OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of eLife is 83. 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
Sexual failure decreases sweet taste perception in male Drosophila via dopaminergic signaling	654
Subtypes and proliferation patterns of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing	407
Using adopted individuals to partition indirect maternal genetic effects into prenatal and postnatal effects on offspring phenotypes	330
Immunomodulatory drug discovery from herbal medicines: Insights from organ-specific activity and xenobiotic defenses	321
BATF relieves hepatic steatosis by inhibiting PD1 and promoting energy metabolism	314
Genetic screen identified PRMT5 as a neuroprotection target against cerebral ischemia	296
NMNAT promotes glioma growth through regulating post-translational modifications of P53 to inhibit apoptosis	274
Phylodynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in France, Europe, and the world in 2020	269
Medial anterior prefrontal cortex stimulation downregulates implicit reactions to threats and prevents the return of fear	264
Cellular and molecular dynamics in the lungs of neonatal and juvenile mice in response to E. coli	258
Antigenic strain diversity predicts different biogeographic patterns of maintenance and decline of antimalarial drug resistance	241
Correction: Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes	232
Short-range interactions between fibrocytes and CD8+ T cells in COPD bronchial inflammatory response	226
Becoming less beige with age	206
An antagonism between Spinophilin and Syd-1 operates upstream of memory-promoting presynaptic long-term plasticity	195
Rab7-dependent regulation of goblet cell protein CLCA1 modulates gastrointestinal homeostasis	185
Combining mutation and recombination statistics to infer clonal families in antibody repertoires	180
Scorpionfish BPI is highly active against multiple drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from people with cystic fibrosis	175
Neural excursions from manifold structure explain patterns of learning during human sensorimotor adaptation	174
RAG1 and RAG2 non-core regions are implicated in leukemogenesis and off-target V(D)J recombination in BCR-ABL1-driven B-cell lineage lymphoblastic leukemia	172
Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 NSP10 highlight strong functional conservation of its binding to two non-structural proteins, NSP14 and NSP16	166
The substrate-binding domains of the osmoregulatory ABC importer OpuA transiently interact	148
De novo identification of universal cell mechanics gene signatures	148
A reductionist paradigm for high-throughput behavioural fingerprinting in Drosophila melanogaster	147
SAFB regulates hippocampal stem cell fate by targeting Drosha to destabilize Nfib mRNA	146

Macro-scale patterns in functional connectivity associated with ongoing thought patterns and dispositional traits	146
Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species	141
Serial attentional resource allocation during parallel feature value tracking	140
The molecular mechanism and evolutionary divergence of caspase 3/7-regulated gasdermin E activation	139
Pigmentation level of human iPSC-derived RPE does not indicate a specific gene expression profile	135
Multi-tiered actions of Legionella effectors to modulate host Rab10 dynamics	133
An unconventional gatekeeper mutation sensitizes inositol hexakisphosphate kinases to an allosteric inhibitor	133
Enhancing bone regeneration and osseointegration using rhPTH(1-34) and dimeric R25CPTH(1-34) in an osteoporotic beagle model	132
Differential functions of the dorsal and intermediate regions of the hippocampus for optimal goal-directed navigation in VR space	131
Antipsychotic drugs selectively decorrelate long-range interactions in deep cortical layers	128
Ligand bias underlies differential signaling of multiple FGFs via FGFR1	126
Resting natural killer cells promote the progress of colon cancer liver metastasis by elevating tumor-derived stem cell factor	126
CTFFIND5 provides improved insight into quality, tilt, and thickness of TEM samples	125
A randomized multiplex CRISPRi-Seq approach for the identification of critical combinations of genes	122
A new potential strategy for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treatment by generating serum-based antibodies from tumor-exposed mice	121
Reversing protonation of weakly basic drugs greatly enhances intracellular diffusion and decreases lysosomal sequestration	120
Differential roles of NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 in neocortical pyramidal cell excitability	118
Cryo-EM structures of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in liposomes	117
EPHA4 signaling dysregulation links abnormal locomotion and the development of idiopathic scoliosis	116
Rapid and inducible mislocalization of endogenous TDP43 in a novel human model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	113
Molecular and mechanical signatures contributing to mouse epidermal differentiation and barrier formation	112
Iridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota	110
Cell type-specific driver lines targeting the Drosophila central complex and their use to investigate neuropeptide expression and sleep regulation	109
TRPV4 activation by TGFβ2 enhances cellular contractility and drives ocular hypertension	109
Aberrant FGF signaling promotes granule neuron precursor expansion in SHH subgroup infantile medulloblastoma	109
Preclinical systematic review of CCR5 antagonists as cerebroprotective and stroke recovery enhancing agents	103
Cortico-striatal action control inherent of opponent cognitive-motivational styles	103
State-dependent representations of mixtures by the olfactory bulb	102
High-throughput Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 gene deletion typing by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test efficacy	101
Fitness advantage of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron capsular polysaccharide in the mouse gut depends on the resident microbiota	101
Natural variation in salt-induced changes in root:shoot ratio reveals SR3G as a negative regulator of root suberization and salt resilience in Arabidopsis	100
Hammerhead-type FXR agonists induce an enhancer RNA Fincor that ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice	100
Mechanism of substrate binding and transport in BASS transporters	99
Structural and dynamic changes in P-Rex1 upon activation by PIP3 and inhibition by IP4	98
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes to study inflammation-induced aberrant calcium transient	96
Linking genotypic and phenotypic changes in the E. coli long-term evolution experiment using metabolomics	96
Guanidine production by plant homoarginine-6-hydroxylases	95
Apoptotic signaling clears engineered Salmonella in an organ-specific manner	94
Correction: Distinct neurexin-cerebellin complexes control AMPA- and NMDA-receptor responses in a circuit-dependent manner	92
Muscarinic receptors mediate motivation via preparatory neural activity in humans	92
Identification of nonsense-mediated decay inhibitors that alter the tumor immune landscape	92
Human promoter directionality is determined by transcriptional initiation and the opposing activities of INTS11 and CDK9	91
Genetic and karyotype divergence between parents affect clonality and sterility in hybrids	90
Wiring up for controlled flight	89
Biocalcification in porcelaneous foraminifera	89
Immunogenicity and safety of a live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate based on multiple attenuation mechanisms	89
The phytoplasma SAP54 effector acts as a molecular matchmaker for leafhopper vectors by targeting plant MADS-box factor SVP	89
Functional and structural segregation of overlapping helices in HIV-1	88
Self-formation of concentric zones of telencephalic and ocular tissues and directional retinal ganglion cell axons	88
The decoy SNARE Tomosyn sets tonic versus phasic release properties and is required for homeostatic synaptic plasticity	87

Interplay between external inputs and recurrent dynamics during movement preparation and execution in a network model of motor cortex	86
Shining a light on hematopoietic stem cells	85
Deciding when to move	85
Evolution of an extreme hemoglobin phenotype contributed to the sub-Arctic specialization of extinct Steller’s sea cows	85
Cell crowding activates pro-invasive mechanotransduction pathway in high-grade DCIS via TRPV4 inhibition and cell volume reduction	84
Non-destructive in situ monitoring of structural changes of 3D tumor spheroids during the formation, migration, and fusion process	84
Identification of a GABAergic neural circuit governing leptin signaling deficiency-induced obesity	84
Wag31, a membrane tether, is crucial for lipid homeostasis in mycobacteria	83
A causal role of the NMDA receptor in recurrent processing during perceptual integration	83
A peptide-neurotensin conjugate that crosses the blood-brain barrier induces pharmacological hypothermia associated with anticonvulsant, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties following sta	83