OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology is 19. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The Nodes of Ranvier: Mechanisms of Assembly and Maintenance	215
Proteins of the Triadic Excitation–Contraction Coupling Complex in Skeletal Muscle	156
Teaching School Genetics in the 2020s: Why “Naive” Mendelian Genetics Has to Go	82
Fisher's Geometric Model as a Tool to Study Speciation	81
Leukocyte Chemotaxis and the Elusive Negative Signals that Make It Work	77
The Role of Membrane Lipids in the Formation and Function of Caveolae	73
Post-Translational Regulation of HMG CoA Reductase	72
A History of Cancer Research: Retroviral Insertional Mutagenesis	71
Petabase-Scale Homology Search for Structure Prediction	70
A Mechanometabolism Toolbox for Studying Cell Migration	69
The Role of Microhomology-Mediated End Joining (MMEJ) at Dysfunctional Telomeres	69
Regulation of Human Telomerase: from Molecular Interactions to Population Genetics	64
Seeing the Membrane from Both Sides Now: Lipid Asymmetry and Its Strange Consequences	64
Engineering Proteins Using Statistical Models of Coevolutionary Sequence Information	63
Diversity of Fibroblasts and Their Roles in Wound Healing	61
Telomere Dynamics in Human Health and Disease	57
Lipids in Extracellular Vesicles: What Can Be Learned about Membrane Structure and Function?	56
Modeling Normal and Abnormal Circuit Development with Recurrent Neural Networks	55
Maintaining Telomeres without Telomerase inDrosophila: Novel Mechanisms and Rapid Evolution to Save a Genus	54
Blastocrithidia —A Genetic Alien from the Planet Earth	52
Structural Diversity within the Endoplasmic Reticulum—From the Microscale to the Nanoscale	51
Roles and Regulation of the Hippo Signaling Pathway in Mammalian Preimplantation Development	51
Mapping the Retina onto the Brain	47
Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Transport, and Neurodegeneration	45
Interneuron Diversity: How Form Becomes Function	45

The Multifaceted Roles of the Hippo–Yes-Associated Protein (YAP)/Transcriptional Coactivator with a PDZ-Binding Motif Pathway in Regulating the Tumor Microenvironment	45
The Biology of Lipids	41
Cell Migration	38
Growth Control and Beyond: Functional Diversity and Regulation of the Hippo Pathway in the Nervous System	38
Neotropics as a Cradle for Adaptive Radiations	37
A TAle of Two Pathways: Tail-Anchored Protein Insertion at the Endoplasmic Reticulum	37
Machine Learning for Protein Science and Engineering	36
Lipid Transport from Endoplasmic Reticulum to Autophagic Membranes	36
Glial Cell Development and Function in the Zebrafish Central Nervous System	36
Combining Molecular, Macroevolutionary, and Macroecological Perspectives on the Generation of Diversity	35
Chromosome Ends in Motion: Telomeres as Hazards and Hubs in Meiosis	35
Sticking to Membranes: Structure, Function, and Cellular Roles of the Annexin Family of Ca²⁺- and Membrane-Binding Proteins	34
Why Do Some Lineages Radiate While Others Do Not? Perspectives for Future Research on Adaptive Radiations	34
A History of Cancer Research: Oncogenic Transcription Factors	33
Regulators of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation	32
Variability in Neural Circuit Formation	32
Structural Studies of Core Hippo Pathway Components	31
Cancer Progression and the Calcium Signaling Toolkit: Expanding Dimensions and Perspectives	31
Calcium Signaling and Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications	31
Glycerolipid Synthesis and Lipid Droplet Formation in the Endoplasmic Reticulum	31
In the Loop: Unusual DNA Structures at Telomeric Repeats and Their Impact on Telomere Function	30
Niche Theory as an Underutilized Resource for the Study of Adaptive Radiations	29
Genetically Encoded Ca ²⁺ Sensors	29
Quantitative Analyses of Coupling in Hybrid Zones	28
Predictability, an Orrery, and a Speciation Machine: Quest for a Standard Model of Speciation	28
Calcium Signaling and Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Potential Therapeutic Opportunities	27
Telomeres and Telomerase	26
Developmental Control of Cell Cycle and Signaling	25
Mechanobiology of the Hippo–YAP Signaling Network	25
Transformation of Plantation Forestry Productivity for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation	23
How Neuromembrane Lipids Modulate Membrane Proteins: Insights from G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs)	23
Soft Matter Physics Meets Cell Biology: Transitions of Collective Cell Migration in 3D Environments	23
Calcium Signaling in Migrating Neutrophils	22
Glia at Transition Zones	22
Beyond Fluidity: The Role of Lipid Unsaturation in Membrane Function	22
Ca²⁺ Fluxes across Membrane Contact Sites	20
Hidden Treasures of the Genetic Systems in Yeast Mitochondria	20
Glia Development and Function in the NematodeCaenorhabditis elegans	19
Cholesterol, Eukaryotic Lipid Domains, and an Evolutionary Perspective of Transmembrane Signaling	19
Development of Prefrontal Circuits and Cognitive Abilities	19
The Sensory Ecology of Speciation	19
Synthesis and Scope of the Role of Postmating Prezygotic Isolation in Speciation	19
Remyelination in the Central Nervous System	19