OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Genetics is 14. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	249
Green Algal Models for Multicellularity	185
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	122
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	111
De Novo Genes	108
A Functional Dissection of the mRNA and Locally Synthesized Protein Population in Neuronal Dendrites and Axons	68
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	64
Cold Shock Response in Bacteria	63
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	63
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	62
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	61
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	57
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	56
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	56
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	52
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Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	50
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	50
Functional Diversification of Chromatin on Rapid Evolutionary Timescales	46
	45
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	44
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	43
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	42
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	42
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	41

Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	37
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	36
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	36
Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	35
Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	35
Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	34
The Complex Genetic Basis and Multilayered Regulatory Control of Yeast Pseudohyphal Growth	31
Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	28
Coral Reef Population Genomics in an Age of Global Change	24
Plant Thermosensors	22
Genomic and Epigenetic Foundations of Neocentromere Formation	22
DREAM On: Cell Cycle Control in Development and Disease	21
Revelations About Aging and Disease from Unconventional Vertebrate Model Organisms	20
Forming a Complex: Turbocharging BMP Signal Activation by Heterodimeric Ligands and Heteromeric Receptor Complexes	20
From Human to Mouse and Back: Genetic and Genomic Ta(i)les of Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes	19
Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution	19
Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities	19
The Genetics of Autophagy in Multicellular Organisms	19
Apoptotic and Nonapoptotic Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans Development	18
The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems	18
Drosophila sechellia: A Genetic Model for Behavioral Evolution and Neuroecology	18
Genotype–Phenotype Relationships in the Context of Transcriptional Adaptation and Genetic Robustness	17
Genetic Regulation of RIPK1 and Necroptosis	16
Mechanisms Underlying Circuit Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	15
Evolution and Plasticity of Genome-Wide Meiotic Recombination Rates	15
Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Stem Cells	14
The Nuclear-to-Cytoplasmic Ratio: Coupling DNA Content to Cell Size, Cell Cycle, and Biosynthetic Capacity	14
Prevalence and Adaptive Impact of Introgression	14
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How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases	14
Errors of the Egg: The Establishment and Progression of Human Aneuploidy Research in the Maternal Germline	14