants: Post-translational regulation and functional effects	66
Domestication-related changes at PvMYB26 reduce pod shattering in common bean and shed light on the origins of agriculture in the Americas	66
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	66