OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Molecular Evolution is 5. 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
Cofactors are Remnants of Life’s Origin and Early Evolution	51
Codon Usage Bias: An Endless Tale	43
Constructive Neutral Evolution 20 Years Later	43
Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Anthurium huixtlense and Pothos scandens (Pothoideae, Araceae): Unique Inverted Repeat Expansion and Contraction Affect Rate of Evolution	30
Evolutionary History of Alzheimer Disease-Causing Protein Family Presenilins with Pathological Implications	29
Water and Life: The Medium is the Message	29
The Origins and Functions of De Novo Genes: Against All Odds?	29
Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction: From Chemical Paleogenetics to Maximum Likelihood Algorithms and Beyond	25
Evolutionary Aspects of the Structural Convergence and Functional Diversification of Kunitz-Domain Inhibitors	19
Evolution of the Standard Genetic Code	18
Spatial Patterns of Gene Expression in Bacterial Genomes	17
Revisiting the Design of the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli	15
Fewer Exposed Lysine Residues May Explain Relative Resistance of Chicken Serum Albumin to In Vitro Protein Glycation in Comparison to Bovine Serum Albumin	15
The Coevolution of Cellularity and Metabolism Following the Origin of Life	14
Best Practices in Designing, Sequencing, and Identifying Random DNA Barcodes	14
EasyDIVER: A Pipeline for Assembling and Counting High-Throughput Sequencing Data from In Vitro Evolution of Nucleic Acids or Peptides	14
G:U-Independent RNA Minihelix Aminoacylation by Nanoarchaeum equitans Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase: An Insight into the Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases	14
Revisiting the Relationships Between Genomic G + C Content, RNA Secondary Structures, and Optimal Growth Temperature	13
Crick Wobble and Superwobble in Standard Genetic Code Evolution	13
Evolution of DNA Methylation Across Ecdysozoa	13
Adaptation and Exaptation: From Small Molecules to Feathers	12
Genome-Wide Investigation of Major Enzyme-Encoding Genes in the Flavonoid Metabolic Pathway in Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum)	11
Optimal Evolution of the Standard Genetic Code	11
Context-Dependent Mutation Dynamics, Not Selection, Explains the Codon Usage Bias of Most Angiosperm Chloroplast Genes	11
The Multiple Paths to Multiple Life	11

Dynamic Molecular Evolution of Mammalian Homeobox Genes: Duplication, Loss, Divergence and Gene Conversion Sculpt PRD Class Repertoires	10
Plant Mitochondria are a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma	10
Felsenstein Phylogenetic Likelihood	9
Molecular Evolution of Tooth-Related Genes Provides New Insights into Dietary Adaptations of Mammals	9
Animal-to-Human Viral Transitions: Is SARS-CoV-2 an Evolutionarily Successful One?	9
Loss of Heterozygosity and Its Importance in Evolution	9
Structural Variation of the Turtle Mitochondrial Control Region	9
An Evolutionary Remedy for an Abominable Physiological Mystery: Benign Hyperglycemia in Birds	8
The Evolution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 during Pandemic and Adaptation to the Host	8
Protein Evolution in the Flaviviruses	8
Evolution of Superoxide Dismutases and Catalases in Cyanobacteria: Occurrence of the Antioxidant Enzyme Genes before the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen	8
Stem Region of tRNA Genes Favors Transition Substitution Towards Keto Bases in Bacteria	7
Fit-Seq2.0: An Improved Software for High-Throughput Fitness Measurements Using Pooled Competition Assays	7
The Semi-Enzymatic Origin of Metabolic Pathways: Inferring a Very Early Stage of the Evolution of Life	7
Case Studies in the Assessment of Microbial Fitness: Seemingly Subtle Changes Can Have Major Effects on Phenotypic Outcomes	7
Evolution of the Cytokinin Dehydrogenase (CKX) Domain	7
Expansion and Diversification of the 14-3-3 Gene Family in Camellia sinensis	7
Richard Dickerson, Molecular Clocks, and Rates of Protein Evolution	6
Pheromone Gene Diversification and the Evolution of Courtship Glands in Plethodontid Salamanders	6
Directed Evolution. The Legacy of a Nobel Prize	6
Molecular Evolution and Local Root Heterogeneous Expression of the Chenopodium quinoa ARF Genes Provide Insights into the Adaptive Domestication of Crops in Complex Environments	6
Understanding the Origin and Evolution of Tea (Camellia sinensis [L.]): Genomic Advances in Tea	6
Origin of Sex-Biased Mental Disorders: An Evolutionary Perspective	6
The Ancient Origins of Death Domains Support the ‘Original Sin’ Hypothesis for the Evolution of Programmed Cell Death	6
Extreme Sensitivity of Fitness to Environmental Conditions: Lessons from #1BigBatch	6
Correlation Analysis Reveals an Important Role of GC Content in Accumulation of Deletion Mutations in the Coding Region of Angiosperm Plastomes	6
Recombination Between High-Risk Human Papillomaviruses and Non-Human Primate Papillomaviruses: Evidence of Ancient Host Switching Among Alphapapillomaviruses	6
Origin of the 16S Ribosomal Molecule from Ancestor tRNAs	6
The Possible Role of Prion-Like Viral Protein Domains on the Emergence of Novel Viruses as SARS-CoV-2	6
Selection Shapes Synonymous Stop Codon Use in Mammals	6
Molecular Evolution of DNA Topoisomerase III Beta (TOP3B) in Metazoa	5
Bayesian Cross-Validation Comparison of Amino Acid Replacement Models: Contrasting Profile Mixtures, Pairwise Exchangeabilities, and Gamma-Distributed Rates-Across-Sites	5
Site-Specific Amino Acid Distributions Follow a Universal Shape	5
The Chemosensory Repertoire of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Reveals Complementary Genetics of Olfactory and Vomeronasal-Type Receptors	5
Evolution of Biomineralization Genes in the Prismatic Layer of the Pen Shell Atrina pectinata	5
Benchmarking Methods of Protein Structure Alignment	5
Evolutionary History of TOPIIA Topoisomerases in Animals	5
A Case Study of Eukaryogenesis: The Evolution of Photoreception by Photolyase/Cryptochrome Proteins	5
Functional or Vestigial? The Genomics of the Pineal Gland in Xenarthra	5
Evolutionary Processes and Biophysical Mechanisms: Revisiting Why Evolved Proteins Are Marginally Stable	5
Transposable Element Diversity Remains High in Gigantic Genomes	5
Evolutionary Rates are Correlated Between Buchnera Endosymbionts and the Mitochondrial Genomes of Their Aphid Hosts	5
The Effects of Ecological Traits on the Rate of Molecular Evolution in Ray-Finned Fishes: A Multivariable Approach	5
Phylogenetic and Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 Reveals Latent Capacity to Bind Human ACE2 Receptor	5