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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A nonneural miRNA cluster mediates hearing via repression of two neural targets	176
Tnpo3 enables EBF1 function in conditions of antagonistic Notch signaling	131
NDF is a transcription factor that stimulates elongation by RNA polymerase II	126
A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels	100
Timing is everything: transcription bursting in development	74
WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma	72
RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity	66
ALL-tRNAseq enables robust tRNA profiling in tissue samples	51
RUNX1 is required in granulocyte–monocyte progenitors to attenuate inflammatory cytokine production by neutrophils	51
The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination	48
Corrigendum: Hierarchical reactivation of transcription during mitosis-to-G1 transition by Brn2 and Ascl1 in neural stem cells	47
How do genomes encode developmental time?	47
The evolving tale of Pol2 function	46
Oct4 redox sensitivity potentiates reprogramming and differentiation	46
Minding the message: tactics controlling RNA decay, modification, and translation in virus-infected cells	45
Notch induces transcription by stimulating release of paused RNA polymerase II	44
Cohesin in 3D: development, differentiation, and disease	44
Metabolic partitioning in the brain and its hijacking by glioblastoma	44
RNA Pol II pausing facilitates phased pluripotency transitions by buffering transcription	43
CDK4loss-of-function mutations cause microcephaly and short stature	40
Recognition of acetylated histone by Yaf9 regulates metabolic cycling of transcription initiation and chromatin regulatory factors	39
Rap1 regulates TIP60 function during fate transition between two-cell-like and pluripotent states	39
The evolution of metazoan shelterin	38
Letters to the Editor	38
Histone bivalency regulates the timing of cerebellar granule cell development	37

Systematic functional characterization of antisense eRNA of protocadherin α composite enhancer	37
A nuclear architecture screen in Drosophila identifies Stonewall as a link between chromatin position at the nuclear periphery and germline stem cell fate	36
USP7 substrates identified by proteomics analysis reveal the specificity of USP7	35
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
Opening the window for endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition	33
LINE-1, the NORth star of nucleolar organization	33
Corrigendum: Identification of a PTEN-regulated STAT₃brain tumor suppressor pathway	33