OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Plant Biology 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular Evolution Study of PdeFTL1, a FT/TFL1-Like Gene from Pinus densiflora, for Flowering Control	101
Enhancer Elements in Plants: Genomic Context and Biological Functions	34
The Comparison of Temporal Transcriptome Changes Between Morning-Opening and Afternoon-Opening Iris Flowers Reveals the Candidate Genes Regulating Flower Opening and Closing	32
Trait Improvement of Solanaceae Fruit Crops for Vertical Farming by Genome Editing	19
An Ethylicin Dosage Form - for Bacterial Wilt Disease Control	17
CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Knockout in Magnaporthe oryzae in Combination with Homologous Recombination	17
Functional Characterization of Chinese Cabbage BrCML49 Gene in Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Elongation and the Regulation of Ca2+-Mediated Self-Incompatibility Response	15
Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Proteins in Plants: Structure, Function, and Signaling	13
Evaluating Ecological Strategies of non-native Plants Inhabiting in a Riparian semi-natural Ecosystem Using Grime’s CSR Scheme	13
Duckweeds for Plant Molecular Farming: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions	13
Stable Expression of Organelle-Targeted Fluorescent Markers for Investigating Autophagy and Subcellular Dynamics in Rice	11
Emerging Regulatory Mechanisms of Leaf Senescence: Insights into Epigenetic Regulators, Non-Coding RNAs, and Peptide Hormones	11
Application of Trichoderma spp. Combined with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Improves the Physiochemical Response of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Drought	10
OsFKBP42b Regulates Rice Growth and Development Through Interacting with OsABCB1 and OsABCB14	10
Updates and Applications of CRISPR/Cas Technology in Plants	10
Many Flowers but few Fruits: Pollinator and Pollen Limitation in the Early-Spring Flowering Cold Desert Perennial Iris tenuifolia	10
Intrinsic Signaling Pathways and key Regulatory Factors of Stomatal Development	10
TIR Domains in Arabidopsis thaliana Suppressor of npr1-1, Constitutive 1 and Its Closely Related Disease Resistance Proteins Form Intricate Interaction Networks	8
A New Paradigm for the Stomatal Closures: ABA-Dependent Stomatal Closures and ABA-Independent Stomatal Closures	8
Usefulness and Molecular Mechanism of Seed-Specificity Introduced by AtBZR1 and AtBES1 to Improve Seed Yield and Quality in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
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	8
A SHORTROOT-Mediated Transcriptional Regulatory Network for Vascular Development in the Arabidopsis Shoot	7
Stem Hydraulic Traits are Decoupled from Leaf Ecophysiological Traits in Mangroves in Southern Philippines	7
Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of FOUR LIPS in Pomegranate, a Protein Involved in Regulating the Gravitropic Set-Point Angle of Adventitious Roots	7
ELF18-INDUCED LONG NONCODING RNA 25 positively regulates the pathogen defense-related CYP82C2 expression in Arabidopsis	7

Comparative Analysis and Functional Identification of Rhizome miRNAs of Two Atractylodes lancea Ecotypes	7
POLAP: A New Pipeline for Plant Mitochondrial Genome Assembly Using Oxford Nanopore Data Through Reference Generation	6
Systematic Assessment of the Positive Role of Arabidopsis thaliana GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs in Regulation of Cell Proliferation During Leaf Growth	6
The Tomato Juhwang Mutant Accumulates a High Level of β-Carotene and has a Long Shelf-Life	6
A Light-Inducible Bidirectional Promoter Initiates Expression of Both Genes SHH2 and CFM3 in Brassica napus L.	6
TOE1 Interacts with FLM and SVP to Repress Flowering in Arabidopsis	6
Pseudo-Response Regulators: Molecular Mediators Transducing NTRC-Dependent Metabolic Oscillatory Signals to the Nuclear Clocks in Plants	6
LC–MS Analysis for Paenibacillus yonginensis DCY84T and Silicon Informs the Significance of Suppressed Unsaturated Fatty Acids	5
Enhancing Plant Salt Tolerance with Vreelandella Titanicae Strain GPM3, an Epiphytic Bacterium Isolated from Pyropia Yezoensis	5
Over-expression of FaGalLDH Increases Ascorbic Acid Concentrations and Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana	5
HOS15 Contributes to Thermotolerance Through Destabilization of HD2C in Arabidopsis	5
Comparative Transcriptomics Identifies Different Gene Expression Networks Regulating Gametic Development in Arabidopsis	4
Overexpression of a Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C Gene from Populus simonii × P. nigra Improves Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco	4
Knock Off 3 SlNAIP Genes with Modified CRISPR-Cas9 Causes Dwarf Phenotype in Tomato	4
Brassinosteroids and Salicylic Acid Mutually Enhance Endogenous Content and Signaling to Show a Synergistic Effect on Pathogen Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana	4
Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms for Ginsenoside Biosynthesis	4
Twenty Years of Regeneration Process for Tree Species in Burnt Pine Forests with Different Severity and Initial Regeneration	4
Integrating Hormonal, Kinase and Transcription Factor Regulatory Networks in Plant Salinity Stress: Toward a Hierarchical Signal Integration Model	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
Polycomb Repressive Complexes and Their Roles in Plant Developmental Programs, Particularly Floral Transition	4