OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Crop Journal is 38. 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
Sugarcane genetics: Underlying theory and practical application	181
Increased expression of OsSAUR23 and OsRR9 regulates rice plant and organ size	178
Auxin–brassinosteroid crosstalk: Regulating rice plant architecture and grain shape	169
Puccinia triticina effector Pt-1234 modulates wheat immunity by targeting transcription factor TaNAC069 via its C subdomain	163
Modulation of rice grain shape and appearance by the GS10-encoded long coiled-coil protein	140
Maize yield in a strip-till system can be increased by increasing nitrogen accumulation, plant growth, and ear development around silking stage in Northeast China	105
Natural variations in a barley aldehyde oxidase 1 gene affect seed germination and malting quality	103
MePHD1.2 affects the synthesis of cyanogenic glycosides by regulating transcription of MeCYP79D2 in cassava	101
Detection of new candidate genes controlling seed weight by integrating gene coexpression analysis and QTL mapping in Brassica napus L.	83
Introgression of lac6/tl1/du13 improves the palatability of japonica rice	81
Three novel alleles of OsGS1 developed by base-editing-mediated artificial evolution confer glufosinate tolerance in rice	79
A novel procedure for identifying a hybrid QTL-allele system for hybrid-vigor improvement, with a case study in soybean (Glycine max) yield	72
Increased hormone activity promotes silk development and heat tolerance during the floret differentiation stage in maize	71
Fine mapping and transcriptome sequencing reveal candidate genes conferring all-stage resistance to stripe rust on chromosome arm 1AL in Chinese wheat landrace AS1676	70
Early ABA-stimulated maintenance of Cl− homeostasis by mepiquat chloride priming confers salt tolerance in cotton seeds	66
Modeling the effects of extreme high-temperature stress at anthesis and grain filling on grain protein in winter wheat	65
Seed-specific overexpression of cotton GhDGAT1 gene leads to increased oil accumulation in cottonseed	65
Genome-wide alternative splicing variation and its potential contribution to maize immature-ear heterosis	63
Molecular cytogenetic characterization of a novel wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium introgression line tolerant to phosphorus deficiency	60
The importance of aboveground and belowground interspecific interactions in determining crop growth and advantages of peanut/maize intercropping	58
Generation of a series of mutant lines resistant to imidazolinone by screening an EMS-based mutant library in common wheat	54
Increasing rainfed wheat yield by optimizing agronomic practices to consume more subsoil water in the Loess Plateau	53
QTL mapping for grain number per spikelet in wheat using a high-density genetic map	49
Single-cell RNA sequencing of meiocytes and microspores reveals the involvement of the Rf4 gene in redox homeostasis of CMS-C maize	47
Contrasting patterns of accumulation, partitioning, and remobilization of biomass and phosphorus in a maize cultivar	46

Dissection of heterotic loci for grain yield using interconnected chromosome segment substitution lines in rice	45
Assembly and marker analysis of mitochondrial genomes provide insights into origin, evolution and spread of Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. et Coss.	45
BnaA02.YTG1, encoding a tetratricopeptide repeat protein, is required for early chloroplast biogenesis in Brassica napus	45
Wheat genotypes tolerant to heat at seedling stage tend to be also tolerant at adult stage: The possibility of early selection for heat tolerance breeding	44
TaGW2L, a GW2-like RING finger E3 ligase, positively regulates heading date in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	44
Low N apparent surplus with higher rice yield under long-term fertilizer postponing in the rice–wheat cropping system	43
Ectopic expression of a male fertility gene, LOGL8, represses LOG and hinders panicle and ovule development	43
Comparative transcriptome analyses reveal that the MsNST1 gene affects lignin synthesis in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)	42
Attenuation of ethylene signaling increases cotton resistance to a defoliating strain of Verticillium dahliae	41
Clock component OsPRR59 delays heading date by repressing transcription of Ehd3 in rice	41
Quantifying the effects of stripe rust disease on wheat canopy spectrum based on eliminating non-physiological stresses	40
Genetic variation in GmCRP contributes to nodulation in soybean (Glycine max Merr.)	40
Genetic dissection of N use efficiency using maize inbred lines and testcrosses	38