OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biological Rhythms is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The Molecular Circadian Clock Is a Target of Anti-cancer Translation Inhibitors	190
Impact of Simulated Rotating Shift Work on Mammary Tumor Development in the p53^R270H©/+WAPCre Mouse Model for Breast Cancer	86
Estradiol Regulates Circadian Responses to Acute and Constant Light Exposure in Female Mice	51
Use of Hidden Markov Models to Identify Behavioral Patterns in Accelerometry Data of Subterranean Rodents in Field Enclosures	26
Circadian Interactomics: How Research Into Protein-Protein Interactions Beyond the Core Clock Has Influenced the Model of Circadian Timekeeping	22
Divergent Circadian Foraging Strategies in Response to Diurnal Predation Versus Persistent Rain in Asian Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, Suggest Possible Energetic Trade-offs	20
A Naturalistic Actigraphic Assessment of Changes in Adolescent Sleep, Light Exposure, and Activity Before and During COVID-19	19
Regular Caffeine Intake Delays REM Sleep Promotion and Attenuates Sleep Quality in Healthy Men	19
Comments on Block et al., Pittendrigh Remembered, 2023	19
Unstable Phase Response Curves Shown by Spatiotemporal Patterns in the Plant Root Circadian Clock	18
Sensitive Timing: A Reappraisal of Chronobiology’s Foundational Texts	18
Antisense Transcription of the Neurospora Frequency Gene Is Rhythmically Regulated by CSP-1 Repressor but Dispensable for Clock Function	17
S-Cone Photoreceptors Regulate Daily Rhythms and Light-Induced Arousal/Wakefulness in Diurnal Grass Rats (Arvicanthis niloticus)	17
Correction to “Corrigendum to “Transcriptomic plasticity of the circadian clock in response to photoperiod: A study in male melatonin-competent mice””	17
Bacteria and Bellicosity: Photoperiodic Shifts in Gut Microbiota Drive Seasonal Aggressive Behavior in Male Siberian Hamsters	16
Using Polygenic Scores for Circadian Rhythms to Predict Wellbeing, Depressive Symptoms, Chronotype, and Health	16
Reduced Plasticity in Coupling Strength in the Aging SCN Clock as Revealed by Kuramoto Modeling	16
Modern Language for Modern Circadian Biologists: The End of the “Slave” Oscillator	15
Evaluating the Adaptive Fitness of Circadian Clocks and their Evolution	12
Steve Brown	11
The Free-Running Circasemilunar Period Is Determined by Counting Circadian Clock Cycles in the Marine Midge Clunio Marinus	10
Time of Day of Vaccination Does Not Associate With SARS–CoV–2 Antibody Titer Following First Dose of mRNA COVID–19 Vaccine	10
Shared Components of the FRQ-Less Oscillator and TOR Pathway Maintain Rhythmicity in Neurospora	10
Transcriptomic Plasticity of the Circadian Clock in Response to Photoperiod: A Study in Male Melatonin-Competent Mice	10
Adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to Long Photoperiods of High-Latitude Summers Is Facilitated by the ls-Timeless Allele	9

Prolonged Light Exposure Induces Circadian Impairment in Aquaporin-4-Knockout Mice	9
Circadian Rhythms in Fear Extinction Recall Depend on the Time of Day of Extinction Recall, Not the Time of Day of Extinction Learning	9
Using Wearable Skin Temperature Data to Advance Tracking and Characterization of the Menstrual Cycle in a Real-World Setting	9
Characterizing Gun Violence by Time, Day of the Week, Holidays, and Month in 6 US Cities, 2015-2021	9
Longitudinal Location Influences Preference for Daylight Saving Time	8
A Subset of Circadian Neurons Expressing dTRPA1 Enables Appropriate Phasing of Activity Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster Under Warm Temperatures	8
Examining the Efficacy of Bright Light Therapy on Cognitive Function in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors	8
Circadian Adaptation of Melatonin and Cortisol in Police Officers Working Rotating Shifts	8
Evening Light Intensity and Phase Delay of the Circadian Clock in Early Childhood	8
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial on the Effects of Chronotherapy on Sleep	8
The Estrous Cycle Coordinates the Circadian Rhythm of Eating Behavior in Mice	7
Use of Light Protection Equipment at Night Reduces Time Until Discharge From the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Interventional Study	7
Bright Light Decreases Peripheral Skin Temperature in Healthy Men: A Forced Desynchrony Study Under Dim and Bright Light (II)	7
Time of Day of Vaccination Affects SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses in an Observational Study of Health Care Workers	7
Biological Fluid Flows: Signaling Mediums for Circadian Timing	7
Corrigendum to “Transcriptomic plasticity of the circadian clock in response to photoperiod: A study in male melatonin-competent mice”	7
Daylength Shapes Entrainment Patterns to Artificial Photoperiods in a Subterranean Rodent	7
Generation and Disruption of Circadian Rhythms in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: A Core-Shell Model	7
Pittendrigh Remembered	7
Circadian Regulation of the Neuroimmune Environment Across the Lifespan: From Brain Development to Aging	7
Investigating the Roles for Essential Genes in the Regulation of the Circadian Clock in Synechococcus elongatus Using CRISPR Interference	6
Scheduled Exercise Partially Offsets Alcohol-Induced Clock Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscle and Liver of Female Mice	6
Voluntary Wheel Running Exercise Does Not Attenuate Circadian and Cardiac Dysfunction Caused by Conditional Deletion of Bmal1	6
Persistence of Nocturnality in Decapitated and Bisected Flatworms	6
Association Between Augmentation Index and Total Sleep Time in Night Shift Workers	6
Bright Light Increases Alertness and Not Cortisol in Healthy Men: A Forced Desynchrony Study Under Dim and Bright Light (I)	6
An Interview With Dr. Marishka Brown	6
Michael Menaker (1934-2021)	6
The Associations of Chronotype and Shift Work With Rheumatoid Arthritis	6
Sex Inclusion in Transcriptome Studies of Daily Rhythms	6
The Circadian Clock, the Brain, and COVID-19: The Cases of Olfaction and the Timing of Sleep	6
Coupling Between Subregional Oscillators Within the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Determines Free-Running Period in the Rat	6
Journal Club Commentaries: An Invitation for Chronobiology Trainees to Share Their Ideas	6
Time of Day of BNT162b2 COVID-19 Immunization Affects Total SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Levels but Not Neutralizing Activity	6