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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation	2520
A solo-LTR insertion in the CreTPS3a promoter enhances γ -terpinene biosynthesis and affects consumer preference for tangerine-like aroma in citrus fruits	324
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	319
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	280
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	256
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	244
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	236
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	211
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	195
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	187
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	179
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	177
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	177
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	164
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	163
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	158
Antagonistic regulation of systemin signaling acts on ligands and receptors	155
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice	155
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	148
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	145
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	143
Warm temperature activates the TCP15-HDA4 module to suppress shoot branching by promoting auxin biosynthesis and signaling in tomato	133
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	129
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	125
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	121

The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	118
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	117
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	114
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	114
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	110
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	107
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	102
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	101
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	97
Activation of multilayered plant immunity through spatiotemporal expression of Botrytis cinerea BcCrh1-derived dual epitopes	97
Duet between stress granules and glutathionylation regulates cytosolic redox state to maintain proteostasis in Arabidopsis	95
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	95
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	94
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	92
A mortise–tenon joint system facilitates precise targeted DNA insertion and replacement in rice	91
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	91
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	91
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	90
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases	90
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	89
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	88
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	87
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye	87
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses	87
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size	87
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	87
Too SHY 2 repress	85
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	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	84
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	82
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	82
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	81
Genomic insights into stepwise selection reshaping fruit traits and male-biased selection driving hermaphroditism in papayas	80
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	78
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching	76
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	75
Domestication-related changes at PvMYB26 reduce pod shattering in common bean and shed light on the origins of agriculture in the Americas	74
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	74
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	73
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification	72
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	72
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	71