OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review Plant Biology is 36. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	427
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	303
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	206
	158
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	158
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	152
Plant Proteome Dynamics	142
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	140
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	127
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	125
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	118
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	98
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	97
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	95
Temperature Sensing in Plants	89
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	86
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	74
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	73
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	68
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	62
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	60
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	60
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	59
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	57
Phyllosphere Microbiome	55

Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	54
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	49
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	47
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	46
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	43
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	41
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	40
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	40
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis from Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era	37
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	37
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	36
Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	36