OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Cell Biology is 73. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Unravelling the endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment in plant cells	1013
tRNA flux and consistency in differentiation	438
COPIng with senescence	403
Restoring placental methylome	318
Finding a chaperone for TDP-43	265
Dynein upsizes under load	261
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication	250
Reinvigorating COTL1high NK cells via GITR signalling overcomes immune checkpoint blockade resistance in tsMHC-I-impaired tumours	227
Ectosomes step forward in α-synuclein spread	206
ER-associated RNA silencing promotes ER quality control	202
SLC33A1 exports oxidized glutathione to maintain endoplasmic reticulum redox homeostasis	201
Designing protein-based artificial kinetochores as decoys to prevent meiotic errors in oocytes	198
Creatine kinase B suppresses ferroptosis by phosphorylating GPX4 through a moonlighting function	184
ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription	174
Atlas of amnion development during the first trimester of human pregnancy	167
Criteria for the standardization of stem-cell-based embryo models	163
Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells	162
The guinea pig serves as an alternative model to study human preimplantation development	162
Keeping membraneless organelles apart	156
Hepatocellular senescence induces multi-organ senescence and dysfunction via TGFβ	152
Compression-dependent microtubule reinforcement enables cells to navigate confined environments	149
Mechanical forces across compartments coordinate cell shape and fate transitions to generate tissue architecture	147
A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis	143
Spatial and functional separation of mTORC1 signalling in response to different amino acid sources	140
How a ribosomal protein avoids mixed signals	139

Regenerating the academic pipeline	137
A serendipitous discovery of a family of membrane remodelling proteins	135
Implementing sustainable science in the lab	135
Nuclear class 3 PI3K coactivates circadian clock	134
HSF1 renders NK cells too stressed to respond	134
Acidic niche sugar shield blocks ferroptosis	133
Real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing with PROFIT-seq	122
Metabolic regulation of chemoresistance and immuno-surveillance in AML by SHP-1	117
TCF3, TCF12 and distinct enhancers regulate oocyte transcription	113
Nuclear proteasomes buffer cytoplasmic proteins during autophagy compromise	112
The MARCHF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase acts as an NADPH sensor for the regulation of ferroptosis	106
The nuclear shredder behind PARPi resistance	105
VAMP2 chaperones α-synuclein in synaptic vesicle co-condensates	99
STAM and Hrs interact sequentially with IFN-α Receptor to control spatiotemporal JAK–STAT endosomal activation	98
The nuclear periphery confers repression on H3K9me2-marked genes and transposons to shape cell fate	97
Synthetic ZFTA fusions pinpoint disordered protein domain acquisition as a mechanism of brain tumorigenesis	95
The Polycomb system sustains promoters in a deep OFF state by limiting pre-initiation complex formation to counteract transcription	95
Mitoxyperilysis as a distinct cell death type	93
Host extracellular vesicles confer cytosolic access to systemic LPS licensing non-canonical inflammasome sensing and pyroptosis	93
IL-2 delivery by engineered mesenchymal stem cells re-invigorates CD8+ T cells to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cancer	92
Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity	91
MAPL regulates gasdermin-mediated release of mtDNA from lysosomes to drive pyroptotic cell death	90
Cancer stem cells are hyper-responsive sensors of the tumour microenvironment and regulate metastasis dynamics through YAP/TAZ	90
Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification	90
A lysosomal surveillance response to stress extends healthspan	89
Mechanisms and functions of large extracellular vesicle biogenesis	88
Lymphotoxin-β promotes breast cancer bone metastasis colonization and osteolytic outgrowth	88
Tissue memory relies on stem cell priming in distal undamaged areas	85
Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration	85
Escape from X inactivation is directly modulated by Xist noncoding RNA	85
Waste management and cell death in T cells	85
A cell biological perspective on Singapore’s scientific growth	85
Intron-encoded cistronic transcripts for minimally invasive monitoring of coding and non-coding RNAs	83
It started with a western	82
Deep-learning for microscopy	82
Telomeres are a life-extending gift	81
Assessing gene loss after gene editing	81
Fat bolsters tumours against ferroptosis	79
Time for lipid cell biology	78
Starving and crowded in quiescence	77
Neuroproteasomes in tau pathology	77
Publisher Correction: Epigenetic programming by H3K23ac defines lineage fate of Meg3+ haematopoietic stem cells and drives immune ageing	77
p16-dependent increase of PD-L1 stability regulates immunosurveillance of senescent cells	76
ETV4 is a mechanical transducer linking cell crowding dynamics to lineage specification	76
A model for propagation of RNA structural memory through biomolecular condensates	75
p300 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling underlies mTORC1 hyperactivation in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome	75
Atypical nuclear envelope condensates linked to neurological disorders reveal nucleoporin-directed chaperone activities	74
The role of PINK1–Parkin in mitochondrial quality control	73
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 functions as a protein phosphatase to dephosphorylate histone H3 and suppresses PPARα-regulated gene transcription and tumour growth	73
Malonyl-CoA is a conserved endogenous ATP-competitive mTORC1 inhibitor	73