OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 67. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	1329
DET1 regulates HY5 through COP1: A new paradigm in the regulation of HY5	287
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	239
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	226
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	205
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	202
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	189
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	174
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	158
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	153
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	153
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	147
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	135
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	129
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	129
Loss of two families of SPX domain-containing proteins required for vacuolar polyphosphate accumulation coincides with the transition to phosphate storage in green plants	128
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	120
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	118
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	116
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	116
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	108
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	106
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	105
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	101
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	100

An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	99
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	98
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice	98
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage	95
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	95
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	95
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	94
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	94
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	92
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases	92
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	92
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	91
Hydrogen sulfide-linked persulfidation of ABI4 controls ABA responses through the transactivation of MAPKKK18 in Arabidopsis	91
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye	91
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	90
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	90
Light-triggered reactions do not bias boron deficiency-induced root inhibition of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes	89
Primary metabolism: It’s more than what's for dinner	88
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity	87
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity	84
Pyramiding favorable alleles in an elite wheat variety in one generation by CRISPR-Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing	83
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	81
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	80
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	79
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	77
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size	77
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	76
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	76
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	76
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	76
Too SHY 2 repress	74
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	74
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	73
Chemical control of receptor kinase signaling by rapamycin-induced dimerization	71
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	71
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	71
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	71
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	70
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	70
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	68
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	68
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	67
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	67