OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biology-Basel is 60. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
RNA-seq and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Adrenal Gland Metastatic Tissue in a Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma	705
Bovine Follicular Fluid Derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate the Viability, Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction of Bull Spermatozoa	275
Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Island Bees: The Aegean Archipelago	217
Biomaterials in Traumatic Brain Injury: Perspectives and Challenges	176
Effects of the Density of Invasive Lantana camara Plants on the Biodiversity of Large and Small Mammals in the Groenkloof Nature Reserve (GNR) in South Africa	167
AMPK and Diseases: State of the Art Regulation by AMPK-Targeting Molecules	147
Microtubular Assessment of C6 Rat Glioma Cell Spheroids Developed in Transparent Liquid Marbles or Hanging Drops	142
Tumor Microenvironment—A Short Review of Cellular and Interaction Diversity	135
Stem Cell Transplantation Therapy and Neurological Disorders: Current Status and Future Perspectives	128
Seasonal Dynamics of the Bacterial Community in Lake Urmia, a Hypersaline Ecosystem	124
Specificities and Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Land Plants	123
Risk Assessment and Sources Apportionment of Toxic Metals in Two Commonly Consumed Fishes from a Subtropical Estuarine Wetland System	118
A FELASA Working Group Survey on Fish Species Used for Research, Methods of Euthanasia, Health Monitoring, and Biosecurity in Europe, North America, and Oceania	117
Origin of Neuroblasts in the Avian Otic Placode and Their Distributions in the Acoustic and Vestibular Ganglia	116
Efficacy of High-Dose Synbiotic Additives for Deoxynivalenol Detoxification: Effects on Blood Biochemistry, Histology, and Intestinal Microbiome in Weaned Piglets	115
New Insights into Oxidative and Reductive Stress Responses and Their Relation to the Anticancer Activity of Selenium-Containing Compounds as Hydrogen Selenide Donors	107
Unlocking Synergistic Hepatoprotection: Dapagliflozin and Silymarin Combination Therapy Modulates Nuclear Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2/Heme Oxygenase-1 Pathway in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatoto	99
Slc7a8 Deletion Is Protective against Diet-Induced Obesity and Attenuates Lipid Accumulation in Multiple Organs	99
Sperm Selection Using Microfluidic Techniques Significantly Decreases Sperm DNA Fragmentation (SDF), Enhancing Reproductive Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	91
Human Blastoid: A Next-Generation Model for Reproductive Medicine?	90
Avian Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus Activates Mitochondria-Mediated Apoptosis Pathway and Affects Viral Replication by Inducing Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Chicken HD11 Cells	88
First Evidence of Microplastic Occurrence in the Marine and Freshwater Environments in a Remote Polar Region of the Kola Peninsula and a Correlation with Human Presence	87
Expression Analysis Reveals That Sorghum Disease Resistance Protein SbSGT1 Is Regulated by Auxin	86
Hif3α Plays Key Roles in the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease Caused by Circadian Rhythm Disruption through Regulating the m6A/KDM3A/TGF-β1 Axis	86
Microsatellite Markers Developed Based on Transcriptomic Data Reveal the Genetic Diversity and Population Genetic Structure of Angulyagra polyzonata in Guangxi, China	86

SMART Drumlines Ineffective in Catching White Sharks in the High Energy Capes Region of Western Australia: Acoustic Detections Confirm That Sharks Are Not Always Amenable to Capture	85
Efficient Bioproduction of p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde β-Glucoside from p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde by Glycosyltransferase Mutant UGTBL1-Δ60	84
Alkaloid Escholidine and Its Interaction with DNA Structures	81
Bacterial Subcellular Architecture, Structural Epistasis, and Antibiotic Resistance	79
SMAC Mimetic BV6 Co-Treatment Downregulates the Factors Involved in Resistance and Relapse of Cancer: IAPs and Autophagy	79
ATP Purinergic Receptor P2X1-Dependent Suicidal NETosis Induced by Cryptosporidium parvum under Physioxia Conditions	79
Mycorrhizal Colonization Modulates the Essential Oil Profile and Enzymatic and Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants to Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Water Deficit in Salvia subg. Perovskia	78
The Developing Human Sphenoid Bone: Linking Embryological Development to Adult Morphology	77
The Role of Serendipita indica (Piriformospora indica) in Improving Plant Resistance to Drought and Salinity Stresses	77
Gut Microbiota Alteration with Moderate-to-Vigorous-Intensity Exercise in Middle School Female Football Athletes	76
Overexpression of Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 for Enhanced Azo Dye Removal through Hydrogen Peroxide Accumulation	75
Projecting Future Climate Change-Mediated Impacts in Three Paralytic Shellfish Toxins-Producing Dinoflagellate Species	74
Infestation Patterns and Climate-Based Projections for European Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) in Whirlpool Forest, Ontario, Canada	73
Beyond the Surface: The Peculiar World of Benthic Biodiversity, from Microbes to Multicellular Life and Their Ecosystem Roles	72
A Frequency Domain Analysis of the Growth Factor-Driven Extra-Cellular-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Pathway	71
Characterization and Homology Modeling of Catalytically Active Recombinant PhaCAp Protein from Arthrospira platensis	70
Chasing the Role of miRNAs in RCC: From Free-Circulating to Extracellular-Vesicle-Derived Biomarkers	70
Optimizing the Gut Microbiota for Individualized Performance Development in Elite Athletes	70
Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Biology in 2021	69
Liver and Plasma Fatty Acid Characterization in Cultured Brown Trout at Distinct Reproductive Stages	69
Favorite Parts of a Single Leaf for Giant Flying Squirrels to Eat in Three Species of Food Trees	68
Monitoring the Spread of Grapevine Viruses in Vineyards of Contrasting Agronomic Practices: A Metagenomic Investigation	68
Genetic Predisposition to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Cytokine Polymorphism and Disease Transmission within Households	68
Effect of Parasitic Native Plant Cuscuta australis on Growth and Competitive Ability of Two Invasive Xanthium Plants	66
A De Novo Optimized Cell-Free System for the Expression of Soluble and Active Human Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha	66
CopG1, a Novel Transcriptional Regulator Affecting Symbiosis in Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2	65
An Annotated Checklist of Invasive Species of the Phyla Arthropods and Chordates in Panama	64
Mitochondrial Dynamics and mRNA Translation: A Local Synaptic Tale	64
Catching the Big Fish in Big Data: A Meta-Analysis of Zebrafish Kidney scRNA-Seq Datasets Highlights Conserved Molecular Profiles of Macrophages and Neutrophils in Vertebrates	64
Protector Role of Cx30.2 in Pancreatic β-Cell against Glucotoxicity-Induced Apoptosis	63
Exploring a Cheese Ripening Process That Hinders Ochratoxin A Production by Penicillium nordicum and Penicillium verrucosum	62
Statistical Learning of Incidental Perceptual Regularities Induces Sensory Conditioned Cortical Responses	62
Basement Membranes, Brittlestar Tendons, and Their Mechanical Adaptability	62
The Influence of Whole-Body Cryotherapy or Winter Swimming on the Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes	61
Drought Stress Might Induce Sexual Spatial Segregation in Dioecious Populus euphratica—Insights from Long-Term Water Use Efficiency and Growth Rates	61
Applying a Random Encounter Model to Estimate the Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Density from Camera Traps in the Hindu Raj Mountains, Pakistan	60
Genomic Analysis of 18th-Century Kazakh Individuals and Their Oral Microbiome	60
First Responders to Hyperosmotic Stress in Murine Astrocytes: Connexin 43 Gap Junctions Are Subject to an Immediate Ultrastructural Reorganization	60