OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plants People Planet is 7. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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Safeguarding sandalwood: A review of current and emerging tools to support sustainable and legal forestry	58
The long road to a sustainable banana trade	44
Exchangeable lead (Pb) in lowland paddy soils of Sri Lanka as affected by the differences in agro‐climatic zones, soil orders, and water sources	43
Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case	38
Evaluating the determinants of deforestation and approaches to reforestation by cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire	36
Exploiting genetic variation from unadapted germplasm—An example from improvement of sorghum in Ethiopia	33
A new feature of the laboratory model plant Nicotiana benthamiana: Dead‐end trap for sustainable field pest control	32
Prescribed burning effectively maintains threatened species in semi‐natural grasslands on lava flows	30
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Cytogenetics of maize in Mexico as a field of transnational exchange: The case of Takeo Ángel Kato Yamakake	27
Most of the world's largest flowers (genus Rafflesia) are now on the brink of extinction	25
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Meta‐analysis of Red List conservation assessments of Mexican endemic and near endemic tree species shows nearly two thirds of these are threatened	24
Building a more predictive model of terroir for the Anthropocene	24
Genomic responses to climate: Understanding local adaptation in the Andean tree species Nothofagus pumilio and implications for a changing world	24
Resilient trees for urban environments: The importance of intraspecific variation	23
The role of strigolactone structural diversity in the host specificity and control of Striga, a major constraint to sub‐Saharan agriculture	23
Perspectives on biotechnology: Public and corporate narratives in the GM archives	22
Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate	21
Accumulation of azafrin in the root apoplast of the medicinal plant Escobedia grandiflora might play a role in parasitism	20
Assessing the impact of strictly protecting 30%–50% of global land on carbon dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems	20
Raising awareness through the Global Tree Assessment: Extinction risk of six fully assessed tree groups	20
Gibberellin action‐based strategies show promise in the control of Striga—A major threat to global agriculture	20

Meta‐analysis on effects of Bt‐maize on nontarget invertebrates – Data transportability across continents	19
Vineyard maturity increases arbuscular mycorrhizal and decreases plant pathogen fungal relative abundance in bulk soil across a 1,000 km Chilean gradient	18
Crop–pollinator interactions in urban and peri‐urban farms in the United Kingdom	17
Global benefits and domestic costs of a cooperative surveillance strategy to control transboundary crop pathogens	17
Extinction risk to the endemic trees of Papua New Guinea	17
Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak	16
Can seed exchange networks explain the morphological and genetic diversity in perennial crop species? The case of the tropical fruit tree Dacryodes edulis in rural and urban Cameroon	16
A review of Madagascar's derived grasslands: Low palatability following anthropogenic fires may threaten food security	16
Anthromes and forest carbon responses to global change	15
Bee pollination in the shadows: The role of pseudopollen and agamospermy in the mycoheterotrophic orchid Gastrodia elata	15
Modern pollen rain reveals differences across forests, open and mosaic landscapes in Madagascar	15
A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom	15
Endosymbionts in cranberry: Diversity, effect on plant growth, and pathogen biocontrol	15
Celebrating botanic gardens	14
The societal roles and responsibilities of plant scientists in the context of genome‐edited crops	14
Plant biodiversity, vegetation structure and provisioning services in rainforest, traditional and industrial oil palm cultivation systems in Liberia, West Africa	14
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Towards the sustainability of African sandalwood: Understanding the distribution and environmental requirements	14
Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria	14
RNAi‐based genetically engineered rice resistant to black‐streaked dwarf virus does not show adverse genetic effects: A multi‐omics analysis	14
A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	14
Restoration of threatened plant species in Limahuli Valley on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i in the framework of the Global Tree Assessment	13
Linking soil health to human health: Arbuscular mycorrhizae play a key role in plant uptake of the antioxidant ergothioneine from soils	13
Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate	13
Hot node limitations and impact of taxonomic resolution on phylogenetic divergence patterns: A case study on Ecuadorian ethnomedicinal flora	13
Interactions of rare earth elements with living organisms and emerging biotechnical applications	13
Impacts of climate change on the transcriptional dynamics and timing of bud dormancy release in Yoshino‐cherry tree	13
The role of crop diversity in escape agriculture; rice cultivation among Maroon communities in Suriname	13
Correction to “Characterizing the landscape of plant science careers in the United States II: Academic perspectives”	13
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Collection of native Theobroma cacao L. accessions from the Ecuadorian Amazon highlights a hotspot of cocoa diversity	12
The contributions of urban horticulture to cities' liveability and resilience: Insights from Singapore	12
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Bounded openness: A robust modality of access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits	12
(Poly)phenols of apples contribute to in vitro antidiabetic properties: Assessment of Canada's Apple Biodiversity Collection	12
2D and 3D visualization of herbaceous plant–plant contact zones using high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography (HRXCT)	12
Preserving traditional systems: Identification of agricultural heritage areas based on agro‐biodiversity	12
The urgency of genetic decline in New Brunswick butternut, Juglans cinerea L.	12
Help from the past to cope with the future: Vitis sylvestris as a resource for abiotic stress resilience	11
Environment‐dependent influence of fruit size upon the distribution of the Malesian archipelagic flora	11
Eurosta solidaginis ‐induced stem galls affect strength and colour of botanical dyes extracted from giant goldenrod (	11
Fruit in focus: A sampler platter of research	11
Towards resource‐efficient forests: Mixing species changes crown biomass allocation and improves growth efficiency	11
Environmental changes on grass flowering phenological trends (2000–2021)	11
Potential distribution and susceptibility of Coffea arabica L. to climate change impacts	11
Strigolactone biosynthesis lgs1 mutant alleles mined from the sorghum accession panel are a promising resource of resistance to witchweed (Striga) parasitism	11
Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America	11
Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil	11
Stronger increase of methane emissions from coastal wetlands by non‐native Spartina alterniflora than non‐native Phragmites australis	11
Fluctuating selection and rapid evolution of oaks during recent climatic transitions	11

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Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social‐ecological systems	11
Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters	10
Right tree, right place, right reason: Using knowledge exchange and research co‐design to explore current challenges and opportunities for sustainable urban forest management	10
Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country	10
Teaching plant identification at a university in the age of artificial intelligence	10
Innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges	10
Investigating plant awareness: Image composition affects student perceptions of flora and fauna	10
Ex situ germplasm collections of exceptional species are a vital part of the conservation of Australia's national plant treasures	10
Azole antifungal contaminants disrupt mycorrhizal function and risk agricultural sustainability	10
How safe are peat‐free growing media? An exploration of plant pathogen risks to the horticultural industry and recommendations for risk mitigation	10
Evolution history and the importance of genomic diversity facing climate change. The case of Agave marmorata Roezl., a microendemic agave used for mezcal production	10
Changes in tropical leafing behaviour with climate change over nine decades: A case study from the Singapore Botanic Gardens	10
The pick of the plot: An evidence‐based approach for selecting and testing suitable plants to use in annual seed mixes to attract insect pollinators	10
Genetic diversity and population structure of pedunculate oaks ( Quercus robur ) in Wytham Woods	10
Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens	10
Herbarium records reveal multiple phases in the relationship between minimum residence time and invasion ranges of alien plant species	10
Expected yield and economic improvements of a yam seed system in West Africa using agro‐physiological modelling	10
Phenology of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK under past, current and future climate conditions	9
The influence of Opuntia ficus‐indica on human livelihoods in Southern Africa	9
Towards a co‐crediting system for carbon and biodiversity	9
Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)	9
Aboveground and soil carbon in novel forest ecosystems in Singapore: A case study of abandoned plantation secondary forests	9
Could large‐scale silicon supplementation of crop‐lands mitigate the impacts of climate change?	9
But does it taste good? A plea to consider the importance of flavor in managing plant genetic resources	9
Small and in‐country herbaria are vital for accurate plant threat assessments: A case study from Peru	9
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Comprehensive tree assessments for prioritising conservation action in Mesoamerica	9
Coffee breeding in a time of crisis: F₁ hybrids in Central America since 1990	9
Resilience through diversity: The potential of modelling species and variety interactions to enhance resilience of production systems	9
Genomics in neglected and underutilized fruit crops: A chromosome‐scale genome sequence of cherimoya (Annona cherimola)	9
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Relictithismia: An underground fairy lantern	9
Trees, society, and the path toward resilient ecosystems	9
Eight arguments why biodiversity is important to safeguard food security	8
Towards conservation and sustainable use of an indigenous crop: A large partnership network enabled the genetic diversity assessment of 1539 fonio (Digitaria exilis) accessions	8
Integrated conservation of Acer yangbiense: A case study for conservation methods of plant species with extremely small populations	8
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Investing in the future of science: Assessing UK environmental science engagement with school‐aged children	8
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers	8
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A high‐resolution model of the grapevine leaf morphospace predicts synthetic leaves	8
Ectomycorrhizal necromass turnover is one‐third of biomass turnover in hemiboreal Pinus sylvestris forests	8
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Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use	8
Small proteins, great promises: Geographic bioprospecting of Bowman–Birk protease inhibitors and domestication side‐effects in African cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.)	8
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Correction to “Characterizing the landscape of plant science careers in the United States I: Government and private sector perspectives”	8
Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to soil microbiome in modern and wild barley	8
Bridging biodiversity and ecosystem services through useful plant species	8
How many species of Rafflesia exist in Java, Indonesia and what are the implications for conservation?	8
30 by 30 for plant diversity: How can we protect more of nature?	8
A transdisciplinary approach to define and assess wild food plant sustainable foraging in Norway	8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation increases the bioavailability of zinc and iron in wheat grain	8
Verification of wild apple (Malus sylvestris) nursery stock sold in the United Kingdom	7
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Flavour, culture and food security: The spicy entanglements of chile pepper conservation in 21st century Mexico	7
Are intellectual property policies for gene‐edited crops fit for purpose? The perspectives of German scientists	7
Water availability alters the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and determines plant mycorrhizal benefit	7
The Plant Science Blogging Project: A curriculum to develop student science communication skills	7
Sowing the wheat seeds of Afghanistan's future	7
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Global potential distributions and conservation status of rice wild relatives	7
The king of fruits	7
From genes to governance: Engaging citizens in the new genomic techniques policy debate	7
Lost in translation: The need for updated messaging strategies in invasion biology communication	7
How can policymakers and researchers develop effective insect resistance management guidelines? A quantitative and qualitative study of Brazilian farmers' perspectives and attitudes	7
Sustainable production of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Mediterranean region to support the European Green Deal	7
Home gardens contribute to conservation of the critically endangered Wollemi Pine: Evaluation of a botanic garden‐led horticultural release programme	7
The importance of the continuity of practice: Ethnobotany of Kihnu island (Estonia) from 1937 to 2021	7
Mauritia flexuosa fruit production increases with increasing palm height in the Peruvian Amazon	7
microRNA‐encoded peptides inhibit seed germination of the root parasitic plant Orobanche cumana	7