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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	226
Green Algal Models for Multicellularity	159
De Novo Genes	101
A Functional Dissection of the mRNA and Locally Synthesized Protein Population in Neuronal Dendrites and Axons	99
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	97
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	59
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	59
Cold Shock Response in Bacteria	58
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	56
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	55
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	54
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	53
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	53
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	51
	49
Functional Diversification of Chromatin on Rapid Evolutionary Timescales	49
	43
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	42
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	41
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	40
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	39
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	38
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	35
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	35
Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	35

Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	35
The Complex Genetic Basis and Multilayered Regulatory Control of Yeast Pseudohyphal Growth	33
Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	33
Coral Reef Population Genomics in an Age of Global Change	32
Genomic and Epigenetic Foundations of Neocentromere Formation	32
Plant Thermosensors	31
Revelations About Aging and Disease from Unconventional Vertebrate Model Organisms	27
DREAM On: Cell Cycle Control in Development and Disease	25
Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution	22
Genotype–Phenotype Relationships in the Context of Transcriptional Adaptation and Genetic Robustness	18
The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems	18
The Genetics of Autophagy in Multicellular Organisms	18
Apoptotic and Nonapoptotic Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans Development	17
Genetic Regulation of RIPK1 and Necroptosis	17
Drosophila sechellia: A Genetic Model for Behavioral Evolution and Neuroecology	17
Mechanisms Underlying Circuit Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	16
Evolution and Plasticity of Genome-Wide Meiotic Recombination Rates	16
Prevalence and Adaptive Impact of Introgression	15
Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Stem Cells	15
How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases	15
	14
Errors of the Egg: The Establishment and Progression of Human Aneuploidy Research in the Maternal Germline	14
The Nuclear-to-Cytoplasmic Ratio: Coupling DNA Content to Cell Size, Cell Cycle, and Biosynthetic Capacity	14