OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Genetics is 74. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The different faces of transcription factor sensitivity	1489
Explaining the male bias in cancers	932
Single-cell expression profiling has its roots in in situ techniques	928
Tightening the (neural) net for protein structure prediction	927
Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics	828
SCOPE-ing out eukaryotic 6mA	735
Weaponized genomics: potential threats to international and human security	721
The evolution of modifier genes	638
Getting organized with non-coding RNAs	517
Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals	464
The evolution of DNA sequencing with microfluidics	420
Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference	398
Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin	382
Disentangling population structure in marine species	360
Means, mechanisms and consequences of adenine methylation in DNA	309
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits	297
Genomic insights into conifer evolution	247
Unveiling the expanding protein universe of life	246
Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions	238
The evolutionary foundations of transcriptional regulation in animals	228
The origin of animals and fungi	207
Changes in cell-cycle rate drive diverging cell fates	203
RNA polymerase II transcription compartments — from factories to condensates	200
Progress in toxicogenomics to protect human health	195
More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans	188

The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation	185
Testing the super-enhancer concept	182
Abiotic stress responses in plants	182
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities	169
Genomic landscape of cancer in racially and ethnically diverse populations	168
Mapping dosage	163
Mini-colons unlock tumour development outside the body	162
Genomic transformations of Eurasian hunter-gatherer populations during the last Ice Age	162
Revealing gene function with statistical inference at single-cell resolution	157
Layering epigenomic and transcriptomic space	155
Investigating spatial gene circuits and gene–phenotype mechanisms with Perturb-FISH	152
Non-retroviral RNA viruses in eukaryotic genomes	148
Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications	142
CRISPR editing within microbial communities	141
Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding	135
Predicting the effects of multigene perturbations	131
Intrinsically disordered regions as facilitators of the transcription factor target search	131
Epigenomes get personal	130
The hidden diversity of tumours	128
CHIPping away at the genetic aetiology of clonal haematopoiesis	126
Swapping genes within and beyond our bodies	124
Miller spreads and the power of observation	124
Mate choice through a genomic lens	120
Fine-mapping causal variants — why finding ‘the one’ can be futile	116
Single cell–cell communication	112
Cohesin and CTCF emerge as building blocks of 3D genome structure	110
Retrotransposons: still mobile in humans	110
ADAR1 inhibits ZBP1 activation by endogenous Z-RNA	109
Simultaneous single-cell sequencing of RNA and DNA at scale with DEFND-seq	108
From computational models of the splicing code to regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic implications	102
Genomic newborn screening for rare diseases	96
The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling	94
Scrambling the genome in cancer: causes and consequences of complex chromosome rearrangements	93
Social shifts in spiders	91
The final pieces of the human genome	89
Fitness effects of mutations throughout evolution	88
Global genomic diversity for All of Us	88
The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication	87
High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function	87
The potential of mitochondrial genome engineering	86
Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis	86
Why geneticists should care about male infertility	82
Fitness, growth and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants	80
Effects of regulatory variants across pig tissues	80
Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy	80
Indirect recognition of pathogen virulence proteins to activate plant immune receptors	78
A digital marker for coronary artery disease	77
Exon junction complex modulates m6A distribution	77
A whole-genome shotgun approach to human reference genome sequencing	75
Integrating non-mammalian model organisms in the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in humans	74