Communications Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Communications Biology is 5. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase318
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species292
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS275
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works203
Lysine-selective molecular tweezers are cell penetrant and concentrate in lysosomes198
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment190
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells187
Author Correction: Associative learning and extinction of conditioned threat predictors across sensory modalities184
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel179
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction178
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface160
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches154
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions141
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes138
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1138
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus131
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction117
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex116
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state114
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining112
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth107
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing106
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion101
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition98
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension96
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture93
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce90
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition89
Short-chain fatty acids promote the effect of environmental signals on the gut microbiome and metabolome in mice87
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging86
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time84
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry81
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench80
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases78
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors77
A miniature dialysis-culture device allows high-density human-induced pluripotent stem cells expansion from growth factor accumulation77
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways77
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase77
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan76
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction74
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture73
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia70
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers70
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells70
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern70
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning67
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure66
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx966
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava66
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita65
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program65
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities64
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins63
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology63
Frontoparietal network resilience is associated with protection against cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease63
Nuclear preservation in the cartilage of the Jehol dinosaur Caudipteryx63
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system63
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery62
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy62
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization62
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling61
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention61
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins60
Environment-specificity and universality of the microbial growth law60
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation60
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks60
Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution60
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis59
Snowprint: a predictive tool for genetic biosensor discovery59
Afucosylated broadly neutralizing antibodies enhance clearance of HIV-1 infected cells through cell-mediated killing59
RNA demethylase FTO participates in malignant progression of gastric cancer by regulating SP1-AURKB-ATM pathway57
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer57
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS57
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation57
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan57
Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing56
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans56
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo55
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks55
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces54
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore54
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention54
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus54
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks54
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation53
An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates53
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing53
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation52
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective52
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms52
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens52
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage51
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells51
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics51
FBW7 couples structural integrity with functional output of primary cilia51
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)51
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex51
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation50
Changes in dynamic transitions between integrated and segregated states underlie visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease50
Mouse and human antibodies bind HLA-E-leader peptide complexes and enhance NK cell cytotoxicity50
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk50
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy49
DAF-2c signaling promotes taste avoidance after starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans by controlling distinct phospholipase C isozymes49
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA49
Comprehensive genomic dependency landscape of a human colon cancer organoid49
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas49
A critical bioenergetic switch is regulated by IGF2 during murine cartilage development48
Connectivity alterations in autism reflect functional idiosyncrasy48
Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity in the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia48
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes48
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions48
A pictorial account of the human embryonic heart between 3.5 and 8 weeks of development48
Computational design of highly efficient thermostable MHET hydrolases and dual enzyme system for PET recycling48
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo48
A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets48
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control48
The protease calpain2a limits innate immunity by targeting TRAF6 in teleost fish47
Exposure of gut bacterial isolates to the anthelminthic drugs, ivermectin and moxidectin, leads to antibiotic-like phenotypes of growth inhibition and adaptation47
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance47
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation47
Glycan shield of the ebolavirus envelope glycoprotein GP47
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants46
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B46
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics46
CD36 maintains the gastric mucosa and associates with gastric disease45
Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota45
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs45
Acinetobacter baumannii OmpA-like porins: functional characterization of bacterial physiology, antibiotic-resistance, and virulence45
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction45
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes45
Age-dependent effects of vaping on the prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens45
The gut commensal fungus, Candida parapsilosis, promotes high fat-diet induced obesity in mice45
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics45
In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans45
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo45
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl45
Feeding Spodoptera exigua larvae with gut-derived Escherichia sp. increases larval juvenile hormone levels inhibiting cannibalism44
Author Correction: Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis44
Function and phylogeny support the independent evolution of an ASIC-like Deg/ENaC channel in the Placozoa44
Sex differences in metabolic pathways are regulated by Pfkfb3 and Pdk4 expression in rodent muscle44
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave44
Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance44
Targeting fatty acid synthase reduces aortic atherosclerosis and inflammation44
Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites43
Modulation of the monomer-dimer equilibrium and catalytic activity of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by a transition-state analog inhibitor43
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions43
Maintaining mitochondrial DNA copy number mitigates ROS-induced oocyte decline and female reproductive aging43
Small EV in plasma of triple negative breast cancer patients induce intrinsic apoptosis in activated T cells43
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation43
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-243
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men43
Confined environments induce polarized paraspeckle condensates42
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness42
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 promotes inflammation in senescence and aging42
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool42
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework42
MSC-derived exosomal circMYO9B accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis through the hnRNPU/CBL/KDM1A/VEGFA axis42
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system42
The long noncoding RNA LUCAT1 regulates endometrial receptivity via the miR-495-3p/S100P axis41
Reviewing as a career milestone: a discussion on the importance of including trainees in the peer review process41
TCP1 promotes the progression of malignant tumours by stabilizing c-Myc through the AKT/GSK-3β and ERK signalling pathways41
Coactosin-like F-actin binding protein (Cotl1) plays a key role in adipocyte differentiation and obesity41
The design of unit cells by combining the self-reproduction systems and metabolic cushioning loads41
Plant-pollinator trait matching affects pollen transfer but not feeding efficiency of Australian honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae)41
Semi-field and surveillance data define the natural diapause timeline for Culex pipiens across the United States41
Peer Review Week 2022: an interview with Franziska Denk and Katryn Stacey about their views on research integrity as scientists and reviewers41
A temporal classifier predicts histopathology state and parses acute-chronic phasing in inflammatory bowel disease patients41
Docking-guided rational engineering of a macrolide glycosyltransferase glycodiversifies epothilone B41
CoTF-reg reveals cooperative transcription factors in oligodendrocyte gene regulation using single-cell multi-omics41
Unclogged pores: designer channels for protein translocation41
Trans-ethnic GWAS meta-analysis of idiopathic spermatogenic failure highlights the immune-mediated nature of Sertoli cell-only syndrome41
Neuronal population activity dynamics reveal a low-dimensional signature of operant learning in Aplysia41
Multimodal identification of the mouse brain using simultaneous Ca2+ imaging and fMRI40
Evaluating a therapeutic window for precision medicine by integrating genomic profiles and p53 network dynamics40
Structure and dynamics of the interaction of Delta and Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 variants with REGN10987 Fab reveal mechanism of antibody action40
Limited evidence that body size shrinking and shape-shifting alleviate thermoregulatory pressures in a warmer world40
Vibrational spectroscopy analysis of ligand efficacy in human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M2R)40
Structure of the complex of C1q-like 3 protein with adhesion-GPCR BAI340
Mitochondrial DNA is a target of HBV integration40
Resolution of impaired multisensory processing in autism and the cost of switching sensory modality39
A synthetic protein as efficient multitarget regulator against complement over-activation39
Structure, function and substrate preferences of archaeal S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine hydrolases39
Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons39
NLRP3 promotes inflammatory signaling and IL-1β cleavage in acute lung injury caused by cell wall extract of Lactobacillus casei39
Repeat-induced point mutations driving Parastagonospora nodorum genomic diversity are balanced by selection against non-synonymous mutations39
Extracting and analyzing micronuclei from mouse two-cell embryos fertilized with freeze-dried spermatozoa38
Ultrasonic antifouling devices negatively impact Cuvier’s beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, México38
Circular RNA RSU1 promotes retinal vascular dysfunction by regulating miR-345-3p/TAZ38
Associative conditioning in gene regulatory network models increases integrative causal emergence38
Exome sequencing of families from Ghana reveals known and candidate hearing impairment genes38
Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal differences between low-grade inflammation and severe exhaustion in LPS-challenged murine monocytes38
Redefining crop breeding strategy for effective use of nitrogen in cropping systems38
A ventral stream-prefrontal cortex processing cascade enables working memory gating dynamics38
Life-history stage influences immune investment and oxidative stress in response to environmental heterogeneity in Antarctic fur seals38
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant exhibits comparable fitness to the D614G strain in a Syrian hamster model38
Analysis of biased allelic enhancer activity of schizophrenia-linked common variants38
ADAMTS4 is a crucial proteolytic enzyme for versican cleavage in the amnion at parturition38
The subcortical and neurochemical organization of the ventral and dorsal attention networks38
tRF16 affects NFKBIA stability and promotes osteoarthritis progression by regulating ALKBH5 expression in m6A-dependent manner38
A moonlighting role for LysM peptidoglycan binding domains underpins Enterococcus faecalis daughter cell separation38
Rat hippocampal CA1 region represents learning-related action and reward events with shorter latency than the lateral entorhinal cortex38
Structure-based modeling and engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum LysE transporter for efficient extrusion of L-arginine38
PPE50 variants as novel phylogeographic signatures of host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis38
Higher handgrip strength is linked to higher salience ventral attention functional network segregation in older adults38
T-cell receptor structures and predictive models reveal comparable alpha and beta chain structural diversity despite differing genetic complexity37
Development of a ternary cyclodextrin–arginine–ciprofloxacin antimicrobial complex with enhanced stability37
Estimating the total variance explained by whole-brain imaging for zero-inflated outcomes37
Author Correction: Geometric deep learning improves generalizability of MHC-bound peptide predictions37
Acetyl-CoA-carboxylase 1 (ACC1) plays a critical role in glucagon secretion37
Cryo-EM structure of cadmium-bound human ABCB637
The genome of the thin-necked bladder worm Taenia hydatigena reveals evolutionary strategies for helminth survival37
The formation of KV2.1 macro-clusters is required for sex-specific differences in L-type CaV1.2 clustering and function in arterial myocytes37
Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth37
IQ-Switch is a QF-based innocuous, silencing-free, and inducible gene switch system in zebrafish37
High-pressure crystallography shows noble gas intervention into protein-lipid interaction and suggests a model for anaesthetic action37
Polarity protein Par6 facilitates the processive phosphorylation of Lgl via a dynamic interaction with aPKC37
Lateral line ablation by ototoxic compounds results in distinct rheotaxis profiles in larval zebrafish37
SALM4 negatively regulates NMDA receptor function and fear memory consolidation36
A small bacteriophage protein determines the hierarchy over co-residential jumbo phage in Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis36
Nr-CWS regulates METTL3-mediated m6A modification of CDS2 mRNA in vascular endothelial cells and has prognostic significance36
Author Correction: Harnessing the acceptor substrate promiscuity of Clostridium botulinum Maf glycosyltransferase to glyco-engineer mini-flagellin protein chimeras36
Molting in early Cambrian armored lobopodians36
Integrating conspecifics negative density dependence, successional and evolutionary dynamics: Towards a theory of forest diversity36
TRAF7 determines circadian period through ubiquitination and degradation of DBP36
Shifts in isoform usage underlie transcriptional differences in regulatory T cells in type 1 diabetes36
Biochemical and crystallographic studies of l,d-transpeptidase 2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis with its natural monomer substrate36
Pygmaclypeatus daziensis, a unique lower Cambrian arthropod with two different compound eye systems36
Dietary phytosterols induce infertility in female mice via epigenomic modulations36
Pparα knockout in mice increases the Th17 development by facilitating the IKKα/RORγt and IKKα/Foxp3 complexes36
Autoregulation ensures vertical transmission of the linear prophage GIL0136
Spectrin-beta 2 facilitates the selective accumulation of GABAA receptors at somatodendritic synapses36
HES1 potentiates high salt stress response as an enhancer of NFAT5-DNA binding36
Precision-cut liver slices as an ex vivo model to assess impaired hepatic glucose production36
Adaptive mechanisms facilitate robust performance in noise and in reverberation in an auditory categorization model36
Increasing pulse pressure ex vivo, mimicking acute physical exercise, induces smooth muscle cell-mediated de-stiffening of murine aortic segments36
Circadian rapid eye movement sleep expression is associated with brain microstructural integrity in older adults35
A VSV-based assay quantifies coronavirus Mpro/3CLpro/Nsp5 main protease activity and chemical inhibition35
Deep genomic characterization highlights complexities and prognostic markers of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia35
Transcription factor ELF-1 protects against colitis by maintaining intestinal epithelium homeostasis35
Detailed analysis of distorted retinal and its interaction with surrounding residues in the K intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin35
Testing the form-function paradigm: body shape correlates with kinematics but not energetics in selectively-bred birds35
Stk24 deficiency causes disrupted hippocampal neurogenesis and anxiety-like behavior in mice35
Human subsistence and signatures of selection on chemosensory genes35
Author Correction: GATA4 binding to the Sox9 enhancer mXYSRa/Enh13 is critical for testis differentiation in mouse35
Inhibitory efficacy and structural insights of Bofutrelvir against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro mutants and MERS-CoV Mpro35
Identification of a direct interaction between the Fab domains of IgG antibodies and human FcRn upon IgG-FcRn complex formation35
Two-sample mendelian randomization reveals a causal association between membranous nephropathy and lung cancer35
Neural encoding with unsupervised spiking convolutional neural network35
Expanding Yarrowia lipolytica’s metabolic potential for detoxification of cyanogenic glycosides in edible plants35
Genomic evolution towards azole resistance in Candida glabrata clinical isolates unveils the importance of CgHxt4/6/7 in azole accumulation35
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