OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell and Bioscience 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The 2020 Ming K. Jeang awards for excellence in Cell & Bioscience	197
Retraction Note: Growth inhibition and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells induced by vitamin D-Nanoemulsion (NVD): involvement of Wnt/β-catenin and other signal transduction pathways	147
Retraction Note to: Universal minicircle sequence binding protein of Leishmania donovani regulates pathogenicity by controlling expression of cytochrome-b	131
Enhanced exosome secretion regulated by microglial P2X7R in the medullary dorsal horn contributes to pulpitis-induced pain	119
Transcriptomics, lipidomics, and single-nucleus RNA sequencing integration: exploring sphingolipids in MASH-HCC progression	111
MIIP downregulation drives colorectal cancer progression through inducing peri-cancerous adipose tissue browning	103
FOXD1 promotes EMT and cell stemness of oral squamous cell carcinoma by transcriptional activation of SNAI2	94
Epigenetic reshaping through damage: promoting cell fate transition by BrdU and IdU incorporation	78
From nasal to basal: single-cell sequencing of the bursa of Fabricius highlights the IBDV infection mechanism in chickens	78
Amelioration of premature aging in Werner syndrome stem cells by targeting SHIP/AKT pathway	77
Sperm-borne small non-coding RNAs: potential functions and mechanisms as epigenetic carriers	73
Glutamine-glutamate centered metabolism as the potential therapeutic target against Japanese encephalitis virus-induced encephalitis	73
Comparison of characteristics and immune responses between paired human nasal and bronchial epithelial organoids	72
TOPBP1 as a potential predictive biomarker for enhanced combinatorial efficacy of olaparib and AZD6738 in PDAC	67
Male guanine-rich RNA sequence binding factor 1 knockout mice (Grsf1−/−) gain less body weight during adolescence and adulthood	66
CASTOR1 phosphorylation predicts poor survival in male patients with KRAS-mutated lung adenocarcinoma	62
Electric field stimulation boosts neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells for spinal cord injury treatment via PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β/β-catenin activation	59
Stress granules: functions and mechanisms in cancer	56
Epigallocatechin gallate from green tea effectively blocks infection of SARS-CoV-2 and new variants by inhibiting spike binding to ACE2 receptor	55
Revealing the role of SPP1+ macrophages in glioma prognosis and therapeutic targeting by investigating tumor-associated macrophage landscape in grade 2 and 3 gliomas	53
GREM1/PPP2R3A expression in heterogeneous fibroblasts initiates pulmonary fibrosis	53
The lncRNA MIR181A1HG in extracellular vesicles derived from highly metastatic colorectal cancer cells promotes liver metastasis by remodeling the extracellular matrix and recruiting myeloid-derived s	52
Genome-wide association study of the fatty liver index in the Taiwanese population reveals shared and population-specific genetic risk factors across ethnicities	50
Single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals distinct pathophysiological trophoblast signatures in spontaneous preterm birth subtypes	46
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors induce M1 polarization of macrophages: Feasibility of targeted imaging in inflammatory response in vivo	44

Transcriptome-scale spatial gene expression in rat arcuate nucleus during puberty	43
Evolutionary divergence in tail regeneration between Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis	41
Single-cell genomics identifies distinct B1 cell developmental pathways and reveals aging-related changes in the B-cell receptor repertoire	39
The development of an anti-cancer peptide M1-21 targeting transcription factor FOXM1	39
β-adrenergic receptor inhibition enhances oncolytic herpes virus propagation through STAT3 activation in gastric cancer	38
SK3 in POMC neurons plays a sexually dimorphic role in energy and glucose homeostasis	38
Characterization of novel interactions with membrane NEU1 highlights new regulatory functions for the Elastin Receptor Complex in monocyte interaction with endothelial cells	38
HIV co-opts a cellular antiviral mechanism, activation of stress kinase PKR by its RNA, to enable splicing of rev/tat mRNA	37
Slit-Robo expression in the leech nervous system: insights into eyespot evolution	37
A novel rhein-huprine hybrid ameliorates disease-modifying properties in preclinical mice model of Alzheimer’s disease exacerbated with high fat diet	37
scMTD: a statistical multidimensional imputation method for single-cell RNA-seq data leveraging transcriptome dynamic information	36
Aging aggravates acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury and inflammation through inordinate C/EBPα-BMP9 crosstalk	36
Activation of the Hedgehog signaling pathway leads to fibrosis in aortic valves	36
TSA-PACT: a method for tissue clearing and immunofluorescence staining on zebrafish brain with improved sensitivity, specificity and stability	36
Pseudomonas aeruginosa modulates alginate biosynthesis and type VI secretion system in two critically ill COVID-19 patients	36