OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review Plant Biology is 22. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	452
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	314
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	220
	168
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	164
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	156
Plant Proteome Dynamics	149
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	148
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	132
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	132
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	120
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	110
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	100
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	100
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	93
Temperature Sensing in Plants	88
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	78
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	77
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	72
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	68
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	64
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	63
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	62
Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	60
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	58

Phyllosphere Microbiome	57
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	51
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	49
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	48
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	47
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	46
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	45
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	44
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	42
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis from Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era	40
Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	38
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	37
Causes of Mutation Rate Variability in Plant Genomes	37
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	36
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	35
Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands	32
Spindle Assembly and Mitosis in Plants	31
Into the Shadows and Back into Sunlight: Photosynthesis in Fluctuating Light	30
Improving Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency Toward Sustainable Green Revolution	30
Salt-Tolerant Crops: Time to Deliver	30
Proximity Labeling in Plants	28
The Diversity and Functions of Plant RNA Modifications: What We Know and Where We Go from Here	28
Using Synthetic Biology to Understand the Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites	28
Plant Peptide Ligands as Temporal and Spatial Regulators	27
Why Are Invasive Plants Successful?	27
Plant Hormone Transport and Localization: Signaling Molecules on the Move	25
Alternative Splicing Dynamics in Plant Adaptive Responses to Stress	24
cis-Regulatory Elements in Plant Development, Adaptation, and Evolution	24
Parental and Environmental Control of Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana	24
Autophagy in Plant Health and Disease	24
Functions and Mechanisms of Histone Modifications in Plants	23
Leaf Vein Patterning	22