OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Communications Biology is 61. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase	318
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species	292
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS	275
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works	203
Lysine-selective molecular tweezers are cell penetrant and concentrate in lysosomes	198
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment	190
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells	187
Author Correction: Associative learning and extinction of conditioned threat predictors across sensory modalities	184
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel	179
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction	178
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface	160
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches	154
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions	141
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes	138
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1	138
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus	131
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction	117
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex	116
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state	114
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining	112
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth	107
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing	106
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion	101
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition	98
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension	96

A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture	93
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce	90
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition	89
Short-chain fatty acids promote the effect of environmental signals on the gut microbiome and metabolome in mice	87
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging	86
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time	84
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry	81
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench	80
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases	78
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors	77
A miniature dialysis-culture device allows high-density human-induced pluripotent stem cells expansion from growth factor accumulation	77
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways	77
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase	77
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan	76
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction	74
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture	73
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia	70
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers	70
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells	70
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern	70
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning	67
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure	66
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9	66
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava	66
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita	65
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program	65
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities	64
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins	63
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology	63
Frontoparietal network resilience is associated with protection against cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease	63
Nuclear preservation in the cartilage of the Jehol dinosaur Caudipteryx	63
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system	63
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery	62
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy	62
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization	62
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling	61
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention	61