OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plants People Planet is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi	242
New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi	164
Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture	133
Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi	89
Plant awareness disparity: A case for renaming plant blindness	83
Botanic garden solutions to the plant extinction crisis	56
Genome‐wide association mapping and comparative genomics identifies genomic regions governing grain nutritional traits in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.)	54
The unique role of seed banking and cryobiotechnologies in plant conservation	47
Areas of plant diversity—What do we know?	44
Exploring, harnessing and conserving marine genetic resources towards a sustainable seaweed aquaculture	41
Extinction risk of Mesoamerican crop wild relatives	41
Breaking the impasse: Towards a forward‐looking governance framework for gene editing with plants	40
Plant and fungal collections: Current status, future perspectives	39
Edible mycorrhizal fungi of the world: What is their role in forest sustainability, food security, biocultural conservation and climate change?	37
Scientists' warning to humanity on tree extinctions	36
Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi speed up carbon sequestration by enhanced weathering?	28
Plant genomes: Markers of evolutionary history and drivers of evolutionary change	27
An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce world	27
International collaboration between collections‐based institutes for halting biodiversity loss and unlocking the useful properties of plants and fungi	26
Understanding photothermal interactions will help expand production range and increase genetic diversity of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)	26
The role of millets in attaining United Nation's sustainable developmental goals	23
Quantifying apple diversity: A phenomic characterization of Canada’s Apple Biodiversity Collection	22
Using botanic gardens and arboreta to help identify urban trees for the future	22
The state of the world’s urban ecosystems: What can we learn from trees, fungi, and bees?	21
Detecting and predicting forest degradation: A comparison of ground surveys and remote sensing in Tanzanian forests	20

Perception gaps that may explain the status of taro (Colocasia esculenta) as an “orphan crop”	19
High‐resolution minirhizotrons advance our understanding of root‐fungal dynamics in an experimentally warmed peatland	18
Urban park visitor preferences for vegetation – An on‐site qualitative research study	17
“Ceylon cinnamon”: Much more than just a spice	17
Conservation Policy: Helping or hindering science to unlock properties of plants and fungi	17
Can common mycorrhizal fungal networks be managed to enhance ecosystem functionality?	17
The plant microbiome: The dark and dirty secrets of plant growth	17
Selecting for useful properties of plants and fungi – Novel approaches, opportunities, and challenges	17
WorldForestID: Addressing the need for standardized wood reference collections to support authentication analysis technologies; a way forward for checking the origin and identity of traded timber	17
Plant awareness is linked to plant relevance: A review of educational and ethnobiological literature (1998–2020)	17
Assessing extinction risk across the geographic ranges of plant species in Europe	16
Contrasting effects of commercial and native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculants on plant biomass allocation, nutrients, and phenolics	16
Changing times: Opportunities for altering winter wheat phenology	16
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate negative effects of arsenic‐induced stress on crop plants: A meta‐analysis	15
Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate	15
Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country	14
Current knowledge, status, and future for plant and fungal diversity in Great Britain and the UK Overseas Territories	14
Botanical boom: A new opportunity to promote the public appreciation of botany	14
The shapes of wine and table grape leaves: An ampelometric study inspired by the methods of Pierre Galet	14
Lords of the biosphere: Plant winners and losers in the Anthropocene	14
Managing the functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for the sustainable intensification of crop production	14
Prioritising crop wild relatives to enhance agricultural resilience in sub‐Saharan Africa under climate change	14
Comparative analysis of four medicinal floras: Phylogenetic methods to identify cross‐cultural patterns	14
Postharvest seed coat darkening in pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is regulated by P^sd, an allele of the basic helix‐loop‐helix transcription factor P	14
Enhancement of sorghum grain yield and nutrition: A role for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regardless of soil phosphorus availability	14
Inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: An example from the grasses of Madagascar	13
Genomic evidence supports an independent history of Levantine and Eurasian grapevines	13
Discovering the wild side of urban plants through public engagement	13
A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods	13
What we need to know to prevent a mass extinction of plant species	13
Phylogeny reveals non‐random medicinal plant organ selection by local people in Benin	12
Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots	12
The emerging threat of human‐use antifungals in sustainable and circular agriculture schemes	12
An integrative environmental pollen diversity assessment and its importance for the Sustainable Development Goals	12
Building a socio‐ecological monitoring platform for the comprehensive management of tropical dry forests	12
Bringing access and benefit sharing into the digital age	11
Initial invasion of glyphosate‐resistant Amaranthus palmeri around grain‐import ports in Japan	11
Plant Power: Opportunities and challenges for meeting sustainable energy needs from the plant and fungal kingdoms	11
The international political process around Digital Sequence Information under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 2018–2020 intersessional period	11
Genetic threats to the Forest Giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio‐economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa)	11
Cultivar‐dependent increases in mycorrhizal nutrient acquisition by barley in response to elevated CO₂	11
High‐throughput phenotyping for breeding targets—Current status and future directions of strawberry trait automation	10
Reaching the highest shelf: A review of organic production, nutritional quality, and shelf life of kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)	10
Ecosystem‐based adaptation to climate change: Lessons learned from a pioneering project spanning Mauritania, Nepal, the Seychelles, and China	10
Large trees in tropical rain forests require big plots	10
Biodiversity and patents: Overview of plants and fungi covered by patents	10
Uses and benefits of digital sequence information from plant genetic resources: Lessons learnt from botanical collections	10
Coping with environmental constraints: Geographically divergent adaptive evolution and germination plasticity in the transcontinentalPopulus tremuloides	9
Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British parklands	9
Image‐based root phenotyping links root architecture to micronutrient concentration in cassava	9

Practical consequences of digital sequence information (DSI) definitions and access and benefit‐sharing scenarios from a plant genebank’s perspective	9
Ancient plastid genomes solve the tree species mystery of the imperial wood “Nanmu” in the Forbidden City, the largest existing wooden palace complex in the world	9
Collection of native Theobroma cacao L. accessions from the Ecuadorian Amazon highlights a hotspot of cocoa diversity	8
Bioavailability of zinc and iron in durum wheat: A trade‐off between grain weight and nutrition?	8
Bounded openness: A robust modality of access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits	8
Biosafety legislation and the regulatory status of the products of precision breeding in the Latin America and the Caribbean region	8
Vanilla aerial and terrestrial roots host rich communities of orchid mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi	8
A digital catalog of high‐density markers for banana germplasm collections	8
Defining biodiverse reforestation: Why it matters for climate change mitigation and biodiversity	8
Mycorrhizal technologies for an agriculture of the middle	7
Is the Nagoya Protocol designed to conserve biodiversity?	7
Seeing the green cucumber: Reflections on variation theory and teaching plant identification	7
Data sharing for conservation: A standardized checklist of US native tree species and threat assessments to prioritize and coordinate action	7
How regulatory issues surrounding new breeding technologies can impact smallholder farmer breeding: A case study from the Philippines	7
Kew declaration on reforestation for biodiversity, carbon capture and livelihoods	7
(Poly)phenols of apples contribute to in vitro antidiabetic properties: Assessment of Canada's Apple Biodiversity Collection	7
A social perennial vision: Transdisciplinary inquiry for the future of diverse, perennial grain agriculture	7
The long road to a sustainable banana trade	7
The king of fruits	6
The seed transcriptome of Rafflesia reveals horizontal gene transfer and convergent evolution: Implications for conserving the world's largest flower	6
Predicting the potential for spread of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Great Britain: What can we learn from other affected areas?	6
Introgression between Betula tianshanica and Betula microphylla and its implications for conservation	6
A method for making Red List assessments with herbarium data and distribution models for species‐rich plant taxa: Lessons from the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae)	6
Plant sciences for the Anthropocene: What can we learn from research in urban areas?	6
Ecological legacies of past fire and human activity in a Panamanian forest	6
The benefits of informed management of sunlight in production greenhouses and polytunnels	6
Variability and genetic determinants of cocoa aromas in trees native to South Ecuadorian Amazonia	6
How to reconcile renewable energy and agricultural production in a drying world	6
Life in the treetops—An overview of forest canopy science and its future directions	6
A simple tree planting framework to improve climate, air pollution, health, and urban heat in vulnerable locations using non‐traditional partners	6
From plots to policy: How to ensure long‐term forest plot data supports environmental management in intact tropical forest landscapes	6