OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 67. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	1465
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	295
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	246
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	240
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	216
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	209
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	197
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	190
DET1 regulates HY5 through COP1: A new paradigm in the regulation of HY5	160
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	157
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	156
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	143
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	136
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	134
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	132
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	128
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	123
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	122
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice	121
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	114
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	110
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	109
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	105
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	105
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	103

The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	102
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	102
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	101
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage	99
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	98
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	98
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	97
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	96
Light-triggered reactions do not bias boron deficiency-induced root inhibition of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes	95
Primary metabolism: It’s more than what's for dinner	94
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	94
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity	94
Hydrogen sulfide-linked persulfidation of ABI4 controls ABA responses through the transactivation of MAPKKK18 in Arabidopsis	93
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	92
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye	92
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	91
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	90
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	86
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	86
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	86
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases	85
Pyramiding favorable alleles in an elite wheat variety in one generation by CRISPR-Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing	84
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity	80
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	80
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	79
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size	78
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	78
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	78
Too SHY 2 repress	76
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	75
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	75
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	75
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	73
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	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
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	69
Potatome - harnessing natural variation of potatoes	68
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	68
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	68
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	68
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	67
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	67