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Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review Plant Biology is 27. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Reproduction Multitasking: The Male Gametophyte	410
Phytochrome Signaling Networks	347
Development and Molecular Genetics ofMarchantia polymorpha	293
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	213
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function	206
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	201
	192
Advances and Opportunities in Single-Cell Transcriptomics for Plant Research	168
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	156
Histone Variants in the Specialization of Plant Chromatin	150
Plant Proteome Dynamics	143
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	142
Recent Advances in the Physiology of Ion Channels in Plants	136
The Making of Plant Armor: The Periderm	130
Patterns and Processes of Diploidization in Land Plants	130
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	127
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	124
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	121
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	120
Plant Pan-Genomics Comes of Age	120
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	117
Temperature Sensing in Plants	108
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	108
Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulation	94
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	94

Salicylic Acid: Biosynthesis and Signaling	94
Message in a Bubble: Shuttling Small RNAs and Proteins Between Cells and Interacting Organisms Using Extracellular Vesicles	93
Spatial Features and Functional Implications of Plant 3D Genome Organization	92
Evolution and Functions of Plant U-Box Proteins: From Protein Quality Control to Signaling	90
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	86
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	85
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	84
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	81
Embryo–Endosperm Interactions	81
Engineering of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism	79
Phyllosphere Microbiome	76
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	72
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	70
Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	68
Time-Based Systems Biology Approaches to Capture and Model Dynamic Gene Regulatory Networks	66
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	63
Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Cotton Research	58
Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics	58
Dissipation of Light Energy Absorbed in Excess: The Molecular Mechanisms	57
Regulation of the Plant Cell Cycle in Response to Hormones and the Environment	57
On the Origin of Carnivory: Molecular Physiology and Evolution of Plants on an Animal Diet	55
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	54
When SWEETs Turn Tweens: Updates and Perspectives	53
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	52
Evolutionary History of Plant Metabolism	52
Leaf Shape Diversity: From Genetic Modules to Computational Models	47
Meeting in the Middle: Lessons and Opportunities from Studying C₃-C₄ Intermediates	46
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	43
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	43
Phloem Loading and Unloading of Sucrose: What a Long, Strange Trip from Source to Sink	39
Spindle Assembly and Mitosis in Plants	38
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	38
Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands	37
Into the Shadows and Back into Sunlight: Photosynthesis in Fluctuating Light	34
Using Synthetic Biology to Understand the Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites	34
Pollen-Pistil Interactions as Reproductive Barriers	34
Salt-Tolerant Crops: Time to Deliver	34
Improving Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency Toward Sustainable Green Revolution	34
Next-Generation Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Revives the Functional Analysis of Plant Metabolic Diversity	33
Adaptable and Multifunctional Ion-Conducting Aquaporins	33
The Diversity and Functions of Plant RNA Modifications: What We Know and Where We Go from Here	33
Proximity Labeling in Plants	33
Why Are Invasive Plants Successful?	31
Parental and Environmental Control of Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana	31
Plant Peptide Ligands as Temporal and Spatial Regulators	30
Plant Hormone Transport and Localization: Signaling Molecules on the Move	28
Autophagy in Plant Health and Disease	27