OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Botany is 2. 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
Understory plant species-specific effects on subarctic soil fertility	48
Morphological variations of Thymus in the vegetation belts of the Tien Shan mountains (Central Asia)	24
Growth and productivity of the moss Sphagnum fuscum in bogs of northeastern North America	20
Cannibal plants: intraspecific autoparasitism among host-specific holoparasites	16
Secretory structure diversity on Astronium leaf	15
Three helmet-orchid species share abundant fungi of Serendipitaceae regardless of altitude	12
Characterization of biotic contaminants in aquatic lace plant tissue culture and development of a protocol for mitigation	12
Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success	10
Trichomycetes from the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada	10
We do not see evidence for the presence of female gametangia (oospores) in North American Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves	10
Sieve element traits differ in pulvini and petioles of Mimosa (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) with different types of leaf movement	10
Shading as a tool for Sphagnum magellanicum regeneration: scalable implications for peatland restoration in southern South America	9
Germination responses of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seeds to salinity and water stresses: implications for the restoration of Mediterranean marginal lands	9
Organically grown cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants contain a diverse range of culturable epiphytic and endophytic fungi in inflorescences and stem tissues	9
An assessment of data accuracy and best practice recommendations for observations of lichens and other taxonomically difficult taxa on iNaturalist	8
Do nurse plants and cattle exclusion help restore Parlatore's Podocarp forest?	7
Small granivores remove the seeds of 25 plant species at similarly high rates in an old-field plant community	7
Ethylene sensitivity assay in medicinal and fiber-type Cannabis seedlings reveals a triple-response-like phenotype	7
A rapid method for sex identification in Cannabis sativa using high resolution melt analysis	7
Evaluating putative Dryas ajanensis Juzepczuk ssp. beringensis Jurtzev × Dryas integrifolia Vahl hybrids using leaf morphometrics	7
Correction: Climate and nature crisis is also about the health of plants	6
Monthly macroalgal surveys reveal a diverse and dynamic community in an urban intertidal zone	6
Untargeted and targeted metabolomics to understand plant growth regulation and evolution in Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)	6
Evaluation of the relationship between soil properties and functional traits in three forest types in a subtropical mountain in Mexico	6
Effect of seed coat mucilage, temperature, and photoperiod on germination of four Arabian desert species	6

New insight into the roles of lipid transfer protein and seed storage albumin gene families involved in oil and protein accumulation in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)	6
Herbarium data and herbaria as extended archives for humanities research	5
Establishment of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in the context of floodplain restoration: impact of companion plant and sowing rate	5
Micromorphology of leaflets of Senna series Bacillares (Leguminosae) and its taxonomic significance	5
Filling in the gaps: a road map to establish a model system to study developmental programmed cell death	5
Morphophysiological indicators applied for the selection of different genotypes of Hevea spp. during germination and post-germination	5
Picea × darwyniana Björk & Goward: an invalid taxonomic name	5
Update on seaweed diversity in the lower Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada	5
Soil drainage-class influences on the distribution of witness trees (1664–1700) in Wicomico County, Maryland, USA	5
Trichomycetes from freshwater and salt marsh mosquito larvae with a new species in the monotypic genus Legerioides	5
Piguttuk Qanuqtuurniq: an Indigenous flower, resourceful in the face of challenges	4
An experimental test of niche versus dispersal limitation of the distribution limit of the Ghost Antler Lichen, Pseudevernia cladonia, along a temperate–boreal elevation gradient	4
Liverworts as a hidden secret for soothing inflammation and alleviating pain	4
Comparative ecology of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in Danthonia compressa: effects of floral type and maternal environment	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on Parasitic Flowering Plants in Forests	4
Effects of the phylogeny and seed traits on germination of Polygonaceae species from Subtropical Forest, Southeast China	4
Impacts of road salt on seed germination of Thuja occidentalis found in natural communities adjacent to the Illinois Tollway in northeastern IL, USA	4
Peronospora variabilis is associated with downy mildew of Chenopodium berlandieri in Mexico	4
Phylogeography of alpine plant Parnassia wightiana (Celastraceae)	3
First record of trichomycete fungi from Rouge National Urban Park and Greater Toronto Area	3
Chloroplast capture creates cryptic lineages with differential geographic patterns in Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)	3
Processing and digitizing a nonstandard herbarium collection: a cautionary tale about research value	3
Molecular identification of the magnesium transporter (MRS2/MGT) family genes in pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)	3
Justicia americana exhibits stem density–aboveground biomass relationships and variability in elemental composition and isotopic signature across tissue types and land use gradients	3
Etiology of leaf blight of Chinese brush (Baccharis conferta Kunth) in Mexico	3
A tale of two mistletoes: phenology and fauna associated with two sympatric species	3
Observations on the curvature of Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt. and Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw.) caulo	3
Note of appreciation	3
Transcriptome-wide characterization of alternative splicing in five drug-type cultivars of Cannabis sativa	2
Perspectives on the reclassification of taxa in the Arceuthobium campylopodum complex (Viscaceae)	2
Impact of in vitro hormone treatments on the bibenzyl production of Radula complanata	2
The importance of taxonomy for determining species distribution: a case study using the disjunct lichen Brodoa oroarctica	2
Contribution to the taxonomic elucidation of the Geonoma maxima complex (Arecaceae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil	2
Avian gut passage reduces the germination light response of pokeweed (Phytolaca americana)	2
Understanding bud rot development, caused by Botrytis cinerea, on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants grown under greenhouse conditions	2
An SNP-based approach to estimating the mating and relatedness components of plant mating portfolios	2
Arboreta as key contributors to understanding climate acclimation and interspecific variability of trees	2
The Arrhenia peltigerina complex—preliminary report	2
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	2
Do larger plants produce more and better seeds and seedlings? Testing the hypothesis in a globose cactus, Wigginsia sessiliflora	2
Non-glandular trichomes (epidermal hairs) in cannabis ( Cannabis sativa L.) plants are capable of excreting nutrient salts under excessive fertilizer reg	2
Melatonin delays WRKY75-mediated leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana	2
Leaf morphology and anatomy in Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae): species circumscription and characterization of clades	2
Conservation assessment of a range-edge population of Trichophorum planifolium (Cyperaceae) reveals range-wide inbreeding and locally divergent environmental conditions	2
Transgene silencing in the moss, Physcomitrella (Physcomitrium patens)	2
Deciphering the complete plastid genome of an endemic monotypic species Kostermansia malayana (Malvaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia: structural comparative genomics and phylogenomic placement	2
Geographic distribution, habitat suitability, and habitat loss of plains rough fescue ( Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper) in North America	2
Plants as Our Relatives: the creation and gifting of a relational learning task	2
New species and new record of Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae) from India	2
First evidence of nitrogen fixation associated with bryophytes from coastal Wabanaki–Acadian forests	2

Post-fire peatland vegetation recovery: a case study in open rich fens of the Canadian boreal forest