OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Journal is 50. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Announcing the TPJ Foundation Review series	404
Issue Information	211
Genomics reveal a complicated past and suggest a possible future for Nicotiana benthamiana	204
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Thecellulose synthase‐like F3(CslF3) gene mediates cell wall polysaccharide synthesis and affects root growth and differentiation in barley	192
Issue Information	148
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Synergistic actions of three MYB transcription factors underpins the high accumulation of myricetin in Morella rubra	117
Metabolic priming in G6PDH isoenzyme‐replaced tobacco lines improves stress tolerance and seed yields via altering assimilate partitioning	112
Isocitrate lyase promotes Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici susceptibility in wheat (Triticum aestivum) by suppressing accumulation of glyoxylate cycle intermediates	110
THIAMIN REQUIRING2 is involved in thiamin diphosphate biosynthesis and homeostasis	110
Distinct composition and amplification dynamics of transposable elements in sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)	98
A chromosome‐scale assembly of Brassica carinata (BBCC) accession HC20 containing resistance to multiple pathogens and an early generation assessment of introgressions into B. jun	93
Proteins associated with the Arabidopsis thaliana plastid rhomboid‐like protein RBL10	86
Genetic mapping and transcriptome profiling of a chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) mutant identifies a novel locus (CaEl) regulating organ size and early vigor	86
Protein stability governed by α1–2 helices in Pvr4 is essential for localization and cell death	78
Poly(A) polymerase 1 contributes to competence acquisition of pollen tubes growing through the style inArabidopsis thaliana	77
Arabidopsis SKU5 Similar 11 and 12 play crucial roles in pollen tube integrity, growth and guidance	74
Profiling of RNA editing events in plant organellar transcriptomes with high‐throughput sequencing	73
LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 (LHP1) partially inhibits the transcriptional activation of FT by MYB73 and regulates flowering in Arabidopsis	72
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Stress combination: from genes to ecosystems	71
PbGBF3 enhances salt response in pear by upregulating PbAPL2 and PbSDH1 and reducing ABA‐mediated salt sensitivity	67
ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANCE GENE2 confers fungal resistance in sorghum	66
Conquering new grounds: plant organellar C‐to‐U RNA editing factors can be functional in the plant cytosol	66

Uniparental silencing of 5S rRNA genes in plant allopolyploids – insights from Cardamine (Brassicaceae)	65
A revised view on the evolution of glutamine synthetase isoenzymes in plants	64
Lycopene ε‐cyclase mediated transition of α‐carotene and β‐carotene metabolic flow in carrot fleshy root	63
Tasselyzer, a machine learning method to quantify maize anther exertion, based on PlantCV	62
Leaf angle regulation toward a maize smart canopy	62
Integrated multi‐omics analyses provide new insights into genomic variation landscape and regulatory network candidate genes associated with walnut endocarp	62
Role of an endodermis‐specific miR858b‐MYB1L module in the regulation of Taxol biosynthesis in Taxus mairei	61
Cell wall remodeling confers plant architecture with distinct wall structure in Nelumbo nucifera	59
Diversification and evolution of serine/arginine‐rich splicing factors in plants	59
Studying ER‐membrane contact sites in plants using the optogenetic approach: Taking the LiMETER as an example	59
Alternative splicing of CsJAZ1 negatively regulates flavan‐3‐ol biosynthesis in tea plants	58
Protein interaction mapping reveals widespread targeting of development‐related host transcription factors by phytoplasma effectors	58
A tau class glutathione S‐transferase in tea plant, CsGSTU45, facilitates tea plant susceptibility to Colletotrichum camelliae infection mediated by jasmonate signaling pathwa	58
Integrated analyses of metabolome, leaf anatomy, epigenome, and transcriptome under different light intensities reveal dynamic regulation of histone modifications on the high light adaptation in Ca	56
PDR9 allelic variation and MYB63 modulate nutrient‐dependent coumarin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	56
Loss of daylength sensitivity by splice site mutation in Cannabis pseudo‐response regulator	56
The DnaJ1 heat shock protein interacts with the flavanone 3‐hydroxylase‐like protein F3HL to synergistically enhance drought tolerance by scavenging reactive oxygen species in tomato	55
Regulation as key to fulfilling the promises of agricultural genomics: Going beyond bottlenecks in plant gene technology development	55
Characterization of two CYP80 enzymes provides insights into aporphine alkaloid skeleton formation in Aristolochia contorta	53
High temperature induces MdGATA15 to suppress anthocyanin accumulation in apple peels	52
Untargeted metabolomic analyses reveal the diversity and plasticity of the specialized metabolome in seeds of different Camelina sativa genotypes	51
Genetic dissection of ear‐related trait divergence between maize and teosinte	51
Cotton GhNAC4 promotes drought tolerance by regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis and ribosomal protein homeostasis	51
Elucidation of myricetin biosynthesis in Morella rubra of the Myricaceae	51
Phylogeny and disparate selection signatures suggest two genetically independent domestication events in pea (Pisum L.)	51
Independent regulation of strigolactones and blumenols during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice	50
Raffinose positively regulates maize drought tolerance by reducing leaf transpiration	50
CEPR1 regulates Arabidopsis thaliana root architecture by modulating auxin production via NIT1	50
Characterization of an α‐ketoglutarate‐dependent oxygenase involved in converting 2‐(2‐phenylethyl)chromones into 2‐styrylchromones in agarwood	50