OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Autophagy is 57. 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
Autophagy regulates organelle reorganization during spermiogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha	540
ER quality control through reticulophagy and protein secretion	495
The hallmark domain of the oldest autophagy receptor family is a cargo-binding module	473
The autophagy pathway beyond model organisms: an evolutionary perspective	416
A delicate decision between repair and degradation of damaged lysosomes	274
Neuronal antenna senses signals from the bone to sustain cognition by boosting autophagy	229
A PRKN-independent mechanism regulating cardiac mitochondrial quality control	226
Endoplasmic reticulum tubule junctions are sites of autophagy	183
Corrigendum	169
Reconsidering the selectivity of bulk autophagy: cargo hitchhiking specifies cargo for degradation	164
Tumor-derived CTF1 (cardiotrophin 1) is a critical mediator of stroma-assisted and autophagy-dependent breast cancer cell migration, invasion and metastasis	149
Burkholderia pseudomallei BipD initiates mitophagy to evade killing by hijacking host KLHL9-KLHL13-CUL3 E3 ligase to ubiquitinate IMMT	149
Mitochondrial import stress and PINK1-mediated mitophagy: the role of the PINK1-TOMM-TIMM23 supercomplex	148
Atg1-dependent phosphorylation of Vps34 is required for dynamic regulation of the phagophore assembly site and autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	147
The active zone protein CLA-1 (Clarinet) bridges two subsynaptic domains to regulate presynaptic sorting of ATG-9	121
Should it stay or should it go: gap junction protein GJA1/Cx43 conveys damaged lysosomes to the cell periphery to potentiate exocytosis	121
Correction	119
NK cell-derived GZMB (granzyme B) suppresses glioblastoma radioresistance by blocking SDC1-mediated autophagosome maturation	118
Reticulophagy and viral infection	109
Reticulophagy mediated by the V-ATPase-ATG16L1-LC3C axis	107
A plant nonenveloped double-stranded RNA virus activates and co-opts BNIP3-mediated mitophagy to promote persistent infection in its insect vector	104
TFEB- and TFE3-dependent autophagy activation supports cancer proliferation in the absence of centrosomes	98
Enhancing neuronal reticulophagy: a strategy for combating aging and APP toxicity	94
Macrophage TRIM21 knockout inhibits septic acute lung injury by downregulating autophagy regulator protein ubiquitination	88
Increased apoptosis of gingival epithelium is associated with impaired autophagic flux in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw	87

LC3 and GABARAP independent autophagy of misfolded procollagen in mouse osteoblasts	87
Targeting impaired autophagy as a therapeutic strategy for Koolen-de Vries syndrome	83
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus degrades DDX10 via SQSTM1/p62-dependent selective autophagy to antagonize its antiviral activity	83
PGAM5 interacts with and maintains BNIP3 to license cancer-associated muscle wasting	82
Sodium butyrate ameliorates high glucose-suppressed neuronal mitophagy by restoring PRKN expression via inhibiting the RELA-HDAC8 complex	80
Selective autophagic degradation of ACLY (ATP citrate lyase) maintains citrate homeostasis and promotes oocyte maturation	78
Emerging roles of ATG9/ATG9A in autophagy: implications for cell and neurobiology	77
PINK1-deficiency facilitates mitochondrial iron accumulation and colon tumorigenesis	77
LAMP2 regulates autophagy in the thymic epithelium and thymic stroma-dependent CD4 T cell development	77
Autophagy activates EGR1 via MAPK/ERK to induce FGF2 in renal tubular cells for fibroblast activation and fibrosis during maladaptive kidney repair	76
The cocoon into a butterfly: why the HVA22 family proteins turned out to be the reticulophagy receptors in plants?	75
Integrating bioengineering, super-resolution microscopy and mechanobiology in autophagy research: addendum to the guidelines (4th edition)	75
LYC inhibits the AKT signaling pathway to activate autophagy and ameliorate TGFB-induced renal fibrosis	75
Identification of the YIPF3-YIPF4 heterodimer as a novel Golgiphagy receptor	74
Accurate automated segmentation of autophagic bodies in yeast vacuoles using cellpose 2.0	70
Epitranscriptomic turbo for autophagy boost: m⁶A reader YTHDF3	70
Taurine ameliorates viral encephalitis by restoring PRKN-mediated mitophagy	69
Deciphering melanophagy: role of the PTK2-ITCH-MLANA-OPTN cascade on melanophagy in melanocytes	67
Growth factor receptor signaling induces mitophagy through epitranscriptomic regulation	66
High-resolution visualization and assessment of basal and OXPHOS-induced mitophagy in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts	66
SKArred 2 death: neuroinflammatory breakdown of the hippocampus	64
Excessive BNIP3- and BNIP3L-dependent mitophagy underlies the pathogenesis of FBXL4-mutated mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome	64
Lassa virus Z protein hijacks the autophagy machinery for efficient transportation by interrupting CCT2-mediated cytoskeleton network formation	63
ATG2A-WDR45/WIPI4-ATG9A complex-mediated lipid transfer and equilibration during autophagosome formation	63
CircRNA GRAMD4 induces NBR1 expression to promote autophagy and immune escape in renal cell carcinoma	63
Periplocin suppresses the growth of colorectal cancer cells by triggering LGALS3 (galectin 3)-mediated lysophagy	63
Microautophagy: definition, classification, and the complexity of the underlying mechanisms	62
Starvation-inactivated MTOR triggers cell migration via a ULK1-SH3PXD2A/TKS5-MMP14 pathway in ovarian carcinoma	62
ESCRT III-mediated lysosomal repair improve renal tubular cell injury in cisplatin-induced AKI	61
MoOrp-mediated PtdIns4P transportation is essential for autophagy and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae	60
S- acylation of PNPLA2/ATGL: a necessity for triacylglycerol lipolysis and lipophagy in hepatocytes	58
Metabolic stress induces a double-positive feedback loop between AMPK and SQSTM1/p62 conferring dual activation of AMPK and NFE2L2/NRF2 to synergize antioxidant defense	57
PRRSV utilizes MALT1-regulated autophagy flux to switch virus spread and reserve	57
GAK and PRKCD kinases regulate basal mitophagy	57