Nature Reviews Genetics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Genetics is 2. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
The different faces of transcription factor sensitivity1382
Explaining the male bias in cancers916
Single-cell expression profiling has its roots in in situ techniques869
Tightening the (neural) net for protein structure prediction853
Disentangling population structure in marine species765
Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics678
SCOPE-ing out eukaryotic 6mA660
Weaponized genomics: potential threats to international and human security585
The evolution of modifier genes448
Getting organized with non-coding RNAs390
The evolution of DNA sequencing with microfluidics384
Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference370
Means, mechanisms and consequences of adenine methylation in DNA346
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits321
Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin284
Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals277
Genomic insights into conifer evolution223
Unveiling the expanding protein universe of life221
Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions215
The origin of animals and fungi211
Testing the super-enhancer concept207
Changes in cell-cycle rate drive diverging cell fates204
RNA polymerase II transcription compartments — from factories to condensates198
More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans189
Progress in toxicogenomics to protect human health182
The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation182
Abiotic stress responses in plants180
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities175
CRISPR editing within microbial communities159
Shared genetic components of multimorbidity158
Mapping dosage157
Aneuploidy in the driving seat155
Genomic transformations of Eurasian hunter-gatherer populations during the last Ice Age154
Mini-colons unlock tumour development outside the body152
Investigating spatial gene circuits and gene–phenotype mechanisms with Perturb-FISH149
Genomic landscape of cancer in racially and ethnically diverse populations144
Revealing gene function with statistical inference at single-cell resolution141
Layering epigenomic and transcriptomic space139
Intrinsically disordered regions as facilitators of the transcription factor target search139
Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications135
Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding125
Epigenomes get personal124
Genetics of substance use disorders in the era of big data124
Predicting the effects of multigene perturbations124
The hidden diversity of tumours123
CHIPping away at the genetic aetiology of clonal haematopoiesis122
Swapping genes within and beyond our bodies121
Miller spreads and the power of observation121
Mate choice through a genomic lens118
Fine-mapping causal variants — why finding ‘the one’ can be futile115
Cohesin and CTCF emerge as building blocks of 3D genome structure110
Retrotransposons: still mobile in humans104
ADAR1 inhibits ZBP1 activation by endogenous Z-RNA104
Simultaneous single-cell sequencing of RNA and DNA at scale with DEFND-seq103
Single cell–cell communication103
From computational models of the splicing code to regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic implications101
Genomic newborn screening for rare diseases100
The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling98
Scrambling the genome in cancer: causes and consequences of complex chromosome rearrangements93
Social shifts in spiders90
The final pieces of the human genome87
Why geneticists should care about male infertility86
Global genomic diversity for All of Us84
Fitness effects of mutations throughout evolution83
High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function82
Fitness, growth and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants80
The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication79
Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis79
Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy78
The potential of mitochondrial genome engineering78
Effects of regulatory variants across pig tissues77
A digital marker for coronary artery disease77
Indirect recognition of pathogen virulence proteins to activate plant immune receptors77
Exon junction complex modulates m6A distribution77
A whole-genome shotgun approach to human reference genome sequencing76
Mosaic variegated aneuploidy in development, ageing and cancer75
Genomic data sharing: you don’t know what you’ve got (till it’s gone)69
Divergence and conservation of the meiotic recombination machinery69
Sex-specific morphs: the genetics and evolution of intra-sexual variation68
Navigating the pitfalls of mapping DNA and RNA modifications67
The expanding diagnostic toolbox for rare genetic diseases67
Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change66
Chromosomal instability as a driver of cancer progression66
Integrating non-mammalian model organisms in the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in humans66
Genomic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance — a One Health perspective63
Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease61
Using cell-free DNA to infer gene expression58
Laterally mobile chromosomes58
Programmable DNA rearrangements using bridge RNAs54
How ancient genes form animal body plans53
SCENT defines non-coding disease mechanisms using single-cell multi-omics52
microRNAs as systemic regulators of ageing51
A developmental exit from totipotency51
The evolutionary tale of lactase persistence in humans51
Prioritizing the detection of rare pathogenic variants in population screening47
Context-specific functions of chromatin remodellers in development and disease45
Functional synonymous mutations and their evolutionary consequences45
Translating genomic advances into biodiversity conservation45
New insights into genome folding by loop extrusion from inducible degron technologies44
Challenges and best practices in omics benchmarking42
Biobanking with genetics shapes precision medicine and global health42
Author Correction: Transposable elements: McClintock’s legacy revisited40
Theranostic cells: emerging clinical applications of synthetic biology40
Profiling the total transcriptome of single nuclei in archived samples with snRandom-seq39
Context-specific regulatory variants in precision medicine and agriculture36
Global cooperation for a global pandemic36
The FinnGen study: disease insights from a ‘bottlenecked’ population35
Integrating ELSI study teams in paediatric genomic research efforts35
Packaging and delivery of genome-editing tools34
The lives of cells, recorded33
Cell-type deconvolution methods for spatial transcriptomics33
Methods and applications for single-cell and spatial multi-omics32
Predicting gene expression from DNA sequence using deep learning models32
The nexus between RNA-binding proteins and their effectors31
In vivo editing of blood stem cells30
Multifunctional histone variants in genome function30
The continuum of transcription factor affinities30
tRNA dysregulation and disease30
Homozygosity mapping: a game-changer for autosomal recessive diseases30
Publisher Correction: Sociotechnical safeguards for genomic data privacy29
Mary Lyon and the birth of X-inactivation research29
Corrupted USB1 fails to process microRNAs required for blood development27
First glimpse of enhancers in gene regulation26
De novo genes: from non-genic to genic26
Ancient migration and the modern genome26
From genotype to phenotype: genetics of mammalian long non-coding RNAs in vivo24
The genetic basis of human height24
Stem cell-derived organoid models: defying the Hayflick limit24
The regulatory landscape of chromatin accessibility24
Single-cell genomics meets human genetics22
Biological roles of adenine methylation in RNA22
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections linked to HLA-B*15:0122
Impact of genetic ancestry on viral infection response20
EpiDamID, a new single-cell multi-omics tool20
The gene variant that helped put Latinxs in the 1000 genomes project18
Cytoplasmic mRNA decay and quality control machineries in eukaryotes17
Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease17
Making sense of the polygenicity of complex traits17
Tandem repeats in the long-read sequencing era17
Publisher Correction: The relationship between genome structure and function16
Endogenous retroviruses: unveiling new targets for cancer immunotherapy16
Plant pattern recognition receptors: from evolutionary insight to engineering14
Genetic variation across and within individuals14
Sequencing-based analysis of microbiomes14
The human genetic epidemiology of COVID-1914
Tracking haplotypes to quantify genome erosion13
BANKSY: scalable cell typing and domain segmentation for spatial omics13
A vast potential genome editor toolbox13
Prime editing for precise and highly versatile genome manipulation13
Current advances in primate genomics: novel approaches for understanding evolution and disease13
The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology12
Tracking protein binding to cis-regulatory elements with PRINT11
DNA replication in cell fate reprogramming11
Genome-wide association testing beyond SNPs10
Live long & prosper: evidence of evolutionary forces on lifespan10
Cryptic initiation drives transcriptional junk in ageing10
How the waxing and waning of a mutation determines HIV treatment success10
Determining variant effects with pooled prime editing10
Nuclear genome influences mitochondrial DNA10
Methods and applications of genome-wide profiling of DNA damage and rare mutations9
High-resolution imaging of RNA and proteins in thick tissues using cycleHCR9
Plant pangenomes for crop improvement, biodiversity and evolution9
Dissecting the genetics of ovarian ageing9
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies9
Efficient computation reveals rare CRISPR–Cas systems9
Measuring the effects of regulatory variants in an endogenous context8
Tandem repeat variation of human centromeres8
Genetics of glycosylation in mammalian development and disease8
Neighbourly modulation of transcript isoforms8
Spatial miRNomics: towards the integration of microRNAs in spatial biology8
Exploring biodiversity through museomics7
DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations7
Chromatin loops facilitate co-regulation of paralogues7
Deafness: from genetic architecture to gene therapy7
Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies6
Gene regulatory network inference in the era of single-cell multi-omics6
An uneasy truce between population health and the gene pools within our bodies6
The regulation and function of post-transcriptional RNA splicing6
Gregor Mendel and the concepts of dominance and recessiveness6
Dynamic alternative DNA structures in biology and disease6
Foreseeing the principles of genome architecture5
Detecting pregnancy complications from blood5
Viral protection from viruses5
Publisher Correction: How germ granules promote germ cell fate5
Beyond genetics for cancer evolution5
Connecting noncoding variants to human traits5
Single-cell omics meets organoid cultures5
Transcriptional coupling of long-distance genes5
To the rescue by blocking cryptic splicing4
The design and engineering of synthetic genomes4
Navigating the pitfalls of applying machine learning in genomics4
Systemic cell–cell communication in cancer4
RNA barcoding: the catalyst for the single-cell revolution4
Pharmacogenomics: current status and future perspectives4
Context-specific Polycomb mechanisms in development4
Methodological opportunities in genomic data analysis to advance health equity4
Alu sequences promote long-distance relationships4
An evolving hypothesis in autoimmune disease genetics4
Charting the world’s microbiomes3
Genetics of human telomere biology disorders3
Fetal growth: a family affair3
Selection on structural variation in the amylase locus3
Author Correction: The origin of human mutation in light of genomic data3
Oncogenesis by phase separation3
Adapting systems biology to address the complexity of human disease in the single-cell era3
Engineering an oscillating gene circuit to delay cellular ageing3
Drug delivery systems for RNA therapeutics3
Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution3
A TAD refined for gene regulation3
Biomarker benchmarking3
Variant calling and benchmarking in an era of complete human genome sequences3
Metabolic engineering of plant medicines3
CROWN-seq reveals m6Am landscapes and transcription start site diversity3
Tuning mutagenesis by functional outcome3
Not all co-repressors are equal3
The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants3
Identifying off-target effects of genome editing with Tracking-seq3
Sex differences of oestradiol-mediated gene expression3
A body-wide view of somatic mutations3
RNA splicing — a central layer of gene regulation3
A call to action to scale up research and clinical genomic data sharing3
The root cause of shoot-borne roots3
Understanding human placentation through spatial multiomics3
DNA Typewriter2
The effects of loss of Y chromosome on male health2
The genetics of human performance2
The maternal-to-zygotic transition: reprogramming of the cytoplasm and nucleus2
Sequencing to save the Kākāpō2
Target-directed microRNA degradation in Drosophila2
Human organs-on-chips for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine2
Computational methods for analysing multiscale 3D genome organization2
Measuring biological age using omics data2
Histone post-translational modifications — cause and consequence of genome function2
Nuclear receptors — studying genes to understand hormones2
Revealing secrets of human genetic variation with population databases2
SIMPLE-seq to decode DNA methylation dynamics in single cells2
Maverick — top gun of horizontal gene transfer2
Author Correction: Functional genomics data: privacy risk assessment and technological mitigation2
Mapping vertebrate brain evolution2
Gene therapy for deafness: we can do more2
Illuminating the human yolk sac through single-cell omics2
Sequencing and characterizing short tandem repeats in the human genome2
A crossroads in the timeline of human evolution2
Predictive evidence of the relevance of epigenetics to PTSD2
Fighting fibrosis with transient CAR T cells2
Including diverse populations enhances the discovery of type 2 diabetes loci2
Ethical governance for genomic data science in the cloud2
Genetic prediction of multi-omic traits2
DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease2
The complex non-genetic inheritance of complex traits2
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