OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genes & Development is 33. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma	172
RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity	124
A nonneural miRNA cluster mediates hearing via repression of two neural targets	121
Tnpo3 enables EBF1 function in conditions of antagonistic Notch signaling	96
The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination	94
NDF is a transcription factor that stimulates elongation by RNA polymerase II	72
A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels	66
Timing is everything: transcription bursting in development	65
ALL-tRNAseq enables robust tRNA profiling in tissue samples	57
Three-layered control of mRNA poly(A) tail synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	51
RUNX1 is required in granulocyte–monocyte progenitors to attenuate inflammatory cytokine production by neutrophils	46
How do genomes encode developmental time?	44
Corrigendum: Hierarchical reactivation of transcription during mitosis-to-G1 transition by Brn2 and Ascl1 in neural stem cells	44
Minding the message: tactics controlling RNA decay, modification, and translation in virus-infected cells	44
The evolving tale of Pol2 function	44
Notch induces transcription by stimulating release of paused RNA polymerase II	43
Oct4 redox sensitivity potentiates reprogramming and differentiation	43
CDK4loss-of-function mutations cause microcephaly and short stature	42
RNA Pol II pausing facilitates phased pluripotency transitions by buffering transcription	42
Cohesin in 3D: development, differentiation, and disease	41
Metabolic partitioning in the brain and its hijacking by glioblastoma	40
Letters to the Editor	38
Recognition of acetylated histone by Yaf9 regulates metabolic cycling of transcription initiation and chromatin regulatory factors	38
The evolution of metazoan shelterin	37
Histone bivalency regulates the timing of cerebellar granule cell development	37

Rap1 regulates TIP60 function during fate transition between two-cell-like and pluripotent states	36
USP7 substrates identified by proteomics analysis reveal the specificity of USP7	36
Unraveling the complexity of thermogenic remodeling of white fat reveals potential antiobesity therapies	34
Two unrelated distal genes activated by a shared enhancer benefit from localizing inside the same small topological domain	34
Systematic functional characterization of antisense eRNA of protocadherin α composite enhancer	34
LINE-1, the NORth star of nucleolar organization	33
Corrigendum: Identification of a PTEN-regulated STAT₃brain tumor suppressor pathway	33
Proteomic insights into circadian transcription regulation: novel E-box interactors revealed by proximity labeling	33
Opening the window for endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition	33