OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Cell Biology is 21. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Advisory Board and Contents	329
Regulation of lipid droplet dynamics and lipid homeostasis by hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase proteins	238
Advisory Board and Contents	216
HELLS: the transcriptional sentinel	206
Single cell lipid biology	175
Structural insights into actin filament turnover	161
Modulating cell-free DNA biology as the next frontier in liquid biopsies	130
Mitochondrial substrate oxidation regulates distinct cell differentiation outcomes	127
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Universities should standardize faculty application process	119
Reflected stemness as a potential driver of the tumour microenvironment	116
Decoding melanoma’s cellular mosaic to unlock immunotherapy potential	114
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Implementing standardized diversity, equity, and inclusion approaches within scientific communities	110
Extracellular matrix remodeling facilitates obesity-associated cancer progression	109
Getting sharper: the brain under the spotlight of super-resolution microscopy	108
A long look at short prokaryotic Argonautes	107
Advisory Board and Contents	100
Intracellular phase separation and its role in nickel sensing	99
Advisory Board and Contents	99
Subscription and Copyright Information	98
The ciliary impact of nonciliary gene mutations	95
WNT-Regulated Transcriptional Enhancers and Stem Cell Plasticity	91
Mechanobiological approaches to synthetic morphogenesis: learning by building	88
Advisory Board and Contents	86

Advisory Board and Contents	83
Disruption of lineage integrity as a precursor to breast tumor initiation	83
Hunger brings down the tumor fort	81
An ATM D-compartmentalization in DNA damage response	80
Young researchers series #6	79
Cancer takes many paths through G1/S	76
Advisory Board and Contents	75
Advisory Board and Contents	74
Changing places: Chromosomal Passenger Complex relocation in early anaphase	73
Metabolic immunity against microbes	73
Advisory Board and Contents	72
Degradation of nuclear components via different autophagy pathways	67
Targeting the ubiquitin proteasome system in cancer stem cells	67
Advisory Board and Contents	67
Versatility of gasdermin D beyond pyroptosis	65
A20: a jack of all trades	65
Contribution of metabolic abnormalities to acute myeloid leukemia pathogenesis	63
Tetraspanins in cell stemness and cancer initiation: markers or active players?	63
Spotlighting adult stem cells: advances, pitfalls, and challenges	63
Long-lived mitochondrial proteins and why they exist	62
Multiplicity of stem cell memories of inflammation and tissue repair in epithelia	61
Beyond keratinocyte differentiation: emerging new biology of small proline-rich proteins	61
Role of N7-methylguanosine (m7G) in cancer	61
The enigmatic roles of epithelial gasdermin B: Recent discoveries and controversies	60
Chromosome compartmentalization: causes, changes, consequences, and conundrums	59
Patterns in the tapestry of chromatin-bound RB	58
Epithelial metabolism as a rheostat for intestinal inflammation and malignancy	57
Lighting ATR/Chk1 by mesoscale TopBP1 condensates	56
Cohesin: behind dynamic genome topology and gene expression reprogramming	53
Sugar symphony: glycosylation in cancer metabolism and stemness	53
Elucidating Protein Translocon Dynamics with Single-Molecule Precision	51
Alternative careers at the autophagy factory	51
Polycomb repressive complex 2 in the driver’s seat of childhood and young adult brain tumours	51
Coordination between Transport and Local Translation in Neurons	51
Cancer Physical Hallmarks as New Targets for Improved Immunotherapy	50
BRCA2 in mammalian meiosis	50
Fine-tuning ALK1 linear polyubiquitination to control angiogenesis	48
To fit or not to fit: death decisions from morphogen fields	48
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Unfolding by Cdc48/p97: different strokes for different folks	47
Membrane Protein Quality Control Mechanisms in the Endo-Lysosome System	47
The postdoctoral blueprint part one: creating a niche	46
The role of RAS oncogenes in controlling epithelial mechanics	46
Autophagy-dependent versus autophagy-independent ferroptosis	46
Design principles of gene circuits for longevity	45
Rewiring cell signalling pathways in pathogenic mtDNA mutations	45
Cellular mechanics during division of a genomically minimal cell	45
The uncharted territory of NAD+-capped RNA	45
DNA-PKcs kinase activity orchestrates both end-processing and end-ligation	44
The amoeboid state as part of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition programme	44

Mitochondrial complexome and import network	44
The initiation of mammalian embryonic transcription: to begin at the beginning	43
(Alternative) transcription start sites as regulators of RNA processing	43
The transcription factor code: a beacon for histone methyltransferase docking	43
Mechanisms of cellular mRNA transcript homeostasis	43
Translation is an emerging constraint on protein homeostasis in ageing	42
Bidirectional communication in oogenesis: a dynamic conversation in mice and Drosophila	41
The elegant complexity of mammalian ecto-5′-nucleotidase (CD73)	40
Regulation of gene expression by glycolytic and gluconeogenic enzymes	39
Mechanical regulation of cell-cycle progression and division	39
The bidirectional relationship between metabolism and cell cycle control	39
LncRNAs in human cancers: signal from noise	38
Forward programming human pluripotent stem cells into microglia	38
Plasticity of cancer invasion and energy metabolism	37
p53 and Tumor Suppression: It Takes a Network	37
A novel superfamily of bridge-like lipid transfer proteins	37
Lysosomal enzyme trafficking: from molecular mechanisms to human diseases	37
Nucleation, stabilization, and disassembly of branched actin networks	36
Targeting ferroptosis to treat colorectal cancer	36
REV7 directs DNA repair pathway choice	36
Membrane curvature as a signal to ensure robustness of diverse cellular processes	36
Pericytes in the disease spotlight	36
Cell–3D matrix interactions: recent advances and opportunities	36
Extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles: emerging complexities	35
Lysosomal quality control: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications	33
Deep learning in image-based phenotypic drug discovery	32
Metabolic control of replisome plasticity in genome surveillance	32
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Young researchers series #9	30
Advisory Board and Contents	29
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Advisory Board and Contents	28
Extracellular vesicle-mediated crosstalk in tumor microenvironment dominates tumor fate	28
Advisory Board and Contents	28
GABAergic signaling beyond synapses: an emerging target for cancer therapy	28
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Newly identified cell types crucial for gut commensal tolerance	27
Immune surveillance of senescence: potential application to age-related diseases	27
Inosine: novel activator of brown adipose tissue and energy homeostasis	27
The culture and application of circulating tumor cell-derived organoids	26
Advisory Board and Contents	26
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Advisory Board and Contents	26
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Gaining wisdom from enduring inequities	25
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Next-generation engineered microsystems for cell biology: a systems-level roadmap	24
Advisory Board and Contents	24
Hierarchical folding of the catalytic core during mitochondrial ribosome biogenesis	24
Experimental evolution for cell biology	24
The interplay of the circadian clock and metabolic tumorigenesis	24
Creating inclusive environments in cell biology by casual mentoring	24
Advisory Board and Contents	24
Subscription and Copyright Information	24
Optical tweezers across scales in cell biology	23
ATG4: More Than a Protease?	23
Primary ciliary signaling: links with the cell cycle	23
Spatiotemporal dynamic regulation of membraneless organelles by chaperone networks	23
Hidden protein functions and what they may teach us	22
Bucket lists must be completed during cell death	22
Mitochondria in cancer: clean windmills or stressed tinkerers?	22
A glitch in the matrix: organ-specific matrisomes in metastatic niches	22
Where protein structure and cell diversity meet	22
Stray self-nucleic acids: the emerging drivers of neurodegeneration	21
A new time dimension in the fight against metastasis	21
Olfaction: an emerging regulator of longevity and metabolism	21
CHRNA2: a new paradigm in beige thermoregulation and metabolism	21