OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Diversity is 24. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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)	181
Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China	168
Convergent relationships between flower economics and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants	120
Integrating genomic and morphological data into bamboo taxonomic and evolutionary studies	114
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)	82
Degree of style coiling is associated with corolla-tube length in the nectarless flowers of Roscoea schneideriana	65
Phylofloristic regionalization of woody plants in East Asia and the drivers of phylogenetic structure	59
Climate change impacts on Rhododendron diversity: Regional responses and conservation strategies in China	52
Seedling survival after simulating grazing and drought for two species from the Pamirs, northwestern China	41
A robust phylogenomic framework supports a revised intrafamilial classification of Urticaceae	35
Plant communities interact with the environment to reveal adaptation mechanisms in sandy coastal shelterbelts	31
Testing complete plastomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences for species identification in a taxonomically difficult bamboo genus Fargesia	30
Local adaptation sustains genetic differentiation between two varieties of Chinese walnut (Juglans cathayensis) despite extensive hybridization in subtropical China	30
Patterns and drivers of plant sexual systems in the dry-hot valley region of southwestern China	28
Climate space, traits, and the spread of nonnative plants in North America	28
Hangzhou strategic action plan charts a decade for biosphere reserves	28
A new infrageneric classification of Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) based on molecular and morphological data	27
Two Eremogone (Caryophyllaceae) genomes provide insights into alpine adaptation	26
Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species	26
Phylogenomic conflict in Lycium (Solanaceae): Revealing the roles of hybridization, incomplete lineage sorting, and biogeographic history using nuclear and mitochondrial genomes	25
Climate drives patterns of response of recalcitrant embryonic axes of Quercus species to cryopreservation	25
Assembly-free reads accurate identification (AFRAID) approach outperforms other methods of DNA barcoding in the walnut family (Juglandaceae)	25
Insights into cryptic speciation of quillworts in China	24
Dynamic impact of alien plant invasion on plant diversity: A global meta-analysis	24