OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Plant Research is 5. 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
Light increases resistance of thylakoid membranes to thermal inactivation	73
Expression of laccase and ascorbate oxidase affects lignin composition in Arabidopsis thaliana stems	47
What keeps the style under tension? Experimental tests to understand the biomechanics of the explosive style movement in Marantaceae	31
Comparisons among populations and individuals to evaluate pollen–pistil interaction as a mechanism of reproductive interference in Taraxacum	27
Starch-dependent sodium accumulation in the leaves of Vigna riukiuensis	24
Acknowledgement	19
Correction to: Weak transgenerational effects of ancestral nitrogen and phosphorus availabilities on offspring phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana	19
A conserved mechanism determines the activity of two pivotal transcription factors that control epidermal cell differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana	18
Identification and functional analysis of the Dof transcription factor genes in sugar beet	16
Effects of phosphorus stress on the growth and secondary metabolism of Artemisia argyi	15
Contrasting leaf intercellular space development in sorghum and maize modulates different tolerance capacity to water limitation	14
Drought induces variation in the DNA methylation status of the barley HvDME promoter	14
Long-and short-billed hummingbirds as pollinators of Palicourea demissa, a distylous treelet of Neotropical cloud forests	14
Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2): roles in plant morphogenesis, cell division, and pathogenesis	14
Functional division of f-type and m-type thioredoxins to regulate the Calvin cycle and cyclic electron transport around photosystem I	14
Cell wall thickness spectrum of photosynthetic cells in herbaceous C3, C4, and crassulacean acid metabolism plants	13
The assembly of a Malus sieversii regulatory network reveals gene resistance against Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali when colonized by Trichoderma biofertilizer	13
The ability of P700 oxidation in photosystem I reflects chilling stress tolerance in cucumber	13
Cold-upregulated glycosyltransferase gene 1 (OsCUGT1) plays important roles in rice height and spikelet fertility	12
Mitigation of salinity stress in cucumber seedlings by exogenous hydrogen sulfide	12
Physiological roles of Arabidopsis MCA1 and MCA2 based on their dynamic expression patterns	12
Correction: Anthocyanin synthesis potential in betalain-producing Caryophyllales plants	12
Transcription factor TERF1 promotes seed germination through HEXOKINASE 1 (HXK1)-mediated signaling pathway	12
Transcriptome analysis of North American sweet birch (Betula lenta) revealed a higher expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites than European silver birch (B. pendula)	12
Mechanical forces exerted on floral primordia with a novel experimental system modify floral development in Arabidopsis thaliana	12

Reproductive isolation between two sympatric bat-pollinated Bauhinia (Leguminosae)	11
Correction to: Cyclic guanosine monophosphate improves salt tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum	11
Overexpression of sweetpotato glutamylcysteine synthetase (IbGCS) in Arabidopsis confers tolerance to drought and salt stresses	11
Genetic structure of two oak species with different seed sizes in fragmented urban forests	11
Loss of chloroplast-localized NAD kinase causes ROS stress in Arabidopsis thaliana	10
Phylogeny of Alisma (Alismataceae) revisited: implications for polyploid evolution and species delimitation	10
Heterologous gene expression system for the production of hydrolyzable tannin intermediates in herbaceous model plants	10
Non-radiative origin for alpine endemics of Draba (Brassicaceae) in the central mountains of the Japanese Archipelago	10
Over-compensation of the native herb Qiai (Artemisia argyi var. argyi cv. Qiai) to infection with alien field dodder (Cuscuta campestris)	10
Distinct redox state regulation in the seedling performance of Norway maple and sycamore	10
Antioxidant enzymes of Pseudochlorella pringsheimii under two stressors: variation of SOD Isoforms activity	10
Assimilatory deficit and energy regulation in young Handroanthus chrysotrichus plants under flooding stress	10
Integration of single nucleus RNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq reveals gene regulatory networks for vascular connection between parasitic plants and host plants	9
Translational activation of ribosome-related genes at initial photoreception is dependent on signals derived from both the nucleus and the chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana	9
Regulation of photosystems II and I depending on N partitioning to Rubisco in rice leaves: a study using Rubisco-antisense transgenic plants	9
Occurrence of distinctive cells and effects of irradiance on vascular formation in leaves of shade-tolerant C4 grass Paspalum conjugatum	9
Needle/electrode insertion device for measuring plant electrical signals	9
Single-cell views of fate reprogramming in de novo organogenesis	9
Mechanical forces in plant growth and development	9
Hybridization and polyploidization effects on LTR-retrotransposon activation in potato genome	9
Equisetum praealtum and E. hyemale have abundant Rubisco with a high catalytic turnover rate and low CO2 affinity	9
Computational insights into diverse aspects of glutathione S-transferase gene family in Papaver somniferum	8
In-silico evolutionary analysis of plant-OBERON proteins during compatible MYMV infection in respect of improving host resistance	8
Dissection of respiratory and cyclic electron transport in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	8
Weak transgenerational effects of ancestral nitrogen and phosphorus availabilities on offspring phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
The PpMYB75-PpDFR module reveals the difference between ‘SR’ and its bud variant ‘RMHC’ in peach red flesh	7
Fine-scale clonal structure of the lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea under the nurse plant Pinus pumila vegetation in an alpine region, Mt. Norikura	7
Abortion occurs during double fertilization and ovule development in Paeonia ludlowii	7
Heterologous complementation systems verify the mosaic distribution of three distinct protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase in the cyanobacterial phylum	7
Abscisic acid enhances non-photochemical quenching through SnRK2 and ABI3 in Physcomitrium patens	7
The Arabidopsis thaliana integrin-like gene AT14A improves drought tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum	6
RAB GTPases and SNAREs at the trans-Golgi network in plants	6
ATML1 and PDF2 regulate cuticle formation and protect the plant body from environmental stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings	6
Light promotes asexual reproduction and mediates transcriptomic changes in Pediastrum duplex	6
Low genetic variation of foliar traits among Prosopis chilensis (Leguminosae) provenances	6
New insights into the evolution and function of the UMAMIT (USUALLY MULTIPLE ACIDS MOVE IN AND OUT TRANSPORTER) gene family	6
The grapevine aspartic protease gene family: characterization and expression modulation in response to Plasmopara viticola	6
Rhizosphere frame system enables nondestructive live-imaging of legume-rhizobium interactions in the soil	6
Morphological and physiological response of amphibious Rotala rotundifolia from emergent to submerged form	6
Maize root responses to drought stress depend on root class and axial position	6
Plastome phylogenomics of Allaeanthus, Broussonetia and Malaisia (Dorstenieae, Moraceae) and the origin of B. × kazinoki	6
Growth condition controls on G-93 parameters of isoprene emission from tropical trees	6
Strigolactone is involved in nitric oxide-enhanced the salt resistance in tomato seedlings	6
Tetracentron (Trochodendraceae) in the Paleocene and Miocene of western North America	5
Hidden history of the tobacco BY-2 cell line	5
Response of Vicia faba to short-term uranium exposure: chelating and antioxidant system changes in roots	5
Contributions of lignification, tissue arrangement patterns, and cross-sectional area to whole-stem mechanical properties in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
How sterols affect protoplasts plasma membrane water permeability and their volume under osmotic shock	5
Systematic characterization of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase members revealed classification and function divergence in Haplomitrium mnioides	5
2025 Awards in the Journal of Plant Research	5

Heat-induced down-regulation of photosystem II protects photosystem I in honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)	5
Gynoecium structure in Sapindales and a case study of Trichilia pallens (Meliaceae)	5
Floral scents, specialized metabolites and stress-response activities in Heritiera fomes and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza from Sundarban mangrove ecosystem	5
New Year’s greetings 2024 from the Journal of Plant Research	5
Leaf form diversity and evolution: a never-ending story in plant biology	5
Mycobiont diversity and first evidence of mixotrophy associated with Psathyrellaceae fungi in the chlorophyllous orchid Cremastra variabilis	5
Athyrium yokoscense, a cadmium-hypertolerant fern, exhibits two cadmium stress mitigation strategies in its roots and aerial parts	5
RAL6 encodes a seed allergenic protein that positively regulates grain weight and seed germination	5