OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Cell Science is 33. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Functional residuomics – analyzing how missense mutations impact cellular systems	92
Nuclear speckles – a driving force in gene expression	88
First person – Francisca Vitorino	72
PI31 is a positive regulator of 20S immunoproteasome assembly	72
Approaches to reduce succinate accumulation by restoration of succinate dehydrogenase activity in cultured adrenal cells	67
Reprogramming macrophages with R848-loaded artificial protocells to modulate skin and skeletal wound healing	64
First person – Syed Qaaifah Gillani	63
Cell cycle-dependent palmitoylation of protocadherin 7 by ZDHHC5 promotes successful cytokinesis	63
First person – Neža Vadnjal	63
The roles of dynein and myosin VI motor proteins in endocytosis	55
Keratin 8 mutations in transgenic mice predispose to lung injury	54
Estimation of microtubule-generated forces using a DNA origami nanospring	52
Interview with FocalPlane Scientific Advisory Board member Jennifer Waters	52
Interview with the Guest Editor – James Olzmann	48
First person – Aude Pascal	48
Phosphorylation in the intrinsically disordered region of F-BAR protein Imp2 regulates its contractile ring recruitment	47
First person – Celia Segui-Perez	46
First person – Akruti Shah	43
The worst	43
Mitochondrial antiviral-signalling protein is a client of the BAG6 protein quality control complex	42
MITOL-mediated DRP1 ubiquitylation and degradation promotes mitochondrial hyperfusion in a CMT2A-linked MFN2 mutant	42
The system III – the workplace	40
Apolipoprotein A1 deficiency in mice primes bone marrow stem cells for T cell lymphopoiesis	39
Live-imaging studies reveal how microclots and the associated inflammatory response enhance cancer cell extravasation	39
First person – Abhishek Shinde	39

Let's review I	38
Augmin complex activity finetunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo	36
TC10 on endosomes regulates the local balance between microtubule stability and dynamics through the PAK2-JNK pathway and promotes axon outgrowth	35
Microtubules under mechanical pressure can breach dense actin networks	35
Comparative analysis of vertebrates reveals that mouse primordial oocytes do not contain a Balbiani body	35
PCTAIRE1 promotes mitotic progression and resistance against antimitotic and apoptotic signals	35
First person – Olivera Mitevska	34
Polo-like kinase 1 regulates immune synapse assembly and cytotoxic T cell function by driving microtubule dynamics	33