OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Plant Science is 91. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Soybean F-Box-Like Protein GmFBL144 Interacts With Small Heat Shock Protein and Negatively Regulates Plant Drought Stress Tolerance	290
Genome-Wide Characterization of Serine/Arginine-Rich Gene Family and Its Genetic Effects on Agronomic Traits of Brassica napus	289
The Phloem Intercalated With Xylem-Correlated 3 Receptor-Like Kinase Constitutively Interacts With Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1-Associated Receptor Kinase 1 and Is Involved in Vascular Development in	287
Stone Wool Substrate Cover Incision Impacts on the Root-Zone Water Content, Temperature, and Yield of Tomato Cultures	285
The cabbage-leaf water extract can inhibit the germination and seedling growth of three receptor crops	260
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	259
Editorial: Advancing sustainable management of fungal diseases in berry crops	257
Small signaling peptides define leaf longevity	241
Combined analysis of the endophytic fungi and volatile oil content of different Aquilaria sinensis germplasms revealed the correlations between endophytic fungal abundances and agarwood production	231
An efficient non-parametric feature calibration method for few-shot plant disease classification	227
Unravelling physiological disorders in onion and garlic: critical assessment and bibliometric visualization	215
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	213
Editorial: Advances on genomics and genetics of horticultural crops and their contribution to breeding efforts	211
QTL mapping and transcriptome analysis of sugar content during fruit ripening of Pyrus pyrifolia	198
Editorial: Mineral nutrients on tea yield and quality formation	189
Insights into the impacts of autotoxic allelochemicals from rhizosphere of Atractylodes lancea on soil microenvironments	184
SWG5 regulates grain size and weight via sugar metabolism-mediated signaling in rice	181
Different hydraulic and photosynthetic responses to summer drought between newly sprouted and established Moso bamboo culms	181
Genetic dissection of grain traits and their corresponding heterosis in an elite hybrid	178
Paraburkholderia phytofirmans PsJN triggers local and systemic transcriptional reprogramming in Arabidopsis thaliana and increases resistance against Botrytis cinerea	178
Editorial: Reproductive Barriers and Gene Introgression in Rice Species, Volume II	177
Protein nonadditive expression and solubility contribute to heterosis in Arabidopsis hybrids and allotetraploids	174
Environmental parameters factors exploration on lettuce seed germination with hydrogel	173
Editorial: The impacts of the mating system and inbreeding depression in natural plant populations and crop systems	170
Unveiling nitrogen preferences in indica rice: a classification study of cultivars in South China	166

A fuzzy-optimized hybrid ensemble model for yield prediction in maize-soybean intercropping system	166
Root-applied brassinosteroid and salicylic acid enhance thermotolerance and fruit quality in heat-stressed ‘Kyoho’ grapevines	165
Integrative physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis of Abelmoschus manihot in response to Cd toxicity	162
Safety evaluation of FAD2 RNAi transgenic Brassica napus L. based on microbial diversity and metabonomic analysis	157
Molecular cytogenetic identification and nutritional composition evaluation of newly synthesized Triticum turgidum-Triticum boeoticum amphiploids (AABBAbAb)	154
Corrigendum: Magnesium application improves the morphology, nutrients uptake, photosynthetic traits, and quality of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) under cold stress	146
Diversity of vegetable landraces in the Pampa biome of Brazil and Uruguay: utilization and conservation strategies	145
Identification and mapping of QTLs for late blight resistance in the wild tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) accession PI 270442 via selective genotyping	144
Editorial: Quality of Ornamental Crops: Effect of Genotype, Preharvest, and Improved Production Chains on Quality Attributes of Ornamental Crops	144
Dynamic changes of endogenous phytohormones and carbohydrates during spontaneous morphogenesis of Centaurium erythraea Rafn	143
“H” sprayer effect on liquid deposition on cucumber leaves and powdery mildew prevention in the shed	143
Microbiological impact of long-term wine grape cultivation on soil organic carbon in desert ecosystems: a study on rhizosphere and bulk sandy soils	142
Identification and analysis of lignin biosynthesis genes related to fruit ripening and stress response in banana (Musa acuminata L. AAA group, cv. Cavendish)	140
Editorial: Fruit science: Physiological changes and genetic regulations	139
Distinctive physiological and molecular responses of foxtail millet and maize to nicosulfuron	136
Complete chloroplast genome data reveal the existence of the Solidago canadensis L. complex and its potential introduction pathways into China	133
Molecular identification and physiological functional analysis of NtNRT1.1B that mediated nitrate long-distance transport and improved plant growth when overexpressed in tobacco	132
Dodine an effective alternative to copper for controlling Venturia oleaginea, the causal agent of pea-cock eye disease, in highly infected olive trees	132
Spanish ecological battleground: population structure of two invasive fungi, Cryphonectria parasitica and Fusarium circinatum	131
Achievement of higher biomass, yield and quality of essential oil of Tagetes minuta L. through optimizing the sowing method and seeding rate	130
Correction: Impact on the scape of Farfugium japonicum var. japonicum (Asteraceae) under strong wind conditions based on morphological and mechanical analyses	126
Distribution, expression of hexaploid wheat Fes1s and functional characterization of two TaFes1As in Arabidopsis	123
Parental Genome Imbalance Causes Hybrid Seed Lethality as Well as Ovary Abscission in Interspecific and Interploidy Crosses in Nicotiana	122
Exploring the SiCCT Gene Family and Its Role in Heading Date in Foxtail Millet	121
Editorial: Rosaceae Fruit Development and Quality	121
Changes in Vertical Phenotypic Traits of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Response to Water Stress	118
How Human Subsistence Strategy Affected Fruit-Tree Utilization During the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age: Investigations in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau	117
Characterization of Repetitive DNA in Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum by Genome Sequencing and Cytological Assays	116
Estimating the Impacts of Plant Internal Nitrogen Deficit at Key Top Dressing Stages on Corn Productivity and Intercepted Photosynthetic Active Radiation	116
The 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase-producing Streptomyces violaceoruber UAE1 can provide protection from sudden decline syndrome on date palm	115
Transcriptome profiling revealed salt stress-responsive genes in Lilium pumilum bulbs	114
Studies on Pure Mlb® (Multiple Left Border) Technology and Its Impact on Vector Backbone Integration in Transgenic Cassava	113
Rhamnogalacturonan-I as a nematode chemoattractant from Lotus corniculatus L. super-growing root culture	111
Quantitative trait locus mapping and improved resistance to sclerotinia stem rot in a backbone parent of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)	109
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	108
Transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal that Bacillus subtilis BS-Z15 lipopeptides mycosubtilin homologue mediates plant defense responses	106
Transcriptional Analyses of Genes Related to Fodder Qualities in Giant Leucaena Under Different Stress Environments	105
Circle Fitting Based Image Segmentation and Multi-Scale Block Local Binary Pattern Based Distinction of Ring Rot and Anthracnose on Apple Fruits	105
Allometry and Distribution of Nitrogen in Natural Plant Communities of the Tibetan Plateau	105
Editorial: Control of plant organ size and shape	102
RNAi of Sterol Δ24-Isomerase Implicated Its Involvement in Physalin Biosynthesis in Physalis angulata L.	102
Comparative analysis of actinorhizal nodule and associated soil microorganism diversity and structure in three Alnus species	101
Texture synthesis of ecological plant protection image based on convolution neural network	101
Editorial: Agricultural sensors and systems for field detection	100
Corrigendum: An image dataset for analyzing tea picking behavior in tea plantations	100
Untargeted metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis in spring and durum wheat reveals potential mechanisms associated with the early stem solidness phenotype and resistance to wheat stem sawfly	100
Revealing the role of the AGO4 gene against rice hoja blanca virus: from transformation to protein structure	99
Phylogenomic analyses and chromosome ploidy identification reveal multiple cryptic species in Allium sikkimense complex (Amaryllidaceae)	99
Impacts of plant root traits and microbial functional attributes on soil respiration components in the desert-oasis ecotone	98
Analysis of genetic diversity of Zymoseptoria tritici populations in central and south-eastern Ethiopia	98

Corrigendum: Expression patterns of maize PIP aquaporins in middle or upper leaves correlate with their different physiological responses to drought and mycorrhiza	97
Disentangling the relationship between environmental drivers and productivity in subalpine wet grasslands	96
Editorial: CRISPR-based genome editing for seed oil improvements in Brassica napus L.	96
ZjHXK5 and ZjHXK6 negatively regulate the sugar metabolism of Ziziphus jujuba Mill.	95
Corrigendum: A proteome-level investigation into Plasmodiophora brassicae resistance in Brassica napus canola	94
Editorial: Structural variation of the chloroplast genome and related bioinformatics tools	94
Editorial: Plant natural products: biosynthesis, regulation, and function	93
A putative glucose 6-phosphate isomerase has pleiotropic functions on virulence and other mechanisms in Acidovorax citrulli	93
Synchrotron tomography of magnetoprimed soybean plant root system architecture grown in arsenic-polluted soil	93
Simulation and prediction of changes in tree species composition in subtropical forests of China using a nonlinear difference equation system model	93
Phosphorus and naphthalene acetic acid increased the seed yield by regulating carbon and nitrogen assimilation of flax	92
Cadmium-Tolerant Rhizospheric Bacteria of the C3/CAM Intermediate Semi-Halophytic Common Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) Grown in Contaminated Soils	92
Water-flow stress differentially affects the morphological, anatomical, and mechanical traits of Osmunda x intermedia (Osmundaceae) populations growing inside and outside the river curve	92
Elongate dendritic phytoliths as indicators for cereal identification and domestication: exploring a 3D morphometric approach	92
Establishment of discrete element flexible model of the tiller taro plant and clamping and pulling experiment	91
Unlocking plant regeneration capacity: small signaling peptides are on aboard	91
Spatial heterogeneity of soil factors enhances intraspecific variation in plant functional traits in a desert ecosystem	91