OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology is 96. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
When senescence generates pluripotent stem cells	1577
The translation m(o)TOR that propels regeneration	1520
Re-sizing of nuclear pores	1244
From trans-splicing discovery and onwards, trypanosomes lead the way	941
A dynamic culture system that models the intricacy of the mammary gland	927
The secretory pathway gets a molecular framework	887
Mechanisms of substrate processing during ER-associated protein degradation	718
Pore-forming proteins as drivers of membrane permeabilization in cell death pathways	711
Tightening the epithelium to control signalling	665
DNA-repair-driven cell death compels us to rethink cancer therapies	665
Histone H1 deamidation regulates DNA double-strand break repair	638
Transfection reflections: fit-for-purpose delivery of nucleic acids	636
Sources, resolution and physiological relevance of R-loops and RNA–DNA hybrids	500
Modulation of cellular processes by histone and non-histone protein acetylation	496
Understanding mechanisms of antioxidant action in health and disease	488
Exploiting cell cycle-dependent dephosphorylation for mitosis-specific protein recruitment	446
Decoding the Ca2+ signal for salt tolerance	417
The double life of a transcription factor in the cytoplasm	405
Chemical reprogramming of human blood cells	404
Resilience through selective translation	401
The phosphoinositide PI5P inhibits the Hippo pathway effector YAP	391
The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research	386
How proteins sense their cellular environment	386
N-glycan-dependent protein maturation and quality control in the ER	380
Publisher Correction: Plant hormone regulation of abiotic stress responses	364

Mechanism and regulation of kinesin motors	362
Establishment of H3K9-methylated heterochromatin and its functions in tissue differentiation and maintenance	341
New insights into activation and function of the AMPK	341
The emerging mechanisms and functions of microautophagy	338
The healing role of gasdermin B in IBD	334
C-degron mimicry confers E3 ligase selectivity	332
Coordination of cardiogenesis in vivo and in vitro	317
Nucleosomes as blueprints of genome architecture	313
Studying lysosomal function and dysfunction using LysoIP	312
Bookmarking pluripotency genes	302
Silencing centromeres with age	301
The discovery of oncogene-induced senescence	281
Rise and SINE: roles of transcription factors and retrotransposons in zygotic genome activation	275
Mechanisms and roles of podosomes and invadopodia	273
Regulation, functions and transmission of bivalent chromatin during mammalian development	269
CRISPR–Cas applications in agriculture and plant research	243
Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment	240
Structures and functions of coronavirus replication–transcription complexes and their relevance for SARS-CoV-2 drug design	238
Telomere function and regulation from mouse models to human ageing and disease	230
Biology and therapeutic targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A	228
Curvature-mediated endocytosis	220
Big cells, small potential	216
Molecular tools for analysing in vivo senescence	210
A quick guide to (transmembrane) planar cell polarity mouse strains	208
Improving chemical reprogramming strategies	205
Snoozing APC/C for a sweet cell cycle entry	204
A histone variant that manages abiotic stress in plants	202
Why novel mRNA modifications are so challenging and what we can do about it	198
Revolutionizing DNA repair research and cancer therapy with CRISPR–Cas screens	195
Migrasomes promote angiogenesis	193
Science Twitter — navigating change in science communication	191
Context-dependent TGFβ family signalling in cell fate regulation	191
Publisher Correction: Emerging roles and functional mechanisms of PIWI- interacting RNAs	184
The RNA world ‘hypothesis’	183
A guide to the biogenesis and functions of endogenous small non-coding RNAs in animals	181
Circadian clock communication during homeostasis and ageing	174
The prospects and opportunities of protein structure prediction with AI	169
Molecular mechanisms and consequences of mitochondrial permeability transition	169
Splicing regulation through biomolecular condensates and membraneless organelles	163
FOXO transcription factors as mediators of stress adaptation	161
Transposons: catch them if you can	152
RNA binding — a useful third wheel in transcription	146
New tool for MAPping microtubule dynamics	146
Activation of human endogenous retroviruses and its physiological consequences	145
Mechanisms and regulation of the Hsp70 chaperone network	143
Mechanisms of mitochondrial respiratory adaptation	141
Context-specific regulation and function of mRNA alternative polyadenylation	137
Integrated biophysical imaging of cell interactions with 3D extracellular matrices	135
Does species-specific alternative splicing make us human?	135
Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers	135

How ancient RNA survives and what we can learn from it	134
Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic	126
Apical–basal polarity and the control of epithelial form and function	126
Mechanisms of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases	124
Transcriptional control of energy metabolism by nuclear receptors	120
Revisiting small RNA movement in plants	118
Molecular machineries and pathways of mitochondrial protein transport	114
A guide to cell death pathways	112
Regulation and function of insulin and insulin-like growth factor receptor signalling	112
Myosin VI assists in fork protection	110
Cold-induced longevity through proteasome boosting	109
New frontiers in quality control: the case of GPI-anchored proteins	104
The centromere as a tag of self-DNA	103
Author Correction: All the sites we cannot see: Sources and mitigation of false negatives in RNA modification studies	103
Redox-driven cell death by disulfidptosis and its therapeutic potential	102
Decoding ubiquitin signals inside cells	101
Genomic regulation of transcription and RNA processing by the multitasking Integrator complex	100
Resolution in super-resolution microscopy — definition, trade-offs and perspectives	99
The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions	97
The technological landscape and applications of single-cell multi-omics	97
Polarized endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane contacts in cell migration	96