OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plants People Planet 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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Desert hyacinths: An obscure solution to a global problem?	57
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Prescribed burning effectively maintains threatened species in semi‐natural grasslands on lava flows	52
A new feature of the laboratory model plant Nicotiana benthamiana: Dead‐end trap for sustainable field pest control	47
Exploiting genetic variation from unadapted germplasm—An example from improvement of sorghum in Ethiopia	34
The long road to a sustainable banana trade	32
Evaluating the determinants of deforestation and approaches to reforestation by cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire	30
Safeguarding sandalwood: A review of current and emerging tools to support sustainable and legal forestry	29
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Most of the world's largest flowers (genus Rafflesia) are now on the brink of extinction	22
Genomic responses to climate: Understanding local adaptation in the Andean tree species Nothofagus pumilio and implications for a changing world	21
Assessing the impact of strictly protecting 30%–50% of global land on carbon dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems	21
Meta‐analysis of Red List conservation assessments of Mexican endemic and near endemic tree species shows nearly two thirds of these are threatened	21
Perspectives on biotechnology: Public and corporate narratives in the GM archives	20
Cytogenetics of maize in Mexico as a field of transnational exchange: The case of Takeo Ángel Kato Yamakake	20
Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate	20
The role of strigolactone structural diversity in the host specificity and control of Striga, a major constraint to sub‐Saharan agriculture	19
Creating a university evolution garden: An integrated learning approach for teaching land plant evolution	18
Accumulation of azafrin in the root apoplast of the medicinal plant Escobedia grandiflora might play a role in parasitism	18
Resilient trees for urban environments: The importance of intraspecific variation	18
Vineyard maturity increases arbuscular mycorrhizal and decreases plant pathogen fungal relative abundance in bulk soil across a 1,000 km Chilean gradient	17
A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom	17
A review of Madagascar's derived grasslands: Low palatability following anthropogenic fires may threaten food security	17
Extinction risk to the endemic trees of Papua New Guinea	17

Modern pollen rain reveals differences across forests, open and mosaic landscapes in Madagascar	15
Gibberellin action‐based strategies show promise in the control of Striga—A major threat to global agriculture	15
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	15
The importance of conserving Mexico's tomato agrodiversity to research plant biochemistry under different climates	14
Raising awareness through the Global Tree Assessment: Extinction risk of six fully assessed tree groups	14
Global benefits and domestic costs of a cooperative surveillance strategy to control transboundary crop pathogens	13
ArbNet: 10 years of fostering collaborations, furthering professionalism, and advancing the planting and conservation of trees through the global network of arboreta	13
RNAi‐based genetically engineered rice resistant to black‐streaked dwarf virus does not show adverse genetic effects: A multi‐omics analysis	12
Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British parklands	12
Endosymbionts in cranberry: Diversity, effect on plant growth, and pathogen biocontrol	12
Anthromes and forest carbon responses to global change	12
The societal roles and responsibilities of plant scientists in the context of genome‐edited crops	12
Bee pollination in the shadows: The role of pseudopollen and agamospermy in the mycoheterotrophic orchid Gastrodia elata	12
Towards the sustainability of African sandalwood: Understanding the distribution and environmental requirements	12
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The role of crop diversity in escape agriculture; rice cultivation among Maroon communities in Suriname	11
Restoration of threatened plant species in Limahuli Valley on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i in the framework of the Global Tree Assessment	11
Celebrating botanic gardens	11
Plant biodiversity, vegetation structure and provisioning services in rainforest, traditional and industrial oil palm cultivation systems in Liberia, West Africa	11
A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	11
Crop–pollinator interactions in urban and peri‐urban farms in the United Kingdom	11
Interactions of rare earth elements with living organisms and emerging biotechnical applications	10
(Poly)phenols of apples contribute to in vitro antidiabetic properties: Assessment of Canada's Apple Biodiversity Collection	10
Correction to “Characterizing the landscape of plant science careers in the United States II: Academic perspectives”	10
Uses and benefits of digital sequence information from plant genetic resources: Lessons learnt from botanical collections	10
Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate	10
Linking soil health to human health: Arbuscular mycorrhizae play a key role in plant uptake of the antioxidant ergothioneine from soils	10
Hot node limitations and impact of taxonomic resolution on phylogenetic divergence patterns: A case study on Ecuadorian ethnomedicinal flora	10
Impacts of climate change on the transcriptional dynamics and timing of bud dormancy release in Yoshino‐cherry tree	10
Preserving traditional systems: Identification of agricultural heritage areas based on agro‐biodiversity	9
Stronger increase of methane emissions from coastal wetlands by non‐native Spartina alterniflora than non‐native Phragmites australis	9
Collection of native Theobroma cacao L. accessions from the Ecuadorian Amazon highlights a hotspot of cocoa diversity	9
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Eurosta solidaginis‐induced stem galls affect strength and colour of botanical dyes extracted from giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)	9
Environment‐dependent influence of fruit size upon the distribution of the Malesian archipelagic flora	9
Bounded openness: A robust modality of access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits	9
Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social‐ecological systems	9
2D and 3D visualization of herbaceous plant–plant contact zones using high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography (HRXCT)	9
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Ethical considerations of urban ecological design and planning experiments	9
Fluctuating selection and rapid evolution of oaks during recent climatic transitions	9
Towards resource‐efficient forests: Mixing species changes crown biomass allocation and improves growth efficiency	9
The contributions of urban horticulture to cities' liveability and resilience: Insights from Singapore	8
Fruit in focus: A sampler platter of research	8
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How regulatory issues surrounding new breeding technologies can impact smallholder farmer breeding: A case study from the Philippines	8
Changes in tropical leafing behaviour with climate change over nine decades: A case study from the Singapore Botanic Gardens	8
Genomics in neglected and underutilized fruit crops: A chromosome‐scale genome sequence of cherimoya (Annona cherimola)	8
Strigolactone biosynthesis lgs1 mutant alleles mined from the sorghum accession panel are a promising resource of resistance to witchweed (Striga) parasitism	8
Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters	8

Inspired by surimono: Integrating photography and poetry to bring plants into focus	8
Evolution history and the importance of genomic diversity facing climate change. The case of Agave marmorata Roezl., a microendemic agave used for mezcal production	8
Small and in‐country herbaria are vital for accurate plant threat assessments: A case study from Peru	8
Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America	8
Ex situ germplasm collections of exceptional species are a vital part of the conservation of Australia's national plant treasures	8
Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country	8
Innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges	8
The emerging threat of human‐use antifungals in sustainable and circular agriculture schemes	8
Towards a co‐crediting system for carbon and biodiversity	7
A high‐resolution model of the grapevine leaf morphospace predicts synthetic leaves	7
Trees, society, and the path toward resilient ecosystems	7
The influence of Opuntia ficus‐indica on human livelihoods in Southern Africa	7
Herbarium records reveal multiple phases in the relationship between minimum residence time and invasion ranges of alien plant species	7
Correction to “Characterizing the landscape of plant science careers in the United States I: Government and private sector perspectives”	7
Coffee breeding in a time of crisis: F₁ hybrids in Central America since 1990	7
Expected yield and economic improvements of a yam seed system in West Africa using agro‐physiological modelling	7
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Predicting the potential for spread of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Great Britain: What can we learn from other affected areas?	7
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Integrated conservation of Acer yangbiense: A case study for conservation methods of plant species with extremely small populations	7
Relictithismia: An underground fairy lantern	6
Ectomycorrhizal necromass turnover is one‐third of biomass turnover in hemiboreal Pinus sylvestris forests	6
Investing in the future of science: Assessing UK environmental science engagement with school‐aged children	6
Sowing the wheat seeds of Afghanistan's future	6
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Eight arguments why biodiversity is important to safeguard food security	6
Could large‐scale silicon supplementation of crop‐lands mitigate the impacts of climate change?	6
Phenology of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK under past, current and future climate conditions	6
Small proteins, great promises: Geographic bioprospecting of Bowman–Birk protease inhibitors and domestication side‐effects in African cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.)	6
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Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to soil microbiome in modern and wild barley	6
Bridging biodiversity and ecosystem services through useful plant species	6
Towards conservation and sustainable use of an indigenous crop: A large partnership network enabled the genetic diversity assessment of 1539 fonio (Digitaria exilis) accessions	6
How can policymakers and researchers develop effective insect resistance management guidelines? A quantitative and qualitative study of Brazilian farmers' perspectives and attitudes	6
30 by 30 for plant diversity: How can we protect more of nature?	6
Enhancement of sorghum grain yield and nutrition: A role for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regardless of soil phosphorus availability	5
microRNA‐encoded peptides inhibit seed germination of the root parasitic plant Orobanche cumana	5
Global potential distributions and conservation status of rice wild relatives	5
How many species of Rafflesia exist in Java, Indonesia and what are the implications for conservation?	5
Is the Nagoya Protocol designed to conserve biodiversity?	5
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Are intellectual property policies for gene‐edited crops fit for purpose? The perspectives of German scientists	5
From genes to governance: Engaging citizens in the new genomic techniques policy debate	5
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Flavour, culture and food security: The spicy entanglements of chile pepper conservation in 21st century Mexico	5
A transdisciplinary approach to define and assess wild food plant sustainable foraging in Norway	5
Water availability alters the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and determines plant mycorrhizal benefit	5
Comparative phylogeographic analysis of Cuscuta campestris and Cuscuta reflexa in Kenya: Implications for management of highly invasive vines	5
The importance of the continuity of practice: Ethnobotany of Kihnu island (Estonia) from 1937 to 2021	5
The king of fruits	5
Sustainable production of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Mediterranean region to support the European Green Deal	5
Verification of wild apple (Malus sylvestris) nursery stock sold in the United Kingdom	5
Home gardens contribute to conservation of the critically endangered Wollemi Pine: Evaluation of a botanic garden‐led horticultural release programme	5