OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Communications Biology is 67. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS	269
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase	253
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program	193
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava	166
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9	163
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches	148
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1	143
Exploiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme pathway to augment endogenous opioid signaling	140
Polymyxins slow down lateral diffusion of proteins and lipopolysaccharide in the E. coli outer membrane	131
Balanced polymorphism underlies long-standing adaptation for seasonal camouflage in the least weasel	127
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants	126
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes	124
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction	124
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways	121
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool	116
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture	108
Metagenomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and mobile genetic elements in the gut microbiota of Caprinae species	107
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation	107
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces	106
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation	105
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time	102
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells	101
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy	100
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS	99
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation	96

Machine and Deep Learning Reveal Sequence Determinants Encoding Bivalent Histone Modifications	95
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells	94
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics	93
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs	92
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes	90
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B	90
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase	88
Heating the orphans: structural asymmetry and thermal energy resolve the delta receptor paradox	87
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins	86
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection	86
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation	86
Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species	85
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease	85
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer	83
Bayesian inference of functional asymmetry in the homotrimeric ligand-gated ion channel P2X2	82
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions	82
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth	81
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture	80
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus	80
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure	79
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus	77
Author Correction: HMGB2-induced calreticulin translocation required for immunogenic cell death and ferroptosis of cancer cells are controlled by the nuclear exporter XPO1	77
Author Correction: On the replicability of diffusion weighted MRI-based brain-behavior models	76
Distinct responses to non-autonomous UPRER mediated by glutamatergic and octopaminergic neurons	74
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation	73
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis	73
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo	73
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore	72
Pentraxin 3 ameliorates glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head via TLR4/NF-κB/FGF21 signaling axis	72
Ferritin light-chain contributes to hair cells function and survival	71
Vegetation type conversion in Northeast China under permafrost change	71
BAX-dependent mitochondrial outer membrane rupture in cochlear hair cells facilitates cisplatin ototoxicity	70
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-2	70
Multiscale adaptations underlie bite force variation in rodents	69
Comprehensive metabolic profiling across five lifespan stages in murine hippocampus and cortex reveals sex-related variation in age-related cognitive decline	69
Integrating allostasis and emerging technologies to study complex diseases	69
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy	68
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas	68
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness	68
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo	67
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance	67
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system	67
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning	67
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions	67