OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genes & Development is 35. 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 transcription factor SRF regulates MERVL retrotransposons and gene expression during zygotic genome activation	304
ESRP2–microRNA-122 axis promotes the postnatal onset of liver polyploidization and maturation	146
Distinct structural bases for sequence-specific DNA binding by mammalian BEN domain proteins	111
Coming in from the cold: overcoming the hostile immune microenvironment of medulloblastoma	107
Making a journal great: an ode to Terri Grodzicker	103
TG andG&D: some thoughts and reminiscences	94
Totipotency, development, and chromatin	81
An Editor's rave review	81
Corrigendum: In vivo CRISPR screening for phenotypic targets of the mir-35-42 family in C. elegans	79
Corrigendium: Effects of RAS on the genesis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma	74
Decoding biology with massively parallel reporter assays and machine learning	70
Consolidating roles of neuroimmune reflexes: specificity of afferent, central, and efferent signals in homeostatic immune networks	64
Interoceptive inference and prediction in food-related disorders	62
Psat1-generated α-ketoglutarate and glutamine promote muscle stem cell activation and regeneration	54
Transcription factors specifically control change	53
Structural basis of PETISCO complex assembly during piRNA biogenesis in C. elegans	51
Neural stem/precursor cells dynamically change their epigenetic landscape to differentially respond to BMP signaling for fate switching during brain development	51
Corrigendum: Defining the influence of Rad51 and Dmc1 lineage-specific amino acids on genetic recombination	51
Dynamics in Fip1 regulate eukaryotic mRNA 3′ end processing	50
My pearl anniversary withGenes & Development,30 years on…	49
ALL-tRNAseq enables robust tRNA profiling in tissue samples	48
Regularly spaced tyrosines in EBF1 mediate BRG1 recruitment and formation of nuclear subdiffractive clusters	48
Noncatalytic regulation of 18SrRNA methyltransferase DIMT1 in acute myeloid leukemia	47
Molecular basis for PHF7-mediated ubiquitination of histone H3	47
Xrn2 substrate mapping identifies torpedo loading sites and extensive premature termination of RNA pol II transcription	47

Comparing the roles of sex chromosome-encoded protein homologs in gene regulation	45
Single-cell atlas reveals meningeal leukocyte heterogeneity in the developing mouse brain	42
Nopp140-chaperoned 2′-O-methylation of small nuclear RNAs in Cajal bodies ensures splicing fidelity	41
NDF is a transcription factor that stimulates elongation by RNA polymerase II	40
Three-layered control of mRNA poly(A) tail synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	40
Disruption of origin chromatin structure by helicase activation in the absence of DNA replication	39
The microRNA-183/96/182 cluster inhibits lung cancer progression and metastasis by inducing an interleukin-2-mediated antitumor CD8⁺ cytotoxic T-cell response	39
ASCL1 represses a SOX9⁺ neural crest stem-like state in small cell lung cancer	37
Tnpo3 enables EBF1 function in conditions of antagonistic Notch signaling	36
Unique role for lncRNA HOTAIR in defining depot-specific gene expression patterns in human adipose-derived stem cells	36
Localization ofKif1cmRNA to cell protrusions dictates binding partner specificity of the encoded protein	35
An FGF timer for zygotic genome activation	35