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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Tightening the (neural) net for protein structure prediction	1098
Single-cell expression profiling has its roots in in situ techniques	1039
Explaining the male bias in cancers	892
The different faces of transcription factor sensitivity	831
SCOPE-ing out eukaryotic 6mA	777
The evolution of modifier genes	637
Weaponized genomics: potential threats to international and human security	596
Disentangling population structure in marine species	488
Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics	455
The evolution of DNA sequencing with microfluidics	449
Microorganisms as architects of a sustainable future	424
Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals	366
Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference	340
Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin	323
Means, mechanisms and consequences of adenine methylation in DNA	313
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits	271
Genomic insights into conifer evolution	265
Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions	237
Unveiling the expanding protein universe of life	237
The origin of animals and fungi	230
Cis-regulatory elements at cellular resolution	225
Changes in cell-cycle rate drive diverging cell fates	216
Progress in toxicogenomics to protect human health	207
The evolutionary foundations of transcriptional regulation in animals	198
More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans	194

The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation	191
RNA polymerase II transcription compartments — from factories to condensates	190
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities	189
Mapping dosage	188
Investigating spatial gene circuits and gene–phenotype mechanisms with Perturb-FISH	187
Mini-colons unlock tumour development outside the body	178
Layering epigenomic and transcriptomic space	174
Harnessing functional annotation to improve the accuracy and transferability of polygenic scores	170
Genomic transformations of Eurasian hunter-gatherer populations during the last Ice Age	167
Genomic landscape of cancer in racially and ethnically diverse populations	167
Non-retroviral RNA viruses in eukaryotic genomes	156
Intrinsically disordered regions as facilitators of the transcription factor target search	149
Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications	149
Revealing gene function with statistical inference at single-cell resolution	147
Epigenomes get personal	146
Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding	146
Predicting the effects of multigene perturbations	142
The hidden diversity of tumours	139
Swapping genes within and beyond our bodies	135
Mate choice through a genomic lens	133
Miller spreads and the power of observation	132
Single cell–cell communication	131
Simultaneous single-cell sequencing of RNA and DNA at scale with DEFND-seq	130
Retrotransposons: still mobile in humans	127
Fine-mapping causal variants — why finding ‘the one’ can be futile	122
Cohesin and CTCF emerge as building blocks of 3D genome structure	118
The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling	114
Redefining cellular reprogramming with advanced genomic technologies	104
CHIPping away at the genetic aetiology of clonal haematopoiesis	104
ADAR1 inhibits ZBP1 activation by endogenous Z-RNA	103
Clinical use of polygenic risk scores: current status, barriers and future directions	102
From computational models of the splicing code to regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic implications	100
Scrambling the genome in cancer: causes and consequences of complex chromosome rearrangements	99
Genomic newborn screening for rare diseases	98
Global genomic diversity for All of Us	97
Social shifts in spiders	95
The final pieces of the human genome	94
Fitness effects of mutations throughout evolution	93
Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis	92
High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function	90
Why geneticists should care about male infertility	82
Fitness, growth and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants	81
Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy	80
The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication	80
Effects of regulatory variants across pig tissues	78
Indirect recognition of pathogen virulence proteins to activate plant immune receptors	77
A digital marker for coronary artery disease	76
Exon junction complex modulates m6A distribution	76
A whole-genome shotgun approach to human reference genome sequencing	74