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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Single-cell expression profiling has its roots in in situ techniques1038
Explaining the male bias in cancers944
The different faces of transcription factor sensitivity775
The evolution of modifier genes723
Disentangling population structure in marine species561
Weaponized genomics: potential threats to international and human security524
Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals500
Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics419
Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin405
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits388
Gene regulatory networks: from correlative models to causal explanations383
Microorganisms as architects of a sustainable future327
The evolution of DNA sequencing with microfluidics309
Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference292
Unveiling the expanding protein universe of life288
Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions284
The origin of animals and fungi259
The evolutionary foundations of transcriptional regulation in animals231
Progress in toxicogenomics to protect human health230
The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation228
The unbearable presence of senescent cells in ageing227
Long non-coding RNAs as orchestrators of dosage compensation211
Cis-regulatory elements at cellular resolution207
Changes in cell-cycle rate drive diverging cell fates201
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities199
RNA polymerase II transcription compartments — from factories to condensates199
More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans189
Mapping dosage188
Mini-colons unlock tumour development outside the body185
Non-retroviral RNA viruses in eukaryotic genomes182
Genomic transformations of Eurasian hunter-gatherer populations during the last Ice Age178
Harnessing functional annotation to improve the accuracy and transferability of polygenic scores173
Investigating spatial gene circuits and gene–phenotype mechanisms with Perturb-FISH173
Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications162
Annotating genomes at increased scale and resolution154
Adaptation: by giant leaps or many tiny steps?149
Advancing the applications of liquid biopsies in oncology149
Genomic landscape of cancer in racially and ethnically diverse populations141
Intrinsically disordered regions as facilitators of the transcription factor target search138
Layering epigenomic and transcriptomic space135
Revealing gene function with statistical inference at single-cell resolution121
Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding118
Epigenomes get personal115
Predicting the effects of multigene perturbations113
The hidden diversity of tumours110
Mate choice through a genomic lens109
Swapping genes within and beyond our bodies109
Miller spreads and the power of observation108
Single cell–cell communication105
Simultaneous single-cell sequencing of RNA and DNA at scale with DEFND-seq104
CHIPping away at the genetic aetiology of clonal haematopoiesis98
ADAR1 inhibits ZBP1 activation by endogenous Z-RNA96
Cohesin and CTCF emerge as building blocks of 3D genome structure96
The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling94
Redefining cellular reprogramming with advanced genomic technologies94
Clinical use of polygenic risk scores: current status, barriers and future directions93
Genomic newborn screening for rare diseases92
Scrambling the genome in cancer: causes and consequences of complex chromosome rearrangements90
From computational models of the splicing code to regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic implications86
Global genomic diversity for All of Us85
Social shifts in spiders83
Fitness effects of mutations throughout evolution81
High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function81
Fitness, growth and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants80
Why geneticists should care about male infertility77
Prime editing: redefining precision genome editing76
Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis76
Recoding genomes with programmed ribosomal frameshifting71
Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy68
Indirect recognition of pathogen virulence proteins to activate plant immune receptors67
Effects of regulatory variants across pig tissues67
The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication67
A digital marker for coronary artery disease65
Microbial genomics for antimicrobial resistance ecology and action62
A whole-genome shotgun approach to human reference genome sequencing62
Exon junction complex modulates m6A distribution60
TimeVault: a synthetic time capsule for transcriptome storage59
Genomic data sharing: you don’t know what you’ve got (till it’s gone)59
Integrating non-mammalian model organisms in the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in humans58
Chromosomal instability as a driver of cancer progression58
Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease58
The expanding diagnostic toolbox for rare genetic diseases55
Sex-specific morphs: the genetics and evolution of intra-sexual variation54
Mosaic variegated aneuploidy in development, ageing and cancer54
Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change53
Divergence and conservation of the meiotic recombination machinery53
Navigating the pitfalls of mapping DNA and RNA modifications50
Programmable DNA rearrangements using bridge RNAs50
Genomic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance — a One Health perspective50
SCENT defines non-coding disease mechanisms using single-cell multi-omics48
A developmental exit from totipotency46
microRNAs as systemic regulators of ageing45
How ancient genes form animal body plans44
Harnessing evolution to infer protein networks44
The evolutionary tale of lactase persistence in humans44
Challenges and best practices in omics benchmarking43
Prioritizing the detection of rare pathogenic variants in population screening43
Tools and tactics for studying alternative splicing42
Context-specific functions of chromatin remodellers in development and disease40
New insights into genome folding by loop extrusion from inducible degron technologies40
Functional synonymous mutations and their evolutionary consequences40
Translating genomic advances into biodiversity conservation39
Biobanking with genetics shapes precision medicine and global health38
Integrating ELSI study teams in paediatric genomic research efforts37
Packaging and delivery of genome-editing tools37
Author Correction: Transposable elements: McClintock’s legacy revisited35
Profiling the total transcriptome of single nuclei in archived samples with snRandom-seq35
Nascent transcription quantification with scFLUENT-seq34
Context-specific regulatory variants in precision medicine and agriculture34
Multifunctional histone variants in genome function34
The FinnGen study: disease insights from a ‘bottlenecked’ population33
The nexus between RNA-binding proteins and their effectors33
tRNA dysregulation and disease32
Predicting gene expression from DNA sequence using deep learning models31
Cell-type deconvolution methods for spatial transcriptomics30
Towards improved fine-mapping of candidate causal variants30
Reading cell division histories from the methylome29
The lives of cells, recorded29
Methods and applications for single-cell and spatial multi-omics28
Global cooperation for a global pandemic28
In vivo editing of blood stem cells27
Mary Lyon and the birth of X-inactivation research26
Ancient migration and the modern genome25
Corrupted USB1 fails to process microRNAs required for blood development25
The continuum of transcription factor affinities25
Stem cell-derived organoid models: defying the Hayflick limit25
The regulatory landscape of chromatin accessibility23
The genetic basis of human height22
Monitoring biological effects of somatic cell genome editing22
De novo genes: from non-genic to genic22
A codon-resolved view of subcellular translation with LOCL-TL22
Single-cell genomics meets human genetics21
Transposable elements as catalysts of evolutionary innovation18
Computational approaches for multimodal lineage tracing18
Spatial architecture of development and disease18
Making sense of the polygenicity of complex traits17
Biological roles of adenine methylation in RNA17
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections linked to HLA-B*15:0117
The gene variant that helped put Latinxs in the 1000 genomes project17
Author Correction: Forensic genetics in the omics era16
Tandem repeats in the long-read sequencing era16
Forensic genetics in the omics era16
Sequencing-based analysis of microbiomes16
Endogenous retroviruses: unveiling new targets for cancer immunotherapy16
Genetic variation across and within individuals16
Single-cell trimodal profiling with scHiCAR15
Cytoplasmic mRNA decay and quality control machineries in eukaryotes15
BANKSY: scalable cell typing and domain segmentation for spatial omics15
Prime editing for precise and highly versatile genome manipulation15
Plant pattern recognition receptors: from evolutionary insight to engineering15
Tracking protein binding to cis-regulatory elements with PRINT14
Current advances in primate genomics: novel approaches for understanding evolution and disease14
Ancestral diversity in complex disease genetics: from discovery to translation14
Determining variant effects with pooled prime editing13
Cryptic initiation drives transcriptional junk in ageing13
How the waxing and waning of a mutation determines HIV treatment success13
From clonality to complexity: a journey through microbial ecology and evolution13
Methods and applications of genome-wide profiling of DNA damage and rare mutations12
Live long & prosper: evidence of evolutionary forces on lifespan12
Nuclear genome influences mitochondrial DNA12
Genome-wide association testing beyond SNPs11
Dissecting pleiotropy to gain mechanistic insights into human disease11
Mechanisms of DNA specificity in chromatin remodelling9
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies9
Prompt-based bioinformatics: a new interface for multi-omics analysis9
Measuring the effects of regulatory variants in an endogenous context8
High-resolution imaging of RNA and proteins in thick tissues using cycleHCR8
Plant pangenomes for crop improvement, biodiversity and evolution8
Efficient computation reveals rare CRISPR–Cas systems7
Deafness: from genetic architecture to gene therapy7
Spatial miRNomics: towards the integration of microRNAs in spatial biology7
Tandem repeat variation of human centromeres7
Prospects for personalized cancer treatment in the era of single-cell sequencing7
How classical genetics uncovered key determinants of TE silencing7
Genetics of glycosylation in mammalian development and disease7
From models to molecules: self-organized and instructed modes of developmental patterning6
Chromatin loops facilitate co-regulation of paralogues6
Genetic influences on haematopoiesis6
An uneasy truce between population health and the gene pools within our bodies6
Harnessing lateral gene transfer and endosymbiosis for adaptation6
The genetic foundations of convergent traits5
Exploring biodiversity through museomics5
Methodological opportunities in genomic data analysis to advance health equity5
Publisher Correction: How germ granules promote germ cell fate5
The long reach of the Red Queen5
Connecting noncoding variants to human traits5
The regulation and function of post-transcriptional RNA splicing5
Dynamic alternative DNA structures in biology and disease5
Gene regulatory network inference in the era of single-cell multi-omics5
Single-cell omics meets organoid cultures5
The design and engineering of synthetic genomes5
RNA barcoding: the catalyst for the single-cell revolution5
Harnessing artificial intelligence to advance CRISPR-based genome editing technologies5
Viral protection from viruses5
An evolutionary continuum between non-coding and coding DNA5
Pharmacogenomics: current status and future perspectives5
Alu sequences promote long-distance relationships5
When cellular reprogramming meets AI: towards de novo cell design4
Author Correction: Evolution and regulation of animal sex chromosomes4
Emergence and evolution of protein-coding de novo genes4
Charting the world’s microbiomes4
Identifying off-target effects of genome editing with Tracking-seq4
Not all co-repressors are equal4
To the rescue by blocking cryptic splicing4
Context-specific Polycomb mechanisms in development4
Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution4
Engineering an oscillating gene circuit to delay cellular ageing4
Selection on structural variation in the amylase locus4
Systemic cell–cell communication in cancer4
More than meets the eye(spot): evolution through co-option of developmental programmes4
Genetics of human telomere biology disorders4
Understanding human placentation through spatial multiomics4
Metabolic engineering of plant medicines3
Unlocking the potential of pedigree genomics via precision governance3
The evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as humans migrated out of Africa3
A crossroads in the timeline of human evolution3
Revealing secrets of human genetic variation with population databases3
Collaborating at the nexus of genomics, humanities, social science and stakeholders3
A call to action to scale up research and clinical genomic data sharing3
CROWN-seq reveals m6Am landscapes and transcription start site diversity3
Adapting systems biology to address the complexity of human disease in the single-cell era3
Tracing the evolution of sequencing into the era of genomic medicine3
Regulatory genomics at biobank scales3
Nuclear receptors — studying genes to understand hormones3
A TAD refined for gene regulation3
RNA splicing — a central layer of gene regulation3
Variant calling and benchmarking in an era of complete human genome sequences3
SIMPLE-seq to decode DNA methylation dynamics in single cells3
Predictive evidence of the relevance of epigenetics to PTSD3
DNA Typewriter3
Genome-scale models in human metabologenomics2
Genetic prediction of multi-omic traits2
Locking in a synthetic genetic code2
Mapping trait-associated cells with spatial transcriptomics2
Mapping vertebrate brain evolution2
Ethical governance for genomic data science in the cloud2
Spatial epigenomics in single cells2
Measuring biological age using omics data2
Illuminating the human yolk sac through single-cell omics2
Thoughts on a legacy2
Regulatory genome annotation2
From Mendel’s laws to non-Mendelian inheritance2
Gene therapy for deafness: we can do more2
From genome to drug: the hidden story of diversity2
Sequencing and characterizing short tandem repeats in the human genome2
Target-directed microRNA degradation in Drosophila2
Non-coding RNAs in disease: from mechanisms to therapeutics2
High-throughput identification of aptamer–target pairs with SPARK-seq2
Interpretation, extrapolation and perturbation of single cells2
Whole-genome spatial transcriptomic imaging with RAEFISH2
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