OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Research is 27. 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
Receptome profiling identifies KREMEN1 and ASGR1 as alternative functional receptors of SARS-CoV-2	180
Author Correction: Whole-genome sequencing of 508 patients identifies key molecular features associated with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	146
An App knock-in rat model for Alzheimer’s disease exhibiting Aβ and tau pathologies, neuronal death and cognitive impairments	106
An exercise infusion benefits brain function	103
UHRF1: a novel metabolic guardian restricting AMPK activity	102
Heterogeneity in endothelial cells and widespread venous arterialization during early vascular development in mammals	92
Structural basis of acyl-CoA transport across the peroxisomal membrane by human ABCD1	91
Cryo-EM structure of the nuclear ring from Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex	86
Zipper head mechanism of telomere synthesis by human telomerase	85
Revealing the secret behind Smo cholesterylation	85
Recombinant protein subunit vaccine booster following two-dose inactivated vaccines dramatically enhanced anti-RBD responses and neutralizing titers against SARS-CoV-2 and Variants of Concern	77
Structural insights into the membrane microdomain organization by SPFH family proteins	72
Loss of Spike N370 glycosylation as an important evolutionary event for the enhanced infectivity of SARS-CoV-2	71
EGFR signaling promotes nuclear translocation of plasma membrane protein TSPAN8 to enhance tumor progression via STAT3-mediated transcription	57
Regulators of tubulin polyglutamylation control nuclear shape and cilium disassembly by balancing microtubule and actin assembly	51
Molecular insights into ligand recognition and G protein coupling of the neuromodulatory orphan receptor GPR139	49
Cholesterylation of Smoothened is a calcium-accelerated autoreaction involving an intramolecular ester intermediate	46
SPFH protein cage — one ring to rule them all	43
Comparison of viral RNA–host protein interactomes across pathogenic RNA viruses informs rapid antiviral drug discovery for SARS-CoV-2	40
Alluminating structure key to stress tolerance	37
Spontaneous necroptosis and autoinflammation are blocked by an inhibitory phosphorylation on MLKL during neonatal development	36
Crystal structure and catalytic mechanism of the MbnBC holoenzyme required for methanobactin biosynthesis	33
Sanofi-Cell Research outstanding paper award of 2020	33
Vein to artery: the first arteriogenesis in the mammalian embryo	31
Structural basis of ALMT1-mediated aluminum resistance in Arabidopsis	30

Reduced interferon antagonism but similar drug sensitivity in Omicron variant compared to Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 isolates	30
Humoral immunogenicity and reactogenicity of CoronaVac or ZF2001 booster after two doses of inactivated vaccine	27