OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Biotechnology Journal is 52. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
	156
Issue Information	134
Editing of OsPsaL gene improves both yield and antiviral immunity in rice	126
Natural Variation in TaFAD8‐D Promoter Enhances Thermotolerance in Wheat Through Fatty Acid and Lipid Remodelling	121
Low cell number ChIP‐seq reveals chromatin state‐based regulation of gene transcription in the rice male meiocytes	114
Precision RNAi in Tomato Using Synthetic Trans‐Acting Small Interfering RNAs Derived From Minimal	110
Killer to cure: Expression and production costs calculation of tobacco plant‐made cancer‐immune checkpoint inhibitors	109
Integrating GWAS, RNA‐Seq and functional analysis revealed that BnaA02.SE mediates silique elongation by affecting cell proliferation and expansion in Brassica napus	104
GhSBI1, a CUP‐SHAPED COTYLEDON 2 homologue, modulates branch internode elongation in cotton	104
Transcription Factor GmERFA Interacts With GmNFYA and Acts as a Negative Regulator of Seed Fatty A	97
Rice RING E3 Ligase OsRMT1 Negatively Regulates Salt Tolerance by Degrading the Canonical Salt‐Res	94
Rice tapetum differentiation is sensitive to downregulation of OsUCH3, a ubiquitin C‐terminal hydrolase	92
Design of High‐Diacylglycerol and Lecithin Soybean Seed Oil Using GmPDATs and GmDGATs Knockout via a CRISPR‐Cas9 System	91
Two linked resistance genes function divergently in defence against Verticillium Wilt in Alfalfa	80
Phylogenomic and super‐pangenome analyses unveil the genetic landscape of tomato evolution and domestication	77
Ripening‐induced defence signalling in Botrytis cinerea‐infected tomato fruits involves activation of ERF.F4 by a MYC2‐NOR/RIN protein com	76
Metabolo‐Transcriptomics Analyses Reveal Alfalfa Adaptation to Combined Saline‐Alkali and Low‐Temperature Stress in the Field	76
Facilitating viral vector movement enhances heterologous protein production in an established plant system	74
Natural variations in the Cis‐elements of GhRPRS1 contributing to petal colour diversity in cotton	73
CRISPR /Cas9‐Mediated Specific Knockout of GhCesA4 /7/8	71
Posttranslational modifications of heterologous proteins expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana	71
Resurrected Ancestral Cannabis Enzymes Unveil the Origin and Functional Evolution of Cannabinoid Synthases	70
Polyphenol oxidase silencing avoids protein cross‐linking and enzymatic browning in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf extracts	70
Rice Yellow Mottle Virus resistance by genome editing of the Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica nucleoporin gene OsCPR5.1 but not OsCPR5.2	69
Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals the multiple levels of crosstalk in phytohormone networks in Brassica napus	69

The “humanized” N‐glycosylation pathway in CRISPR/Cas9‐edited Nicotiana benthamiana significantly enhances the immunogenicity of a S/preS1 Hepatitis B Virus antigen and th	68
Enhancing quality and yield of recombinant secretory IgA antibodies in Nicotiana benthamiana by endoplasmic reticulum engineering	68
Banana MaNAC1 activates secondary cell wall cellulose biosynthesis to enhance chilling resistance in fruit	68
The LONELY GUY gene family: from mosses to wheat, the key to the formation of active cytokinins in plants	68
Rice‐derived SARS‐CoV‐2 glycoprotein S1 subunit vaccine elicits humoral and cellular immune responses	68
A dual‐subcellular localized β‐glucosidase confers pathogen and insect resistance without a yield penalty in maize	67
A novel approach to enhance resistance to vascular disease by expressing cell‐death‐inducing fungal elicitors in the xylem tissue	65
The miR156/SPL12 module orchestrates fruit colour change through directly regulating ethylene production pathway in blueberry	65
SPINDLY interacts with EIN2 to facilitate ethylene signalling‐mediated fruit ripening in tomato	65
Development of vegetative oil sorghum: From lab‐to‐field	64
CC‐type glutaredoxin, MeGRXC3, associates with catalases and negatively regulates drought tolerance in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)	64
A higher‐yield hybrid rice is achieved by assimilating a dominant heterotic gene in inbred parental lines	62
GhXB38D represses cotton fibre elongation through ubiquitination of ethylene biosynthesis enzymes GhACS4 and GhACO1	61
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated elimination of OsHHO3, a transcriptional repressor of three AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER1 genes, improves nitrogen use efficiency in rice	61
A single nucleotide polymorphism in conz1 enhances maize adaptation to higher latitudes	59
A novel function for the transcription factor sensitive to proton rhizotoxicity1 in promoting anthocyanin accumulation in strawberry	58
Distinct effects of PTST2b and MRC on starch granule morphogenesis in potato tubers	58
MATE transporter GFD1 cooperates with sugar transporters, mediates carbohydrate partitioning and controls grain‐fillin	56
Natural allelic variation ofGmST05controlling seed size and quality in soybean	56
SEMI‐ROLLED LEAF 10 stabilizes catalase isozyme B to regulate leaf morphology and thermotolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)	56
Issue Information	54
OsSPL5 promotes rice outcrossing efficiency by G‐protein pathway	54
Natural variation of HTH5 from wild rice, Oryza rufipogon Griff., is involved in conferring high‐temperature tolerance at the heading stage	54
Genome‐Assisted Breeding of an Elite Sterile Line From Restorer Line for Hybrid Rice	53
Phosphorylation of MdWRKY70L by MdMPK6/02G mediates reactive oxygen accumulation to regulate apple fruit senescence	52
Epitope mapping and a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies to achieve full detection coverage of potato virus Y	52
SPDC‐HG: An accelerator of genomic hybrid breeding in maize	52