OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Genetics is 38. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Note: MiR172-APETALA2-like genes integrate vernalization and plant age to control flowering time in wheat	362
A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva	130
An integrative approach to prioritize candidate causal genes for complex traits in cattle	113
Biology and engineering of integrative and conjugative elements: Construction and analyses of hybrid ICEs reveal element functions that affect species-specific efficiencies	97
Comprehensive analysis of cis- and trans-acting factors affecting ectopic Break-Induced Replication	90
Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing	90
Selective role of the DNA helicase Mcm5 in BMP retrograde signaling during Drosophila neuronal differentiation	86
Teflon promotes chromosomal recruitment of homolog conjunction proteins during Drosophila male meiosis	84
SRS2 is required for MUS81-dependent CO formation in zmm mutants	72
Visualizing androgen signaling and assessing its interaction with canonical Wnt signaling pathways in prostate development, morphogenesis, and regeneration	63
Reversion of a RND transporter pseudogene reveals latent stress resistance potential in Brucella ovis	61
Correction: Spatial regulation of Drosophila ovarian Follicle Stem Cell division rates and cell cycle transitions	60
Electrical synapse structure requires distinct isoforms of a postsynaptic scaffold	60
The budding yeast Fkh1 Forkhead associated (FHA) domain promotes a G1-chromatin state and the activity of chromosomal DNA replication origins	59
Comprehensive analysis of the functional impact of single nucleotide variants of human CHEK2	57
Distinct checkpoint and homolog biorientation pathways regulate meiosis I in Drosophila oocytes	57
CryptoCEN: A Co-Expression Network for Cryptococcus neoformans reveals novel proteins involved in DNA damage repair	53
Exome-wide association study to identify rare variants influencing COVID-19 outcomes: Results from the Host Genetics Initiative	53
miR-309a is a regulator of ovarian development in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis	53
Constructing and interpreting a large-scale variant effect map for an ultrarare disease gene: Comprehensive prediction of the functional impact of PSAT1 genotypes	51
Transfer learning with false negative control improves polygenic risk prediction	51
Metabolic coupling of ROS generation and antioxidant synthesis by the GABA shunt pathway in myeloid-like blood progenitor cells of Drosophila	50
The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis	46
F-box protein Fbx23 acts as a transcriptional coactivator to recognize and activate transcription factor Ace1	45
TRPS1 modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate estrogen receptor alpha (ER) binding and ER target gene expression in luminal breast cancer cells	44

Factors influencing trustworthiness and perceived biases of medical information and genetic testing for Black and White Americans	43
The RNA binding protein DND1 is elevated in a subpopulation of pro-spermatogonia and targets chromatin modifiers and translational machinery during late gestation	42
Centromeres in budding yeasts are conserved in chromosomal location but not in structure	42
Genome wide association joint analysis reveals 99 risk loci for pain susceptibility and pleiotropic relationships with psychiatric, metabolic, and immunological traits	42
Dual mutations in the whitefly nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β1 subunit confer target-site resistance to multiple neonicotinoid insecticides	42
The kpc-1 3′UTR facilitates dendritic transport and translation efficiency of mRNAs for dendrite arborization of a mechanosensory neuron important for male courtship	42
Divergent role of Mitochondrial Amidoxime Reducing Component 1 (MARC1) in human and mouse	42
Individual lipid alterations at the origin of neuronal Ceramide Synthase defects	41
TransferGWAS of T1-weighted brain MRI data from UK Biobank	40
Coordination of cell envelope biology by Escherichia coli MarA protein potentiates intrinsic antibiotic resistance	39
Gene-vegetarianism interactions in calcium, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and testosterone identified in genome-wide analysis across 30 biomarkers	39
Correction: Specific Hsp100 Chaperones Determine the Fate of the First Enzyme of the Plastidial Isoprenoid Pathway for Either Refolding or Degradation by the Stromal Clp Protease in Arabidopsis	39
Cell type-specific weighting-factors to solve solid organs-specific limitations of single cell RNA-sequencing	38
Simultaneous estimation of genotype error and uncalled deletion rates in whole genome sequence data	38
Inferring multi-locus selection in admixed populations	38
A monocarboxylate transporter rescues frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease models	38
Robust inference of bi-directional causal relationships in presence of correlated pleiotropy with GWAS summary data	38