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Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review Plant Biology is 21. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
NAD Modification at the Battlefront in Plant–Pathogen Interactions	351
Stem Cells and Differentiation in Vascular Tissues	265
Computational Modeling of Plant Roots: Development Meets Physiology and Adaptation	259
Environmental and Biological Drivers of Root Exudation	211
Epigenetic Regulation During Plant Development and the Capacity for Epigenetic Memory	195
m6A RNA Methylation in Plants: From Molecular Insights to Applications	153
Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses	149
The Plant Mediator Complex in the Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II	118
Enabling Lignin Valorization Through Integrated Advances in Plant Biology and Biorefining	114
Structure and Function of Auxin Transporters	96
Chloroplast Proteostasis: Import, Sorting, Ubiquitination, and Proteolysis	95
The Power of Symbiosis in Life and Science	91
The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing	87
Monkeys at Rigged Typewriters: A Population and Network View of Plant Immune System Incompatibility	74
Temperature Sensing in Plants	72
Systems Biology of Streptophyte Cell Evolution	71
Metabolism, Perception, and Functions of Inositol (Pyro)Phosphates in Plants	71
Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms	68
RNA Meets Agriculture: From Molecular Mechanisms to Market Applications	67
Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation	60
RNA Structure: Function and Application in Plant Biology	55
Ingenious Male–Female Communication Ensures Successful Double Fertilization in Angiosperms	55
Phyllosphere Microbiome	55
Intercellular Communication in Shoot Meristems	53
Phytomelatonin: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Functions	52

Lipid Droplets: Packing Hydrophobic Molecules Within the Aqueous Cytoplasm	52
Extracellular Vesicles and Extracellular RNAs in Plant–Microbe Interactions	51
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors	49
Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Endocytosis	49
Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind	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	45
LAFL Factors in Seed Development and Phase Transitions	43
Plant Molecular Phenology and Climate Feedbacks Mediated by BVOCs	41
Salt-Tolerant Crops: Time to Deliver	40
γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA): Metabolite, Messenger, and Mediator of Stress Adaptation	40
Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands	39
Plant Phenotypic Plasticity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Breeding and Climate Change Adaptation	37
Proximity Labeling in Plants	35
The Diversity and Functions of Plant RNA Modifications: What We Know and Where We Go from Here	35
Why Are Invasive Plants Successful?	34
Using Synthetic Biology to Understand the Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites	33
Plant Peptide Ligands as Temporal and Spatial Regulators	32
Plant Hormone Transport and Localization: Signaling Molecules on the Move	31
Leaf Vein Patterning	29
Functions and Mechanisms of Histone Modifications in Plants	28
Autophagy in Plant Health and Disease	27
The Genetic Basis and Domestication of Root System Architecture in Cereals	26
Structural Insights into Plant Hormone-Sensing Mechanisms	26
Alternative Splicing Dynamics in Plant Adaptive Responses to Stress	25
cis-Regulatory Elements in Plant Development, Adaptation, and Evolution	24
Polyamines: Their Role in Plant Development and Stress	24
Sensing Plant Photosynthesis Using Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence: From Chloroplasts to the Globe	23
B Vitamins: An Update on Their Importance for Plant Homeostasis	23
Physiological Responses of C4 Perennial Bioenergy Grasses to Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Constraints	23
Pyrenoid Structure, Function, Evolution, and Characterization Across Diverse Lineages	22
Viral Recognition and Evasion in Plants	21
A Multidimensional View of Biomolecular Condensates in Plant Biology	21
The Loss-and-Gain Strategy for Functional Specialization of Plant-Specific RNA Polymerases	21