OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Communications Biology is 68. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS	276
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase	260
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program	220
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava	170
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9	168
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches	154
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1	144
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection	143
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease	140
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer	133
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension	132
Bayesian inference of functional asymmetry in the homotrimeric ligand-gated ion channel P2X2	132
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo	127
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis	126
Distinct responses to non-autonomous UPRER mediated by glutamatergic and octopaminergic neurons	126
Exploiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme pathway to augment endogenous opioid signaling	120
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-2	114
Injury to tissue caused by device penetration of the skin triggers formation of extracellular traps	108
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo	108
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage	107
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy	106
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation	102
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase	101
Machine and Deep Learning Reveal Sequence Determinants Encoding Bivalent Histone Modifications	100
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation	100

Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS	97
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B	97
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk	96
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control	95
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions	90
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention	90
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics	90
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks	89
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce	89
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks	89
Netrin-1 disrupt high-fat-diet-induced adipogenesis via the PPARγ and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways	89
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization	88
Heating the orphans: structural asymmetry and thermal energy resolve the delta receptor paradox	87
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology	86
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation	85
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth	84
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture	83
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus	82
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure	80
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus	79
Author Correction: HMGB2-induced calreticulin translocation required for immunogenic cell death and ferroptosis of cancer cells are controlled by the nuclear exporter XPO1	78
Author Correction: On the replicability of diffusion weighted MRI-based brain-behavior models	77
Cross-species validation of a human age-related hearing loss candidate KLHDC7B as essential for mammalian hearing	77
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan	76
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel	76
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics	75
Integrated analysis of GWAS and molQTLs reveals cell-specific genetic variants in the porcine immune system	74
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms	73
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling	72
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works	72
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes	72
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave	71
Temporal synchrony and spatial similarity of interbrain subnetworks predict dyadic social interaction	71
Cannabidiol modulates spontaneous recovery through distinct and conserved transcriptomic signatures in mPFC subregions	71
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks	71
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan	70
NAD+-dependent Sirt6 is a key regulator involved in telomere shortening of in vitro-cultured preimplantation embryos	70
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness	70
Caspofungin binding to iron compromises its antifungal efficacy against Candida albicans	70
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men	70
Single cell multiomics approach to analyze replication timing and gene expression in mouse preimplantation embryos	69
Sabinineoside B alleviates metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by targeting PPAR α	69
Deciphering multiway multiscale brain network connectivity from birth to 6 months	69
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore	68
BAX-dependent mitochondrial outer membrane rupture in cochlear hair cells facilitates cisplatin ototoxicity	68
Ferritin light-chain contributes to hair cells function and survival	68