OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Plant Biology is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The Comparison of Temporal Transcriptome Changes Between Morning-Opening and Afternoon-Opening Iris Flowers Reveals the Candidate Genes Regulating Flower Opening and Closing	109
Enhancer Elements in Plants: Genomic Context and Biological Functions	40
Trait Improvement of Solanaceae Fruit Crops for Vertical Farming by Genome Editing	39
Molecular Evolution Study of PdeFTL1, a FT/TFL1-Like Gene from Pinus densiflora, for Flowering Control	22
CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Knockout in Magnaporthe oryzae in Combination with Homologous Recombination	20
An Ethylicin Dosage Form - for Bacterial Wilt Disease Control	18
Functional Characterization of Chinese Cabbage BrCML49 Gene in Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Elongation and the Regulation of Ca2+-Mediated Self-Incompatibility Response	15
Evaluating Ecological Strategies of non-native Plants Inhabiting in a Riparian semi-natural Ecosystem Using Grime’s CSR Scheme	14
Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Proteins in Plants: Structure, Function, and Signaling	14
Duckweeds for Plant Molecular Farming: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions	13
Application of Trichoderma spp. Combined with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Improves the Physiochemical Response of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Drought	12
Stable Expression of Organelle-Targeted Fluorescent Markers for Investigating Autophagy and Subcellular Dynamics in Rice	12
Updates and Applications of CRISPR/Cas Technology in Plants	12
Many Flowers but few Fruits: Pollinator and Pollen Limitation in the Early-Spring Flowering Cold Desert Perennial Iris tenuifolia	11
Intrinsic Signaling Pathways and key Regulatory Factors of Stomatal Development	11
Emerging Regulatory Mechanisms of Leaf Senescence: Insights into Epigenetic Regulators, Non-Coding RNAs, and Peptide Hormones	11
TIR Domains in Arabidopsis thaliana Suppressor of npr1-1, Constitutive 1 and Its Closely Related Disease Resistance Proteins Form Intricate Interaction Networks	11
atcog8-2, A New Mutant Allele of the Conserved Oligomeric Golgi Complex 8, Reveals the Need for the COG Complex for Gametophyte Development in Arabidopsis	9
ELF18-INDUCED LONG NONCODING RNA 25 positively regulates the pathogen defense-related CYP82C2 expression in Arabidopsis	8
A New Paradigm for the Stomatal Closures: ABA-Dependent Stomatal Closures and ABA-Independent Stomatal Closures	8
OsFKBP42b Regulates Rice Growth and Development Through Interacting with OsABCB1 and OsABCB14	8
POLAP: A New Pipeline for Plant Mitochondrial Genome Assembly Using Oxford Nanopore Data Through Reference Generation	7
Comparative Analysis and Functional Identification of Rhizome miRNAs of Two Atractylodes lancea Ecotypes	7
TOE1 Interacts with FLM and SVP to Repress Flowering in Arabidopsis	7
The Tomato Juhwang Mutant Accumulates a High Level of β-Carotene and has a Long Shelf-Life	7

A Light-Inducible Bidirectional Promoter Initiates Expression of Both Genes SHH2 and CFM3 in Brassica napus L.	7
Usefulness and Molecular Mechanism of Seed-Specificity Introduced by AtBZR1 and AtBES1 to Improve Seed Yield and Quality in Arabidopsis thaliana	7
Systematic Assessment of the Positive Role of Arabidopsis thaliana GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs in Regulation of Cell Proliferation During Leaf Growth	7
Over-expression of FaGalLDH Increases Ascorbic Acid Concentrations and Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana	7
Comparative Transcriptomics Identifies Different Gene Expression Networks Regulating Gametic Development in Arabidopsis	6
LC–MS Analysis for Paenibacillus yonginensis DCY84T and Silicon Informs the Significance of Suppressed Unsaturated Fatty Acids	6
Enhancing Plant Salt Tolerance with Vreelandella Titanicae Strain GPM3, an Epiphytic Bacterium Isolated from Pyropia Yezoensis	6
HOS15 Contributes to Thermotolerance Through Destabilization of HD2C in Arabidopsis	5
Pseudo-Response Regulators: Molecular Mediators Transducing NTRC-Dependent Metabolic Oscillatory Signals to the Nuclear Clocks in Plants	5
Integrating Hormonal, Kinase and Transcription Factor Regulatory Networks in Plant Salinity Stress: Toward a Hierarchical Signal Integration Model	4
OsPLDα2 Contributes to Pollen Tube Growth and F-Actin Organization in Rice	4
Suberin Polyester Barrier in Plants: Biosynthesis and Its Regulation	4
Twenty Years of Regeneration Process for Tree Species in Burnt Pine Forests with Different Severity and Initial Regeneration	4
Brassinosteroids and Salicylic Acid Mutually Enhance Endogenous Content and Signaling to Show a Synergistic Effect on Pathogen Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana	4
Arabidopsis Profilin 1 Mediates ATP-independent Refolding of Misfolded Proteins Under Stress	4
Production of Plant-Based Recombinant Vaccine Against Porcine Deltacoronavirus in the Form of Bacteria-Like Particles Using Lactococcus lactis	4
Nitrogen Addition Changes the Allelopathic Effects of the Root Leachate from the Invasive Weed Stellera chamaejasme L. on a Dominant Grass in the Songnen Grassland	4
Polycomb Repressive Complexes and Their Roles in Plant Developmental Programs, Particularly Floral Transition	4
Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms for Ginsenoside Biosynthesis	4
Structure and Biological Functions of Arabidopsis thaliana Nuclear Pore Complex	4
HOS15 Modulates Alternative Splicing Homeostasis Under Cold Stress in Arabidopsis Thaliana	4
Knock Off 3 SlNAIP Genes with Modified CRISPR-Cas9 Causes Dwarf Phenotype in Tomato	4
Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Transporters and Its Application to Elucidate the Uncharacterized Functions of OsABCC7 Gene Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System	4
FCA Contributes to Root Thermomorphogenesis by Attenuating SOG1-Mediated Stress Signaling in Arabidopsis	3
Targeted Overexpression of CBF1 Using a Pollen-specific Promoter Enhances Fertility in Heat-stressed Arabidopsis	3
Genome-Wide Association Analysis Reveals Genetic Components of Salt Stress Tolerance in North Korean Rice	3
Determining Germ Cells in Flowering Plants: Common Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms Steering Meiocyte Specification and Mode of Cell Division	3
Time Course Transcriptomic Analysis of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea ssp. capitata L.) During Vernalization	3
Ectopic Expression of a Banana CCCH-Zinc Finger Protein Enhances Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis	3
Decadal Succession Process in Five Forest Types in Cool-Temperate Odaesan National Park	3
Pollen-Specific OsRALF5 Regulates Pollen Tube Growth in Oryza sativa	3
The Function of Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Arabidopsis: Recent Progress of Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases (UBPs)	3
Genome-wide Analysis of Rice OsDREB1 Genes Under Heat Stress Reveals Functional Specialization of OsDREB1F for Thermotolerance in Arabidopsis	3
OsWRKY9 is Involved in Transcriptional Regulatory Cascade Enhancing Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance	3
Dehydration-Responsive Element-Binding Factor 2C Activates PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1;9 in Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Phosphate Starvation	3
Transcriptome Analysis and Functional Verification of Key Genes Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rhododendron	3
Hybridization and introgression in Daphniphyllum macropodum (Daphniphyllaceae) on Ulleungdo Island	3
Integrating Tobacco Whole-Transcriptome and Competitive Endogenous RNA Network Reveal the Potential Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Mechanism	3
Bacterial Communities Associated with the Rhizosphere of Transgenic Chrysanthemum	3
Photoreceptors and Circadian Clock Regulators Control Growth and Flowering Under Ionizing Radiation Stress	3
PIF4 Negatively Regulates Plant Defense Against Pseudomonas syringae via Suppression of PAMP- and Effector-Triggered Immunity	3
Multifunctionality of Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 721 and 722 in Plants	3
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants in ZmZEP1 Associated with Zeaxanthin Level in Maize Grains	3
Arabidopsis CSN5A Acts as a Transcriptional Co-activator of DREB2C During Seed Germination	2
BdASR5 Positively Regulates Drought Tolerance by Mediating ABA Signaling Pathway in Brachypodium distachyon	2
Transcriptional Regulation of Temperature-Responsive Flowering in Arabidopsis	2
MYB Transcription Factors in Plant Developmental Plasticity	2
Introduction of Multiple Genes via Agrobacterium-Mediated Co-Transformation into Soybean and Confirmation of Insertion Using PCR	2
The Function of Like Heterochromatin Protein 1 (LHP1) as an Epigenetic Regulator of Plant Development	2
Jasmonic Acid Mediates Maize (Zea mays L.) Roots Response to Soil Nitrogen Heterogeneity	2

Identification of a Novel Candidate Gene for Chilling Tolerance in Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Using Whole-Genome Resequencing	2
Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV)-Mediated Gene Silencing and Overexpression in Tomato Plants via Agroinfiltration	2
Estimation on Individual-Level Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Understory Perennial Herbs	2
HY5 Negatively Regulates the Arabidopsis Phytocystatin AtCYS2 in Response to Abiotic Stresses	2
The Roles of MYC2 Transcription Factor in JA-Signaling Pathway in Plants	2
OsbZIP62 Positively Regulates Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance and ABA Signaling in Rice	2
Salt Overly Sensitive Components Differentially Regulate Seed Germination and Seedling Growth under Saline Conditions in Arabidopsis	2
Physiological Advantages for Dominant Dune Species with Climate Warming	2
Overexpression of V-ATPase c Subunit Gene (VHA-c) from Antarctic Notothenioid Fish Improves Tolerance of Transgenic Arabidopsis to Low Temperature	2
Assembly of Human Papillomavirus 16 L1 Protein in Nicotiana benthamiana Chloroplasts into Highly Immunogenic Virus-Like Particles	2
Characterization of the Arabidopsis At5-MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase	2