OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA is 3. 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
Cover Image, Volume 12, Issue 5	102
microRNAs‐based diagnostic and therapeutic applications in liver fibrosis	95
Non‐coding RNAs in diseases with a focus on osteoarthritis	84
Two Birds With One Stone: RNA Virus Strategies to Manipulate G3BP1 and Other Stress Granule Components	63
RNA nucleotide methylation: 2021 update	50
Emerging roles of RNA‐binding proteins in fatty liver disease	48
Molecular regulation of hypoxia through the lenses of noncoding RNAs and epitranscriptome	43
Applications of the versatile CRISPR‐Cas13 RNA targeting system	43
tRNA‐Derived Fragments in Age‐Related Diseases: A Systematic Review	38
Epi‐miRNAs: Modern mediators of methylation status in human cancers	37
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Time to infer miRNA sponge modules	36
Poly(A) tale: From A to A; RNA polyadenylation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	34
Characterization of circular RNAs with advanced sequencing technologies in human complex diseases	33
Rules and impacts of nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay in the degradation of long noncoding RNAs	31
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Partners in crime: Proteins implicated in RNA repeat expansion diseases	29
Measuring the tail: Methods for poly(A) tail profiling	28
Alternative polyadenylation: An enigma of transcript length variation in health and disease	26
The regulatory role of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the interaction between host and microbes	26
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The Quaking RNA‐binding proteins as regulators of cell differentiation	24

Intron‐Derived Lariat RNAs Go Stable	24
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The curious case of the disappearing piRNAs	22
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To RNA‐binding and beyond: Emerging facets of the role of Rbfox proteins in development and disease	20
The Unusual Role of Ribonuclease L in Innate Immunity	20
Exploring the interplay between PARP1 and circRNA biogenesis and function	19
The Phantom Mark: Enigmatic roles of phospho‐Threonine 4 modification of the C‐terminal domain of RNA polymerase II	19
Functional and regulatory impact of chimeric RNAs in human normal and cancer cells	19
Pervasive role of the long noncoding RNA DNM3OS in development and diseases	19
Mechanisms of RNA export and nuclear retention	18
Role of Assemblysomes in Cellular Stress Responses	16
PiRNAs, PiRNA‐Like, and PIWI Proteins in Somatic Cells: From Genetic Regulation to Disease Mechanisms	16
Roles of minor spliceosome in intron recognition and the convergence with the better understood major spliceosome	15
The “guiding” principles of noncoding RNA function	15
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Compositional biases in RNA viruses: Causes, consequences and applications	15
tRNA‐derived RNAs: Biogenesis and roles in translational control	15
Orchestrated centers for the production of proteins or “translation factories”	15
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The Role of Non‐Coding RNA in Systemic Sclerosis: From Mechanism to Translation	15
Regulation of alternative splicing: Functional interplay with epigenetic modifications and its implication to cancer	15
Recent insights into the structure, function, and regulation of the eukaryotic transfer RNA splicing endonuclease complex	15
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Roles of non‐coding RNAs in eye development and diseases	15
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Regulation of microRNA by circular RNA	14
Sex and the basal mRNA synthesis machinery	14
miR‐135b: A Potential Biomarker for Pathological Diagnosis and Biological Therapy	14
Deciphering brain cellular and behavioral mechanisms: Insights from single‐cell and spatial RNA sequencing	14
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Beyond reader proteins: RNA binding proteins and RNA modifications in conversation to regulate gene expression	14
Noncoding RNAs: Emerging regulators of behavioral complexity	14
RNA–protein interactomes as invaluable resources to study RNA viruses: Insights from SARS CoV‐2 studies	13
Eukaryotic splicing machinery in the plant–virus battleground	13
Micro‐RNAs: A safety net to protect hematopoietic stem cell self‐renewal	13
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Developmental roles and molecular mechanisms of Asterix/GTSF1	12
Cyclin‐dependent kinases: Masters of the eukaryotic universe	12
Regulation and outcomes of localized RNA translation	12
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Noncoding RNAs in oral cancer	12
RNA m6A modifications regulate crosstalk between tumor metabolism and immunity	11
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Recent insights into the world of dual‐function bacterial sRNAs	11

Targeting DEAD‐box RNA helicases: The emergence of molecular staples	11
Revealing the hidden RBP–RNA interactions with RNA modification enzyme‐based strategies	10
Untacking small RNA profiling and RNA fragment footprinting: Approaches and challenges in library construction	10
RNA splicing regulators play critical roles in neurogenesis	10
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Post‐transcriptional regulation of polycistronic microRNAs	9
The story of rRNA expansion segments: Finding functionality amidst diversity	9
Integrated Biochemical and Computational Methods for Deciphering RNA‐Processing Codes	9
Synthetic antibodies for accelerated RNA crystallography	9
RNA base editors: The emerging approach of RNA therapeutics	9
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PINTology: A short history of the lncRNA LINC‐PINT in different diseases	8
The role of alternative splicing and splicing factors in diabetes: Current status and future perspectives	8
Alternative splicing: An efficient regulatory approach towards plant developmental plasticity	8
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Challenges in Therapeutically Targeting the RNA‐Recognition Motif	8
The RNA regulatory programs that govern lymphocyte development and function	7
Undervalued and novel roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in autoimmune diseases: Resurgence as potential biomarkers and targets	7
The Definition of RNA Age Related to RNA Sequence Changes	7
To initiate or not to initiate: A critical assessment of eIF2A, eIF2D, and MCT‐1·DENR to deliver initiator tRNA to ribosomes	7
The landscape of lncRNAs in cell granules: Insights into their significance in cancer	7
SKI complex: A multifaceted cytoplasmic RNA exosome cofactor in mRNA metabolism with links to disease, developmental processes, and antiviral responses	7
Host and viral RNA dysregulation during BK polyomavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients	7
Exosome‐derived long noncoding RNAs: Mediators of host–Plasmodium parasite communication	6
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The importance of RNA modifications: From cells to muscle physiology	6
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Cancer‐derived non‐coding RNAs endow tumor microenvironment with immunosuppressive properties	5
The latest role of nerve‐specific splicing factor PTBP1 in the transdifferentiation of glial cells into neurons	5
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RNA modifications as emerging therapeutic targets	5
The Functional Diversity of Chromatin‐Associated RNA Binding Proteins in Transcriptional and Post‐Transcriptional Regulation	5
Potential applications of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the prognosis and treatment of cancers via modulating apoptosis, autophagy, and ferroptosis	5
Noncoding RNA mutations in cancer	5
Target‐directed microRNA degradation: Mechanisms, significance, and functional implications	5
The emerging roles of CFIm25 (NUDT21/CPSF5) in human biology and disease	5
A comprehensive checklist of computational resources and methodologies for noncoding RNAs in systems medicine	4
Imprinted small nucleolar RNAs: Missing link in development and disease?	4
Microexon alternative splicing of small GTPase regulators: Implication in central nervous system diseases	4
Small‐RNA‐guided histone modifications and somatic genome elimination in ciliates	4
Progress of CRISPR‐based programmable RNA manipulation and detection	4
Mitochondrial RNA, a new trigger of the innate immune system	4
Caught in the act—Visualizing ribonucleases during eukaryotic ribosome assembly	4
Computational methods for predicting hotspots at protein–RNA interfaces	4
p53 and RNA viruses: The tug of war	4
Functional Landscape of hnRNPA3 in Disease Pathogenesis	4
Uncovering the impacts of alternative splicing on the proteome with current omics techniques	4
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RNA epigenetic modifications in ovarian cancer: The changes, chances, and challenges	3
Riboregulation in bacteria: From general principles to novel mechanisms of the trp attenuator and its sRNA and peptide products	3
Emerging roles of RNA–RNA interactions in transcriptional regulation	3
The Central Dogma revisited: Insights from protein synthesis, CRISPR, and beyond	3
Spatial analysis toolkits for RNA in situ sequencing	3
Hitting the mark: Localization of mRNA and biomolecular condensates in health and disease	3
Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a research tool for RNA‐mediated human disease	3
RNA thermometers and other regulatory elements: Diversity and importance in bacterial pathogenesis	3
Physiological and engineered tRNA aminoacylation	3
Keeping development on time: Insights into post‐transcriptional mechanisms driving oscillatory gene expression during vertebrate segmentation	3
The spectrum of pre‐mRNA splicing in autism	3
Integrating transcription and splicing into cell fate: Transcription factors on the block	3