OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Plant Science is 100. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Stone Wool Substrate Cover Incision Impacts on the Root-Zone Water Content, Temperature, and Yield of Tomato Cultures	382
The cabbage-leaf water extract can inhibit the germination and seedling growth of three receptor crops	381
Transcriptome and genome-wide analysis of the potential role of SKP1 gene family in the development of floral organs of two related species of Allium fistulosum	367
Small signaling peptides define leaf longevity	364
An efficient non-parametric feature calibration method for few-shot plant disease classification	319
Flagellin C decreases the expression of the Gossypium hirsutum cation/proton exchanger 3 gene to promote calcium ion, hydrogen peroxide, and nitric oxide and synergistically regulate the resistance of	314
Editorial: Advances on genomics and genetics of horticultural crops and their contribution to breeding efforts	302
Genetic dissection of grain traits and their corresponding heterosis in an elite hybrid	272
Different hydraulic and photosynthetic responses to summer drought between newly sprouted and established Moso bamboo culms	272
Editorial: Reproductive Barriers and Gene Introgression in Rice Species, Volume II	265
Environmental parameters factors exploration on lettuce seed germination with hydrogel	255
Editorial: The impacts of the mating system and inbreeding depression in natural plant populations and crop systems	236
Safety evaluation of FAD2 RNAi transgenic Brassica napus L. based on microbial diversity and metabonomic analysis	227
Molecular cytogenetic identification and nutritional composition evaluation of newly synthesized Triticum turgidum-Triticum boeoticum amphiploids (AABBAbAb)	219
Editorial: Quality of Ornamental Crops: Effect of Genotype, Preharvest, and Improved Production Chains on Quality Attributes of Ornamental Crops	214
Identification and analysis of lignin biosynthesis genes related to fruit ripening and stress response in banana (Musa acuminata L. AAA group, cv. Cavendish)	214
“H” sprayer effect on liquid deposition on cucumber leaves and powdery mildew prevention in the shed	214
Editorial: Fruit science: Physiological changes and genetic regulations	212
Parental Genome Imbalance Causes Hybrid Seed Lethality as Well as Ovary Abscission in Interspecific and Interploidy Crosses in Nicotiana	211
How Human Subsistence Strategy Affected Fruit-Tree Utilization During the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age: Investigations in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau	211
Glycine max Homologs of DOESN'T MAKE INFECTIONS 1, 2, and 3 Function to Impair Heterodera glycines Parasitism While Also Regulating Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Expression	201
Transcriptional Analyses of Genes Related to Fodder Qualities in Giant Leucaena Under Different Stress Environments	200
Editorial: Control of plant organ size and shape	198
Circle Fitting Based Image Segmentation and Multi-Scale Block Local Binary Pattern Based Distinction of Ring Rot and Anthracnose on Apple Fruits	198
Disentangling the relationship between environmental drivers and productivity in subalpine wet grasslands	195

Editorial: Agricultural sensors and systems for field detection	195
Editorial: Structural variation of the chloroplast genome and related bioinformatics tools	194
Simulation and prediction of changes in tree species composition in subtropical forests of China using a nonlinear difference equation system model	191
Editorial: Plant natural products: biosynthesis, regulation, and function	180
Cultivar-specific volatile profiles in Passiflora edulis determine thrips (Frankliniella intonsa) feeding preferences	179
LAZARUS 1 functions as a positive regulator of plant immunity and systemic acquired resistance	179
HS-GC-IMS with sensory evaluation technique to analyze volatile flavor compounds of jujube flowers	172
Identification and functional characterization of the sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) AMT2-type ammonium transporter ScAMT3;3 revealed a presumed role in shoot ammonium remobilization	169
Differential regulation of reactive oxygen species in dimorphic chloroplasts of single cell C4 plant Bienertia sinuspersici during drought and salt stress	164
OSH45, a homeobox transcription factor, coordinates low-phosphate adaptation in rice	156
Effects of Image Dataset Configuration on the Accuracy of Rice Disease Recognition Based on Convolution Neural Network	155
Parent-of-origin effects orchestrate transcriptional reprogramming and epigenetic regulation of seedling vigor heterosis in triploid loquat	155
Comparative transcriptional and co-expression network analysis of two upland cotton accessions with extreme phenotypic differences reveals molecular mechanisms of fiber development	155
An improved YOLOv8n-IRP model for natural rubber tree tapping surface detection and tapping key point positioning	150
Identifying the seeds of heterotic pools for Southern and Eastern Africa from global elite spring wheat germplasm	147
Local auxin synthesis mediated by YUCCA4 induced during root-knot nematode infection positively regulates gall growth and nematode development	145
Achievement of higher biomass, yield and quality of essential oil of Tagetes minuta L. through optimizing the sowing method and seeding rate	141
Comparative transcriptome-wide identification and differential expression of genes and lncRNAs in rice near-isogenic line (KW-Bph36-NIL) in response to BPH feeding	140
Photoregulation of lipid metabolism in Begonia: synergistic effects of spectral composition and intensity on stress adaptation	138
Exploring the diversity of three Northern Atlantic sea beet populations	137
Single-cell RNA-seq reveals a link of ovule abortion and sugar transport in Camellia oleifera	134
Distinguishing features of Lycium L. species (family Solanaceae) distributed in Egypt based on their anatomical, metabolic, molecular, and ecological characteristics	132
VPS45 is required for both diffuse and tip growth of Arabidopsis thaliana cells	130
Sucrose targets clathrin-mediated endocytosis kinetics supporting cell elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana	129
Integrative analysis of metabolite and transcriptome reveals biosynthetic pathway and candidate genes for eupatilin and jaceosidin biosynthesis in Artemisia argyi	129
Empirical evidence for metabolic drift in plant and algal lipid biosynthesis pathways	128
Study on the extraction method of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. distribution area based on Gaofen-1 remote sensing imagery: a case study of Dengkou county	127
Comprehensive identification and analysis of circRNAs during hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.) flower bud differentiation	127
Analysis of genetic diversity of Zymoseptoria tritici populations in central and south-eastern Ethiopia	126
Thidiazuron and trans-zeatin riboside promote development of shoots and nodes in in vitro propagation of hops (Humulus lupulus L. var. lupulus)	125
Comparative Metabolic Analysis Reveals a Metabolic Switch in Mature, Hydrated, and Germinated Pollen in Arabidopsis thaliana	125
Complete chloroplast genome data reveal the existence of the Solidago canadensis L. complex and its potential introduction pathways into China	125
ASFL-YOLOX: an adaptive spatial feature fusion and lightweight detection method for insect pests of the Papilionidae family	124
Nitrogen Addition Affects Ecosystem Carbon Exchange by Regulating Plant Community Assembly and Altering Soil Properties in an Alpine Meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	123
Water-flow stress differentially affects the morphological, anatomical, and mechanical traits of Osmunda x intermedia (Osmundaceae) populations growing inside and outside the river curve	119
Phosphorus and naphthalene acetic acid increased the seed yield by regulating carbon and nitrogen assimilation of flax	119
Abatement effects of different soil amendments on continuous cropping of Codonopsis pilosula	118
A novel method for irrigating plants, tracking water use, and imposing water deficits in controlled environments	118
Effects of pepper – peanut intercropping systems on processed chili yield and rhizospheric soil microecological environment	116
Applying a non-GMO breeding approach with an identified natural variation to reduce food allergen Len c3 in Lens culinaris seeds	115
StACS3-mediated drought stress adaptation in potato involves interactions with StPP2C2 and St14-3-3 proteins	115
An efficient and broadly applicable method for transient transformation of plants using vertically aligned carbon nanofiber arrays	115
DNA primase large subunit is an essential plant gene for geminiviruses, putatively priming viral ss-DNA replication	114
Characterizing conflict and congruence of molecular evolution across organellar genome sequences for phylogenetics in land plants	113
Effects of stand age on community composition and diversity of soil bacteria and fungi in poplar plantations in Northeast China	112
Early detection of Dendrolimus species infestations: integrating UAV hyperspectral and LiDAR data	112
Genome-wide investigation and expression analysis of sweet cherry PavNAC gene family under different abiotic stress	112
Climate change impacts on the predicted geographic distribution of Betula tianschanica Rupr	111
Spatiotemporal dynamics of crop water use and groundwater depletion under the winter wheat–summer maize rotation system in Henan Province, China	110
Integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the cytoplasmic effects of CMS-D2 on pollen fertility resulting from disrupted lipid metabolism	110

Fine-mapping of PmHHM, a broad-spectrum allele from a wheat landrace conferring both seedling and adult resistance to powdery mildew	109
Thermal stress impairs photophysiology and redox balance in the kelp Lessonia spicata	109
Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of the KWL gene family in three Oryza species	108
The divergent vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to short-term warming in an alpine peatland	108
Editorial: Advancing Marchantia polymorpha research: unveiling physiological, developmental, and evolutionary insights	108
Editorial: Plant-based solutions for sustainable agriculture and environmental remediation	108
Ecotourism design and plant protection based on sensor network	108
Trichoderma harzianum inoculation promotes sweet sorghum growth in the saline soil by modulating rhizosphere available nutrients and bacterial community	107
SMALL GRAIN 5 encodes a heat shock transcription factor controlling grain size and plant architecture in rice	107
Rising atmospheric CO2 outweighs elevated vapor pressure deficit in explaining increased intrinsic water use efficiency in Chinese pine	106
Environmental control of anthraquinone–flavonoid accumulation in wild plant species: biosynthetic pathways, ecological drivers, and adaptive significance	106
Effects of shading on morphology, photosynthesis characteristics, and yield of different shade-tolerant peanut varieties at the flowering stage	105
Comparative efficacy of gibberellic acid and melatonin seed priming on germination and biochemical responses of maize under drought stress	105
Research on Methods Decreasing Pesticide Waste Based on Plant Protection Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Review	105
Breeding techniques to dispense higher genetic gains	105
Critical transition of soil microbial diversity and composition triggered by plant rhizosphere effects	104
An overview of salinity stress, mechanism of salinity tolerance and strategies for its management in cotton	104
Transcriptomic Complexity in Strawberry Fruit Development and Maturation Revealed by Nanopore Sequencing	104
Epistasis Activation Contributes Substantially to Heterosis in Temperate by Tropical Maize Hybrids	103
Hybrid improved capuchin search algorithm for plant image thresholding	103
The role of APC/C in cell cycle dynamics, growth and development in cereal crops	103
Transcriptomic analysis of genes related to alkaloid biosynthesis and the regulation mechanism under precursor and methyl jasmonate treatment in Dendrobium officinale	102
Impacts of different types of straw returning on soil physicochemical properties, microbial community structure, and pepper quality	101
Aboveground biomass estimation of wetland vegetation at the species level using unoccupied aerial vehicle RGB imagery	101
A high-density linkage map construction in guava (Psidium guajava L.) using genotyping by sequencing and identification of QTLs for leaf, peel, and pulp color in an intervarietal mapping population	100