OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genes & Development is 34. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
NDF is a transcription factor that stimulates elongation by RNA polymerase II	185
Tnpo3 enables EBF1 function in conditions of antagonistic Notch signaling	139
A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels	129
RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity	108
The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination	78
RUNX1 is required in granulocyte–monocyte progenitors to attenuate inflammatory cytokine production by neutrophils	76
A nonneural miRNA cluster mediates hearing via repression of two neural targets	71
WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma	60
Timing is everything: transcription bursting in development	56
ALL-tRNAseq enables robust tRNA profiling in tissue samples	51
CDK4loss-of-function mutations cause microcephaly and short stature	50
Notch induces transcription by stimulating release of paused RNA polymerase II	49
The evolving tale of Pol2 function	48
Corrigendum: Hierarchical reactivation of transcription during mitosis-to-G1 transition by Brn2 and Ascl1 in neural stem cells	48
How do genomes encode developmental time?	46
RNA Pol II pausing facilitates phased pluripotency transitions by buffering transcription	46
Oct4 redox sensitivity potentiates reprogramming and differentiation	44
Metabolic partitioning in the brain and its hijacking by glioblastoma	44
Cohesin in 3D: development, differentiation, and disease	41
Dorsal determinant Hwa stabilizes β-catenin through direct inhibition of GSK3	41
Minding the message: tactics controlling RNA decay, modification, and translation in virus-infected cells	40
USP7 substrates identified by proteomics analysis reveal the specificity of USP7	39
Letters to the Editor	39
Rap1 regulates TIP60 function during fate transition between two-cell-like and pluripotent states	39
A nuclear architecture screen in Drosophila identifies Stonewall as a link between chromatin position at the nuclear periphery and germline stem cell fate	38

Histone bivalency regulates the timing of cerebellar granule cell development	38
Recognition of acetylated histone by Yaf9 regulates metabolic cycling of transcription initiation and chromatin regulatory factors	37
The evolution of metazoan shelterin	36
Corrigendum: Identification of a PTEN-regulated STAT₃brain tumor suppressor pathway	35
Proteomic insights into circadian transcription regulation: novel E-box interactors revealed by proximity labeling	35
Unraveling the complexity of thermogenic remodeling of white fat reveals potential antiobesity therapies	35
LINE-1, the NORth star of nucleolar organization	34
ATR inhibition induces synthetic lethality in mismatch repair-deficient cells and augments immunotherapy	34
Two unrelated distal genes activated by a shared enhancer benefit from localizing inside the same small topological domain	34
Tolerance thresholds underlie responses to DNA damage during germline development	34
Opening the window for endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition	34