OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 69. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	1768
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	311
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	267
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	264
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	227
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	222
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	217
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	211
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	185
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	181
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	171
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	151
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	144
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	142
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation	139
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	138
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	138
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	134
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	133
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	131
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	127
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	119
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function to enhance disease susceptibility in rice	119
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	115
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	114

A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice	110
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	110
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	108
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	106
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	106
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	105
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	101
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity	101
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	100
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity	98
Primary metabolism: It’s more than what's for dinner	98
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	98
Light-triggered reactions do not bias boron deficiency-induced root inhibition of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes	98
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases	97
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	92
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	90
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	88
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	87
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	86
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	86
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	85
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	83
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size	82
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye	82
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	80
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	79
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage	79
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	78
Too SHY 2 repress	78
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	77
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching	76
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	76
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	76
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	75
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	75
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	73
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	72
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	72
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	72
Chemical control of receptor kinase signaling by rapamycin-induced dimerization	70
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	69
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification	69
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	69
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	69