OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Genetics is 12. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	196
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	117
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	89
De Novo Genes	81
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	76
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	69
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	67
Dynamic Centromeres Under Epigenetic Constraint	66
The Field of Hair Cell Regeneration Is Ready for Input from Genomics and Epigenetics	64
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	59
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	50
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	46
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	46
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	43
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	40
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	39
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Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	37
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	34
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	33
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	32
Design Principles and Architecture of Cellular Nutrient Signaling	29
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	27
Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	27
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	25

Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	23
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	23
Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	23
Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	23
Coral Reef Population Genomics in an Age of Global Change	22
Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	22
Forming a Complex: Turbocharging BMP Signal Activation by Heterodimeric Ligands and Heteromeric Receptor Complexes	21
Plant Thermosensors	21
From Human to Mouse and Back Again: Genetic and Genomic Ta(i)les of Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes	20
Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution	20
Apoptotic and Nonapoptotic Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans Development	20
Mitochondrial DNA Inheritance and Germline Purifying Selection: Insights From Drosophila	20
The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems	18
The Genetics of Autophagy in Multicellular Organisms	17
Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities	17
Context Specificity of MAP3K DLK Signaling in the Nervous System: Insights from Genetics and Genomics	16
Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Stem Cells	16
Mechanisms Underlying Circuit Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	16
How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases	15
The Nuclear-to-Cytoplasmic Ratio: Coupling DNA Content to Cell Size, Cell Cycle, and Biosynthetic Capacity	14
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Errors of the Egg: The Establishment and Progression of Human Aneuploidy Research in the Maternal Germline	12