OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Plant Science is 60. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function	390
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Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?	311
Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division	310
Harnessing ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis and multi-omics for wheat rust resistance gene discovery	305
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants	272
Strategies to intensify CO2 capture by microalgae for the circular bioeconomy	254
‘Microscopic engineering vehicles’ for plants under stress combination	250
The plant proteome delivers from discovery to innovation	235
Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor	195
Plant–pest interactions under the microscope of chemical hormesis	193
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions	172
Harnessing transposable elements for plant functional genomics and genome engineering	167
Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes	165
Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations	159
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves	155
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits	150
Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters	150
Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants	137
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3: a multifaceted integrator of light signaling	130
The era of panomics-driven gene discovery in plants	126
Hydraulic failure and tree mortality: from correlation to causation	122
Plant-to-plant signaling: building networks for resilience to stress, or merely eavesdropping?	119
Achieving the impossible: prevention and eradication of invasive plants in Mediterranean-type ecosystems	119
Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification	118

Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?	117
Fungi deploy host phosphate signaling disrupter	117
Unlocking a ‘lock–key’ mechanism governing pollen–pistil interactions	114
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A nodule peptide confiscates haem to promote iron uptake in rhizobia	112
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Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis	106
Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone–protease system	104
Computational approaches that aid annotation in metabolomics	100
TKP-NLR calcium-permeable channels shield wheat from fungi	98
Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds	98
Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering	92
Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops	88
Advances in optical phenotyping of cereal crops	86
The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling	86
The 3366 chickpea genomes for research and breeding	84
Evolution of cereal floral architecture and threshability	83
Sensing and regulation of plant extracellular pH	82
Illuminating plants: autoluminescence through big data mining and metabolic optimization	81
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology	80
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants	71
Dynamic epigenetic modifications in plant sugar signal transduction	70
Strategies for breeding crops for future environments	69
Exploring natural product biosynthesis in plants with mass spectrometry imaging	68
Fighting citrus Huanglongbing with evolutionary principles	66
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RPM: rapid detection of chloroplast RNA editing efficiency	65
Expanding the plant epigenetic code: histone short-chain acylation	64
Microautophagy in cereal grains: protein storage or degradation?	64
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity	63
Not just signals: RALFs as cell wall-structuring peptides	63
Begomoviruses: what is the secret(s) of their success?	61
Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture	61
Plant-TFClass: a structural classification for plant transcription factors	61
Phospholipids and flowering regulation	60
Promoter/enhancer replacement by genome editing for crop improvement	60
How volatile isoprenoids improve plant thermotolerance	60