Most-cited Agriculture and Biology papers of 2020, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Agriculture and Biology research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Estimation of total flavonoid content in propolis by two complementary colometric methods
   C.-C. Chang, M.-H. Yang et al. · 2020 · 4,096 citations
2. RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families
   Jullien M. Flynn, Robert M. Hubley et al. · 2020 · 3,882 citations · Free PDF
3. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae
   Jinshui Zheng, Stijn Wittouck et al. · 2020 · 3,295 citations
4. Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defense in Plants under Abiotic Stress: Revisiting the Crucial Role of a Universal Defense Regulator
   Mirza Hasanuzzaman, M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan et al. · 2020 · 3,100 citations
5. The physiology of plant responses to drought
   Aditi Gupta, Andrés Rico‐Medina et al. · 2020 · 2,417 citations
6. Salt Tolerance Mechanisms of Plants
   Eva van Zelm, Yanxia Zhang et al. · 2020 · 2,271 citations · Free PDF
7. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics
   Kelly Scott Swanson, Glenn R. Gibson et al. · 2020 · 2,168 citations · Free PDF
8. The Influence of Probiotics on the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes Ratio in the Treatment of Obesity and Inflammatory Bowel disease
   Spase Stojanov, Aleš Berlec et al. · 2020 · 1,893 citations · Free PDF
9. Crop yield prediction using machine learning: A systematic literature review
   Thomas van Klompenburg, Ayalew Kassahun et al. · 2020 · 1,860 citations
10. ASAP: assemble species by automatic partitioning
    Nicolas Puillandre, Sophie Brouillet et al. · 2020 · 1,726 citations
11. Land use and climate change impacts on global soil erosion by water (2015-2070)
    Pasquale Borrelli, David A. Robinson et al. · 2020 · 1,477 citations
12. Preparation of Medicinal Plants: Basic Extraction and Fractionation Procedures for Experimental Purposes
    AbdullahiR Abubakar, Mainul Haque · 2020 · 1,455 citations
13. Plant Secondary Metabolites as Defenses, Regulators, and Primary Metabolites: The Blurred Functional Trichotomy
    Matthias Erb, Daniel J. Kliebenstein · 2020 · 1,321 citations
14. Plant food anti-nutritional factors and their reduction strategies: an overview
    Mrinal Samtiya, Rotimi Emmanuel Aluko et al. · 2020 · 1,230 citations · Free PDF
15. Mechanisms of Plant Responses and Adaptation to Soil Salinity
    Chunzhao Zhao, Heng Zhang et al. · 2020 · 1,175 citations
16. FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles
    Sergei Põlme, Kessy Abarenkov et al. · 2020 · 1,160 citations
17. metan: An R package for multi‐environment trial analysis
    Tiago Olivoto, Alessandro Dal’Cól Lúcio · 2020 · 1,133 citations · Free PDF
18. Machine Learning Applications for Precision Agriculture: A Comprehensive Review
    Abhinav Sharma, Arpit Jain et al. · 2020 · 1,102 citations
19. Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield
    Giovanni Tamburini, Riccardo Bommarco et al. · 2020 · 1,093 citations
20. Phytochemicals in Cancer Treatment: From Preclinical Studies to Clinical Practice
    Amit S. Choudhari, Pallavi C. Mandave et al. · 2020 · 1,086 citations · Free PDF
21. The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants
    Joana Bergmann, Alexandra Weigelt et al. · 2020 · 1,070 citations · Free PDF
22. How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology
    Leho Tedersoo, Mohammad Bahram et al. · 2020 · 1,052 citations
23. Resilience of local food systems and links to food security – A review of some important concepts in the context of COVID-19 and other shocks
    Christophe Béné · 2020 · 1,011 citations · Free PDF
24. Waste Management through Composting: Challenges and Potentials
    Modupe Stella Ayilara, Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju et al. · 2020 · 1,004 citations · Free PDF
25. The Role of Agriculture in Ensuring Food Security in Developing Countries: Considerations in the Context of the Problem of Sustainable Food Production
    Karolina Pawlak, Małgorzata Kołodziejczak · 2020 · 993 citations · Free PDF

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