OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Genetics is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	256
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	186
Green Algal Models for Multicellularity	129
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	116
A Functional Dissection of the mRNA and Locally Synthesized Protein Population in Neuronal Dendrites and Axons	114
De Novo Genes	71
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	65
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	65
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	64
Cold Shock Response in Bacteria	64
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	63
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	59
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	59
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	57
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	55
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	54
	54
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	51
Functional Diversification of Chromatin on Rapid Evolutionary Timescales	51
	48
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	47
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	46
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	44
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	43
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	41

Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	38
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	38
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	37