OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of New Phytologist is 73. 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
	461
A tail of two horses? Guard cell abscisic acid and carbon dioxide signalling in the Equisetum ferns	345
Ontogenetic trajectories as the target of selection	212
Issue Information	208
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Corrigendum to: Decadal soil warming decreased vascular plant above and belowground production in a subarctic grassland by inducing nitrogen limitation	160
Shining a new light on the classical concepts of carbon‐isotope dendrochronology	160
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Discovery of a second‐site nia2 mutation in the background of multiple ArabidopsisPIF‐related mutants containing the pif3‐3 allele	150
Tracing phosphorus from soil through mycorrhizal fungi to plants	143
Editing of upstream regulatory elements advances plant gene silencing	143
Modelling analysis confirms the role of NPQ saturation for the divergence of the GPP–SIF relationship during heatwave	143
Hydraulic conductivity‐induced systematic parameter variation in a widely used thermal dissipation sap‐flow technique	142
All roads lead to Rome: alternative biosynthetic routes in plant specialised metabolism	140
Do grasses have meristemoids?	137
A consumer‐oriented approach to define breeding targets for molecular breeding	133
The ETI‐dependent receptor‐like kinase 1 positively regulates effector‐triggered immunity by stabilizing NLR‐required for cell death 4 in Nicotiana benthamiana	131
Actin filaments drive spindle positioning in Arabidopsis meiosis II	130
SHORT‐ROOT and SCARECROW homologs regulate patterning of diverse cell types within and between species	129
Biomolecular condensation programs floral transition to orchestrate flowering time and inflorescence architecture	127
An arbuscular mycorrhiza from the 407‐million‐year‐old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging	126
Time‐integrated δ²H in n‐alkanes and carbohydrates from boreal needles reveal intra‐annual physiological and environmental signals	119
Drought and life‐history strategies in Heliophila (Brassicaceae)	118
A genetically encoded biosensor reveals spatiotemporal variation in cellular phosphate content in Brachypodium distachyon mycorrhizal roots	115
Impacts of climate timescale on the stability of trait–environment relationships	113

Plant PI4P is required for bacteria to translocate type‐3 effectors	113
Island colonization in flowering plants is determined by the interplay of breeding system, lifespan, floral symmetry, and arrival opportunity	111
World‐wide impacts of climate change and nitrogen deposition on vegetation structure, composition, and functioning of shrublands	111
Greenbeards in plants?	110
A 23‐million‐year record of morphological evolution within Neotropical grass pollen	109
Phosphatidylinositol 4‐phosphate: a key determinant of plasma membrane identity and function in plants	105
A reactive oxygen species Ca ²⁺ signalling pathway identified from a chemical screen for modifiers of sugar‐activated circadian gene expression	103
Arabidopsis PROTODERMAL FACTOR2 binds lysophosphatidylcholines and transcriptionally regulates phospholipid metabolism	102
A competition‐attenuation mechanism modulates thermoresponsive growth at warm temperatures in plants	100
A key virulence effector from cyst nematodes targets host autophagy to promote nematode parasitism	99
The RXLR effector PpE18 of Phytophthora parasitica is a virulence factor and suppresses peroxisome membrane‐associated ascorbate peroxidase NbAPX3‐1‐mediated pl	97
Chemical biology to dissect molecular mechanisms underlying plant circadian clocks	96
Wood nutrients: Underexplored traits with functional and biogeochemical consequences	96
To be or not to be: cell‐specific expression profiles reveal drivers of cell identity in C ₄	95
HalALMT1 mediates malate efflux in the cortex of mature cluster rootlets of Hakea laurina, occurring naturally in severely phosphorus‐impoverished soil	95
Adaptive evolution can mitigate the negative effects of temperature stress on plant–pollinator interactions	95
Anionic phospholipid‐mediated transmembrane transport and intracellular membrane trafficking in plant cells	93
The SnRK2.2‐ZmHsf28‐JAZ14/17 module regulates drought tolerance in maize	92
Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among bacteria, ectomycorrhizal fungi, and land trees	92
Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations	92
Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions	91
Temporally disjunct herbaceous species differ in leaf embolism resistance	90
Methane emission from stems of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) offsets as much as half of methane oxidation in soil	90
A step back to move forward: an effect of biomass removal on functional traits of clonal and nonclonal herbs during establishment growth	88
Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development	87
Tracking tree demography and forest dynamics at scale using remote sensing	86
Hypoxia response protein HRM1 modulates the activity of mitochondrial electron transport chain in Arabidopsis under hypoxic stress	84
Social and biological innovations are essential to deliver transformative forest biotechnologies	84
Mutualism, herbivory, and invasive ants as seasonally dependent drivers of root surface area in a foundational savanna ant–plant	84
Photosynthetic capacity in seagrass seeds and early‐stage seedlings of Zostera marina	83
Mechanisms of UV‐B light‐induced photoreceptor UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics	83
Breeding for delayed bolting decelerated the circadian clock in cultivated lettuce	83
The rice OsERF101 transcription factor regulates the NLR Xa1‐mediated immunity induced by perception of TAL effectors	83
The OsNLP3/4‐OsRFL module regulates nitrogen‐promoted panicle architecture in rice	82
Warming triggers stomatal opening by enhancement of photosynthesis and ensuing guard cell CO₂ sensing, whereas higher temperatures induce a photosynthesis‐uncoupled response	81
A novel HD‐Zip I/C2H2‐ZFP/WD‐repeat complex regulates the size of spine base in cucumber	80
The unique root form and function on the Tibetan Plateau	80
Climb forest, climb: diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients	79
DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE 5 regulates polar tip growth of tobacco pollen tubes	78
The genomic secrets of invasive plants	76
A paler shade of green: engineering cellular chlorophyll content to enhance photosynthesis in crowded environments	76
Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought	75
Haplotype‐resolved genome assembly provides insights into the evolution of S‐locus supergene in distylous Nymphoides indica	75
Exploring the importance of aromatic plants' extrafloral volatiles for pollinator attraction	75
The good, the bad, and the phosphate: regulation of beneficial and detrimental plant–microbe interactions by the plant phosphate status	75
Phosphorus limitation of early growth differs between nitrogen‐fixing and nonfixing dry tropical forest tree species	74
Xylella fastidiosa’s relationships: the bacterium, the host plants, and the plant microbiome	74
Elevated CO₂ mediates ectomycorrhizal fungi species‐specific decreases of native soil carbon and causes negative priming under low nutrients	73
Complex climate‐mediated effects of urbanization on plant reproductive phenology and frost risk	73