OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Horticultural Plant Journal is 32. 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
B-class floral homeotic gene MapoAPETALA3 may play an important role in the origin and formation of multi-tepals in Magnolia polytepala	87
ClBBM and ClPLT2 function redundantly during both male and female gametophytes development in watermelon	86
Mechanisms and management strategies for rain-cracking in greenhouse and open-air cherry	86
An efficient and universal protoplast-based transient gene expression system for genome editing in Brassica crops	83
Functional characterization of PlNAC72 reveals its role in hormonal regulation of petal senescence in Paeonia lactiflora	66
Genomic analysis provides insights into the westward expansion of domesticated peaches in China	62
Drought-induced proline is mainly synthesized in leaves and transported to roots in watermelon under water deficit	60
Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics reveal that sugar transporter CiSWEET10a is indispensable for nut sizing and kernel filling in Carya illinoinensis	59
Transcriptome and metabolome analysis of preharvest internal browning in Nane plum fruit caused by high temperature	55
Screening and identification of candidate Fusarium wilt-resistance genes from pumpkin	55
The role of m6A in plant development, stress response, and agricultural practices	55
Production of marker-free transgenic plants from mature tissues of navel orange using a Cre/loxP site-recombination system	54
Nanotechnology in plant tissue culture: a review	51
Transcriptomic analysis reveals the defense mechanisms of citrus infested with Diaphorina citri	47
Triterpenoid biosynthesis and transcriptional regulation in horticultural crops	45
The Camellia impressinervis genome provides novel insights into the flower coloration and flavor metabolism of Jinhua tea	44
Temporal transcriptomics reveal the molecular mechanism of dormancy and germination regulated by temperature in Paris polyphylla seed	41
Genomics, phenomics, and machine learning in transforming plant research: Advancements and challenges	39
Integrated physiological, transcriptome-wide m6A methylation and proteome analysis reveals molecular mechanisms of tomato root response to cadmium stress	38
Integrated multi-omics analysis uncovers the mechanism of girdling-induced adventitious root formation in tree peony	38
A freezing responsive UDP-glycosyltransferase improves potato freezing tolerance via modifying flavonoid metabolism	38
Fifteen years of vegetable crop genome sequencing: achievements, challenges, and prospects	37
Molecular mechanism of flowering time regulation in Brassica rapa: similarities and differences with Arabidopsis	36
Ethylene-mediated resistance to bacterial canker in kiwifruit is suppressed by cool temperature	35
Strigolactone-mediated DNA demethylation induces phenylpropanoid biosynthesis to alleviate salt stress in tomato	35

iTRAQ proteomics reveals the regulatory response to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in resistant vs. susceptible pepper genotypes	34
Transcription factor CabHLH035 promotes cold resistance and homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in pepper	34
AaAO, AaPDE, and AaABC proteins promote Alternaria alternate f. sp. mali ALT7 invasion in apple leaves	34
Exogenous melatonin improves the chilling tolerance and preharvest fruit shelf life in eggplant by affecting ROS- and senescence-related processes	33
Autophagy-regulated ethylene synthesis mediates fruit ripening by affecting the accumulation of lycopene, sugars and organic acids in tomato	33
Spatio-temporal dynamics of phytohormones in the tomato graft healing process	33
A single TCP transcription factor modulates leaf size in Citrus	32
Isolation of Trichoderma virens 6PS-2 and its effects on Fusarium proliferatum f. sp. Malus domestica MR5 related to apple replant disease in China	32
Histological, transcriptomic, and gene functional analyses reveal the regulatory events underlying gibberellin-induced parthenocarpy in tomato	32