OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States o is 127. 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
A degradable form of polyoma small T antigen reveals the high specificity of TAZ in regulating gene expression	949
Regulation of Na/Ca exchange by cytoplasmic protons modifies intracellular calcium dynamics and the cardiac response to ischemia	634
Revealing the structure of snowflakes using acoustic levitation	509
Yeast centrosomes act as organizing centers to promote Polo kinase–mediated adaptation to persistent DNA damage	423
Kinetic pathways of solid–solid phase transitions dictated by short-range interactions	423
Indigenous territories and protected areas are crucial for ecosystem connectivity in the Amazon basin	421
Semantic change in adults is not primarily a generational phenomenon	417
The power of coalescent methods for inferring recent and ancient gene flow in endangered Bactrian camels	403
Functional redundancy in the toxic pathway of Bt protein Cry1Ab, but not Cry1Fa, against the Asian corn borer	398
Empowering genome-wide association studies via a visualizable test based on the regional association score	393
Roughness-dependent scaling of the contact area and separation gap with pressure for glassy polymers	374
Functional genomics analysis reveals the evolutionary adaptation and demographic history of pygmy lorises	363
False discovery rate control in genome-wide association studies with population structure	352
Stomatal patchiness and cellular computing	350
Retraction for Li et al., Synthetic lethality of combined glutaminase and Hsp90 inhibition in mTORC1-driven tumor cells	313
Early life lead exposure from private well water increases juvenile delinquency risk among US teens	305
The gender gap in the ownership of promising land	300
A forward modeling approach to analyzing galaxy clustering with S im BIG	288
Modeling DNA methyltransferase function to predict epigenetic correlation patterns in healthy and cancer cells	279
Rapid shear zone weakening during subduction initiation	279
Quantitative comparison of nuclear transport inhibition by SARS coronavirus ORF6 reveals the importance of oligomerization	272
Sound-mediated nucleation and growth of amyloid fibrils	258
Circadian clock control of interactions between eIF2α kinase CPC-3 and GCN1 with ribosomes regulates rhythmic translation initiation	249
Ru-P pair sites boost charge transport in hematite photoanodes for exceeding 1% efficient solar water splitting	249
Individuals benefit individual out-group members rather than harm in-group members	248

Local O ₂ concentrating boosts the electro-Fenton process for energy-efficient water remediation	243
Mercury’s complex legacy	238
Pseudogap in electron-doped cuprates: Strong correlation leading to band splitting	237
Water striders are impervious to raindrop collision forces and submerged by collapsing craters	235
Endurance athletes hiding in plain sight in the high Andes	231
Correction for Magesh et al., Co-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species	226
Insurance and climate risks: Policy lessons from three bounding scenarios	223
Tetrapod species–area relationships across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction	221
Temperature-dependent fold-switching mechanism of the circadian clock protein KaiB	219
Glucuronic acid confers colonization advantage to enteric pathogens	207
The origin of color categories	206
Aberrant neuronal hyperactivation causes an age-dependent behavioral decline in Caenorhabditis elegans	205
Correction to Supporting Information for Ikeda et al., Seesaw protein: Design of a protein that adopts interconvertible alternative functional conformations and its dynamics	204
A skin-interfaced wireless wearable device and data analytics approach for sleep-stage and disorder detection	203
Data-driven classification of ligand unbinding pathways	202
Investigating 3D microbial community dynamics of the rhizosphere using quantitative phase and fluorescence microscopy	201
Ciliary localization of a light-activated neuronal GPCR shapes behavior	201
Untangling the CD4 T cell response to the microbiota	197
Emergent time scales of epistasis in protein evolution	197
Late Cretaceous community structure changed before the asteroid	193
Phase separation in mitochondrial fate and mitochondrial diseases	191
Thermodynamic consistency of autocatalytic cycles	189
Impression management in research reporting: When effects are not really as pronounced as claimed	189
Systemic deletion of DMD exon 51 rescues clinically severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a pig model lacking DMD exon 52	188
Structural basis for severe pain caused by mutations in the S4-S5 linkers of voltage-gated sodium channel Na _V 1.7	188
A conserved ARF–DNA interface underlies auxin-triggered transcriptional response	188
Weakening AMOC reduces ocean carbon uptake and increases the social cost of carbon	188
Programmable heterogeneous lamellar lattice architecture for dual mechanical protection	185
Deep silicification–assisted long-term preservation of structural and genomic information across biospecies: From micro to macro	183
Bacterial lifestyle shapes pangenomes	182
Unproctored online exams provide meaningful assessment of student learning	179
Maple samaras recover autorotation following raindrop collisions	178
Directional water navigation and reallocation in Tillandsia capitata	178
An HLA-E-targeted TCR bispecific molecule redirects T cell immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	177
Cell cycle plasticity underlies fractional resistance to palbociclib in ER+/HER2− breast tumor cells	177
Correction for Garaizar et al., Toward understanding lipid reorganization in RNA lipid nanoparticles in acidic environments	176
Parameters of clustered suboptimal miRNA biogenesis	174
Modeling blood metabolite homeostatic levels reduces sample heterogeneity across cohorts	174
Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins protect human airway epithelial ciliated cells from oxidative damage	174
Two-pore channels regulate endomembrane tension to enable remodeling and resolution of phagolysosomes	168
Photoreduction of mercuric bromides in polar ice	168
Correction to Supporting Information for Bardy et al., Neuronal medium that supports basic synaptic functions and activity of human neurons in vitro	167
Deep structure–function analysis of the endonuclease Mus81 with dominant mutational scanning	163
Integrating life history and behavioral aging in the wild	162
State-dependent motion of a genetically encoded fluorescent biosensor	161
Methodological and conceptual considerations of the TCM evolution	160
Clocking out and letting go to unleash green biotech applications in a photosynthetic host	159
Resilience of deep aquifer microbial communities to seasonal hydrological fluctuations	157
Promoting C–F bond activation via proton donor for CF ₄ decomposition	156
Industrial-era decline in Arctic methanesulfonic acid is offset by increased biogenic sulfate aerosol	156

TEX38 localizes ZDHHC19 to the plasma membrane and regulates sperm head morphogenesis in mice	156
GPCR–MAPK signaling pathways underpin fitness trade-offs in whitefly	155
Adaptive DNA amplification of synthetic gene circuit opens a way to overcome cancer chemoresistance	155
Identification of AK4 and RHOC as potential oncogenes addicted by adult T cell leukemia	155
Indigenous Knowledge as a sole data source in habitat selection functions	154
Strategy to develop broadly effective multivalent COVID-19 vaccines against emerging variants based on Ad5/35 platform	154
Controlling laser-dressed resonance line shape using attosecond extreme-ultraviolet pulse with a spectral minimum	153
How defective mitochondrial electrical activity leads to inherited blindness	151
Integrative spatiotemporal modeling of biomolecular processes: Application to the assembly of the nuclear pore complex	151
Competing gauge fields and entropically driven spin liquid to spin liquid transition in non-Kramers pyrochlores	150
Breaking the symmetry of cell contractility drives tubulogenesis via CXCL1 polarization	149
Dual membrane-spanning anti-sigma factors regulate vesiculation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	149
Trojan horse peptide conjugates remodel the activity spectrum of clinical antibiotics	149
Multiscale modeling shows how 2’-deoxy-ATP rescues ventricular function in heart failure	147
Healthy sleep durations appear to vary across cultures	146
Predictive phage therapy for Escherichia coli urinary tract infections: Cocktail selection for therapy based on machine learning models	146
Graphene nanoripples enable unexpected catalytic reactivity	145
Climate warming drives population trajectories of freshwater fish	145
Contraception ends the genetic maintenance of human same-sex sexual behavior	145
Prolonged exertion of self-control causes increased sleep-like frontal brain activity and changes in aggressivity and punishment	144
Thermo-photo catalytic anode process for carbonate-superstructured solid fuel cells	143
Long-term employment and health effects of active labor market programs	142
Phenotypic screening of the ReFRAME drug repurposing library to discover new drugs for treating sickle cell disease	142
DNA hypomethylation ameliorates erosive inflammatory arthritis by modulating interferon regulatory factor-8	141
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and turnover mechanisms of BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT1 in Arabidopsis thaliana	140
In This Issue	140
Accounting for spatial sampling patterns in Bayesian phylogeography	140
Proactive or reactive? Neural oscillatory insight into the leader–follower dynamics of early infant–caregiver interaction	139
Sm complex assembly and 5′ cap trimethylation promote selective processing of snRNAs by the 3′ exonuclease TOE1	138
Genetic ablation of the TET family in retinal progenitor cells impairs photoreceptor development and leads to blindness	136
Fluorescence detection of dopamine signaling to the primate striatum in relation to stimulus–reward associations	135
Theory and observations of the interaction between magnetohydrodynamic waves and shocks	134
BRD9 functions as an HIV-1 latency regulatory factor	134
Pinning down a perpetrator in postsurgical eye pain	134
The making of an AI news anchor—and its implications	133
A randomized trial of behavioral interventions yielding sustained reductions in distracted driving	133
Subcellular activation of β-adrenergic receptors using a spatially restricted antagonist	132
Single-cell analysis identifies distinct macrophage phenotypes associated with prodisease and proresolving functions in the endometriotic niche	132
AlphaFold2-based prediction of the co-condensation propensity of proteins	131
Lateral olivocochlear neurons modulate cochlear responses to noise exposure	131
Molecular basis of hemoglobin binding and heme removal in Corynebacterium diphtheriae	130
Correction for Ahituv et al., Starch-rich plant foods 780,000 y ago: Evidence from Acheulian percussive stone tools	130
Breaking the mobility–stability dichotomy in organic semiconductors through adaptive surface doping	129
Polymorphic transposable elements contribute to variation in recombination landscapes	129
Mitochondria regulate MR1 protein expression and produce self-metabolites that activate MR1-restricted T cells	129
Touching the classical scaling in penetrative convection	128
Hidden in plain sight: (Re)definition of a key lepidopteran color patterning gene	128
Cytoplasmic stirring by active carpets	128
Depressive symptoms during the transition to adolescence: Left hippocampal volume as a marker of social context sensitivity	128
Independent transitions to fully planktonic life cycles shaped the global distribution of medusozoans in the epipelagic zone	127
Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased	127
Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves	127
Using neuroimaging genomics to investigate the evolution of human brain structure	127
Molecular patterns of matrix protein 1 (M1): A strong predictor of adaptive evolution in H9N2 avian influenza viruses	127