OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Physiology is 56. 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
Off-putting! No red, no ripe: methylglyoxal inhibits fruit ripening	243
Epigenetics, flavor, and tomatoes: A love triangle based on a stable relationship	109
Barley roots require HvGLU3 for cellulose biosynthesis	106
NF-YC3: The master regulator of tomato-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiotic symphony	93
Photosystems are ganging up to form megacomplexes in the dinoflagellateProrocentrum cordatum	92
DIV1: The master of awakening seeds in harsh salinity stress	91
On the move, direction matters: Polar localization of OsLsi1 for differential uptake of metalloids in rice	90
Preventing transposons from jumping by transposon-derived small RNAs	90
A lotus by any other color: Gene regulation divergence in lotus petal development	90
Fight to survive: Marchantia synthesizes newly identified metabolites in response to wounding	88
Functional specialization of expanded orange carotenoid protein paralogs in subaerial Nostoc species	83
And … cut! Identifying chromatin features affecting CRISPR–Cas9 activity in plants	82
Unlocking hybrid vigor: a new genic male sterile gene in da house	82
A data-integrative modeling approach accurately characterizes the effects of mutations on Arabidopsis lipid metabolism	82
Allele-specific expression of AP2-like ABA repressor 1 regulates iron uptake by modulating rhizosphere pH in apple	82
Ethylene reshapes protein assemblies in the dark	79
Linking timing to nitrogen use efficiency: Rice OsEC-Ghd7-ARE1 module works on it	79
Stm is required for fate establishment of productive shoot progenitor cells in Arabidopsis tissue culture	78
Correction to: ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3/EIN3-LIKE1 modulate FLOWERING LOCUS C expression via histone demethylase interaction	78
CYTOSOLIC INVERTASE2 regulates flowering and reactive oxygen species-triggered programmed cell death in tomato	74
BTB/POZ-MATH proteins regulate Arabidopsis seedling development by promoting auxin-independent degradation of the Aux/IAA protein IAA10	74
The intermediate in a nitrate-responsive ω-amidase pathway in plants may signal ammonium assimilation status	73
TaCAMTA4 negatively regulates H2O2-dependent wheat leaf rust resistance by activating catalase 1 expression	73
Mixing it up: a chimeric tobacco-cyanobacterial photosystem II design for maximum low-light use efficiency	73
Roles of very long-chain fatty acids in compound leaf patterning inMedicago truncatula	72

Chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation impact asymmetric subgenome dominance in allotriploid Brassica species	71
Plant metabolism: Zoom in to the single-cell level	71
H2 supplied via ammonia borane stimulates lateral root branching via phytomelatonin signaling	70
DROUGHT-INDUCED BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE enhances drought tolerance in rice	69
How slender bamboo reacts to gravitational and external mechanical stimuli: Responses and mechanisms	69
Mobile signals, patterning, and positional information in root development	68
PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants	68
Building safe lipid stores: Arabidopsis lipins shape lipid droplet biogenesis and lipid homeostasis	68
PyHAT5 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in red-fleshed pear and undergoes ubiquitination and degradation by PyAIP2	67
High-throughput genetic transformation and genome editing in pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.)	66
All members of the Arabidopsis DGAT and PDAT acyltransferase families operate during high and low temperatures	66
R-SNARE protein YKT61 mediates root apical meristem cell division via BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1 recycling	63
Molecular characterization and functional analyses of maize phytochrome A photoreceptors	62
Is hypoxia good or bad? Role of oxygen levels in maize kernel development	61
Let the sunshine in: Abscisic acid modulates shade avoidance by inducing hyponasty movement in Arabidopsis	61
PLANT UNCOUPLING MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN 2 localizes to the Golgi	61
How plants adapt to combined and sequential abiotic stresses: A transcriptomics approach	60
Comparison of red raspberry and wild strawberry fruits reveals mechanisms of fruit type specification	60
Spatiotemporal dynamics of the tomato fruit transcriptome under prolonged water stress	60
A galactolipase activated by high light helps cells acclimate to stress in cyanobacteria	59
The transcription factor VviNAC60 regulates senescence- and ripening-related processes in grapevine	59
Transcriptional factor MdESE3 controls fruit acidity by activating genes regulating malic acid content in apple	59
Multi-omics and genetic analysis uncover salicylic acid-mediated core signaling networks for seed longevity in rice	58
Diatoms exhibit dynamic chloroplast calcium signals in response to high light and oxidative stress	58
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted editing of GmSH2 enhances sugar accumulation in vegetable soybean	58
CRISPR-Cas12i confers efficient genome editing and gene regulation in plants	58
A highly conserved ABCG transporter mediates root–soil cohesion in Arabidopsis	57
Advances in seed hypoxia research	57
Large-scale comparative wheat phosphoproteome profiling reveals temperature-associated molecular signatures in wheat	56
Acyl-CoA binding protein is required for lipid droplet degradation in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum	56
Tomato pollen tube growth requires flavonol glycosylation	56