OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Cell Biology is 71. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
STING and fat crosstalk	662
TRIM8 in Ewing sarcoma	447
Force boosts SARS-CoV-2 invasion	359
Enhancing T cell therapy	343
Pushing chromatin to totipotency	275
Restoring placental methylome	220
Unravelling the endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment in plant cells	219
Keeping membraneless organelles apart	188
tRNA flux and consistency in differentiation	187
Immune memory in individuals with COVID-19	169
An inflammatory switch for stem cell plasticity	167
COPIng with senescence	162
Finding a chaperone for TDP-43	155
RIPK1 and RIPK3 form mosaic necrosomes	153
ETV2 functions as a pioneer factor to regulate and reprogram the endothelial lineage	139
Cysteine oxidation of copper transporter CTR1 drives VEGFR2 signalling and angiogenesis	138
Criteria for the standardization of stem-cell-based embryo models	134
The guinea pig serves as an alternative model to study human preimplantation development	130
ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription	129
Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells	129
Compression-dependent microtubule reinforcement enables cells to navigate confined environments	124
Spatial and functional separation of mTORC1 signalling in response to different amino acid sources	124
Mechanical forces across compartments coordinate cell shape and fate transitions to generate tissue architecture	122
Hepatocellular senescence induces multi-organ senescence and dysfunction via TGFβ	116
ER-associated RNA silencing promotes ER quality control	115

Creatine kinase B suppresses ferroptosis by phosphorylating GPX4 through a moonlighting function	115
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication	114
Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases	110
A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis	109
A serendipitous discovery of a family of membrane remodelling proteins	108
Metabolic regulation of chemoresistance and immuno-surveillance in AML by SHP-1	108
Implementing sustainable science in the lab	108
Regenerating the academic pipeline	107
Diverse heterochromatin-associated proteins repress distinct classes of genes and repetitive elements	103
How a ribosomal protein avoids mixed signals	103
Publisher Correction: p27 controls Ragulator and mTOR activity in amino acid-deprived cells to regulate the autophagy–lysosomal pathway and coordinate cell cycle and cell growth	102
TCF3, TCF12 and distinct enhancers regulate oocyte transcription	100
STAM and Hrs interact sequentially with IFN-α Receptor to control spatiotemporal JAK–STAT endosomal activation	99
PRC2 shields the potency of human stem cells	97
Real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing with PROFIT-seq	96
HSF1 renders NK cells too stressed to respond	96
Nuclear class 3 PI3K coactivates circadian clock	95
Dapl1 controls NFATc2 activation to regulate CD8+ T cell exhaustion and responses in chronic infection and cancer	94
Membranes regulate biomolecular condensates	94
The Polycomb system sustains promoters in a deep OFF state by limiting pre-initiation complex formation to counteract transcription	93
Lymphotoxin-β promotes breast cancer bone metastasis colonization and osteolytic outgrowth	93
The mechanics of crypt morphogenesis	90
Nuclear proteasomes buffer cytoplasmic proteins during autophagy compromise	89
Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration	89
IL-2 delivery by engineered mesenchymal stem cells re-invigorates CD8+ T cells to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cancer	87
EZH2 noncanonically binds cMyc and p300 through a cryptic transactivation domain to mediate gene activation and promote oncogenesis	86
Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity	85
Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification	84
The MARCHF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase acts as an NADPH sensor for the regulation of ferroptosis	82
VAMP2 chaperones α-synuclein in synaptic vesicle co-condensates	81
A cell biological perspective on Singapore’s scientific growth	81
Hyaluronic acid–GPRC5C signalling promotes dormancy in haematopoietic stem cells	81
Host extracellular vesicles confer cytosolic access to systemic LPS licensing non-canonical inflammasome sensing and pyroptosis	81
Xist seeds X inactivation	80
Deep-learning for microscopy	80
Mapping the foetal striatum	79
Telomeres are a life-extending gift	78
It started with a western	77
ETV4 is a mechanical transducer linking cell crowding dynamics to lineage specification	76
Waste management and cell death in T cells	76
Intron-encoded cistronic transcripts for minimally invasive monitoring of coding and non-coding RNAs	76
A single-cell atlas of non-haematopoietic cells in human lymph nodes and lymphoma reveals a landscape of stromal remodelling	76
Label-free multiplexed microtomography of endogenous subcellular dynamics using generalizable deep learning	74
Malonyl-CoA is a conserved endogenous ATP-competitive mTORC1 inhibitor	73
Tissue memory relies on stem cell priming in distal undamaged areas	73
Time for lipid cell biology	71