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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Visualization of sympathetic neural innervation in human white adipose tissue	142
Into the second decade	109
Retraction: ‘HOXD-AS1 confers cisplatin resistance in gastric cancer through epigenetically silencing PDCD4 via recruiting EZH2’ (2019), by Ye et al.	103
Decoding life's inner workings: advances in quantitative bioimaging	78
Comparative mitogenomic analysis and phylogeny of Veneridae with doubly uniparental inheritance	70
Limitations of sequence dissimilarity as a predictor of prokaryotic lineage	66
A short perinuclear amphipathic α-helix in Apq12 promotes nuclear pore complex biogenesis	50
Correction to: ‘Unravelling nicotinic receptor and ligand features underlying neonicotinoid knockdown actions on the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae ’ (2024),	49
Nutrient-sensitive protein O-GlcNAcylation shapes daily biological rhythms	49
Oxidized phospholipid damage signals as modulators of immunity	46
MYH7 R453C induced cardiac remodelling via activating TGF-β/Smad2/3, ERK1/2 and Nox4/ROS/NF-κB signalling pathways	44
RNF4 and USP7 cooperate in ubiquitin-regulated steps of DNA replication	42
Class II transactivator induces expression of MHC-I and MHC-II in transmissible Tasmanian devil facial tumours	41
Intrinsically disordered proteins: modes of binding with emphasis on disordered domains	41
Palbociclib-mediated cell cycle arrest can occur in the absence of the CDK inhibitors p21 and p27	39
A new view of axon growth and guidance grounded in the stochastic dynamics of actin networks	39
From the divergence of senescent cell fates to mechanisms and selectivity of senolytic drugs	39
Risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease increase SARS-CoV-2 infectivity of endothelial cells and pericytes	38
Can calmodulin bind to lipids of the cytosolic leaflet of plasma membranes?	37
Integrative analysis of genomic and transcriptomic alterations of AGR2 and AGR3 in cancer	36
SID-2 is a conserved extracellular vesicle protein that is not associated with environmental RNAi in parasitic nematodes	36
Primary brain cell infection by Toxoplasma gondii reveals the extent and dynamics of parasite differentiation and its impact on neuron biology	36
Pleiotropic effects on proliferation and mineralization of primary human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells induced by simvastatin	35
Transiently restricting individual amino acids protects Drosophila melanogaster against multiple stressors	34
Identification and characterization of host miRNAs that target the mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) genome	33

SLMAP3 is crucial for organogenesis through mechanisms involving primary cilia formation	33
The first genetic engineered system for ovothiol biosynthesis in diatoms reveals a mitochondrial localization for the sulfoxide synthase OvoA	32
Essential roles of the nucleolus during early embryonic development: a regulatory hub for chromatin organization	32
Min oscillations in bacteria as real-time reporter of environmental challenges at the single-cell level	31
Every good biologist deserves favour	31
Arabidopsis thaliana endonuclease V is a ribonuclease specific for inosine-containing single-stranded RNA	31
Retraction: ‘Long non-coding RNA LINC00152 promotes gallbladder cancer metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating HIF-1α via miR-138’	31