OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Botany is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Understory plant species-specific effects on subarctic soil fertility	50
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	21
Cannibal plants: intraspecific autoparasitism among host-specific holoparasites	16
Secretory structure diversity on Astronium leaf	15
Characterization of biotic contaminants in aquatic lace plant tissue culture and development of a protocol for mitigation	12
Three helmet-orchid species share abundant fungi of Serendipitaceae regardless of altitude	12
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	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	9
Organically grown cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants contain a diverse range of culturable epiphytic and endophytic fungi in inflorescences and stem tissues	9
Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success	9
An assessment of data accuracy and best practice recommendations for observations of lichens and other taxonomically difficult taxa on iNaturalist	7
Correction: Climate and nature crisis is also about the health of plants	7
Evaluating putative Dryas ajanensis Juzepczuk ssp. beringensis Jurtzev × Dryas integrifolia Vahl hybrids using leaf morphometrics	7
Germination responses of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seeds to salinity and water stresses: implications for the restoration of Mediterranean marginal lands	7
A rapid method for sex identification in Cannabis sativa using high resolution melt analysis	7
Small granivores remove the seeds of 25 plant species at similarly high rates in an old-field plant community	7
Do nurse plants and cattle exclusion help restore Parlatore's Podocarp forest?	7
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
Untargeted and targeted metabolomics to understand plant growth regulation and evolution in Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)	6
Effect of seed coat mucilage, temperature, and photoperiod on germination of four Arabian desert species	6
Ethylene sensitivity assay in medicinal and fiber-type Cannabis seedlings reveals a triple-response-like phenotype	6
Evaluation of the relationship between soil properties and functional traits in three forest types in a subtropical mountain in Mexico	5

Trichomycetes from freshwater and salt marsh mosquito larvae with a new species in the monotypic genus Legerioides	5
Herbarium data and herbaria as extended archives for humanities research	5
Monthly macroalgal surveys reveal a diverse and dynamic community in an urban intertidal zone	5
Morphophysiological indicators applied for the selection of different genotypes of Hevea spp. during germination and post-germination	5
Micromorphology of leaflets of Senna series Bacillares (Leguminosae) and its taxonomic significance	5
Picea × darwyniana Björk & Goward: an invalid taxonomic name	5
Update on seaweed diversity in the lower Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada	5
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
Filling in the gaps: a road map to establish a model system to study developmental programmed cell death	4
Peronospora variabilis is associated with downy mildew of Chenopodium berlandieri in Mexico	4
Establishment of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in the context of floodplain restoration: impact of companion plant and sowing rate	4
Comparative ecology of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in Danthonia compressa: effects of floral type and maternal environment	4
Liverworts as a hidden secret for soothing inflammation and alleviating pain	4
Soil drainage-class influences on the distribution of witness trees (1664–1700) in Wicomico County, Maryland, USA	4
Impacts of road salt on seed germination of Thuja occidentalis found in natural communities adjacent to the Illinois Tollway in northeastern IL, USA	3
Note of appreciation	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
Molecular identification of the magnesium transporter (MRS2/MGT) family genes in pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)	3
Piguttuk Qanuqtuurniq: an Indigenous flower, resourceful in the face of challenges	3
Observations on the curvature of Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt. and Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw.) caulo	3
Etiology of leaf blight of Chinese brush (Baccharis conferta Kunth) in Mexico	3
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	3
Phylogeography of alpine plant Parnassia wightiana (Celastraceae)	3
Chloroplast capture creates cryptic lineages with differential geographic patterns in Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)	3
First record of trichomycete fungi from Rouge National Urban Park and Greater Toronto Area	3
Processing and digitizing a nonstandard herbarium collection: a cautionary tale about research value	3
A tale of two mistletoes: phenology and fauna associated with two sympatric species	3