OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Rice Science is 7. 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
Insights into Anticancer Activity of Indian Aromatic Rice Callus Suspension Culture on Colon and Lung Cancer Cell Lines by Proteomic Analysis	148
Development and Application of a Novel Functional Marker for Fragrance in Rice	103
Salinity Stress Deteriorates Grain Yield and Increases 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Content in Rice	78
Alternative Splicing of OsCYL4 Controls Drought Resistance via Regulating Water Loss and Reactive Oxygen Species- Scavenging in Rice	71
TSA4, Encoding an RsgA GTPase, is Required for Temperature-Dependent Chloroplast Development in Rice	58
Mapping and Functional Analysis of LE Gene in a Lethal Etiolated Rice Mutant at Seedling Stage	53
Molecular Evolution of Rice Blast Resistance Gene bsr-d1	48
OsPR10b Positively Regulates Blast and Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice	43
Histone Acetyltransferase GCN5 Regulates Rice Growth and Development and Enhances Salt Tolerance	42
Rice Variety Classification Based on Optimized Near-Infrared Spectral Classification Model	39
SAO Regulates Aerial Organ Development in Rice	35
Morphophysiological Diversity and Haplotype Analysis of Saltol QTL Region in Diverse Rice Landraces for Salinity Tolerance	34
Transfer Learning-Based Image Recognition of Nitrogen and Potassium Nutrient Stress in Rice	34
Rice Curled Its Leaves Either Adaxially or Abaxially to Combat Drought Stress	33
Iron Biofortification in Rice: From Iron Uptake Mechanism to Effective Breeding	32
RISE Method Based on Rare Allele Infusion and Sanger Sequencing Estimation: A Simple, Cheap, and Efficient Method for Detecting Transgene Copy Number in Rice	29
Conversion of Double Rice into Rice-Vegetable Rotation System Increases Net Economic Benefit with Lower Environmental Cost	28
A Low-Cost RGB-Based Image Processing Method for High-Throughput Assessment of Rice Grain Chalkiness	28
Antioxidant Activities and Characterization of Polyphenols from Selected Northern Thai Rice Husks: Relation with Seed Attributes	28
Efficient Production of Pyrrolnitrin by Optimizing Culture Medium and Blocking Competitive Secondary Metabolic Pathways in Pseudomonas protegens JP2-4390	27
NaCl Facilitates Cell Wall Phosphorus Reutilization in Abscisic Acid Dependent Manner in Phosphorus Deficient Rice Root	27
OsELF3.1-OsCATA-Ghd7 Pathway Regulates Rice Heading	26
Physical and Physicochemical Classification of Parboiled Rice Using VNIR-SWIR Spectroscopy and Machine Learning	26
Leaf Morphology Genes SRL1 and RENL1 Co-Regulate Cellulose Synthesis and Affect Rice Drought Tolerance	24
Genome-Wide Association Study and Haplotype Analysis Jointly Identify New Candidate Genes for Alkaline Tolerance at Seedling Stage in Rice	24

Recent Advances to Enhance Nutritional Quality of Rice	24
Biochar Decreases Soil Cadmium (Cd) Availability and Regulates Expression Levels of Cd Uptake/Transport-Related Genes to Reduce Cd Translocation in Rice	24
Enlarged Sink Capacity and Optimized Population Physiological Characteristics are Key to High Yield in Conventional Japonica Rice	24
Transcriptomic Regulation Analysis Reveals Salt-Induced Response at Early Seedling Stages among Three Rice Genotypes	24
Volatile Organic Compounds in Japonica Rice and Their Influence on Flavor Substances and Sensory Characteristics of Beer	23
Effects of Milling Methods on Rice Flour Properties and Rice Product Quality: A Review	23
QTL Mapping for Plant Height Using Introgression Lines Derived from Zhonghui 8015 and Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon)	23
Peptide Transporter OsNPF8.1 Contributes to Sustainable Growth under Salt and Drought Stresses, and Grain Yield under Nitrogen Deficiency in Rice	21
Breeding Rice to Recruit Diazotrophs: Plant Genetic Levers for Rhizosphere Nitrogen Fixation	21
Drought-Tolerant Rice at Molecular Breeding Eras: An Emerging Reality	21
Could Plant Height Compensate for Temporal and Spatial Limitations of Canopy Spectra for Inversion of Plant Nitrogen Accumulation in Rice?	20
Cell Wall Fixation, Translocation, and Vacuolar Detoxification of Cadmium Contribute to Differential Grain Cadmium Accumulation in Two Rice Cultivars	20
Molecular and Biological Characterization of Novel Mitovirus Infecting Phytopathogenic Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	19
Efficient Improvement of Nutritional Content in Rice Grains by Precise Base Editing of OsROS1	19
Search for Dispersed Repeats in Oryza sativa Genome Using Iterative Procedure Method	19
Chloroplast-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species Dynamics Mediate Jasmonic Acid-Induced Drought Tolerance in Rice	17
Accelerating Wild Rice Disease-Resistant Germplasm Exploration: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Wild Rice Blast Disease Level Evaluation and Disease-Resistance Identification	17
Metabolic Engineering in Rice for Functional Metabolite Production	16
Cadmium Tolerance and Accumulation in Wild Rice Species	16
Analysis of Sulfate Transporter Gene Family 3 in Rice	16
Identification and Characterization of WAKg Genes Involved in Rice Disease Resistance and Yield	16
Function and Progress of Non-Histone Acetylation in Rice	15
Elemental Assessments in Paddy Soil for Geographical Traceability of Rice from Peninsular Malaysia	15
Applying Boron Fertilizer at Different Growth Stages Promotes Boron Uptake and Productivity in Rice	15
High Power Microwave Treatment Impacts on Microbes in Rough Rice	15
Translocation and Distribution of Carbon-Nitrogen in Relation to Rice Yield and Grain Quality as Affected by High Temperature at Early Panicle Initiation Stage	14
Development and Application of Prime Editing in Plants	14
Improving Semi-Dried Brown Rice Noodle Quality via Mixed Fermentation of Lactobacillus and Yeast	13
Identification of New Allele of FLOURY ENDOSPERM2 in White-Core Endosperm Mutant of Rice	13
Global Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Seedlings in Response to Extracellular ATP	13
A β-Carotene Ketolase Gene NfcrtO from Subaerial Cyanobacteria Confers Drought Tolerance in Rice	12
Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Based Rapid Detection of Aroma Gene in Rice	11
Advances and Prospects in Research on Rice Coleoptile Elongation	10
Towards Climate-Smart Rice Cultivation: Addressing Methane Emission Mechanisms and Mitigation Strategies for a Sustainable Future	10
Warm Nights, Waxy Leaves: Exploring Interplay Between Epicuticular Wax and Nocturnal Transpiration	10
Transcriptome Analysis of oserf922 Mutants Reveals New Insights into Rice Blast Resistance	10
Chlorophyllide-a Oxygenase 1 (OsCAO1) Over-Expression Affects Rice Photosynthetic Rate and Grain Yield	10
Differential Expression of Iron Deficiency Responsive Rice Genes under Low Phosphorus and Iron Toxicity Conditions and Association of OsIRO3 with Yield in Acidic Soils	10
Grain Shape Genes: Shaping the Future of Rice Breeding	10
A Recombinase-Aided Amplification-Lateral Flow Dipstick Detection Technique for Early On-Site Diagnosis of Bacterial Blight Caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Rice	9
Rice Grains from Slightly Saline Field Exhibited Unchanged Starch Physicochemical Properties but Enhanced Nutritional Values	9
Effects of Nitrogen-Regulating Gene AreA on Growth, Pathogenicity, and Fumonisin Synthesis of Fusarium proliferatum	8
Computer-Assisted Real-Time Rice Variety Learning Using Deep Learning Network	8
Mixed-Oligosaccharides Promote Seedling Growth of Direct-Seeded Rice under Salt and Alkaline Stress	8
Proteomic Analysis Revealing Protein Expression in Rice Grain Containing Differential Protein and Amino Acid Contents	8
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Six Rice Cultivars in Italian Agricultural Ecosystem Managed with Alternate Wetting and Drying	8
HAG1 Regulates Arsenic Allocation and Accumulation in Rice Grains	8
Simulating Responses of Rice Yield and Nitrogen Fates to Ground Cover Rice Production System under Different Types of Precipitation Years	7
Jumonji C Domain-Containing Protein OsJMJ712 Integrates Epigenetic Regulation and Circadian Clock to Fine-Tune Flowering in Rice	7
Random Amplification Polymorphic DNA and Agro-Morphological Traits-Based Fingerprinting for Detection of Genetic Divergence in Indian Black Rice	7

OsABCG2 Controls Cadmium Accumulation in Rice Grains	7
Compound Microbial Agent Improves Soil Redox Status to Reduce Methane Emissions from Paddy Fields	7
Rice Husk at a Glance: From Agro-Industrial to Modern Applications	7
Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties in the Global South: A Review	7
Molecular and Functional Roles of Tapetum Organelles: A Nursing Staff for Pollen Development	7
Breeding Resilience: Exploring Lodging Resistance Mechanisms in Rice	7
Genome-Wide Association Study of Brown Rice Weight Identifies an RNA-Binding Protein Antagonistically Regulating Grain Weight and Panicle Number	7