OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA is 4. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Cover Image, Volume 12, Issue 5	97
Emerging roles of RNA‐binding proteins in fatty liver disease	86
microRNAs‐based diagnostic and therapeutic applications in liver fibrosis	65
Non‐coding RNAs in diseases with a focus on osteoarthritis	54
Two Birds With One Stone: RNA Virus Strategies to Manipulate G3BP1 and Other Stress Granule Components	45
Molecular regulation of hypoxia through the lenses of noncoding RNAs and epitranscriptome	43
tRNA‐Derived Fragments in Age‐Related Diseases: A Systematic Review	40
RNA nucleotide methylation: 2021 update	39
Applications of the versatile CRISPR‐Cas13 RNA targeting system	38
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Epi‐miRNAs: Modern mediators of methylation status in human cancers	34
Time to infer miRNA sponge modules	33
Poly(A) tale: From A to A; RNA polyadenylation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	32
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Rules and impacts of nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay in the degradation of long noncoding RNAs	29
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Characterization of circular RNAs with advanced sequencing technologies in human complex diseases	28
Partners in crime: Proteins implicated in RNA repeat expansion diseases	28
The regulatory role of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the interaction between host and microbes	26
Alternative polyadenylation: An enigma of transcript length variation in health and disease	26
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Measuring the tail: Methods for poly(A) tail profiling	26
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Intron‐Derived Lariat RNAs Go Stable	25
The curious case of the disappearing piRNAs	24

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The Quaking RNA‐binding proteins as regulators of cell differentiation	23
To RNA‐binding and beyond: Emerging facets of the role of Rbfox proteins in development and disease	22
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Functional and regulatory impact of chimeric RNAs in human normal and cancer cells	21
The Unusual Role of Ribonuclease L in Innate Immunity	21
The Phantom Mark: Enigmatic roles of phospho‐Threonine 4 modification of the C‐terminal domain of RNA polymerase II	20
The Role of Non‐Coding RNA in Systemic Sclerosis: From Mechanism to Translation	19
Exploring the interplay between PARP1 and circRNA biogenesis and function	19
PiRNAs, PiRNA‐Like, and PIWI Proteins in Somatic Cells: From Genetic Regulation to Disease Mechanisms	18
Pervasive role of the long noncoding RNA DNM3OS in development and diseases	17
Role of Assemblysomes in Cellular Stress Responses	17
Mechanisms of RNA export and nuclear retention	16
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Roles of non‐coding RNAs in eye development and diseases	16
The “guiding” principles of noncoding RNA function	15
Noncoding RNAs: Emerging regulators of behavioral complexity	15
Recent insights into the structure, function, and regulation of the eukaryotic transfer RNA splicing endonuclease complex	15
Roles of minor spliceosome in intron recognition and the convergence with the better understood major spliceosome	15
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Regulation of alternative splicing: Functional interplay with epigenetic modifications and its implication to cancer	15
miR‐135b: A Potential Biomarker for Pathological Diagnosis and Biological Therapy	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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Deciphering brain cellular and behavioral mechanisms: Insights from single‐cell and spatial RNA sequencing	14
Regulation of microRNA by circular RNA	14
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Beyond reader proteins: RNA binding proteins and RNA modifications in conversation to regulate gene expression	14
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Sex and the basal mRNA synthesis machinery	14
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Micro‐RNAs: A safety net to protect hematopoietic stem cell self‐renewal	13
Eukaryotic splicing machinery in the plant–virus battleground	13
RNA–protein interactomes as invaluable resources to study RNA viruses: Insights from SARS CoV‐2 studies	13
Developmental roles and molecular mechanisms of Asterix/GTSF1	12
Regulation and outcomes of localized RNA translation	12
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Cyclin‐dependent kinases: Masters of the eukaryotic universe	11
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Noncoding RNAs in oral cancer	11
Recent insights into the world of dual‐function bacterial sRNAs	10
RNA m6A modifications regulate crosstalk between tumor metabolism and immunity	10
Targeting DEAD‐box RNA helicases: The emergence of molecular staples	10
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Revealing the hidden RBP–RNA interactions with RNA modification enzyme‐based strategies	9

RNA base editors: The emerging approach of RNA therapeutics	9
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Untacking small RNA profiling and RNA fragment footprinting: Approaches and challenges in library construction	9
RNA splicing regulators play critical roles in neurogenesis	9
Integrated Biochemical and Computational Methods for Deciphering RNA‐Processing Codes	9
Post‐transcriptional regulation of polycistronic microRNAs	9
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Alternative splicing: An efficient regulatory approach towards plant developmental plasticity	8
Synthetic antibodies for accelerated RNA crystallography	8
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The role of alternative splicing and splicing factors in diabetes: Current status and future perspectives	8
The story of rRNA expansion segments: Finding functionality amidst diversity	8
SKI complex: A multifaceted cytoplasmic RNA exosome cofactor in mRNA metabolism with links to disease, developmental processes, and antiviral responses	7
Challenges in Therapeutically Targeting the RNA‐Recognition Motif	7
Undervalued and novel roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in autoimmune diseases: Resurgence as potential biomarkers and targets	7
To initiate or not to initiate: A critical assessment of eIF2A, eIF2D, and MCT‐1·DENR to deliver initiator tRNA to ribosomes	7
PINTology: A short history of the lncRNA LINC‐PINT in different diseases	7
Host and viral RNA dysregulation during BK polyomavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients	7
The Definition of RNA Age Related to RNA Sequence Changes	7
The RNA regulatory programs that govern lymphocyte development and function	6
Cancer‐derived non‐coding RNAs endow tumor microenvironment with immunosuppressive properties	6
The landscape of lncRNAs in cell granules: Insights into their significance in cancer	6
The importance of RNA modifications: From cells to muscle physiology	6
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Target‐directed microRNA degradation: Mechanisms, significance, and functional implications	6
Noncoding RNA mutations in cancer	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
Exosome‐derived long noncoding RNAs: Mediators of host–Plasmodium parasite communication	5
The emerging roles of CFIm25 (NUDT21/CPSF5) in human biology and disease	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
Functional Landscape of hnRNPA3 in Disease Pathogenesis	4
p53 and RNA viruses: The tug of war	4
Small‐RNA‐guided histone modifications and somatic genome elimination in ciliates	4
Keeping development on time: Insights into post‐transcriptional mechanisms driving oscillatory gene expression during vertebrate segmentation	4
Uncovering the impacts of alternative splicing on the proteome with current omics techniques	4
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
The Central Dogma revisited: Insights from protein synthesis, CRISPR, and beyond	4
Riboregulation in bacteria: From general principles to novel mechanisms of the trp attenuator and its sRNA and peptide products	4
The spectrum of pre‐mRNA splicing in autism	4
Caught in the act—Visualizing ribonucleases during eukaryotic ribosome assembly	4
Progress of CRISPR‐based programmable RNA manipulation and detection	4
Mitochondrial RNA, a new trigger of the innate immune system	4
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RNA thermometers and other regulatory elements: Diversity and importance in bacterial pathogenesis	4
Physiological and engineered tRNA aminoacylation	4