OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Communications Biology is 62. 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
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase	331
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS	287
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works	210
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment	206
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells	195
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel	194
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction	193
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches	181
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions	180
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes	165
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1	158
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus	143
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction	140
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex	139
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state	133
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining	123
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth	119
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing	118
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion	115
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition	111
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension	105
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture	98
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce	97
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition	92
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging	92

Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase	90
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time	90
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo	89
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions	84
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways	83
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors	81
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan	81
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture	80
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction	80
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers	80
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern	79
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells	76
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning	74
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia	74
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava	73
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9	72
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program	71
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure	71
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita	71
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex	68
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities	68
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing	67
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms	67
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation	67
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention	67
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces	66
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation	65
FBW7 couples structural integrity with functional output of primary cilia	65
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks	65
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective	64
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo	64
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens	64
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus	63
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore	63
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization	63
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation	62
Frontoparietal network resilience is associated with protection against cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease	62