OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 22. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	603
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	133
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	126
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	124
Stories that can’t be told by SNPs; DNA methylation variation in plant populations	110
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	108
More than an on-and-off switch: Post-translational modifications of plant pattern recognition receptor complexes	106
Peculiarities of the regulation of translation initiation in plants	98
The dynamics of maize leaf development: Patterned to grow while growing a pattern	98
Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering	91
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	84
Looking at mechanobiology through an evolutionary lens	77
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	77
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	76
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	76
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	74
Tactics of host manipulation by intracellular effectors from plant pathogenic fungi	72
Microbiota-root-shoot-environment axis and stress tolerance in plants	67
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	66
Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development	64
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	63
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	62
Editorial Board	61
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	58
Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	57

How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	57
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	54
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	53
The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants	52
NLR immune receptors and diverse types of non-NLR proteins control race-specific resistance in Triticeae	51
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	50
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	49
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	47
Contents	46
Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule	46
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	45
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	45
Polymorphisms in plants to restrict losses to pathogens: From gene family expansions to complex network evolution	45
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	44
Mechanisms of temperature-regulated growth and thermotolerance in crop species	43
Re-imagining crop domestication in the era of high throughput phenomics	43
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	42
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	41
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	41
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	40
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	40
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	39
The regulation of ACC synthase protein turnover: a rapid route for modulating plant development and stress responses	39
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	38
Contents	37
Modes of secretion of plant lipophilic metabolites via ABCG transporter-dependent transport and vesicle-mediated trafficking	37
Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters	37
Uncovering an ancestral green ménage à trois: Contributions of Chlamydomonas to the discovery of a broadly conserved triad of plant fertilization proteins	36
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants	36
Pollen–pistil interactions: It takes two to tangle but a molecular cast of many to deliver	36
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	36
Plant optogenetics: Applications and perspectives	36
Diverse regulatory mechanisms of StARkin domains in land plants and mammals	36
Biosynthesis of the triterpenoid withanolides in Withania somnifera	35
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	35
The battle within: How pathogen effectors suppress NLR-mediated immunity	35
Light, CO2, and carbon storage in microalgae	35
Plant microtubule nucleating apparatus and its potential signaling pathway	35
The diversity of salicylic acid biosynthesis and defense signaling in plants: Knowledge gaps and future opportunities	34
Plant transcription factors — being in the right place with the right company	34
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	34
Organogenic events during gynoecium and fruit development in Arabidopsis	34
Editorial Board	34
Editorial Board	33
Soybean seed protein storage vacuoles for expression of recombinant molecules	33
Fe acquisition at the crossroad of calcium and reactive oxygen species signaling	33
Regulation of PIN polarity in response to abiotic stress	32
Spatiotemporal control of root immune responses during microbial colonization	32
Dynamics of DNA methylation and its impact on plant embryogenesis	32
Tipping the balance: The dynamics of stem cell maintenance and stress responses in plant meristems	32

Insights into dynamic coenocytic endosperm development: Unraveling molecular, cellular, and growth complexity	31
How bacteria overcome flagellin pattern recognition in plants	31
Biomolecular condensates at the plasma membrane: Insights into plant cell signaling	31
Histone variants take center stage in shaping the epigenome	31
Moving targets: Mechanisms regulating siRNA production and DNA methylation during plant development	31
Editorial Board	30
Stem-borne roots as a framework to study trans-organogenesis and uncover fundamental insights in developmental biology	30
Triticeae genome sequences reveal huge expansions of gene families implicated in fertility restoration	29
Structural insights of cell wall integrity signaling during development and immunity	29
Contents	29
Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis	29
Cell type-specific control and post-translational regulation of specialized metabolism: opening new avenues for plant metabolic engineering	28
Creating an explosion: Form and function in explosive fruit	28
A review of the role of metabolites in vegetative desiccation tolerance of angiosperms	28
Cause or effect: Probing the roles of epigenetics in plant development and environmental responses	28
Non-canonical and developmental roles of the TCA cycle in plants	27
Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging	27
A ‘hot’ cocktail: The multiple layers of thermomemory in plants	27
Trehalose 6-phosphate metabolism in C4 species	27
The evolution and development of sporangia—The fundamental reproductive organ of land plant sporophytes	27
N6-methyladenosine modification underlies messenger RNA metabolism and plant development	27
Molecular mechanisms of reprogramming of differentiated cells into stem cells in the moss Physcomitrium patens	27
Plant chromatin, metabolism and development – an intricate crosstalk	27
Seeing is believing: Exploiting advances in structural biology to understand and engineer plant immunity	26
Involvement of small molecules and metabolites in regulation of biomolecular condensate properties	26
Elucidating the biology of transcription factor–DNA interaction for accurate identification of cis-regulatory elements	26
Proteasome and selective autophagy: Brothers-in-arms for organelle quality control	26
Scaling-up to understand tree–pathogen interactions: A steep, tough climb or a walk in the park?	26
Rapid auxin signaling: Unknowns old and new	25
How to turbo charge respiration – thermogenic metabolism in plants	25
Illuminating the role of the calyptra in sporophyte development	25
Innovations and threats facing the storage of sugar in sugar beet	25
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice: Utilization, coordination, and availability	25
Current insights into plant volatile organic compound biosynthesis	25
Extracellular proteases from microbial plant pathogens as virulence factors	24
Evolution of the sporophyte shoot axis and functions of TALE HD transcription factors in stem development	24
Team effort: Combinatorial control of seed maturation by transcription factors	24
Blooming balloons: Searching for mechanisms of the inflated calyx	24
Disarming the defenses: Insect detoxification of plant defense-related specialized metabolites	24
Whispers in the dark: Signals regulating underground plant–plant interactions	24
Contents	24
Deciphering the molecular basis of tissue-specific gene expression in plants: Can synthetic biology help?	24
Editorial Board	23
Convergent and divergent evolution of plant chemical defenses	23
Innovations in two genes kickstarted the evolution of nitrogen-fixing nodules	23
Contents	23
Cellular and molecular bases of lateral root initiation and morphogenesis	23
Composition and function of plant chromatin remodeling complexes	23
The MVPs (masterful versatile players): Chromatin factors as pivotal mediators between 3D genome organization and the response to environment	23
Contents	23
Tanshinones: Leading the way into Lamiaceae labdane-related diterpenoid biosynthesis	23
Compositionality, sparsity, spurious heterogeneity, and other data-driven challenges for machine learning algorithms within plant microbiome studies	22
From birth to function: Male gametophyte development in flowering plants	22
Revisiting plant electric signaling: Challenging an old phenomenon with novel discoveries	22
“Order from disordered”: Potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins	22
Pairing omics to decode the diversity of plant specialized metabolism	22
Epigenetic regulation in the shoot apical meristem	22