OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Phytopathology is 13. 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
	138
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
	65
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
Virulence and Ecology of Agrobacteria in the Context of Evolutionary Genomics	34
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
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
Diversity, Evolution, and Function of Pseudomonas syringae Effectoromes	29
Ill Communication: Host Metabolites as Virulence-Regulating Signals for Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria	29
Challenges to Wheat Disease Resistance and Current Global Strategies	27
Function, Evolution, and Ecology of Type VI Secretion Systems of Plant-Associated Bacteria	25
Cryphonectriaceae: Biodiverse and Threatening Tree Pathogens in the Tropics and Southern Hemisphere	24
Fungal Trunk Diseases: A Global Threat to Grapevines	24
Contrasting Mechanisms of Defense Against Biotrophic and Necrotrophic Pathogens, 20 Years Later: What Has Changed?	23
Replication Organelles of Plant Positive-Strand RNA Viruses: A Boost in Knowledge Following New Imaging Approaches	23
The Greening of One Health: Plants, Pathogens, and the Environment	22
The Phloem as an Arena for Plant Pathogens	21
Re-Envisioning the Plant Disease Triangle: Full Integration of the Host Microbiota and a Focal Pivot to Health Outcomes	21
Guns 'N Roses: Fungal Volatile Warfare in Postharvest Disease Control	20
Disease Management in Regenerative Cropping in the Context of Climate Change and Regulatory Restrictions	19
Seed Pathology: Challenges and Advances in Ensuring a Safe Global Seed Supply	18
Susceptibility Genes in Bacterial Diseases of Plants	16
Facilitating Reforestation Through the Plant Microbiome: Perspectives from the Phyllosphere	16
Mycotoxin Production inFusariumAccording to Contemporary Species Concepts	15
The Spectrum of Diverse Disease-Resistance Genes Cloned and Characterized in the Triticeae Tribe	14
Characterization of Effector–Target Interactions in Necrotrophic Pathosystems Reveals Trends and Variation in Host Manipulation	13
Free-Riding in Plant Health: A Social-Ecological Systems Approach to Collective Action	13