OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biosciences is 11. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA identified in Eastern India: Possible implications for the ongoing outbreak in India and impact on viral structure and host susceptibility	116
Evaluation of post-translational modifications in histone proteins: A review on histone modification defects in developmental and neurological disorders	82
COVID-19: Advances in diagnostic tools, treatment strategies, and vaccine development	74
SARS-CoV-2 genomics: An Indian perspective on sequencing viral variants	73
Drug targets for COVID-19 therapeutics: Ongoing global efforts	66
Polymyxins, the last-resort antibiotics: Mode of action, resistance emergence, and potential solutions	59
Advances in Bone tissue engineering: A fundamental review	55
Identification of a repurposed drug as an inhibitor of Spike protein of human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by computational methods	39
Cardiac differentiation of bone-marrow-resident c-kit+ stem cells by L-carnitine increases through secretion of VEGF, IL6, IGF-1, and TGF-β as clinical agents in cardiac regeneration	37
Global efforts on vaccines for COVID-19: Since, sooner or later, we all will catch the coronavirus	36
Computational search for potential COVID-19 drugs from FDA-approved drugs and small molecules of natural origin identifies several anti-virals and plant products	34
Epigenetic variation in animal populations: Sources, extent, phenotypic implications, and ecological and evolutionary relevance	33
RNA silencing technology: A boon for crop improvement	33
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species cause major oxidative mitochondrial DNA damages and repair pathways	30
miRNA-mediated regulation of auxin signaling pathway during plant development and stress responses	30
Principal component analysis approach for comprehensive screening of salt stress-tolerant tomato germplasm at the seedling stage	28
Current global vaccine and drug efforts against COVID-19: Pros and cons of bypassing animal trials	26
An update and perspectives on the use of promoters in plant genetic engineering	26
Advancements in molecular marker technologies and their applications in diversity studies	25
Plant phenomics: High-throughput technology for accelerating genomics	22
Protein expression and secretion by filamentous fungi	21
Different stages of disease detection in squash plant based on machine learning	19
Helicobacter pylori: Perturbation and restoration of gut microbiome	19
Immunomodulatory properties of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells	18
Why are some coronavirus variants more infectious?	18

Sensitization of hepatocellular carcinoma cells towards doxorubicin and sorafenib is facilitated by glucose-dependent alterations in reactive oxygen species, P-glycoprotein and DKK4	18
Revisiting CRISPR/Cas-mediated crop improvement: Special focus on nutrition	18
Nutraceutical and therapeutic potential of Phycocyanobilin for treating Alzheimer’s disease	17
Genetic engineering of crops for insect resistance: An overview	17
Research advances and prospects of legume lectins	17
New insights into the activation of Radiation Desiccation Response regulon in Deinococcus radiodurans	16
Integration of advanced technologies for plant variety and cultivar identification	16
Pattern of genomic variation in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) suggests restricted nonrandom changes: Analysis using Shewhart control charts	16
Plant abiotic stress tolerance: Insights into resilience build-up	16
Orphan crops for future food security	15
High-glucose-induced apoptosis, ROS production and pro-inflammatory response in cardiomyocytes is attenuated by metformin treatment via PP2A activation	15
Insights into the role of paraoxonase 2 in human pathophysiology	15
Conjugation of imipenem to silver nanoparticles for enhancement of its antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14
MiR-140-3p inhibits natural killer cytotoxicity to human ovarian cancer via targeting MAPK1	13
MicroRNAs as potential targets for improving rice yield via plant architecture modulation: Recent studies and future perspectives	13
Contrasting the expression pattern change of polyamine oxidase genes and photosynthetic efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes under drought stress	13
Circ-HIPK3 regulates YAP1 expression by sponging miR-381-3p to promote oral squamous cell carcinoma development	13
Connecting primitive phase separation to biotechnology, synthetic biology, and engineering	13
Prenatal stress effects on offspring brain and behavior: Mediators, alterations and dysregulated epigenetic mechanisms	13
Circ_0002711 knockdown suppresses cell growth and aerobic glycolysis by modulating miR-1244/ROCK1 axis in ovarian cancer	13
VacPred: Sequence-based prediction of plant vacuole proteins using machine-learning techniques	13
RECK and TIMP-2 mediate inhibition of MMP-2 and MMP-9 by Annona muricata	12
Human ankyrins and their contribution to disease biology: An update	12
Atorvastatin ameliorates viral burden and neural stem/progenitor cell (NSPC) death in an experimental model of Japanese encephalitis	12
Excitation light-induced phototoxicity during fluorescence imaging	11
CircRNA expression profiling and bioinformatics analysis indicate the potential biological role and clinical significance of circRNA in influenza A virus-induced lung injury	11
Knockdown of circ_0008344 contributes to radiosensitization in glioma via miR-433-3p/RNF2 axis	11
MiR-296-3p inhibits cell proliferation by the SOX4-Wnt/β-catenin pathway in triple-negative breast cancer	11
LncRNA-SNHG16 promotes proliferation and migration of acute myeloid leukemia cells via PTEN/PI3K/AKT axis through suppressing CELF2 protein	11
Mouse model for endometriosis is characterized by proliferation and inflammation but not epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and fibrosis	11