OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Plant Science is 81. 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
Texture synthesis of ecological plant protection image based on convolution neural network	273
Environment-dependent chlorophyll–chlorophyll charge transfer states in Lhca4 pigment–protein complex	271
Editorial: Advances on genomics and genetics of horticultural crops and their contribution to breeding efforts	245
Phosphorus and naphthalene acetic acid increased the seed yield by regulating carbon and nitrogen assimilation of flax	206
Comparative transcriptional and co-expression network analysis of two upland cotton accessions with extreme phenotypic differences reveals molecular mechanisms of fiber development	196
Halostachys caspica pathogenesis-related protein 10 acts as a cytokinin reservoir to regulate plant growth and development	183
Phylogeography Reveals Geographic and Environmental Factors Driving Genetic Differentiation of Populus sect. Turanga in Northwest China	182
Transcriptome Profiling Reveals a Petunia Transcription Factor, PhCOL4, Contributing to Antiviral RNA Silencing	180
Editorial: Quality of Ornamental Crops: Effect of Genotype, Preharvest, and Improved Production Chains on Quality Attributes of Ornamental Crops	178
Integrative physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis of Abelmoschus manihot in response to Cd toxicity	177
Editorial: Beneficial Microbiota Interacting With the Plant Immune System	167
Editorial: Evolution and Biodiversity of Wild Polyploids	165
Integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the cytoplasmic effects of CMS-D2 on pollen fertility resulting from disrupted lipid metabolism	164
Temperature extremes nip invasive macrophyte Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray in the bud: potential geographic distributions and risk assessment based on future climate change and anthropogenic influences	160
Studies on Pure Mlb® (Multiple Left Border) Technology and Its Impact on Vector Backbone Integration in Transgenic Cassava	158
The challenge of managing yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici) in winter wheat: how combined climate and pathogen stressors impact variability in genotype reactions	157
Single-cell RNA-seq reveals a link of ovule abortion and sugar transport in Camellia oleifera	154
Ultra-High-Density QTL Marker Mapping for Seedling Photomorphogenesis Mediating Arabidopsis Establishment in Southern Patagonia	151
Editorial: Novel technologies for soybean improvement	150
Transcriptional Analyses of Genes Related to Fodder Qualities in Giant Leucaena Under Different Stress Environments	142
Synchrotron tomography of magnetoprimed soybean plant root system architecture grown in arsenic-polluted soil	141
Circle Fitting Based Image Segmentation and Multi-Scale Block Local Binary Pattern Based Distinction of Ring Rot and Anthracnose on Apple Fruits	141
Molecular identification and physiological functional analysis of NtNRT1.1B that mediated nitrate long-distance transport and improved plant growth when overexpressed in tobacco	136
Establishment of discrete element flexible model of the tiller taro plant and clamping and pulling experiment	133
SmDXS5, acting as a molecular valve, plays a key regulatory role in the primary and secondary metabolism of tanshinones in Salvia miltiorrhiza	132

Quantitative trait locus mapping and improved resistance to sclerotinia stem rot in a backbone parent of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)	131
Single-Plant Selection at Ultra-Low Density Enhances Buffering Capacity of Barley Varieties and Landraces to Unpredictable Environments and Improves Their Agronomic Performance	131
Protein nonadditive expression and solubility contribute to heterosis in Arabidopsis hybrids and allotetraploids	131
How Human Subsistence Strategy Affected Fruit-Tree Utilization During the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age: Investigations in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau	129
Editorial: Agricultural sensors and systems for field detection	127
Multi-environment testing for G×E interactions and identification of high-yielding, stable, medium-duration pigeonpea genotypes employing AMMI, GGE biplot, and YREM analyses	124
Editorial: Control of plant organ size and shape	124
Strip intercropping with local crops increased Aconitum carmichaeli yield and soil quality	123
Editorial: Fruit science: Physiological changes and genetic regulations	122
Genetic dissection of grain traits and their corresponding heterosis in an elite hybrid	121
Participation of Multifunctional RNA in Replication, Recombination and Regulation of Endogenous Plant Pararetroviruses (EPRVs)	117
Impact of methyl Jasmonate on blueberry ripening fruits: assessment of cell wall thermal stability, nutritional parameters and antioxidant enzymatic activity	116
Editorial: CRISPR-based genome editing for seed oil improvements in Brassica napus L.	115
Editorial: Reproductive Barriers and Gene Introgression in Rice Species, Volume II	112
Editorial: Physiological ecology of trees under environmental stresses	112
DNA primase large subunit is an essential plant gene for geminiviruses, putatively priming viral ss-DNA replication	111
Combined analysis of metabolome and transcriptome of wheat kernels reveals constitutive defense mechanism against maize weevils	111
Genome-Wide Characterization of Serine/Arginine-Rich Gene Family and Its Genetic Effects on Agronomic Traits of Brassica napus	110
Mitigating Ammonia and Greenhouse Gaseous Emission From Arable Land by Co-application of Zeolite and Biochar	109
Safety evaluation of FAD2 RNAi transgenic Brassica napus L. based on microbial diversity and metabonomic analysis	109
Preferential phosphatidylglycerol synthesis via phosphorus supply through rRNA degradation in the cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, under phosphate-starved conditions	108
Physicochemical properties and molecular mechanisms of different resistant starch subtypes in rice	107
Distribution, expression of hexaploid wheat Fes1s and functional characterization of two TaFes1As in Arabidopsis	106
Genetic basis and selection of glyceollin elicitation in wild soybean	105
Analysis of metabolic differences in maize in different growth stages under nitrogen stress based on UPLC-QTOF-MS	104
Experimental Warming Hastens Physical Dormancy Break and Germination in Tropical Fabaceae	102
Editorial: Structural variation of the chloroplast genome and related bioinformatics tools	102
VPS45 is required for both diffuse and tip growth of Arabidopsis thaliana cells	100
Botrytis cinerea causes different plant responses in grape (Vitis vinifera) berries during noble and grey rot: diverse metabolism versus simple defence	100
Abatement effects of different soil amendments on continuous cropping of Codonopsis pilosula	100
Comparative chloroplast genome analysis of Sambucus L. (Viburnaceae): inference for phylogenetic relationships among the closely related Sambucus adnata Wall. ex DC Sambucus javanica Blume	96
Transcriptome and hormone Analyses reveal that melatonin promotes adventitious rooting in shaded cucumber hypocotyls	96
The role of APC/C in cell cycle dynamics, growth and development in cereal crops	95
Soybean F-Box-Like Protein GmFBL144 Interacts With Small Heat Shock Protein and Negatively Regulates Plant Drought Stress Tolerance	95
A novel method for irrigating plants, tracking water use, and imposing water deficits in controlled environments	93
Transcriptome Analysis of Endogenous Hormone Response Mechanism in Roots of Styrax tonkinensis Under Waterlogging	93
Parental Genome Imbalance Causes Hybrid Seed Lethality as Well as Ovary Abscission in Interspecific and Interploidy Crosses in Nicotiana	93
LHCA4 residues surrounding red chlorophylls allow for fine-tuning of the spectral region for photosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana	92
Different hydraulic and photosynthetic responses to summer drought between newly sprouted and established Moso bamboo culms	91
Cadmium-Tolerant Rhizospheric Bacteria of the C3/CAM Intermediate Semi-Halophytic Common Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) Grown in Contaminated Soils	90
RNAi of Sterol Δ24-Isomerase Implicated Its Involvement in Physalin Biosynthesis in Physalis angulata L.	90
Transcriptomic Complexity in Strawberry Fruit Development and Maturation Revealed by Nanopore Sequencing	89
Diproline-induced resistance to parasitic nematodes in the same and subsequent rice generations: Roles of iron, nitric oxide and ethylene	89
The Hierarchy of Protoxylem Groupings in Primary Root and Their Plasticity to Nitrogen Addition in Three Tree Species	88
Bambara Groundnut Rhizobacteria Antimicrobial and Biofertilization Potential	87
Exploring the SiCCT Gene Family and Its Role in Heading Date in Foxtail Millet	86
Humans Share More Preferences for Floral Phenotypes With Pollinators Than With Pests	85
Mini-review: Lipid flippases as putative targets for biotechnological crop improvement	85
The Stress Detection and Segmentation Strategy in Tea Plant at Canopy Level	84
Transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal that Bacillus subtilis BS-Z15 lipopeptides mycosubtilin homologue mediates plant defense responses	84

Characteristics of bacterial communities in rhizosphere and bulk soil in Fe-deficient citrus growing in coastal saline-alkali land	84
Shift in subsistence crop dominance from broomcorn millet to foxtail millet around 5500 BP in the western Loess Plateau	84
Light-Induced Dynamic Change of Phytochrome B and Cryptochrome 1 Stabilizes SINATs in Arabidopsis	83
Spanish ecological battleground: population structure of two invasive fungi, Cryphonectria parasitica and Fusarium circinatum	83
Grid Search for Lowest Root Mean Squared Error in Predicting Optimal Sensor Location in Protected Cultivation Systems	83
Changes in Vertical Phenotypic Traits of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Response to Water Stress	82
Identification of two chickpea multidrug and toxic compound extrusion transporter genes transcriptionally upregulated upon aluminum treatment in root tips	81
How Strigolactone Shapes Shoot Architecture	81