OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 66. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	1191
Molecular mechanism of Verticillium dahliae-induced leaf senescence	272
Thermotolerance through trade-off: Decapping WUSCHEL mRNA in plant stem cells	233
The miR172a–SNB module orchestrates both induced and adult-plant resistance to multiple diseases via MYB30-mediated lignin accumulation in rice	216
Allelic variation in the promoter of WRKY22 enhances humid adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana	201
Cotton2035: From genomics research to optimized breeding	199
Unlocking sweetness: Gene editing of SlCDPKs to improve tomato flavor	174
Getting the SCOOP on peptide ligands that regulate leaf senescence	166
BFP1: One of 700 Arabidopsis F-box proteins mediates degradation of JA oxidases to promote plant immunity	156
H2A.Z contributes to trithorax activity at the AGAMOUS locus	145
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	143
Going deep: Roots, carbon, and analyzing subsoil carbon dynamics	138
An evolutionarily conserved nitrate sensor in plants	138
BambooBase: A comprehensive database of bamboo omics and systematics	132
Light-stabilized FHA2 suppresses miRNA biogenesis through interactions with DCL1 and HYL1	127
Development and maintenance of the ligular region of maize leaves	127
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	124
Unique biogenesis and kinetics of hornwort Rubiscos revealed by synthetic biology systems	114
H2O2 sulfenylates CHE to activate systemic salicylic acid synthesis and ignite systemic acquired resistance	113
Frontline remote sensing tool to locate hidden traits in root and tuber crops	112
Linking plant metabolism and immunity through methionine biosynthesis	112
Phosphorylation of a wheat aquaporin at two sites enhances both plant growth and defense	112
DET1 regulates HY5 through COP1: A new paradigm in the regulation of HY5	105
The vernalization-induced long non-coding RNA VAS functions with the transcription factor TaRF2b to promote TaVRN1 expression for flowering in hexaploid wheat	98
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	97

Ubiquitination and PARylation cross-talk about immunity	96
Loss of two families of SPX domain-containing proteins required for vacuolar polyphosphate accumulation coincides with the transition to phosphate storage in green plants	96
Meeting partners at the right time promises varied flowering	96
Rise of the ethylene biosynthesis machinery from the Cβ-S lyase	95
Insights into manganese transport: A matter of phosphorylation	94
BnVIR: bridging the genotype-phenotype gap to accelerate mining of candidate variations underlying agronomic traits in Brassica napus	92
MaizeNetome: A multi-omics network database for functional genomics in maize	91
Is losing ethylene a losing game?	91
A new thermosensor from rice	90
Changing Gly311 to an acidic amino acid in the MATE family protein DTX6 enhances Arabidopsis resistance to the dihydropyridine herbicides	90
Coordinating plant pigment production: A green role for ORANGE family proteins	90
Pepper variome reveals the history and key loci associated with fruit domestication and diversification	89
Plants and heterotrimeric G proteins: Expect the unexpected	88
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	88
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	87
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	86
Cellulose synthesis in land plants	85
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	84
Hidden in the parts: How the cell-type perspective reveals novel insights into plant-microbe interactions	84
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation	82
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	81
An unmanned ground vehicle phenotyping-based method to generate three-dimensional multispectral point clouds for deciphering spatial heterogeneity in plant traits	79
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses	79
Natural variation in maize ZmLecRK1 fine-tunes co-receptor interactions to boost immunity	77
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice	76
Ubiquitination-mediated regulation of receptor-like kinases in symbiosis and immunity	76
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	76
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion	76
Pollen hydration: A tale of two peptides	73
Plant gene co-expression defines the biosynthetic pathway of neuroactive alkaloids	73
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks	73
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	72
Adenylate cyclase activity of TIR1/AFB links cAMP to auxin-dependent responses	71
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	71
The boys are back in town: Rethinking the function of ribosomal DNA repeats in the genomic era	70
Satellite-enabled enviromics to enhance crop improvement	70
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	70
Seed’s awakening: Unveiling the MKK3–MPK7–ERF4 module in dormancy-to-germination transition	69
Sucrose-responsive osmoregulation of plant cell size by a long non-coding RNA	69
Recognition of the inducible, secretory small protein OsSSP1 by the membrane receptor OsSSR1 and the co-receptor OsBAK1 confers rice resistance to the blast fungus	67
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	67