OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plants People Planet is 7. 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
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Evaluating the determinants of deforestation and approaches to reforestation by cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire	58
Prescribed burning effectively maintains threatened species in semi‐natural grasslands on lava flows	46
Exchangeable lead (Pb) in lowland paddy soils of Sri Lanka as affected by the differences in agro‐climatic zones, soil orders, and water sources	45
A new feature of the laboratory model plant Nicotiana benthamiana: Dead‐end trap for sustainable field pest control	41
A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps	36
Safeguarding sandalwood: A review of current and emerging tools to support sustainable and legal forestry	36
Exploiting genetic variation from unadapted germplasm—An example from improvement of sorghum in Ethiopia	32
Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case	31
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The long road to a sustainable banana trade	28
Cytogenetics of maize in Mexico as a field of transnational exchange: The case of Takeo Ángel Kato Yamakake	26
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Building a more predictive model of terroir for the Anthropocene	25
Meta‐analysis of Red List conservation assessments of Mexican endemic and near endemic tree species shows nearly two thirds of these are threatened	24
Perspectives on biotechnology: Public and corporate narratives in the GM archives	24
Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate	24
Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives	23
Most of the world's largest flowers (genus Rafflesia) are now on the brink of extinction	23
Assessing the impact of strictly protecting 30%–50% of global land on carbon dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems	22
The role of strigolactone structural diversity in the host specificity and control of Striga, a major constraint to sub‐Saharan agriculture	21
Genomic responses to climate: Understanding local adaptation in the Andean tree species Nothofagus pumilio and implications for a changing world	21
Resilient trees for urban environments: The importance of intraspecific variation	21
Gibberellin action‐based strategies show promise in the control of Striga—A major threat to global agriculture	20

Accumulation of azafrin in the root apoplast of the medicinal plant Escobedia grandiflora might play a role in parasitism	18
Raising awareness through the Global Tree Assessment: Extinction risk of six fully assessed tree groups	18
Global benefits and domestic costs of a cooperative surveillance strategy to control transboundary crop pathogens	17
Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak	17
The societal roles and responsibilities of plant scientists in the context of genome‐edited crops	17
A review of Madagascar's derived grasslands: Low palatability following anthropogenic fires may threaten food security	17
Vineyard maturity increases arbuscular mycorrhizal and decreases plant pathogen fungal relative abundance in bulk soil across a 1,000 km Chilean gradient	17
Can seed exchange networks explain the morphological and genetic diversity in perennial crop species? The case of the tropical fruit tree Dacryodes edulis in rural and urban Cameroon	16
Bee pollination in the shadows: The role of pseudopollen and agamospermy in the mycoheterotrophic orchid Gastrodia elata	16
Endosymbionts in cranberry: Diversity, effect on plant growth, and pathogen biocontrol	16
Extinction risk to the endemic trees of Papua New Guinea	16
RNAi‐based genetically engineered rice resistant to black‐streaked dwarf virus does not show adverse genetic effects: A multi‐omics analysis	16
Towards the sustainability of African sandalwood: Understanding the distribution and environmental requirements	15
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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia	14
Restoration of threatened plant species in Limahuli Valley on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i in the framework of the Global Tree Assessment	14
Anthromes and forest carbon responses to global change	14
Crop–pollinator interactions in urban and peri‐urban farms in the United Kingdom	14
Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria	14
Interactions of rare earth elements with living organisms and emerging biotechnical applications	14
Modern pollen rain reveals differences across forests, open and mosaic landscapes in Madagascar	14
A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom	14
Hot node limitations and impact of taxonomic resolution on phylogenetic divergence patterns: A case study on Ecuadorian ethnomedicinal flora	14
Plant biodiversity, vegetation structure and provisioning services in rainforest, traditional and industrial oil palm cultivation systems in Liberia, West Africa	14
Celebrating botanic gardens	14
Meta‐analysis on effects of Bt‐maize on nontarget invertebrates – Data transportability across continents	14
Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate	13
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Correction to “Characterizing the landscape of plant science careers in the United States II: Academic perspectives”	13
A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	13
Linking soil health to human health: Arbuscular mycorrhizae play a key role in plant uptake of the antioxidant ergothioneine from soils	13
Impacts of climate change on the transcriptional dynamics and timing of bud dormancy release in Yoshino‐cherry tree	13
The role of crop diversity in escape agriculture; rice cultivation among Maroon communities in Suriname	13
Collection of native Theobroma cacao L. accessions from the Ecuadorian Amazon highlights a hotspot of cocoa diversity	12
Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil	12
Stronger increase of methane emissions from coastal wetlands by non‐native Spartina alterniflora than non‐native Phragmites australis	12
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Potential distribution and susceptibility of Coffea arabica L. to climate change impacts	12
Help from the past to cope with the future: Vitis sylvestris as a resource for abiotic stress resilience	12
2D and 3D visualization of herbaceous plant–plant contact zones using high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography (HRXCT)	12
Eurosta solidaginis ‐induced stem galls affect strength and colour of botanical dyes extracted from giant goldenrod (	12
Environmental changes on grass flowering phenological trends (2000–2021)	12
Strigolactone biosynthesis lgs1 mutant alleles mined from the sorghum accession panel are a promising resource of resistance to witchweed (Striga) parasitism	11
Towards resource‐efficient forests: Mixing species changes crown biomass allocation and improves growth efficiency	11
Changes in tropical leafing behaviour with climate change over nine decades: A case study from the Singapore Botanic Gardens	11
The contributions of urban horticulture to cities' liveability and resilience: Insights from Singapore	11
Fluctuating selection and rapid evolution of oaks during recent climatic transitions	11
Preserving traditional systems: Identification of agricultural heritage areas based on agro‐biodiversity	11
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Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters	11

Environment‐dependent influence of fruit size upon the distribution of the Malesian archipelagic flora	11
The urgency of genetic decline in New Brunswick butternut, Juglans cinerea L.	11
Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social‐ecological systems	11
Fruit in focus: A sampler platter of research	11
Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America	11
(Poly)phenols of apples contribute to in vitro antidiabetic properties: Assessment of Canada's Apple Biodiversity Collection	11
Right tree, right place, right reason: Using knowledge exchange and research co‐design to explore current challenges and opportunities for sustainable urban forest management	10
Azole antifungal contaminants disrupt mycorrhizal function and risk agricultural sustainability	10
Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country	10
Evolution history and the importance of genomic diversity facing climate change. The case of Agave marmorata Roezl., a microendemic agave used for mezcal production	10
Teaching plant identification at a university in the age of artificial intelligence	10
Towards a co‐crediting system for carbon and biodiversity	10
Investigating plant awareness: Image composition affects student perceptions of flora and fauna	10
Genetic diversity and population structure of pedunculate oaks ( Quercus robur ) in Wytham Woods	10
Innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges	10
Simulated elephant foraging alters tree root exudation rates: Species‐specific responses and implications for belowground carbon dynamics in tropical forests	10
How safe are peat‐free growing media? An exploration of plant pathogen risks to the horticultural industry and recommendations for risk mitigation	10
Herbarium records reveal multiple phases in the relationship between minimum residence time and invasion ranges of alien plant species	10
The pick of the plot: An evidence‐based approach for selecting and testing suitable plants to use in annual seed mixes to attract insect pollinators	10
Ex situ germplasm collections of exceptional species are a vital part of the conservation of Australia's national plant treasures	10
Expected yield and economic improvements of a yam seed system in West Africa using agro‐physiological modelling	10
Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens	10
Small and in‐country herbaria are vital for accurate plant threat assessments: A case study from Peru	10
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Integrated conservation of Acer yangbiense: A case study for conservation methods of plant species with extremely small populations	9
Could large‐scale silicon supplementation of crop‐lands mitigate the impacts of climate change?	9
Phenology of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK under past, current and future climate conditions	9
Coffee breeding in a time of crisis: F₁ hybrids in Central America since 1990	9
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Ectomycorrhizal necromass turnover is one‐third of biomass turnover in hemiboreal Pinus sylvestris forests	9
Trees, society, and the path toward resilient ecosystems	9
Comprehensive tree assessments for prioritising conservation action in Mesoamerica	9
Genomics in neglected and underutilized fruit crops: A chromosome‐scale genome sequence of cherimoya (Annona cherimola)	9
Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)	9
Relictithismia: An underground fairy lantern	9
Resilience through diversity: The potential of modelling species and variety interactions to enhance resilience of production systems	9
The influence of Opuntia ficus‐indica on human livelihoods in Southern Africa	9
Sowing the wheat seeds of Afghanistan's future	8
Sustainable production of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Mediterranean region to support the European Green Deal	8
Towards conservation and sustainable use of an indigenous crop: A large partnership network enabled the genetic diversity assessment of 1539 fonio (Digitaria exilis) accessions	8
Eight arguments why biodiversity is important to safeguard food security	8
Aboveground and soil carbon in novel forest ecosystems in Singapore: A case study of abandoned plantation secondary forests	8
How many species of Rafflesia exist in Java, Indonesia and what are the implications for conservation?	8
30 by 30 for plant diversity: How can we protect more of nature?	8
A transdisciplinary approach to define and assess wild food plant sustainable foraging in Norway	8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation increases the bioavailability of zinc and iron in wheat grain	8
Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to soil microbiome in modern and wild barley	8
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Bridging biodiversity and ecosystem services through useful plant species	8
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How can policymakers and researchers develop effective insect resistance management guidelines? A quantitative and qualitative study of Brazilian farmers' perspectives and attitudes	8
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers	8
But does it taste good? A plea to consider the importance of flavor in managing plant genetic resources	8
Correction to “Characterizing the landscape of plant science careers in the United States I: Government and private sector perspectives”	8
A high‐resolution model of the grapevine leaf morphospace predicts synthetic leaves	8
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Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use	7
Small proteins, great promises: Geographic bioprospecting of Bowman–Birk protease inhibitors and domestication side‐effects in African cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.)	7
Home gardens contribute to conservation of the critically endangered Wollemi Pine: Evaluation of a botanic garden‐led horticultural release programme	7
The king of fruits	7
Global potential distributions and conservation status of rice wild relatives	7
Effect of organic farming on root microbiota, seed production and pathogen resistance in winter wheat fields	7
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Flavour, culture and food security: The spicy entanglements of chile pepper conservation in 21st century Mexico	7
Water availability alters the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and determines plant mycorrhizal benefit	7
Are intellectual property policies for gene‐edited crops fit for purpose? The perspectives of German scientists	7
The Plant Science Blogging Project: A curriculum to develop student science communication skills	7
From genes to governance: Engaging citizens in the new genomic techniques policy debate	7
microRNA‐encoded peptides inhibit seed germination of the root parasitic plant Orobanche cumana	7
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Verification of wild apple (Malus sylvestris) nursery stock sold in the United Kingdom	7
Mauritia flexuosa fruit production increases with increasing palm height in the Peruvian Amazon	7
The importance of the continuity of practice: Ethnobotany of Kihnu island (Estonia) from 1937 to 2021	7
Lost in translation: The need for updated messaging strategies in invasion biology communication	7