OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Phytopathology is 29. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Phytopathogens Reprogram Host Alternative mRNA Splicing	143
Genome-Enabled Insights into Downy Mildew Biology and Evolution	141
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Theories for Understanding the Effect of Impact Assessment and Project Evaluation on the Practice of Science	113
Ralstonia solanacearum: An Arsenal of Virulence Strategies and Prospects for Resistance	73
Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) in Plant Innate Immunity: Applying the Danger Model and Evolutionary Perspectives	69
Phytophthora capsici: Recent Progress on Fundamental Biology and Disease Management 100 Years After Its Description	67
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Functional Peptides for Plant Disease Control	65
Symptom Development in Plant Viral Diseases: What, How, and Why?	57
Biotechnology and Genomic Approaches to Mitigating Disease Impacts on Forest Health	57
Functions and Mechanisms of Secreted Proteinaceous Effectors of Broad-Host-Range Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens	54
The Past Is Present: Coevolution of Viruses and Host Resistance Within Geographic Centers of Plant Diversity	53
Evolving Archetypes: Learning from Pathogen Emergence on a Nonmodel Host	52
Genome Biology of Rust Fungi	51
Engineering a One Health Super Wheat	49
Phytopathogen Effector Biology in the Burgeoning AI Era	43
Shedding the Light on Powdery Mildew: The Use of Optical Irradiation in Management of the Disease	42
Peptide Effectors in Phytonematode Parasitism and Beyond	41
Interkingdom Signaling Interference: The Effect of Plant-Derived Small Molecules on Quorum Sensing in Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria	38
Management of Huanglongbing of Citrus: Lessons from São Paulo and Florida	37
Appreciation for the Leadership of Leach and Lindow	35
The Global Forest Health Crisis: A Public-Good Social Dilemma in Need of International Collective Action	35
Pathogen-Informed Strategies for Durable Resistance in Rice: Lessons from Bacterial Blight	34
International Trade and Local Effects of Viral and Bacterial Diseases in Ornamental Plants	34

Virulence and Ecology of Agrobacteria in the Context of Evolutionary Genomics	34
The Plant Ubiquitin–Proteasome System as a Target for Microbial Manipulation	33
Induced Resistance in Fruit and Vegetables: A Host Physiological Response Limiting Postharvest Disease Development	32
Climate Change Effects on Pathogen Emergence: Artificial Intelligence to Translate Big Data for Mitigation	31
Ill Communication: Host Metabolites as Virulence-Regulating Signals for Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria	29
Diversity, Evolution, and Function of Pseudomonas syringae Effectoromes	29