OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 70. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	1905
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	317
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	276
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	275
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	233
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	228
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	214
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	197
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	194
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	175
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	158
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	155
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	153
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation	146
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	146
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	143
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	141
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	141
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	137
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	126
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice	125
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	124
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	122
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	115
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	115

Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	113
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	111
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	107
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice	107
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity	104
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	104
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	103
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	103
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	101
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	101
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size	100
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	97
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	95
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	91
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity	91
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye	90
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	90
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage	89
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	88
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	87
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	86
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	83
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	82
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	81
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	81
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	81
Too SHY 2 repress	81
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	79
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	79
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	79
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	79
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	76
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	76
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	75
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	75
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification	75
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes	73
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	73
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	72
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	72
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes	71
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching	70
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses	70
Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly	70