OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Rice is 23. 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
Revealing Genomic Traits and Evolutionary Insights of Oryza officinalis from Southern China Through Genome Assembly and Transcriptome Analysis	112
Gγ-protein GS3 Function in Tight Genetic Relation with OsmiR396/GS2 to Regulate Grain Size in Rice	74
Small Papillae Regulated by SPD25 are Critical for Balancing Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation and Water Loss in Rice	57
Identification of Novel Quantitative Trait Loci for Culm Thickness of Rice Derived from Strong-Culm Landrace in Japan, Omachi	44
Salicylic Acid Acts Upstream of Auxin and Nitric Oxide (NO) in Cell Wall Phosphorus Remobilization in Phosphorus Deficient Rice	43
Simultaneous Enhancement of iron Deficiency Tolerance and Iron Accumulation in Rice by Combining the Knockdown of OsHRZ Ubiquitin Ligases with the Introduction of Engineered Ferric-chelate Reductase	42
Can the Wild Perennial, Rhizomatous Rice Species Oryza longistaminata be a Candidate for De Novo Domestication?	39
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase Blast Resistance and Grain Yield in Japonica Rice Cultivars in Flooded Fields	36
E3 Ubiquitin Ligase OsRFI2 Regulates Salinity Tolerance by Targeting Ascorbate Peroxidase OsAPX8 for its Degradation in Rice	32
Fine-Tuning of the Grain Size by Alternative Splicing of GS3 in Rice	32
MORE FLORET1 Interacts with C-type Replication Protein A Complex and Regulates Male Meiosis in Rice	31
The Impact of Climate Change on the Resistance of Rice Near-Isogenic Lines with Resistance Genes Against Brown Planthopper	31
Deciphering the Genetic Basis of Allelopathy in japonica Rice Cultivated in Temperate Regions Using a Genome-Wide Association Study	29
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Foliar Application Effectively Enhanced Zinc and Aroma Content in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grains	29
Improving Rice Grain Quality Through Ecotype Breeding for Enhancing Food and Nutritional Security in Asia–Pacific Region	28
Modelling and Using Spatial Effects in Nationwide Historical Data Improve Genomic Prediction of Rice Heading Date in Japan	28
Autotetraploidy of rice does not potentiate the tolerance to drought stress in the seedling stage	28
Measurements of Antibacterial Activity of Seed Crude Extracts in Cultivated Rice and Wild Oryza Species	27
Optimization of Multi-Generation Multi-location Genomic Prediction Models for Recurrent Genomic Selection in an Upland Rice Population	26
Next Generation Rice Disease Research	26
Identification of Candidate Genes for Hypoxia Tolerance in Rice by Genome-Wide Association Analysis and Transcriptome Sequencing	25
Genome-Wide Identification, Expression and Functional Analysis Reveal the Involvement of FCS-Like Zinc Finger Gene Family in Submergence Response in Rice	24
Construction of a Female Sterility Maintaining System Based on a Novel Mutation of the MEL2 Gene	23
Rice MPK17 Plays a Negative Role in the Xa21-Mediated Resistance Against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae	23
A Multi-omics Approach Reveals the Effects of Bio- and Chemical- Pesticides on Rice Yield and Quality under Disease Stress	23

Epiallelic Variation of TILLER ANGLE CONTROL 5 (TAC5) Regulates Tiller Angle by Modulating Gravitropism in Rice	23
Exploring Genetic Diversity within aus Rice Germplasm: Insights into the Variations in Agro-morphological Traits	23
Overexpression of OsLCT2, a Low-Affinity Cation Transporter Gene, Reduces Cadmium Accumulation in Shoots and Grains of Rice	23