OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Biology is 36. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing the role of Piscine orthoreovirus in disease and the associated risk for wild Pacific salmon	157
Changing turn-over rates regulate abundance of tryptophan, GS biosynthesis, IAA transport and photosynthesis proteins in Arabidopsis growth defense transitions	130
Functional characterization of the second feedback loop in the circadian clock of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba	82
Telomerase subunit Est2 marks internal sites that are prone to accumulate DNA damage	73
A whole-body atlas of BMP signaling activity in an adult sea anemone	67
CTCF-mediated insulation and chromatin environment modulate Car5b escape from X inactivation	59
Investigating the characteristics of genes and variants associated with self-reported hearing difficulty in older adults in the UK Biobank	57
Back to the roots, desiccation and radiation resistances are ancestral characters in bdelloid rotifers	55
Wolbachia incompatible insect technique program optimization over large spatial scales using a process-based model of mosquito metapopulation dynamics	55
Polycomb contraction differentially regulates terminal human hematopoietic differentiation programs	55
Evolutionary dynamics of mitochondrial genomes and intracellular transfers among diploid and allopolyploid cotton species	53
Incomplete lineage sorting and introgression among genera and species of Liliaceae tribe Tulipeae: insights from phylogenomics	53
A muscle exercise research revolution powered by -omics at single cell and nucleus resolution	52
Integration of large and diverse angiosperm DNA fragments into Asian Gnetum mitogenomes	52
Experimental demonstration of tethered gene drive systems for confined population modification or suppression	50
Cdk5-mediated JIP1 phosphorylation regulates axonal outgrowth through Notch1 inhibition	48
Cuticular competing endogenous RNAs regulate insecticide penetration and resistance in a major agricultural pest	48
An economical and highly adaptable optogenetics system for individual and population-level manipulation of Caenorhabditis elegans	47
Multidimensional associations between nutrient intake and healthy ageing in humans	47
Increased interaction between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria following sleep deprivation	43
The gut symbiont Sphingomonas mediates imidacloprid resistance in the important agricultural insect pest Aphis gossypii Glover	43
Regulatory and evolutionary impact of DNA methylation in two songbird species and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids	43
The Sapria himalayana genome provides new insights into the lifestyle of endoparasitic plants	42
Author Correction: Satellitome comparison of two oedipodine grasshoppers highlights the contingent nature of satellite DNA evolution	41
Personalised modelling of clinical heterogeneity between medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase patients	41

Reconstructing the ancestral gene pool to uncover the origins and genetic links of Hmong–Mien speakers	41
Hibernation reduces GABA signaling in the brainstem to enhance motor activity of breathing at cool temperatures	41
Fossil-calibrated molecular clock data enable reconstruction of steps leading to differentiated multicellularity and anisogamy in the Volvocine algae	38
Histone modifications and DNA methylation act cooperatively in regulating symbiosis genes in the sea anemone Aiptasia	38
Flexible and stretchable polymer optical fibers for chronic brain and vagus nerve optogenetic stimulations in free-behaving animals	38
Single-cell transcriptomic dynamics of scallop heart reveals the heterogeneous response to heat stress	37
Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development	37
A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of all cell types in the brain of 5xFAD Alzheimer mice in response to dietary inulin supplementation	36
Reference genomes of channel catfish and blue catfish reveal multiple pericentric chromosome inversions	36
The mrp-3 gene is involved in haem efflux and detoxification in a blood-feeding nematode	36
An expanded odorant-binding protein mediates host cue detection in the parasitic wasp Baryscapus dioryctriae basis of the chromosome-level genome assembly analysis	36
Atomic force microscopy reveals involvement of the cell envelope in biomechanical properties of sickle erythrocytes	36