OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Diversity is 22. 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
Pollination niche shifts in sympatric globular cacti Eriosyce: consequences on reproductive isolation and species formation	265
Intraspecific floral colour variation in three Pedicularis species	105
Seedling survival after simulating grazing and drought for two species from the Pamirs, northwestern China	83
Lipid concentration and composition in xylem sap of woody angiosperms from a tropical savanna and a seasonal rainforest	68
Life forms affect beta-diversity patterns of larch forests in China	67
Late Oligocene fossil acorns and nuts of Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis from the Nanning Basin, Guangxi, South China	58
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)	57
Parasite–host network analysis provides insights into the evolution of two mistletoe lineages (Loranthaceae and Santalaceae)	52
Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China	47
The legacy effects of rubber defoliation period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield	37
Species invasion and phylogenetic relatedness of vascular plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world	34
How to fill the biodiversity data gap: Is it better to invest in fieldwork or curation?	34
Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages	33
Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China	33
Mojiangia oreophila (Crepidinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a new species and genus from Mojiang County, SW Yunnan, China, and putative successor of the maternal Faberia ancestor	31
The evolutionarily diverged single-stranded DNA-binding proteins SSB1/SSB2 differentially affect the replication, recombination and mutation of organellar genomes in Arabidopsis thaliana	31
The first mitogenome of Lauraceae (Cinnamomum chekiangense)	28
Taxonomic synopsis of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from the northern Hengduan mountains region in China, with descriptions of seven new species	27
New insights into the phylogeny and infrageneric taxonomy of Saussurea based on hybrid capture phylogenomics (Hyb-Seq)	27
Evolutionary history of a desert perennial Arnebia szechenyi (Boraginaceae): Intraspecific divergence, regional expansion and asymmetric gene flow	27
Diversity of Symplocos (Symplocaceae, Ericales) at low latitudes in Asia during late Oligocene and Miocene	26
Phyllosphere eukaryotic microalgal communities in rainforests: Drivers and diversity	23
Detection of functional diversity gradients and their geoclimatic filters is sensitive to data types (occurrence vs. abundance) and spatial scales (sites vs. regions)	22
Assembly structures of coastal woody species of eastern South America: Patterns and drivers	22
Molecular analyses display the increasing diversity of Podostemaceae in China	22

Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems