OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Plant Science is 59. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Two-for-one: root microbiota orchestrates both soil pH and plant nutrition	689
Identification and functional characterization of ssDNA in plants	338
The microbiome orchestrates contaminant low-dose phytostimulation	272
The two action mechanisms of plant cryptochromes	256
Developing frameworks for nanotechnology-driven DNA-free plant genome-editing	224
CRISPR/Cas: a toolkit for plant disease diagnostics	216
Cellular metabolism and hormone signalling: connecting growth and defence	200
Pollinator, pollen, and cultivar identity drive crop quality	192
Advisory Board and Contents	186
Endosperm: thermal sensor and regulator of seed thermoinhibition	178
Belowground ecological interactions in dioecious plants: why do opposites attract but similar ones repel?	154
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits	153
Global change and plant-ecosystem functioning in freshwaters	131
Bivalent histone modifications: how phytopathogens evade plant immunity	130
Food security: solutions offered by plant science	125
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PrimeRoot for targeted large DNA insertion in plants	119
Advisory Board and Contents	117
Hyperspectral approaches for rapid and spatial plant disease monitoring	116
Grafting: connecting classic techniques with modern plant research	107
Burning lignin: overlooked cues for post-fire seed germination	100
Fluorescence-activated protoplast sorting for crop improvement	97
Advisory Board and Contents	96
Unearthing the secrets of ERFVIIs: new insights into hypoxia signaling	95
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Reuniting the Biogeochemistry of Algae for a Low-Carbon Circular Bioeconomy	88
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants	88
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance during plant evolution and breeding	88
Raman-stable isotope technology for tracking single-cell plant metabolism	87
Soybean breeders can count on nodules	85
Regulatory landscape of a protein kinase-mediated signaling pathway	85
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Unearthing opportunity amid declining plant-beneficial bacteria	81
BioClay: next-generation crop protection strategy	81
The role of National Botanical Gardens to benefit sustainable development	81
Bridging biotremology and chemical ecology: a new terminology	80
Osmosensing in plants: mystery unveiled	80
After silencing suppression: miRNA targets strike back	80
Epitranscriptomic regulation through phase separation in plants	79
Susceptibility reversed: modified plant susceptibility genes for resistance to bacteria	78
Agrifood and net zero	77
A Tale of Two Domains Pushing Lateral Roots	77
A ‘GLoRy’ Battle for Cotton against Fusarium	76
Crafting a blueprint for single-cell RNA sequencing	75
Lipid Signaling through G Proteins	74
An update on principles of m6A targeting	74
Understanding Plant Behavior: A Student Perspective	73
How do humans and plants feel the heat?	71
A network perspective for sustainable agroecosystems	69
Identification and functional characterization of G-quadruplexes in plants	67
Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor	65
Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function	64
Symbiotic control of canopy dominance in subtropical and tropical forests	62
Real-time calcium imaging in living plants	60
GmRj2/Rfg1 control of soybean–rhizobium–soil compatibility	59
Identification and functional characterization of i-motifs in plants	59
Unraveling the potential of the strigolactones-NSP1/NSP2 friendship in crop improvement	59