OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genes & Development is 27. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity	133
WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma	101
RUNX1 is required in granulocyte–monocyte progenitors to attenuate inflammatory cytokine production by neutrophils	92
A nonneural miRNA cluster mediates hearing via repression of two neural targets	90
ALL-tRNAseq enables robust tRNA profiling in tissue samples	61
Corrigendum: Fine-tuning p53 activity by modulating the interaction between eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E and RNA-binding protein RBM38	61
Timing is everything: transcription bursting in development	58
The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination	53
A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels	49
Hunchback functions in the postmitotic larval MDN to restrict axon outgrowth, synapse formation, and backward locomotion	48
Tnpo3 enables EBF1 function in conditions of antagonistic Notch signaling	48
Transcriptional derepression of negative regulators of MAP kinase supports maintenance of diapause ES cells in the pluripotent state	41
The evolving tale of Pol2 function	40
Corrigendum: Hierarchical reactivation of transcription during mitosis-to-G1 transition by Brn2 and Ascl1 in neural stem cells	40
Metabolic partitioning in the brain and its hijacking by glioblastoma	40
Notch induces transcription by stimulating release of paused RNA polymerase II	39
Dorsal determinant Hwa stabilizes β-catenin through direct inhibition of GSK3	38
Oct4 redox sensitivity potentiates reprogramming and differentiation	35
How do genomes encode developmental time?	35
A lncRNA drives developmentally timed decay of all members of an essential microRNA family	34
RNA Pol II pausing facilitates phased pluripotency transitions by buffering transcription	34
CDK4loss-of-function mutations cause microcephaly and short stature	34
Cohesin in 3D: development, differentiation, and disease	34
Lights up on the embryonic dance: tools and applications of optogenetics in developmental biology	32
USP7 substrates identified by proteomics analysis reveal the specificity of USP7	31

Letters to the Editor	31
A nuclear architecture screen in Drosophila identifies Stonewall as a link between chromatin position at the nuclear periphery and germline stem cell fat	28
LINE-1, the NORth star of nucleolar organization	27
Corrigendum: Identification of a PTEN-regulated STAT₃brain tumor suppressor pathway	27
Histone bivalency regulates the timing of cerebellar granule cell development	27
Two unrelated distal genes activated by a shared enhancer benefit from localizing inside the same small topological domain	27