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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The role of KLF4 in human primordial germ cell development	134
Microsporidian parasite impairs colony fitness in bumblebees	91
PACS deficiency disrupts Golgi architecture and causes cytokinesis failures and seizure-like phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster	87
Pigment-dispersing factor neuropeptides act as multifunctional hormones and modulators in tardigrades	85
Correlation between circadian and photoperiodic latitudinal clines in Drosophila littoralis	71
Epidemiological profiles and associated risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients based on a high-throughput testing facility in India	67
Deciphering respiratory viral infections by harnessing organ-on-chip technology to explore the gut–lung axis	67
Ferroptosis in myocardial infarction: not a marker but a maker	66
The metabolic control of DNA replication: mechanism and function	58
Ghrelin octanoylation by ghrelinO-acyltransferase: protein acylation impacting metabolic and neuroendocrine signalling	56
Exploring differential exon usage via short- and long-read RNA sequencing strategies	54
Capturing crop adaptation to abiotic stress using image-based technologies	53
Mechanisms driving spatial distribution of residents in colony biofilms: an interdisciplinary perspective	49
Limitations of sequence dissimilarity as a predictor of prokaryotic lineage	48
Enzymes enabling the biosynthesis of various C ₂₀ polyunsaturated fatty acids in a sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus	42
Mapping combinatorial expression of non-clustered protocadherins in the developing brain identifies novel PCDH19-mediated cell adhesion properties	41
Into the second decade	40
Structural insights into a regulatory mechanism of FIR RRM1–FUSE interaction	39
Unravelling the mystery of female meiotic drive: where we are	38
A simple inland culture system provides insights into ascidian post-embryonic developmental physiology	36
Mapping of a N-terminal α-helix domain required for human PINK1 stabilization, Serine228 autophosphorylation and activation in cells	36
MRPS36 provides a structural link in the eukaryotic 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex	34
The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris	34
Methods to study folding of alpha-helical membrane proteins in lipids	34
Fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling dysregulation and targeting in breast cancer	34

Multi-epitope vaccine candidates based on mycobacterial membrane protein large (MmpL) proteins against Mycobacterium ulcerans	34
Novel in vivo TDP-43 stress reporter models to accelerate drug development in ALS	34
Decoding life's inner workings: advances in quantitative bioimaging	33
Optogenetically engineered calcium oscillations promote autophagy-mediated cell death via AMPK activation	32
Pseudogenization of NK3 homeobox 2 ( Nkx3.2 ) in monotremes provides insight into unique gastric anatomy and physiology	31
Kinetoplastid kinetochore proteins KKT14–KKT15 are divergent Bub1/BubR1–Bub3 proteins	31
The structure of an amyloid precursor protein/talin complex indicates a mechanical basis of Alzheimer’s disease	31
Recent progress in dendritic pruning of Drosophila C4da sensory neurons	31