OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Seed Science 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluating seed longevity: use of RNA integrity to characterize variation within species of legume grains	73
Maternal environmental control of progeny seed physiology: a review of concepts, evidence and mechanism	24
Investigation of flavonoid expression and metabolite content patterns during seed formation of Artemisia sphaerocephala Krasch.	22
Stimulatory and inhibitory effects of light on Cereus repandus (Cactaceae) seed germination are strongly dependent on spectral quality	18
Width of the temperature range for seed germination of herbaceous plant species in temperate eastern North America: life cycles, seasons and temperature variation and implication for climate warming	17
Seed germination of Cistanche armena (Orobanchaceae), a rare endangered holoparasitic species endemic to Armenia	16
Deciphering seed development and germination in the single-cell era	14
Seed longevity: analysing post-storage germination data in R to fit the viability equation	9
Seed persistence and germination strategies of Carajasia cangae (Rubiaceae): an endemic forb from the Amazon ironstone outcrop	8
Seed permeability: an essential trait for classifying seed dormancy type	7
Oxidant system and ABA drive germination in seeds of palm species with differences in desiccation tolerance	7
The J. Derek Bewley Career Lecture. Seeds–plants–crops–biodiversity–environment–people: illustrating understanding and ideas	7
Correlated evolution of seed mass and genome size varies among life forms in flowering plants	7
Beetroot and spinach seed microbiomes can suppress Pythium ultimum infection: results from a large-scale screening	6
The oxidative phosphorylation is regulated by ubiquitination under slow-cooling treatment in hydrated lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seeds	5
Serotiny in Melocactus matanzanus (Cactaceae) and role of cephalium in dispersal of seeds after the individual's death	5
Effects of light and temperature on seed germination of eight Cistus species	5
Syringaldehyde is a novel smoke-derived germination cue for the native fire-chasing tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata	5
Seed biopriming and long-term air-dry storage effects on Pseudomonas fluorescens viability and Brassica napus germination	5
Proteomic characterization of the different stages of seed germination in Cupressus gigantea	5
Seed mass, dormancy and germinability variation among maternal plants of four Arabian halophytes	5
Insects and mycorrhizal fungi influence maternal seed provisioning in Senecio vulgaris	5
Dry storage alters intraspecific variation in phenotypic traits at early life stages: evidence from a dominant alpine meadow species	4
Seed germination, initial growth and leaf anatomy of seedlings of four tree species grown in mine tailings in Brazil	4
Overcoming major barriers in seed ecology research in developing countries	4

Contrasting seed moisture sorption behaviour between two species and the implication for seed longevity	4
Characterization and diversity of seed endophytic bacteria of the endemic holoparasitic plant Cistanche armena (Orobanchaceae) from a semi-desert area in Armenia	4
How regional climate and seed traits interact in shaping stress–tolerance of savanna seeds?	4
Osmo-priming in tomato seeds down-regulates genes associated with stress response and leads to reduction in longevity	4
Non-deep simple and deep simple morphophysiological dormancy in seeds of three species of Ilex from subtropical and tropical regions of Taiwan	4
Effects of Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) feces on seed germination and early seedling growth: insights into their contribution to seed dispersal	4
From germination to seedling development: the effects of smoke on a native and an invasive grass species of the Cerrado	4