OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of EMBO Reports is 44. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Global and precise identification of functional miRNA targets in mESCs by integrative analysis	171
Lamin A‐mediated nuclear lamina integrity is required for proper ciliogenesis	121
Dynamin‐like proteins mediate extracellular vesicle secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	114
Nlrp3 inflammasome activation in macrophages suffices for inducing autoinflammation in mice	111
METTL3 protects METTL14 from STUB1‐mediated degradation to maintain m⁶A homeostasis	101
Aire‐dependent transcripts escape Raver2‐induced splice‐event inclusion in the thymic epithelium	99
LGBTIQ+N	95
Enhancing Spns2/S1P in macrophages alleviates hyperinflammation and prevents immunosuppression in sepsis	95
The Golgi microtubules regulate single cell durotaxis	89
Through an ecological lens	88
The post‐translational regulation of transcription factor EB (TFEB) in health and disease	87
The human touch	86
Concerns about academic freedom caused by the Russia–Ukraine War	83
TERT activates endogenous retroviruses to promote an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment	81
E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4L negatively regulates inflammation by promoting ubiquitination of MEKK2	80
Functional skewing of TRIM21‐SIRT5 interplay dictates IL‐1β production in DSS‐induced colitis	79
XIAP promotes melanoma growth by inducing tumour neutrophil infiltration	73
CCR4‐NOT differentially controls host versus virus poly(a)‐tail length and regulates HCMV infection	68
SCF ^FBXW7 regulates G2‐M progression through control of CCNL1	66
SETD1A function in leukemia is mediated through interaction with mitotic regulators BuGZ/BUB3	65
lncRNA‐encoded pep‐AP attenuates the pentose phosphate pathway and sensitizes colorectal cancer cells to Oxaliplatin	59
Equally potent: Nlrp3 mutation in macrophages or neutrophils is sufficient to drive autoinflammation	57
The mission to ensure continued funding for excellent basic research	57
piRNA‐ and siRNA‐mediated transcriptional repression in Drosophila , mice, and yeast: new insights and biodiversity	56
UBAP2L‐dependent coupling of PLK1 localization and stability during mitosis	56

Scalable RT‐LAMP‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 testing for infection surveillance with applications in pandemic preparedness	55
Piwil2 (Mili) sustains neurogenesis and prevents cellular senescence in the postnatal hippocampus	55
Transient rapamycin treatment during developmental stage extends lifespan in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster	55
Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 triggers BRCA2 degradation and promotes DNA damage repair	55
Zika virus alters centrosome organization to suppress the innate immune response	54
The DEAD box RNA helicase DDX42 is an intrinsic inhibitor of positive‐strand R	54
Resting natural killer cell homeostasis relies on tryptophan/NAD⁺ metabolism and HIF‐1α	53
Microtubules are not required to generate a nascent axon in embryonic spinal neurons in vivo	50
PRMT5 links lipid metabolism to contractile function of skeletal muscles	50
Single‐cell analysis reveals dynamic changes of neural cells in developing human spinal cord	49
Tissue‐like environments shape functional interactions of HIV‐1 with immature dendritic cells	48
Morphofunctional changes at the active zone during synaptic vesicle exocytosis	48
Blood flow diverts extracellular vesicles from endothelial degradative compartments to promote angiogenesis	47
Sequestration of LINE‐1 in cytosolic aggregates by MOV10 restricts retrotransposition	47
SPTing across condensates: SEC‐mediated translocation of SPT complex from pausing condensates to elongation condensates	47
The transcriptional regulator Sin3A balances IL‐17A and Foxp3 expression in primary CD4 T cells	46
A tiny loop in the Argonaute PIWI domain tunes small RNA seed strength	45
Somatosensory neurons express specific sets of lincRNAs, and lincRNA CLAP promotes itch sensation in mice	45
Sci‐Con	45
pH regulates hematopoietic stem cell potential via polyamines	44
Rapid evolutionary repair by secondary perturbation of a primary disrupted transcriptional network	44
A Good Day for Helminths: how parasite‐derived GDH suppresses inflammatory responses	44