OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Botany is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Cannibal plants: intraspecific autoparasitism among host-specific holoparasites	41
Understory plant species-specific effects on subarctic soil fertility	24
Note of Appreciation	19
Morphological variations of Thymus in the vegetation belts of the Tien Shan mountains (Central Asia)	17
Growth and productivity of the moss Sphagnum fuscum in bogs of northeastern North America	15
Secretory structure diversity on Astronium leaf	13
Three helmet-orchid species share abundant fungi of Serendipitaceae regardless of altitude	12
Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success	10
Sieve element traits differ in pulvini and petioles of Mimosa (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) with different types of leaf movement	10
‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples	10
Trichomycetes from the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada	10
We do not see evidence for the presence of female gametangia (oospores) in North American Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves	10
Organically grown cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants contain a diverse range of culturable epiphytic and endophytic fungi in inflorescences and stem tissues	9
Germination responses of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seeds to salinity and water stresses: implications for the restoration of Mediterranean marginal lands	9
Evaluating putative Dryas ajanensis Juzepczuk ssp. beringensis Jurtzev × Dryas integrifolia Vahl hybrids using leaf morphometrics	8
An assessment of data accuracy and best practice recommendations for observations of lichens and other taxonomically difficult taxa on iNaturalist	8
Small granivores remove the seeds of 25 plant species at similarly high rates in an old-field plant community	8
Shading as a tool for Sphagnum magellanicum regeneration: scalable implications for peatland restoration in southern South America	8
New insight into the roles of lipid transfer protein and seed storage albumin gene families involved in oil and protein accumulation in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)	8
Ethylene sensitivity assay in medicinal and fiber-type Cannabis seedlings reveals a triple-response-like phenotype	7
Preliminary assessment of the conservation status of medicinal plant species in Canada	7
Untargeted and targeted metabolomics to understand plant growth regulation and evolution in Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)	7
Correction: Climate and nature crisis is also about the health of plants	7
A rapid method for sex identification in Cannabis sativa using high resolution melt analysis	7
Stamen dimorphism, bee visitation, and pollen removal in three species of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae)	7

Do nurse plants and cattle exclusion help restore Parlatore's Podocarp forest?	7
Effect of seed coat mucilage, temperature, and photoperiod on germination of four Arabian desert species	7
An ethnobotanical meta-analysis of North American medicinal Asteraceae	6
Picea × darwyniana Björk & Goward: an invalid taxonomic name	6
Trichomycetes from freshwater and salt marsh mosquito larvae with a new species in the monotypic genus Legerioides	6
UPDATE ON SEAWEED DIVERSITY IN THE LOWER BAY OF FUNDY, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.	6
Measurement of inbreeding depression in Rhododendron kaempferi: seed production, germination, juvenile survival, and growth	5
Soil drainage-class influences on the distribution of witness trees (1664–1700) in Wicomico County, Maryland, USA	5
Effects of the phylogeny and seed traits on germination of Polygonaceae species from Subtropical Forest, Southeast China	5
Peronospora variabilis is associated with downy mildew of Chenopodium berlandieri in Mexico	5
Micromorphology of leaflets of Senna series Bacillares (Leguminosae) and its taxonomic significance	5
Evaluation of the relationship between soil properties and functional traits in three forest types in a subtropical mountain in Mexico	5
Morphophysiological indicators applied for the selection of different genotypes of Hevea spp. during germination and post-germination	5
Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) and associated species: Spiritual Keystone Species of the Neotropics	5
Filling in the gaps: a road map to establish a model system to study developmental programmed cell death	5
Monthly macroalgal surveys reveal a diverse and dynamic community in an urban intertidal zone	5
Herbarium data and herbaria as extended archives for humanities research	5
Liverworts as a hidden secret for soothing inflammation and alleviating pain	5
Establishment of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in the context of floodplain restoration: impact of companion plant and sowing rate	5
Phylogeography of alpine plant Parnassia wightiana (Celastraceae)	4
Nunatsiavut, ‘our beautiful land’: Inuit landscape ethnoecology in Labrador, Canada	4
A tale of two mistletoes: phenology and fauna associated with two sympatric species	4
Impacts of road salt on seed germination of Thuja occidentalis found in natural communities adjacent to the Illinois Tollway in northeastern IL, USA	4
Piguttuk Qanuqtuurniq: an Indigenous flower, resourceful in the face of challenges	4
Observations on the curvature of Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt. and Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw.) caulo	4
Severe frost but not shade could limit the future growing season of Erythronium americanum	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on Parasitic Flowering Plants in Forests	4
Processing and digitizing a nonstandard herbarium collection: a cautionary tale about research value	4
First record of trichomycete fungi from Rouge National Urban Park and Greater Toronto Area	4
First evidence of nitrogen fixation associated with bryophytes from coastal Wabanaki–Acadian forests	4
An experimental test of niche versus dispersal limitation of the distribution limit of the Ghost Antler Lichen, Pseudevernia cladonia, along a temperate–boreal elevation gradient	4
Comparative ecology of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in Danthonia compressa: effects of floral type and maternal environment	4
Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology in the Americas	3
Avian gut passage reduces the germination light response of pokeweed (Phytolaca americana)	3
New species and new record of Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae) from India	3
Plants as Our Relatives: the creation and gifting of a relational learning task	3
Chloroplast capture creates cryptic lineages with differential geographic patterns in Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)	3
Etiology of leaf blight of Chinese brush (Baccharis conferta Kunth) in Mexico	3
Post-fire peatland vegetation recovery: a case study in open rich fens of the Canadian boreal forest	3
Melatonin delays WRKY75-mediated leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana	3
Do larger plants produce more and better seeds and seedlings? Testing the hypothesis in a globose cactus, Wigginsia sessiliflora	3
Justicia americana exhibits stem density–aboveground biomass relationships and variability in elemental composition and isotopic signature across tissue types and land use gradients	3
Understanding bud rot development, caused by Botrytis cinerea, on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants grown under greenhouse conditions	3
The classification of dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp., Viscaceae) in section Campylopoda, series Campylopoda	3
Contribution to the taxonomic elucidation of the Geonoma maxima complex (Arecaceae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil	3