OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applications in Plant Sciences is 5. 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
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Optimizing efficient PCR‐amplifiable DNA extraction from herbarium specimens	46
Use of electrolyte leakage to assess floral damage after freezing	37
A unified framework to investigate and interpret hybrid and allopolyploid biodiversity across biological scales	30
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Correction to Welcome to the big leaves: Best practices for improving genome annotation in non‐model plant genomes	25
Making sense of complexity: Advances in bioinformatics for plant biology	24
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Building capacity in the conservation of exceptional plant species	22
mvh: An R tool to assemble and organize virtual herbaria from openly available specimen images	22
Supporting long‐term sustainability of ex situ collections using a pedigree‐based population management approach	19
The challenges of growing orchids from seeds for conservation: An assessment of asymbiotic techniques	19
Photographic analysis of field‐monitored fern gametophyte development and response to environmental stress	18
Correction to “A comparison of freezer‐stored DNA and herbarium tissue samples for chloroplast assembly and genome skimming”	18
Conservation Action Tracker: A tool to identify and monitor conservation actions for tree species	18
Charting the course for new discoveries in polyploid lineages	18
Data‐centric species distribution modeling: Impacts of modeler decisions in a case study of invasive European frog‐bit	17
An automated pipeline for supervised classification of petal color from citizen science photographs	16
Applying a modified metabarcoding approach for the sequencing of macrofungal specimens from fungarium collections	16
Acknowledgment of Reviewers	15
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Polishing entire stems and roots using sandpaper under water: An alternative method for macroscopic analyses	14
Relative performance of customized and universal probe sets in target enrichment: A case study in subtribe Malinae	13
Expression‐based machine learning models for predicting plant tissue identity	13

Enhancing plant morphological trait identification in herbarium collections through deep learning–based segmentation	11
A machine learning algorithm for the automatic classification of Phytophthora infestans genotypes into clonal lineages	11
The future of plant science: Applications at the intersection	11
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Protocol to control the invasive alga Avrainvillea lacerata in a shallow Hawaiian reef flat	10
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DNA release from plant tissue using focused ultrasound extraction (FUSE)	9
Informed cover measurement: Guidelines and error for point‐intercept approaches	8
Issue Information	8
Accelerating gametophytic growth in the model hornwort Anthoceros agrestis	8
Modified CTAB protocols for high‐molecular‐weight DNA extractions from ferns	8
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A low‐cost protocol for the optical method of vulnerability curves to calculate P₅₀	7
Review of the cellulose acetate peel method and the physical and digital curation of coal balls	7
Issue Information	7
HybPhaser: A workflow for the detection and phasing of hybrids in target capture data sets	7
Providing the missing links in fern life history: Insights from a phenological survey of the gametophyte stage	7
New targets acquired: Improving locus recovery from the Angiosperms353 probe set	7
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Using marsh organs to test seed recruitment in tidal freshwater marshes	7
A protocol for the generation of Arachis hypogaea composite plants: A valuable tool for the functional study of mycorrhizal symbiosis	6
Analysis of plant metabolomics data using identification‐free approaches	6
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Identifying cryptic fern gametophytes using DNA barcoding: A review	6
Multiple Leaf Sample Extraction System (MuLES): A tool to improve automated morphometric leaf studies	6
Infrared spectroscopy for ploidy estimation: An example in two species of Veronica using fresh and herbarium specimens	6
Ethanol preservation and pretreatments facilitate quality DNA extractions in recalcitrant plant species	5
An open‐source LED lamp for use with the LI‐6800 photosynthesis system	5
Selection on the gametophyte: Modeling alternation of generations in plants	5
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A dormant resource for genome size estimation in ferns: C‐value inference of the Ophioglossaceae using herbarium specimen spores	5
Hijacking a rapid and scalable metagenomic method reveals subgenome dynamics and evolution in polyploid plants	5
Issue Information	5
Corrigendum	5
Exploring Angiosperms353: Developing and applying a universal toolkit for flowering plant phylogenomics	5