OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Cell Biology is 15. 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
Outside Front Cover	91
Editorial Board	72
Outside Back Cover	70
Editorial Board	58
Macropinocytosis at the crossroad between nutrient scavenging and metabolism in cancer	54
Outside Front Cover	50
Is macropinocytosis more than just a passive gulp?	48
You can go your own way: SNX-BAR coat complexes direct traffic at late endosomes	45
Separation of powers: A key feature underlying the neuroprotective role of Retromer in age-related neurodegenerative disease?	44
Leveraging phylogenetic diversity: Cellular dynamics in non-model organisms	43
Cell competition and the regulation of protein homeostasis	43
Development of a multiciliated cell	41
TERRA long noncoding RNA: At the interphase of telomere damage, rescue and signaling	39
Driving cancer: Motor and adaptor protein dysregulation in endocytic receptor signalling	36
Editorial Board	35
Characterizing intracellular mechanics via optical tweezers-based microrheology	35
Outside Back Cover	35
De novo hematopoietic (stem) cell generation — A differentiation or stochastic process?	34
In silico labeling in cell biology: Potential and limitations	34
Traffic flow and signals: Regulating the movement within cells	32
Receptors, enzymes and self-attraction as autocrine generators and amplifiers of chemotaxis and cell steering	31
The cell biology of Extracellular Vesicles: A jigsaw puzzle with a myriad of pieces	30
The unconventional role of vimentin intermediate filaments	30
Editorial Board	30
Outside Back Cover	29

Cadherins and the cortex: A matter of time?	29
Forced back into shape: Mechanics of epithelial wound repair	29
Editorial Board	29
Cellular spartans at the pass: Emerging intricacies of cell competition in early and late tumorigenesis	28
Notch-mediated cellular interactions between vascular cells	28
Functional analysis of Hikeshi reveals physiological significance of nuclear Hsp70	28
Protein condensates as flexible platforms for membrane traffic	28
Engines of change: Nonmuscle myosin II in mechanobiology	27
Physical forces modulate interphase nuclear size	27
Autophagy regulation by signaling	27
Dynamins in human diseases: differential requirement of dynamin activity in distinct tissues	27
The adaptable caveola coat generates a plasma membrane sensory system	27
Reading oscillatory instructions: How cells achieve time-dependent responses to oscillating transcription factors	26
Helical motion and torque generation by microtubule motors	26
Mitotic signalling in progenitor cells: Integrating cell division with cell specification	26
The dynamic nuclear envelope: resilience in health and dysfunction in disease	25
A molecular systems perspective on calcium oscillations beyond ion fluxes	25
The molecular biophysics of extracellular vimentin and its role in pathogen–host interactions	24
Decoding the cell nucleus	24
Organizing principles underlying COPII-mediated transport	24
Sperm-specific proteins: new implications for diagnostic development and cancer immunotherapy	24
Nuclear lipid droplet: Guardian of nuclear membrane lipid homeostasis?	24
The nature of the root clock at single cell resolution: Principles of communication and similarities with plant and animal pulsatile and circadian mechanisms	23
ROS and the cell cycle: Cycling in and out of the comfort zone of redox control	23
Outside Back Cover	23
Protein folding and quality control during nuclear transport	23
Outside Front Cover - Journal name, Cover image, Volume issue details, ISSN, Cover Date, Elsevier Logo and Society Logo if required	23
Rethinking tubulin acetylation: From regulation to cellular adaptation	23
Piecing together the structural organisation of lipid exchange at membrane contact sites	22
Regulatory events controlling ER-phagy	22
In situ studies of membrane biology by cryo-electron tomography	22
Rediscovering the intricacies of secretory granule biogenesis	22
Mechanobiology of myeloid cells	22
Signaling oscillations: Molecular mechanisms and functional roles	22
Stress-protecting harbors for hematopoietic stem cells	22
License to drive: Receptor-mediated ER exit of proteins and lipids	22
Dynamic structure of the cytoplasm	21
Follow the flow: Actin and membrane act as an integrated system to globally coordinate cell shape and movement	21
Vertex remodeling during epithelial morphogenesis	21
Shaping up: Recent advances in the study of plant calcium channels	20
Mitochondria and cell death signalling	20
Mechanisms of cellular fitness and cell competition: Towards an integrated view	20
Mechanical regulation of the Notch signaling pathway	20
Replication-transcription symbiosis in the mammalian nucleus: The art of living together	19
Opening the gate: Complexity and modularity of the nuclear pore scaffold and basket	19
Emergence of neuron types	19
Transmit and protect: The mechanical functions of intermediate filaments	19
Navigating confinement: Mechanotransduction and metabolic adaptation	19
The multidimensional roles of intermediate filaments - bridging genetic diversity with form, functions, and targets	18
New directions in epithelial mechanoadaptation	18

Replicating chromatin in the nucleus: A histone variant perspective	18
Interplay between Notch signaling and mechanical forces during developmental patterning processes	18
Outside Back Cover	18
Nuclear speckle biology: At the cross-roads of discovery and functional analysis	18
Mechanisms controlling the mechanical properties of the nuclei	18
Jagged-mediated development and disease: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications for Alagille syndrome	17
Cellularization across eukaryotes: Conserved mechanisms and novel strategies	17
Extracellular matrix dynamics: A key regulator of cell migration across length-scales and systems	17
Spatiotemporal regulation of switching front–rear cell polarity	17
ER and Golgi trafficking in axons, dendrites, and glial processes	17
Waves of change: Dynamic actomyosin networks in embryonic development	17
Outside Front Cover	17
Modeling cytoskeletal and cell dynamics	17
Impact of organelle architecture on oocyte developmental potential	17
Editorial Board	16
Myosin 2 – A general contractor for the cytoskeleton	16
Nuclear biophysics: Spatial coordination of transcriptional dynamics?	16
Nanoscale mechano-adaption of integrin-based cell adhesions: New tools and techniques lead the way	16
Macromolecular crowding: Sensing without a sensor	16
Calcium wave propagation during cell extrusion	16
Exploring the dynamic behavior of leukocytes with zebrafish	16
Posttranslational modifications of keratins and their associated proteins as therapeutic targets in keratin diseases	16
Septin dynamics and organization in mammalian cells	16
Cadherin-linked morphogen gradient actualizes robust tissue patterning	15
Editorial Board	15
Regulation of immune cell development, differentiation and function by stromal Notch ligands	15
Inter-organ communication in Drosophila: Lipoproteins, adipokines, and immune-metabolic coordination	15
Editorial Board	15
Outside Front Cover	15
The unique biomechanics of intermediate filaments – From single filaments to cells and tissues	15
Biomolecular condensates in epithelial junctions	15
Outside Back Cover	15
Outside Back Cover	15
Structuring of the endolysosomal system by HOPS and CORVET tethering complexes	15
From brain-sparing to prioritised tumour growth: Insights into tumour-host interactions	15