OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review Plant Biology is 39. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	506
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	338
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	252
	185
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	179
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	173
Plant Proteome Dynamics	172
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	161
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	147
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	142
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	128
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	124
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	107
Temperature Sensing in Plants	106
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	102
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	96
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	82
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	82
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	75
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	71
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	70
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	69
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	67
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	64
Phyllosphere Microbiome	60

Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	60
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	58
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	54
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	53
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	50
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	50
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	48
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	47
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	46
Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	45
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis from Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era	45
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	41
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	40
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	40
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	39
Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands	39