OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of South African Journal of Botany is 39. 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
Larger trees facilitate understory herbaceous biomass but not diversity in a South African savanna	156
Unveiling the amalgamation of growing substrates and cultivars for low-cost plantlet multiplication in banana	79
Secondarily woody Lobostemon and Echium (Boraginaceae) from two Mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots share similar wood anatomies	75
Cassia auriculata Linn. extracts induce apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of A549 lung cancer cell lines: An in vitro approach	73
The content of bioactive compounds in Moringa oleifera and Moringa stenopetala grown in Ethiopia	71
The sustainability of two native tree species under a 40-year selective logging cycle in north-western Zimbabwe	67
Development of genome-wide microsatellites from Primula denticulata and their utility in different species of the genus	66
Corrigendum to Ecological survey, population assessment and habitat distribution modelling for conserving Fritillaria roylei—A critically endangered Himalayan medicinal herb, South African Journal of	65
Dual production of solar energy and important plant-derived active pharmaceutical ingredients: Artemisinin, a pilot study	62
Responses of rootstock variability to tolerate salinity in tomato	62
Mathematical modeling of the combined action of Origanum grosii essential oil and sodium chloride on the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	61
Meta-analysis of the influence of seasonality on the chemical composition of essential oils from Myrtaceae species	57
Desiccation and chilling sensitivity of the recalcitrant seeds of Trichilia dregeana harvested from two provenances	53
E2F/DP protein family in beans: Identification, evolution and expression analysis within the genome	53
Constituent content and allelopathic potential of eighteen extracts for the control of Urochloa decumbens under laboratory conditions	52
Editorial Board	52
Anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic and anti-lipidemic activities of root bark extracts from Rhus tripartitum and cytotoxicity evaluation of isolated compounds	50
Micrasterias apiculata var. tjitjeroekensis, a scarce and interesting desmid from Mozambique	50
The antiproliferative extract from the leaves of Acacia sieberiana var. woodii (Fabaceae) is harmless as evidenced by acute and subacute toxicity studies in rats	49
Clonal propagation of rare orchid species Paphiopedilum spp. (Orchidaceae) to save Indonesian biodiversity	47
In-Silico Investigation on the Inhibitory Effect of Compounds from Essential Oils of Boesenbergia rotunda on Sortase-A of Streptococcus mutans	46
First draft of the nuclear genome assembly and annotation of the multi-stress tolerant desert giant milkweed Calotropis procera	46
Impact of energy saving LED illumination on growth, physiological and biochemical parameters of Musa spp. cv. Red banana regenerated in vitro using different explants	46
Editorial Board	46
Resurrection of Talbotia as a monotypic genus in Velloziaceae	45

Three Mediterranean species from natural plant communities (Ceratonia siliqua, Pistacia lentiscus, and Olea europaea var. sylvestris): phenolic acids, flavonoids, and biological activities	45
Bioactivity of essential oils extracted from four varieties of Zanthoxylum bungeanum against insects and dominant spoilage fungi in Codonopsis pilosulae	45
Field inoculation of rhizobacteria formulation improves crop performance under reduced irrigation levels	45
Analysis of the chemical properties and larvicidal activity of essential oils from Ruta graveolens and Ruta montana against Culiseta longiareolata: Toxicity, enzymatic and biochemical alterations	45
Supplementation of Moringa based zinc oxide nanoparticles mitigates salt stress in Celosia argentea through reduced chloride (Cl −) uptake and modulation in physiochemical attributes	43
The untargeted phytochemical profile of Verbascum thapsus L. with potent antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer activities	41
Emerging roles of melatonin in mitigating salinity stress of legumes	41
Phytochemical profile, antioxidant, antiproliferative, and enzyme inhibition-docking analyses of Salvia ekimiana Celep & Doğan	40
Mass spectrometry-based untargeted metabolomics approaches for comprehensive structural annotation of bioactive metabolites from bushy cashew (Anacardium humile) fruits	40
Promising botanical-derived monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors: pharmacological aspects and structure-activity studies	40
Seasonal variation in alkaloid content, phenolic constituent and biological activities of some Leucojum aestivum L. populations in Turkey	39
Retraction notice to The potential of Plant-derived secondary metabolites as novel drug candidate against Klebsiella pneumoniae: Molecular Docking and Simulation Investigation [South African Journal o	39
Typification of the name Juncus oxycarpus (Verojuncus oxycarpus) (Juncaceae) and its synonym, with nomenclatural notes	39
From fruit to functional food: Eriobotrya japonica’s potential in managing obesity and Alzheimer's disease	39