OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Plant Science is 101. 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
Stone Wool Substrate Cover Incision Impacts on the Root-Zone Water Content, Temperature, and Yield of Tomato Cultures	408
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	402
Small signaling peptides define leaf longevity	391
An efficient non-parametric feature calibration method for few-shot plant disease classification	382
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	335
Editorial: Advances on genomics and genetics of horticultural crops and their contribution to breeding efforts	323
Different hydraulic and photosynthetic responses to summer drought between newly sprouted and established Moso bamboo culms	311
Genetic dissection of grain traits and their corresponding heterosis in an elite hybrid	282
Editorial: Reproductive Barriers and Gene Introgression in Rice Species, Volume II	278
Environmental parameters factors exploration on lettuce seed germination with hydrogel	277
Editorial: The impacts of the mating system and inbreeding depression in natural plant populations and crop systems	263
Safety evaluation of FAD2 RNAi transgenic Brassica napus L. based on microbial diversity and metabonomic analysis	255
Molecular cytogenetic identification and nutritional composition evaluation of newly synthesized Triticum turgidum-Triticum boeoticum amphiploids (AABBAbAb)	232
Editorial: Quality of Ornamental Crops: Effect of Genotype, Preharvest, and Improved Production Chains on Quality Attributes of Ornamental Crops	227
“H” sprayer effect on liquid deposition on cucumber leaves and powdery mildew prevention in the shed	223
Identification and analysis of lignin biosynthesis genes related to fruit ripening and stress response in banana (Musa acuminata L. AAA group, cv. Cavendish)	222
Editorial: Fruit science: Physiological changes and genetic regulations	220
Transcriptional Analyses of Genes Related to Fodder Qualities in Giant Leucaena Under Different Stress Environments	218
How Human Subsistence Strategy Affected Fruit-Tree Utilization During the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age: Investigations in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau	218
Circle Fitting Based Image Segmentation and Multi-Scale Block Local Binary Pattern Based Distinction of Ring Rot and Anthracnose on Apple Fruits	215
Editorial: Control of plant organ size and shape	212
Editorial: Agricultural sensors and systems for field detection	211
Disentangling the relationship between environmental drivers and productivity in subalpine wet grasslands	210
Editorial: Structural variation of the chloroplast genome and related bioinformatics tools	208
Editorial: Plant natural products: biosynthesis, regulation, and function	204

Simulation and prediction of changes in tree species composition in subtropical forests of China using a nonlinear difference equation system model	204
LAZARUS 1 functions as a positive regulator of plant immunity and systemic acquired resistance	201
HS-GC-IMS with sensory evaluation technique to analyze volatile flavor compounds of jujube flowers	198
Differential regulation of reactive oxygen species in dimorphic chloroplasts of single cell C4 plant Bienertia sinuspersici during drought and salt stress	193
OSH45, a homeobox transcription factor, coordinates low-phosphate adaptation in rice	187
Effects of Image Dataset Configuration on the Accuracy of Rice Disease Recognition Based on Convolution Neural Network	179
Comparative transcriptional and co-expression network analysis of two upland cotton accessions with extreme phenotypic differences reveals molecular mechanisms of fiber development	178
Parent-of-origin effects orchestrate transcriptional reprogramming and epigenetic regulation of seedling vigor heterosis in triploid loquat	165
An improved YOLOv8n-IRP model for natural rubber tree tapping surface detection and tapping key point positioning	163
Achievement of higher biomass, yield and quality of essential oil of Tagetes minuta L. through optimizing the sowing method and seeding rate	159
Comparative transcriptome-wide identification and differential expression of genes and lncRNAs in rice near-isogenic line (KW-Bph36-NIL) in response to BPH feeding	159
Photoregulation of lipid metabolism in Begonia: synergistic effects of spectral composition and intensity on stress adaptation	155
Exploring the diversity of three Northern Atlantic sea beet populations	153
Single-cell RNA-seq reveals a link of ovule abortion and sugar transport in Camellia oleifera	147
Integrative analysis of metabolite and transcriptome reveals biosynthetic pathway and candidate genes for eupatilin and jaceosidin biosynthesis in Artemisia argyi	144
VPS45 is required for both diffuse and tip growth of Arabidopsis thaliana cells	144
Sucrose targets clathrin-mediated endocytosis kinetics supporting cell elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana	139
Empirical evidence for metabolic drift in plant and algal lipid biosynthesis pathways	136
Comprehensive identification and analysis of circRNAs during hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.) flower bud differentiation	135
Study on the extraction method of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. distribution area based on Gaofen-1 remote sensing imagery: a case study of Dengkou county	135
Thidiazuron and trans-zeatin riboside promote development of shoots and nodes in in vitro propagation of hops (Humulus lupulus L. var. lupulus)	132
ASFL-YOLOX: an adaptive spatial feature fusion and lightweight detection method for insect pests of the Papilionidae family	131
Nitrogen Addition Affects Ecosystem Carbon Exchange by Regulating Plant Community Assembly and Altering Soil Properties in an Alpine Meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	130
Water-flow stress differentially affects the morphological, anatomical, and mechanical traits of Osmunda x intermedia (Osmundaceae) populations growing inside and outside the river curve	130
Phosphorus and naphthalene acetic acid increased the seed yield by regulating carbon and nitrogen assimilation of flax	130
A novel method for irrigating plants, tracking water use, and imposing water deficits in controlled environments	129
Abatement effects of different soil amendments on continuous cropping of Codonopsis pilosula	129
Effects of pepper – peanut intercropping systems on processed chili yield and rhizospheric soil microecological environment	127
An efficient and broadly applicable method for transient transformation of plants using vertically aligned carbon nanofiber arrays	126
Applying a non-GMO breeding approach with an identified natural variation to reduce food allergen Len c3 in Lens culinaris seeds	126
StACS3-mediated drought stress adaptation in potato involves interactions with StPP2C2 and St14-3-3 proteins	124
Effects of stand age on community composition and diversity of soil bacteria and fungi in poplar plantations in Northeast China	123
Early detection of Dendrolimus species infestations: integrating UAV hyperspectral and LiDAR data	123
Genome-wide investigation and expression analysis of sweet cherry PavNAC gene family under different abiotic stress	123
Climate change impacts on the predicted geographic distribution of Betula tianschanica Rupr	122
Spatiotemporal dynamics of crop water use and groundwater depletion under the winter wheat–summer maize rotation system in Henan Province, China	120
Integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the cytoplasmic effects of CMS-D2 on pollen fertility resulting from disrupted lipid metabolism	119
Fine-mapping of PmHHM, a broad-spectrum allele from a wheat landrace conferring both seedling and adult resistance to powdery mildew	118
Thermal stress impairs photophysiology and redox balance in the kelp Lessonia spicata	118
Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of the KWL gene family in three Oryza species	117
Editorial: Advancing Marchantia polymorpha research: unveiling physiological, developmental, and evolutionary insights	117
Ecotourism design and plant protection based on sensor network	117
Editorial: Plant-based solutions for sustainable agriculture and environmental remediation	116
SMALL GRAIN 5 encodes a heat shock transcription factor controlling grain size and plant architecture in rice	115
The divergent vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to short-term warming in an alpine peatland	115
Rising atmospheric CO2 outweighs elevated vapor pressure deficit in explaining increased intrinsic water use efficiency in Chinese pine	115
Transcriptomic Complexity in Strawberry Fruit Development and Maturation Revealed by Nanopore Sequencing	114
Epistasis Activation Contributes Substantially to Heterosis in Temperate by Tropical Maize Hybrids	114
Environmental control of anthraquinone–flavonoid accumulation in wild plant species: biosynthetic pathways, ecological drivers, and adaptive significance	114
Hybrid improved capuchin search algorithm for plant image thresholding	114

Transcriptomic analysis of genes related to alkaloid biosynthesis and the regulation mechanism under precursor and methyl jasmonate treatment in Dendrobium officinale	113
Evaluating Populus tremula L. and Salix caprea L. for phytoremediation: growth, metal uptake, and biochemical responses under arsenic, cadmium, and lead stress	112
Editorial: Novel technologies for soybean improvement	110
Strip intercropping with local crops increased Aconitum carmichaeli yield and soil quality	110
Optimizing water and nitrogen management strategies to improve their use efficiency, eggplant yield and fruit quality	109
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	109
Responses of terrestrial ecosystem productivity and community structure to intra-annual precipitation patterns: A meta-analysis	109
Foliar potassium–calcium nutrition enhances fruit yield, quality and mitigates cracking in guava (Psidium guajava L.) under humid subtropical conditions	109
Evaluation of stripe rust resistance and genome-wide association study in wheat varieties derived from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	109
Cell types as species: Exploring a metaphor	108
Identification and mapping of QTLs for late blight resistance in the wild tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) accession PI 270442 via selective genotyping	107
Physicochemical properties and molecular mechanisms of different resistant starch subtypes in rice	107
Using leaf spectroscopy and pigment estimation to monitor indoor grown lettuce dynamic response to spectral light intensity	107
Response strategies of Ochroma lagopus to short-term low-temperature stress and rewarming: a photosynthesis-antioxidant-carbon network analysis	107
Effect of planting methods and tillage practices on soil health and maize productivity	106
Broad-spectrum resistance to fungal foliar diseases in wheat: recent efforts and achievements	105
Genetics and breeding for resistance against four leaf spot diseases in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	104
Comparison of the sugar and organic acid components of seventeen table grape varieties produced in Ankara (Türkiye): a study over two consecutive seasons	103
Genome-wide identification of DnaJ gene family in Catalpa bungei and functional analysis of CbuDnaJ49 in leaf color formation	103
YOLOPears: a novel benchmark of YOLO object detectors for multi-class pear surface defect detection in quality grading systems	103
Effect of nitrogen fertilizer regulation on rice panicle morphology, yield and economic benefits under low-temperature stress	103
SmDXS5, acting as a molecular valve, plays a key regulatory role in the primary and secondary metabolism of tanshinones in Salvia miltiorrhiza	102
Pan-genomic insights into LTP gene family evolution across diploid cotton species	102
Projected future changes in extreme climate indices affecting rice production in China using a multi-model ensemble of CMIP6 projections	102
Transcriptomic responses of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) stem to waterlogging at plantation in relation to precipitation seasonality	101
Genome-wide identification of the pectin methylesterase inhibitor genes in Brassica napus and expression analysis of selected members	101