OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 5. 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
Functional trait space in cereals and legumes grown in pure and mixed cultures is influenced more by cultivar identity than crop mixing	100
Taxonomic significance and evolution of homobaric and heterobaric leaves in Adesmia clade species (Leguminosae – Papilionoideae)	60
Floral traits and community phylogenetic structure shape plant-pollinator interactions in co-occurring Rhododendrons in the Himalaya	44
Editorial Board	34
Editorial Board	30
Impact of climate change on the success of population support management and plant reintroduction at steep, exposed limestone outcrops in the German Swabian Jura	27
Assessment of weed invasion at bait sites in a Central European lower montane zone	22
Physiological and molecular features predispose native and invasive populations of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) to colonization and restoration of drought degraded environments	20
Prediction and evaluation of allelopathic plants species in Algerian Saharan ecosystem	20
Editorial Board	19
Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia’s fairy circles	16
Phylogenetic conservation and shifts of pollination niche in generalist epiphytic cacti	15
Role of spatial and environmental factors in structuring vascular epiphyte communities in two neotropical ecosystems	14
Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to	14
Out of Africa: Linked continents, overland migration and differential survival explain abundance of Proteaceae in Australia	13
Limited dispersal ability and restricted niche characterize “depauperons” in Melastomataceae	12
Determinants of biogeographical distribution of grasses in grasslands of South America	12
Questioning the effectiveness of seed-reducing agents on invasive Acacia: Pod production relative to gall abundance of classical biological control agents	10
Anther smut pathogens as important drivers of population dynamics of long-lived perennial plants: A case study of Dianthus carthusianorum	9
Differential elemental stoichiometry of two Mediterranean evergreen woody plants over a geochemically heterogeneous area	8
Floral nectar: Fifty years of new ecological perspectives beyond pollinator reward	8
Recent advances and future research in ecological stoichiometry	7
Elevational patterns of plant species richness and phylogenetic diversity in a Mediterranean island	7
Are trait responses of tree species across pyroregions indicative of fire-modulated plant functional strategies?	7
Ornamental perennials in flowerbeds shaded by tree canopy: Succession over five years since the establishment	6

Spatial distributions and edge relationships of plant communities in coastal barrens in Nova Scotia, Canada	6
Together but not mixed: mistletoe genetic diversity and seed disperser activity between evergreen and deciduous forests	6
Out of Liguria: how polyploidy affected diversification of the sweet spurge (Euphorbia dulcis, Euphorbiaceae), European widespread forest species	6
Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation	6
Temporal variability in native plant composition clouds impact of increasing non-native richness along elevational gradients in Tenerife	6
Drought resistance and drought adaptation of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) – A review	6
Evolutionary seed ecology of heteromorphic Amaranthaceae	5
Does insular adaptation to subtropical conditions promote loss of plasticity over time?	5
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	5
The spatio-temporal diversification of SRK alleles in an Arabidopsis polyploid hybrid and introgression zone	5
Editorial Board	5
Editorial Board	5
Calyceraceae: Unexpected diversification pattern in the Southern Andes	5