OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Plant Biology is 21. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
β-Glucan-binding proteins are key modulators of immunity and symbiosis in mutualistic plant–microbe interactions	164
Phylogenetic and genomic mechanisms shaping glucosinolate innovation	124
Looking at mechanobiology through an evolutionary lens	107
Recent advances in understanding thermomorphogenesis signaling	103
Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development	98
Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering	95
Steroidal compounds in Paris polyphylla:structure, biological activities, and biosynthesis	80
Specialized metabolism in St John's wort	78
Contents	75
Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis	74
Hormonal regulation of inflorescence and intercalary meristems in grasses	66
Context-specific functions of transcription factors controlling plant development: From leaves to flowers	66
β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal	64
Beauty is more than epidermis deep: How cell division and expansion sculpt the leaf spongy mesophyll	63
Plant growth and development: Experimental diversity is essential for dissecting plant diversity	60
Understanding signaling pathways governing the polar development of root hairs in low-temperature, nutrient-deficient environments	60
Chemical tools for unpicking plant specialised metabolic pathways	59
Protein polarization: Spatiotemporal precisions in cell division and differentiation	58
Editorial Board	57
At the root of plant symbioses: Untangling the genetic mechanisms behind mutualistic associations	56
Editorial overview: Plant metabolism without a border: The interface of primary and specialised metabolism	56
The evolution and function of transposons in epigenetic regulation in response to the environment	56
How transposable elements are recognized and epigenetically silenced in plants?	53
Plant sphingolipids: Subcellular distributions and functions	52
The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants	52

Plant-microbiome crosstalk and disease development	52
Something old, something new: Conservation of the ethylene precursor 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a signaling molecule	51
The unsung roles of microbial secondary metabolite effectors in the plant disease cacophony	50
Unlocking diversity from wild relatives of perennial fruit crops in the pan-genomics era	50
The evolution of tropane alkaloids: Coca does it differently	50
Recent insights into air space formation in plant shoots	50
Contents	47
Re-imagining crop domestication in the era of high throughput phenomics	47
Biosynthesis of triterpenoids in plants: Pathways, regulation, and biological functions	46
Rapid systemic responses to herbivory	46
HD-Zip IV transcription factors: Drivers of epidermal cell fate integrate metabolic signals	45
Evolution of immunity networks across embryophytes	44
Mechanisms of temperature-regulated growth and thermotolerance in crop species	43
Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels	43
Regulation of pattern-triggered immunity and growth by phytocytokines	43
Modes of secretion of plant lipophilic metabolites via ABCG transporter-dependent transport and vesicle-mediated trafficking	42
Contents	39
The battle within: How pathogen effectors suppress NLR-mediated immunity	39
Plant microtubule nucleating apparatus and its potential signaling pathway	39
Editorial overview: Physiology and metabolism 2024	39
Diverse regulatory mechanisms of StARkin domains in land plants and mammals	38
Uncovering an ancestral green ménage à trois: Contributions of Chlamydomonas to the discovery of a broadly conserved triad of plant fertilization proteins	38
Biosynthesis of the triterpenoid withanolides in Withania somnifera	37
It's time to go glyco in cell wall bioengineering	37
Pollen–pistil interactions: It takes two to tangle but a molecular cast of many to deliver	37
Plant optogenetics: Applications and perspectives	37
Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters	37
Organogenic events during gynoecium and fruit development in Arabidopsis	37
Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory	36
Light, CO2, and carbon storage in microalgae	36
Plant transcription factors — being in the right place with the right company	35
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants	35
The diversity of salicylic acid biosynthesis and defense signaling in plants: Knowledge gaps and future opportunities	35
Editorial Board	34
Regulation of PIN polarity in response to abiotic stress	34
Spatiotemporal control of root immune responses during microbial colonization	34
Dynamics of DNA methylation and its impact on plant embryogenesis	33
Editorial Board	33
Soybean seed protein storage vacuoles for expression of recombinant molecules	33
Tipping the balance: The dynamics of stem cell maintenance and stress responses in plant meristems	32
How bacteria overcome flagellin pattern recognition in plants	31
Contents	31
Insights into dynamic coenocytic endosperm development: Unraveling molecular, cellular, and growth complexity	31
Editorial Board	31
Moving targets: Mechanisms regulating siRNA production and DNA methylation during plant development	31
Dynamic and spatial control of cellular activity during seed germination	30
A ‘hot’ cocktail: The multiple layers of thermomemory in plants	30
Biomolecular condensates at the plasma membrane: Insights into plant cell signaling	30
Stem-borne roots as a framework to study trans-organogenesis and uncover fundamental insights in developmental biology	30
Cell type-specific control and post-translational regulation of specialized metabolism: opening new avenues for plant metabolic engineering	29

Cell biology features and gene expression programs modulating cell expansion during root organ growth	29
Cause or effect: Probing the roles of epigenetics in plant development and environmental responses	29
Non-canonical and developmental roles of the TCA cycle in plants	28
Creating an explosion: Form and function in explosive fruit	28
Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis	28
Triticeae genome sequences reveal huge expansions of gene families implicated in fertility restoration	28
Trehalose 6-phosphate metabolism in C4 species	27
Structural insights of cell wall integrity signaling during development and immunity	27
A review of the role of metabolites in vegetative desiccation tolerance of angiosperms	26
Innovations and threats facing the storage of sugar in sugar beet	26
Wet scissors: How biomolecular condensates cut cellular membranes	26
The evolution and development of sporangia—The fundamental reproductive organ of land plant sporophytes	26
How to turbo charge respiration – thermogenic metabolism in plants	26
Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging	26
Involvement of small molecules and metabolites in regulation of biomolecular condensate properties	25
Toward improving nitrogen use efficiency in rice: Utilization, coordination, and availability	25
Illuminating the role of the calyptra in sporophyte development	25
Scaling-up to understand tree–pathogen interactions: A steep, tough climb or a walk in the park?	25
Seeing is believing: Exploiting advances in structural biology to understand and engineer plant immunity	25
Rapid auxin signaling: Unknowns old and new	25
Current insights into plant volatile organic compound biosynthesis	25
Molecular mechanisms of reprogramming of differentiated cells into stem cells in the moss Physcomitrium patens	24
Elucidating the biology of transcription factor–DNA interaction for accurate identification of cis-regulatory elements	24
Contents	23
Composition and function of plant chromatin remodeling complexes	23
Innovations in two genes kickstarted the evolution of nitrogen-fixing nodules	23
Evolution of the sporophyte shoot axis and functions of TALE HD transcription factors in stem development	23
Deciphering the molecular basis of tissue-specific gene expression in plants: Can synthetic biology help?	23
Whispers in the dark: Signals regulating underground plant–plant interactions	23
Extracellular proteases from microbial plant pathogens as virulence factors	23
Blooming balloons: Searching for mechanisms of the inflated calyx	23
Disarming the defenses: Insect detoxification of plant defense-related specialized metabolites	22
Convergent and divergent evolution of plant chemical defenses	22
Cellular and molecular bases of lateral root initiation and morphogenesis	22
Tanshinones: Leading the way into Lamiaceae labdane-related diterpenoid biosynthesis	22
Epigenetic regulation in the shoot apical meristem	21
Compositionality, sparsity, spurious heterogeneity, and other data-driven challenges for machine learning algorithms within plant microbiome studies	21
The MVPs (masterful versatile players): Chromatin factors as pivotal mediators between 3D genome organization and the response to environment	21
Revisiting plant electric signaling: Challenging an old phenomenon with novel discoveries	21
“Order from disordered”: Potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins	21
Plant galls induced by insects: Coordinated developmental reprogramming and defence manipulation	21
Pairing omics to decode the diversity of plant specialized metabolism	21
Editorial Board	21