OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Open Biology is 31. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Oxidized phospholipid damage signals as modulators of immunity	159
RNF4 and USP7 cooperate in ubiquitin-regulated steps of DNA replication	112
A short perinuclear amphipathic α-helix in Apq12 promotes nuclear pore complex biogenesis	78
Retraction: ‘HOXD-AS1 confers cisplatin resistance in gastric cancer through epigenetically silencing PDCD4 via recruiting EZH2’ (2019), by Ye et al.	76
Decoding life's inner workings: advances in quantitative bioimaging	69
Comparative mitogenomic analysis and phylogeny of Veneridae with doubly uniparental inheritance	53
Limitations of sequence dissimilarity as a predictor of prokaryotic lineage	49
Visualization of sympathetic neural innervation in human white adipose tissue	49
Into the second decade	45
Correction to: ‘Unravelling nicotinic receptor and ligand features underlying neonicotinoid knockdown actions on the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae ’ (2024),	44
Intrinsically disordered proteins: modes of binding with emphasis on disordered domains	43
MYH7 R453C induced cardiac remodelling via activating TGF-β/Smad2/3, ERK1/2 and Nox4/ROS/NF-κB signalling pathways	42
Class II transactivator induces expression of MHC-I and MHC-II in transmissible Tasmanian devil facial tumours	41
Nutrient-sensitive protein O-GlcNAcylation shapes daily biological rhythms	41
Can calmodulin bind to lipids of the cytosolic leaflet of plasma membranes?	40
SID-2 is a conserved extracellular vesicle protein that is not associated with environmental RNAi in parasitic nematodes	38
Integrative analysis of genomic and transcriptomic alterations of AGR2 and AGR3 in cancer	37
SLMAP3 is crucial for organogenesis through mechanisms involving primary cilia formation	36
Risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease increase SARS-CoV-2 infectivity of endothelial cells and pericytes	36
Primary brain cell infection by Toxoplasma gondii reveals the extent and dynamics of parasite differentiation and its impact on neuron biology	36
Identification and characterization of host miRNAs that target the mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) genome	36
NDUFS3 knockout cancer cells and molecular docking reveal specificity and mode of action of anti-cancer respiratory complex I inhibitors	35
From the divergence of senescent cell fates to mechanisms and selectivity of senolytic drugs	35
Min oscillations in bacteria as real-time reporter of environmental challenges at the single-cell level	34
Palbociclib-mediated cell cycle arrest can occur in the absence of the CDK inhibitors p21 and p27	33

The first genetic engineered system for ovothiol biosynthesis in diatoms reveals a mitochondrial localization for the sulfoxide synthase OvoA	33
Essential roles of the nucleolus during early embryonic development: a regulatory hub for chromatin organization	32
Retraction: ‘Long non-coding RNA LINC00152 promotes gallbladder cancer metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating HIF-1α via miR-138’	32
Every good biologist deserves favour	32
Arabidopsis thaliana endonuclease V is a ribonuclease specific for inosine-containing single-stranded RNA	31
Complement receptor 3-dependent engagement by Candida glabrata β-glucan modulates dendritic cells to induce regulatory T-cell expansion	31