OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Photosynthesis Research is 8. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Adaptive significance of age- and light-related variation in needle structure, photochemistry, and pigments in evergreen coniferous trees	229
Kinetics of reformation of the S0 state capable of progressing to the S1 state after the O2 release by photosystem II	107
Effectiveness of salt priming and plant growth-promoting bacteria in mitigating salt-induced photosynthetic damage in melon	104
Crop photosynthesis for the twenty-first century	62
David (Dave) Charles Fork (1929–2020): a gentle human being, a great experimenter, and a passionate researcher	43
Chlorophyll triplet states in thylakoid membranes of Acaryochloris marina. Evidence for a triplet state sitting on the photosystem I primary donor populated by intersystem crossing	42
Tracking the first electron transfer step at the donor side of oxygen-evolving photosystem II by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy	33
Light-harvesting complex stress-related proteins play crucial roles in the acclimation of Physcomitrella patens under fluctuating light conditions	29
Disproportionate effect of cationic antiseptics on the quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime of bacteriochlorophyll molecules in the LH1-RC complex of R. rubrum chromatophores	28
In memoriam of Professor Bridgette Barry (March 1, 1957–January 20, 2021)	27
Year-round sustainable biomass production potential of Nannochloris sp. in outdoor raceway pond enabled through strategic photobiological screening	25
Tools for analyzing protonation states and for tracing proton transfer pathways with examples from the Rb. sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers	25
Roles of ApcD and orange carotenoid protein in photoinduction of electron transport upon dark–light transition in the Synechocystis PCC 6803 mutant deficient in flavodiiron protein Flv1	23
Evaluating the contribution of plant metabolic pathways in the light to the ATP:NADPH demand using a meta-analysis of isotopically non-stationary metabolic flux analyses	22
Quantification of NAD(P)H in cyanobacterial cells by a phenol extraction method	21
Ultraviolet screening by slug tissue and tight packing of plastids protect photosynthetic sea slugs from photoinhibition	21
Chloride facilitates Mn(III) formation during photoassembly of the Photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex	20
Photosynthetic electron transport in pitcher plants (Nepenthes mirabilis)	20
Analysis of the changes of electron transfer and heterogeneity of photosystem II in Deg1-reduced Arabidopsis plants	20
Psb27, a photosystem II assembly protein, enables quenching of excess light energy during its participation in the PSII lifecycle	20
The role of the local environment on the structural heterogeneity of carotenoid β-ionone rings	19
In memory of Vladimir Anatolievich Shuvalov (1943–2022): an outstanding biophysicist	19
Light-induced changes of far-red excited chlorophyll fluorescence: further evidence for variable fluorescence of photosystem I in vivo	19
Coral symbionts evolved a functional polycistronic flavodiiron gene	19
Concurrent bioimaging of microalgal photophysiology and oxidative stress	18

Concerning the enigmatic cytochrome b-559 of oxygenic photosynthesis	18
Glycerol binding at the narrow channel of photosystem II stabilizes the low-spin S2 state of the oxygen-evolving complex	18
Influence of the antiseptic octenidine on spectral characteristics and energy migration processes in photosystem II core complexes	17
Different survival strategies involve carbon translocation rather than de novo C assimilation under complete submergence in rice plant	16
Effect of low-dose ionizing radiation on spatiotemporal parameters of functional responses induced by electrical signals in tobacco plants	15
Atomic force microscopic analysis of the light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum	15
Extra O2 evolution reveals an O2-independent alternative electron sink in photosynthesis of marine diatoms	15
Modulating spectral response of raw photosynthetic pigments via ternary cadmium chalcogenide quantum dots: simultaneous enhancement at green spectrum and inhibition at UV region	14
Integrating multiple statistical indices to measure the stability of photosynthetic pigment content and composition in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern germplasm under varying environmental conditions	14
Using picosecond fluorescence lifetime analysis to determine photosynthesis in the world’s oceans	14
Peculiarities of DNP-INT and DBMIB as inhibitors of the photosynthetic electron transport	13
Light harvesting in purple bacteria does not rely on resonance fine-tuning in peripheral antenna complexes	13
Correction to: The carbon-concentrating mechanism of the extremophilic red microalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae	13
Role of isotropic lipid phase in the fusion of photosystem II membranes	13
Anatomical acclimation of mature leaves to increased irradiance in sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.)	12
A perspective on the major light-harvesting complex dynamics under the effect of pH, salts, and the photoprotective PsbS protein	12
Spectral diversity of photosystem I from flowering plants	12
Indirect interactions involving the PsbM or PsbT subunits and the PsbO, PsbU and PsbV proteins stabilize assembly and activity of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	12
From manganese oxidation to water oxidation: assembly and evolution of the water-splitting complex in photosystem II	12
Eustress responses of Musa acuminata cv. red banana using LED spectra	12
Accurate photosynthetic parameter estimation at low stomatal conductance: effects of cuticular conductance and instrumental noise	12
NADPH production in dark stages is critical for cyanobacterial photocurrent generation: a study using mutants deficient in oxidative pentose phosphate pathway	12
Basking in the sun: how mosses photosynthesise and survive in Antarctica	11
Insights into the binding mechanism of ascorbic acid and violaxanthin with violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE) and chlorophycean violaxanthin de-epoxidase (CVDE) enzymes	11
Adaptive significance of age- and light-related variation in needle structure, photochemistry, and pigments in evergreen coniferous trees	11
Remembering Jan Amesz (1934–2001): a great gentleman, a major discoverer, and an internationally renowned biophysicist of both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesisa	11
Pigment-modified reaction centers of Chloroflexus aurantiacus: chemical exchange of bacteriopheophytins with plant-type pheophytins	11
Light quality affects chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthetic performance in Antarctic Chlamydomonas	11
Differential sensitivities of photosynthetic component processes govern oxidative stress levels and net assimilation rates in virus-infected cotton	11
Photosystem 2 and the oxygen evolving complex: a brief overview	11
The influence of cationic antiseptics on the processes of light energy conversion in various photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes	10
Salt and heat stress enhances hydrogen production in cyanobacteria	10
Natural and artificial photosynthesis: fundamentals, progress, and challenges	10
Effects of partial replacement of red by green light in the growth spectrum on photomorphogenesis and photosynthesis in tomato plants	10
Photosynthetic acclimation during low-light-induced leaf senescence in post-anthesis maize plants	9
In vitro demetalation of central magnesium in various chlorophyll derivatives using Mg-dechelatase homolog from the chloroflexi Anaerolineae	9
The synergy between the PscC subunits for electron transfer to the P840 special pair in Chlorobaculum tepidum	9
Properties of Photosystem II lacking the PsbJ subunit	9
Accumulation of geranylgeranylated chlorophylls in the pigment-protein complexes of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to green light: effects on the organization of light-harvesting complex II and photo	9
Photosynthesis research under climate change	9
The redox state of the plastoquinone (PQ) pool is connected to thylakoid lipid saturation in a marine diatom	9
Three overlooked photosynthesis papers of Otto Warburg (1883–1970), published in the 1940s in German and in Russian, on light-driven water oxidation coupled to benzoquinone reduction	9
Roadmap of electrons from donor side to the reaction center of photosynthetic purple bacteria with mutated cytochromes	9
A dual compartment cuvette system for correcting scattering in whole-cell absorbance spectroscopy of photosynthetic microorganisms	8
Active in situ and passive airborne fluorescence measurements for water stress detection on a fescue field	8
Genome-wide association study of leaf photosynthesis using a high-throughput gas exchange system in rice	8
Psb34 protein modulates binding of high-light-inducible proteins to CP47-containing photosystem II assembly intermediates in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	8
Cyclic electron flow (CEF) and ascorbate pathway activity provide constitutive photoprotection for the photopsychrophile, Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241 (renamed Chlamydomonas priscuii)	8
Plastoquinone pool redox state and control of state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in darkness and under illumination	8
High salt-induced PSI-supercomplex is associated with high CEF and attenuation of state transitions	8

Identification and characterization of the low molecular mass ferredoxins involved in central metabolism in Heliomicrobium modesticaldum	8
Honoring two stalwarts of photosynthesis research: Eva-Mari Aro and Govindjee	8
The specificity of the bilin lyase CpcS for chromophore attachment to allophycocyanin in the chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacterium Halomicronima hongdechloris	8
Dynamic Stark effect in β and γ carotenes induced by photoexcitation of bacteriochlorophyll c in chlorosomes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus	8
PSII supercomplex disassembly is not needed for the induction of energy quenching (qE)	8
On the simulation and interpretation of substrate-water exchange experiments in photosynthetic water oxidation	8
Signatures of intramolecular vibrational and vibronic Q$$_{\mathrm{x}}$$–Q$$_{\mathrm{y}}$$ coupling effects in absorption and CD spectra of chlorophyll dimers	8