OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Plant Science 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster	460
How Plant Hormones Mediate Salt Stress Responses	439
Stories of Salicylic Acid: A Plant Defense Hormone	393
Microbiome-Mediated Stress Resistance in Plants	360
Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age	252
Phytocannabinoids: Origins and Biosynthesis	200
The CBL–CIPK Calcium Signaling Network: Unified Paradigm from 20 Years of Discoveries	183
Root exudates impact plant performance under abiotic stress	169
Linking the Phyllosphere Microbiome to Plant Health	146
Plant immune networks	140
Salicylic Acid Steers the Growth–Immunity Tradeoff	139
Soil Rather Than Xylem Vulnerability Controls Stomatal Response to Drought	134
Twenty years of plant genome sequencing: achievements and challenges	131
Potential Applications of Plant Biotechnology against SARS-CoV-2	130
Hormesis: Highly Generalizable and Beyond Laboratory	130
Connecting Chlorophyll Metabolism with Accumulation of the Photosynthetic Apparatus	126
Transcriptional regulatory network of plant cold-stress responses	125
Proline metabolism as regulatory hub	119
Vertical Farming: Moving from Genetic to Environmental Modification	113
Coumarin Communication Along the Microbiome–Root–Shoot Axis	108
Soil carbon sequestration by root exudates	104
Phytomelatonin: An Emerging Regulator of Plant Biotic Stress Resistance	103
Tightening the Phosphorus Cycle through Phosphorus-Efficient Crop Genotypes	103
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra	95
Nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: an indispensable combination for plant functioning	95

Challenges and Opportunities in Machine-Augmented Plant Stress Phenotyping	95
Priming crops for the future: rewiring stress memory	94
Nematodes as Drivers of Plant Performance in Natural Systems	93
Hide-and-Seek: Chitin-Triggered Plant Immunity and Fungal Counterstrategies	91
Recent Advances in Arabidopsis CLE Peptide Signaling	90
The Induced Resistance Lexicon: Do’s and Don’ts	88
Gossypium Genomics: Trends, Scope, and Utilization for Cotton Improvement	87
Malate Circulation: Linking Chloroplast Metabolism to Mitochondrial ROS	87
Small Millets for Enduring Food Security Amidst Pandemics	86
Commercialization of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives	85
The Coumarins: Secondary Metabolites Playing a Primary Role in Plant Nutrition and Health	85
The Hidden Costs of Nighttime Warming on Yields	84
Genetic Control of Glandular Trichome Development	84
Delivering Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM)	83
Construct design for CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing in plants	80
Crop Halophytism: An Environmentally Sustainable Solution for Global Food Security	78
PTI and ETI: convergent pathways with diverse elicitors	78
Fine-Tuning Immunity: Players and Regulators for Plant NLRs	76
GORK Channel: A Master Switch of Plant Metabolism?	76
Niche Perspectives on Plant–Pollinator Interactions	76
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus: Impact, Challenges, and Management	75
Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity	75
The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras	74
How roots and shoots communicate through stressful times	70
Plant biodiversity promotes sustainable agriculture directly and via belowground effects	69
Shade Avoidance: Expanding the Color and Hormone Palette	69
Foliar Water Uptake in Trees: Negligible or Necessary?	68
Chloroplast Transition Metal Regulation for Efficient Photosynthesis	68
Roadmap for Accelerated Domestication of an Emerging Perennial Grain Crop	67
Translation of Strigolactones from Plant Hormone to Agriculture: Achievements, Future Perspectives, and Challenges	66
ERF Gene Clusters: Working Together to Regulate Metabolism	65
Altering Plant Architecture to Improve Performance and Resistance	65
Counting on Crossovers: Controlled Recombination for Plant Breeding	65
Coordinating Sulfur Pools under Sulfate Deprivation	64
Applications of hyperspectral imaging in plant phenotyping	62
Legacies at work: plant–soil–microbiome interactions underpinning agricultural sustainability	62
Age-Dependent Abiotic Stress Resilience in Plants	62