OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Cell is 62. 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
Correction to: Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance	709
Seeing hormones in action: High-resolution gibberellin dynamics in nodules	275
ALA3 regulates pollen tube growth and guidance by keeping PRKs in all the right places	213
No more manual counting: LeafNet quantifies the leaf surface	189
Splicing up strigolactone signaling	153
From the archives: Targeting proteins to plasmodesmata, germination in the desert, and functional diversity of KNOX proteins	147
Concerted action: SYP61 and ATL31 cooperatively regulate the carbon/nitrogen nutrient response in Arabidopsis	132
Brown is the new green: Discovery of an algal enzyme for the final step of fucoxanthin biosynthesis	131
Unexpected help: role of an N-terminally truncated helper NLR in plant immunity	130
Translational activation by a synthetic PPR protein elucidates control of psbA translation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts	128
Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase	127
Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis	125
PlantConnectome: A knowledge graph database encompassing >71,000 plant articles	124
Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements	123
Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function	120
Convergent evolution of immune receptors underpins distinct elicitin recognition in closely related Solanaceous plants	116
The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations	110
Aboveground plant-to-plant electrical signaling mediates network acquired acclimation	110
Correction to: The DYRKP1 kinase regulates cell wall degradation in Chlamydomonas by inducing matrix metalloproteinase expression	102
Goldilocks and the SOS pathway: Finding “just right” for growth after salt stress	101
Ectopic assembly of an auxin efflux control machinery shifts developmental trajectories	100
The maize ZmVPS23-like protein relocates the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat protein Rp1-D21 to endosomes and suppresses the defense response	99
A PHR transcription factor-directed gene network reveals key regulators of phosphate metabolism and starvation responses in tomato	98
RALF33–FERONIA signaling orchestrates postwounding root-tip regeneration via TPR4–ERF115 dynamics	98
Molecular switch to regulate salt tolerance in rice	97

Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 acts as a transcriptional repressor and contributes to plant pathogen resistance	96
A light-governed cascade of ubiquitin modifications regulates cotton fiber development by coordinating PIN3a proteolysis	95
DNA-dependent RNA polymerases in plants	95
Adenosine monophosphate deaminase modulates BIN2 activity through hydrogen peroxide-induced oligomerization	93
The transcription factor TGA2 orchestrates salicylic acid signal to regulate cold-induced proline accumulation in Citrus	90
The maize genematernal derepression of r1encodes a DNA glycosylase that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in the endosperm	89
CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning	89
INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses	88
The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia	87
CRISPR interference screens reveal growth–robustness tradeoffs inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 across growth conditions	87
LeafNet: a tool for segmenting and quantifying stomata and pavement cells	87
The zinc finger protein DHHC09 S-acylates the kinase STRK1 to regulate H2O2 homeostasis and promote salt tolerance in rice	84
Plastid retrograde signaling: A developmental perspective	83
MADS8 is indispensable for female reproductive development at high ambient temperatures in cereal crops	82
Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase	81
Establishing AM symbiosis: Letting friends stay only when you need their gifts	81
The big guy keeps the gate: The largest chloroplast-encoded protein, Orf2971, serves for translocation and quality control of chloroplast-imported proteins	81
An apple a day: MdBPC2 transcription factor keeps the auxin away and causes dwarfing inMalus domestica	80
CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON repression: a side project	80
Whole grain: A genome-wide landscape of translational regulation during bread wheat development	80
Assembling chimeras: BC16 helps to reshape protein GPI lipid anchors, thereby tuning cell wall mechanics in rice	79
Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots	79
Birth and expansion of NRC immune receptors across the largest group of flowering plants	79
Transcriptomic response to nitrogen availability reveals signatures of adaptive plasticity during tetraploid wheat domestication	78
Beyond transcription: compelling open questions in plant RNA biology	78
Point mutations in the catalytic domain disrupt cellulose synthase (CESA6) vesicle trafficking and protein dynamics	74
The brassinosteroid receptor StBRI1 promotes tuber development by enhancing plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in potato	71
The heat shock factor 20-HSF4-cellulose synthase A2 module regulates heat stress tolerance in maize	69
The B1–TaHDA6 module negatively regulates root hair length through reactive oxygen species homeostasis in wheat	69
Reciprocal regulation of flower induction byELF3αandELF3βgenerated via alternative promoter usage	69
Microtubule-associated protein SlMAP70 interacts with IQ67-domain protein SlIQD21a to regulate fruit shape in tomato	67
A surprising feature of the blue light: Regulation of leaf hydraulic conductance via an autonomous phototropin-mediated blue light signaling pathway in bundle-sheath cells	65
Powdery mildew induces chloroplast storage lipid formation at the expense of host thylakoids to promote spore production	64
The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto	63
Brassinosteroid-signaling kinase 4 activates mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 to enhance cold stress tolerance in maize	62
Differential phosphorylation of Ca2+-permeable channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE–GATED CHANNEL20 modulates calcium-mediated freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis	62
SPINDLY mediates O-fucosylation of hundreds of proteins and sugar-dependent growth in Arabidopsis	62
The renaissance and enlightenment ofMarchantiaas a model system	62