OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Plant is 70. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation	2229
A solo-LTR insertion in the CreTPS3a promoter enhances γ -terpinene biosynthesis and affects consumer preference for tangerine-like aroma in citrus fruits	341
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea	299
Warm temperature activates the TCP15-HDA4 module to suppress shoot branching through promoting auxin biosynthesis and signaling in tomato	298
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China	252
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral	236
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice	229
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice	214
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense	188
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding	185
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons	176
Antagonistic Regulation of Systemin Signaling Acts on Ligands and Receptors	165
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants	161
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae	152
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research	150
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase	150
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly	149
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice	149
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids	145
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy	139
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants	136
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate	136
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence	125
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers	124
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice	122

A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants	119
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice	113
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis	113
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome	112
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle	109
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization	107
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility	107
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis	105
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation	105
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth	104
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage	98
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses	97
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight	95
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring	94
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants	90
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand	90
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins	90
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases	89
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data	88
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica	88
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions	87
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size	87
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining	86
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye	86
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement	85
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues	85
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes	84
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants	84
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses	84
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis	82
Too SHY 2 repress	82
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome	81
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees	81
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress	79
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth	78
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis	77
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato	77
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis	76
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants	75
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling	75
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn	71
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes	71
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification	70
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching	70
Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture	70