OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Plant Research is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Light increases resistance of thylakoid membranes to thermal inactivation	82
What keeps the style under tension? Experimental tests to understand the biomechanics of the explosive style movement in Marantaceae	53
Starch-dependent sodium accumulation in the leaves of Vigna riukiuensis	35
Correction to: Weak transgenerational effects of ancestral nitrogen and phosphorus availabilities on offspring phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana	23
Acknowledgement	19
Identification and functional analysis of the Dof transcription factor genes in sugar beet	18
Functional division of f-type and m-type thioredoxins to regulate the Calvin cycle and cyclic electron transport around photosystem I	17
Long-and short-billed hummingbirds as pollinators of Palicourea demissa, a distylous treelet of Neotropical cloud forests	16
Contrasting leaf intercellular space development in sorghum and maize modulates different tolerance capacity to water limitation	16
A conserved mechanism determines the activity of two pivotal transcription factors that control epidermal cell differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana	15
Expression of laccase and ascorbate oxidase affects lignin composition in Arabidopsis thaliana stems	15
Effects of phosphorus stress on the growth and secondary metabolism of Artemisia argyi	15
Mechanical forces exerted on floral primordia with a novel experimental system modify floral development in Arabidopsis thaliana	14
Genetic structure of two oak species with different seed sizes in fragmented urban forests	14
Cold-upregulated glycosyltransferase gene 1 (OsCUGT1) plays important roles in rice height and spikelet fertility	13
Physiological roles of Arabidopsis MCA1 and MCA2 based on their dynamic expression patterns	13
The assembly of a Malus sieversii regulatory network reveals gene resistance against Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali when colonized by Trichoderma biofertilizer	13
Mitigation of salinity stress in cucumber seedlings by exogenous hydrogen sulfide	12
Transcription factor TERF1 promotes seed germination through HEXOKINASE 1 (HXK1)-mediated signaling pathway	12
Correction: Anthocyanin synthesis potential in betalain-producing Caryophyllales plants	12
The ability of P700 oxidation in photosystem I reflects chilling stress tolerance in cucumber	12
Cell wall thickness spectrum of photosynthetic cells in herbaceous C3, C4, and crassulacean acid metabolism plants	12
Heterologous gene expression system for the production of hydrolyzable tannin intermediates in herbaceous model plants	12
Distinct redox state regulation in the seedling performance of Norway maple and sycamore	11
Correction to: Cyclic guanosine monophosphate improves salt tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum	11

Over-compensation of the native herb Qiai (Artemisia argyi var. argyi cv. Qiai) to infection with alien field dodder (Cuscuta campestris)	10
Antioxidant enzymes of Pseudochlorella pringsheimii under two stressors: variation of SOD Isoforms activity	10
Phylogeny of Alisma (Alismataceae) revisited: implications for polyploid evolution and species delimitation	10
Reproductive isolation between two sympatric bat-pollinated Bauhinia (Leguminosae)	10
Non-radiative origin for alpine endemics of Draba (Brassicaceae) in the central mountains of the Japanese Archipelago	10
Assimilatory deficit and energy regulation in young Handroanthus chrysotrichus plants under flooding stress	10
Overexpression of sweetpotato glutamylcysteine synthetase (IbGCS) in Arabidopsis confers tolerance to drought and salt stresses	10
Loss of chloroplast-localized NAD kinase causes ROS stress in Arabidopsis thaliana	10
Occurrence of distinctive cells and effects of irradiance on vascular formation in leaves of shade-tolerant C4 grass Paspalum conjugatum	10
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
Needle/electrode insertion device for measuring plant electrical signals	9
Integration of single nucleus RNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq reveals gene regulatory networks for vascular connection between parasitic plants and host plants	8
Equisetum praealtum and E. hyemale have abundant Rubisco with a high catalytic turnover rate and low CO2 affinity	8
Weak transgenerational effects of ancestral nitrogen and phosphorus availabilities on offspring phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
Mechanical forces in plant growth and development	8
Abscisic acid enhances non-photochemical quenching through SnRK2 and ABI3 in Physcomitrium patens	8
Regulation of photosystems II and I depending on N partitioning to Rubisco in rice leaves: a study using Rubisco-antisense transgenic plants	8
Single-cell views of fate reprogramming in de novo organogenesis	8
In-silico evolutionary analysis of plant-OBERON proteins during compatible MYMV infection in respect of improving host resistance	8
Heterologous complementation systems verify the mosaic distribution of three distinct protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase in the cyanobacterial phylum	7
The PpMYB75-PpDFR module reveals the difference between ‘SR’ and its bud variant ‘RMHC’ in peach red flesh	7
Low genetic variation of foliar traits among Prosopis chilensis (Leguminosae) provenances	7
Computational insights into diverse aspects of glutathione S-transferase gene family in Papaver somniferum	7
Plastome phylogenomics of Allaeanthus, Broussonetia and Malaisia (Dorstenieae, Moraceae) and the origin of B. × kazinoki	7
Dissection of respiratory and cyclic electron transport in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	7
Abortion occurs during double fertilization and ovule development in Paeonia ludlowii	7
New Year’s greetings 2024 from the Journal of Plant Research	6
RAB GTPases and SNAREs at the trans-Golgi network in plants	6
Strigolactone is involved in nitric oxide-enhanced the salt resistance in tomato seedlings	6
Morphological and physiological response of amphibious Rotala rotundifolia from emergent to submerged form	6
ATML1 and PDF2 regulate cuticle formation and protect the plant body from environmental stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings	6
New insights into the evolution and function of the UMAMIT (USUALLY MULTIPLE ACIDS MOVE IN AND OUT TRANSPORTER) gene family	6
Fine-scale clonal structure of the lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea under the nurse plant Pinus pumila vegetation in an alpine region, Mt. Norikura	6
Emerging progress in investigating the impact of green-synthesized nanoparticles on seed germination	6
Systematic characterization of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase members revealed classification and function divergence in Haplomitrium mnioides	6
The Arabidopsis thaliana integrin-like gene AT14A improves drought tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum	6
The grapevine aspartic protease gene family: characterization and expression modulation in response to Plasmopara viticola	6
Light promotes asexual reproduction and mediates transcriptomic changes in Pediastrum duplex	6
2025 Awards in the Journal of Plant Research	5
Leaf form diversity and evolution: a never-ending story in plant biology	5
Single-cell technologies illuminate new frontiers in de novo organogenesis of plants	5
Correction to: RAB GTPases and SNAREs at the trans-Golgi network in plants	5
RAL6 encodes a seed allergenic protein that positively regulates grain weight and seed germination	5
Athyrium yokoscense, a cadmium-hypertolerant fern, exhibits two cadmium stress mitigation strategies in its roots and aerial parts	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
Overexpression of thioredoxin-like protein ACHT2 leads to negative feedback control of photosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
How sterols affect protoplasts plasma membrane water permeability and their volume under osmotic shock	5
Rhizosphere frame system enables nondestructive live-imaging of legume-rhizobium interactions in the soil	5

Gynoecium structure in Sapindales and a case study of Trichilia pallens (Meliaceae)	5
Tetracentron (Trochodendraceae) in the Paleocene and Miocene of western North America	5
Floral scents, specialized metabolites and stress-response activities in Heritiera fomes and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza from Sundarban mangrove ecosystem	5
Pregnane derivatives in wheat (Triticum aestivum) and their potential role in generative development	5
Effect of phosphate on arsenic species uptake in plants under hydroponic conditions	4
Intricate intracellular kinase network regulates the Spodoptera lituta-derived elicitor response signaling in Arabidopsis	4
Metabolome expression in Eucryphia cordifolia populations: Role of seasonality and ecological niche centrality hypothesis	4
Exploring sugar allocation and metabolic shifts in cassava plants infected with Cassava common mosaic virus (CsCMV) under long-day photoperiod: diel changes in source and sink leaves	4
Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic strategies to reveal adaptive mechanisms in barley plant during germination stage under waterlogging stress	4
Genomic analysis highlights the conservation significance of Torenia concolor (Linderniaceae) from the periphery of its distribution range	4
Is urbanization a driver of aboveground biomass allocation in a widespread tropical shrub, Turnera subulata (Turneroideae - Passifloraceae)?	4
Comparative complete chloroplast genome of Geum japonicum: evolution and phylogenetic analysis	4
Cynipid galls on oak leaves are resilient to leaf vein disruption	4
Potassium transporter OsHAK17 may contribute to saline-alkaline tolerant mechanisms in rice (Oryza sativa)	4
Reviewing impacts of biotic and abiotic stresses on the regulation of phosphate homeostasis in plants	4
Extreme temperatures elicit the accumulation of cardiac glycoside and their genin units in Calotropis procera by altering the expression of transcripts involved in its biosynthesis	4
Floral morphology and development reveal extreme diversification in some species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae)	4
Cajanus cajan shows multiple novel adaptations in response to regular mechanical stress	4
Relictithismia kimotsukiensis, a new genus and species of Thismiaceae from southern Japan with discussions on its phylogenetic relationship	4
Effects of different photoperiods on flower opening, flower closing and circadian expression of clock-related genes in Iris domestica and I. dichotoma	4
Network analyses show horizontal and vertical distribution of vascular epiphytes on their hosts in a fragment of cloud forest in Central Mexico	4