OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Diversity 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Detection of functional diversity gradients and their geoclimatic filters is sensitive to data types (occurrence vs. abundance) and spatial scales (sites vs. regions)	466
Local adaptation sustains genetic differentiation between two varieties of Chinese walnut (Juglans cathayensis) despite extensive hybridization in subtropical China	163
Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems	140
A robust phylogenomic framework supports a revised intrafamilial classification of Urticaceae	107
Convergent relationships between flower economics and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants	102
Integrating genomic and morphological data into bamboo taxonomic and evolutionary studies	97
Climate change impacts on Rhododendron diversity: Regional responses and conservation strategies in China	76
Testing complete plastomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences for species identification in a taxonomically difficult bamboo genus Fargesia	60
Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China	51
Phylofloristic regionalization of woody plants in East Asia and the drivers of phylogenetic structure	51
Degree of style coiling is associated with corolla-tube length in the nectarless flowers of Roscoea schneideriana	37
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)	34
Ontogenetic trait variation and metacommunity effects influence species relative abundances during tree community assembly	34
Seedling survival after simulating grazing and drought for two species from the Pamirs, northwestern China	30
Climate drives patterns of response of recalcitrant embryonic axes of Quercus species to cryopreservation	26
Patterns and drivers of plant sexual systems in the dry-hot valley region of southwestern China	26
A new infrageneric classification of Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) based on molecular and morphological data	26
Hangzhou strategic action plan charts a decade for biosphere reserves	25
Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species	25
Assembly-free reads accurate identification (AFRAID) approach outperforms other methods of DNA barcoding in the walnut family (Juglandaceae)	25
Phylogenomic conflict in Lycium (Solanaceae): Revealing the roles of hybridization, incomplete lineage sorting, and biogeographic history using nuclear and mitochondrial genomes	24
Evidence of the oldest extant vascular plant (horsetails) from the Indian Cenozoic	23
Climate space, traits, and the spread of nonnative plants in North America	23
Does the critically endangered Rhododendron amesiae deserve top priority for conservation?	23