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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment369
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS308
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase227
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo221
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-2213
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program207
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure193
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan185
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture176
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers152
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning134
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava132
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9130
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel128
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches117
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions116
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing106
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth106
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition105
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension104
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture103
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes98
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction98
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA197
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus95
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works93
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy89
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention86
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce85
RhoA allosterically activates phospholipase Cε via its EF hands84
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities83
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation79
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics79
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry79
In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans78
Feeding Spodoptera exigua larvae with gut-derived Escherichia sp. increases larval juvenile hormone levels inhibiting cannibalism78
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation77
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks76
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions76
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time76
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation74
3D histology of human heart-forming organoids by X-ray phase-contrast tomography74
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks73
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics73
Single cell multiomics approach to analyze replication timing and gene expression in mouse preimplantation embryos73
Exploiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme pathway to augment endogenous opioid signaling72
Docking-guided rational engineering of a macrolide glycosyltransferase glycodiversifies epothilone B72
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore72
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex72
Cryo-EM structure of the human Derlin-1/p97 complex reveals a hexameric channel in ERAD71
Function and phylogeny support the independent evolution of an ASIC-like Deg/ENaC channel in the Placozoa70
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS69
Author Correction: Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis69
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging69
Short-chain fatty acids promote the effect of environmental signals on the gut microbiome and metabolome in mice69
A pictorial account of the human embryonic heart between 3.5 and 8 weeks of development69
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B69
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing67
Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance67
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system65
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes64
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases63
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas62
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation62
A miniature dialysis-culture device allows high-density human-induced pluripotent stem cells expansion from growth factor accumulation62
Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution62
A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets62
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells61
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control60
Comprehensive genomic dependency landscape of a human colon cancer organoid60
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer60
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans59
Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota59
NAD+-dependent Sirt6 is a key regulator involved in telomere shortening of in vitro-cultured preimplantation embryos59
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection58
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease58
Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species58
MSC-derived exosomal circMYO9B accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis through the hnRNPU/CBL/KDM1A/VEGFA axis57
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics57
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species57
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells57
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining57
RNA demethylase FTO participates in malignant progression of gastric cancer by regulating SP1-AURKB-ATM pathway57
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk57
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern56
A critical bioenergetic switch is regulated by IGF2 during murine cartilage development56
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men56
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes56
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy56
Targeting fatty acid synthase reduces aortic atherosclerosis and inflammation56
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms55
The protease calpain2a limits innate immunity by targeting TRAF6 in teleost fish55
Age-dependent effects of vaping on the prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens55
Small EV in plasma of triple negative breast cancer patients induce intrinsic apoptosis in activated T cells54
An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates54
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks54
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery53
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces53
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo53
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction53
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective53
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation52
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage52
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave52
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins52
Environment-specificity and universality of the microbial growth law52
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus52
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench51
Author Correction: HMGB2-induced calreticulin translocation required for immunogenic cell death and ferroptosis of cancer cells are controlled by the nuclear exporter XPO151
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens51
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention51
Mouse and human antibodies bind HLA-E-leader peptide complexes and enhance NK cell cytotoxicity50
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants50
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins50
Changes in dynamic transitions between integrated and segregated states underlie visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease50
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization50
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase50
Modulation of the monomer-dimer equilibrium and catalytic activity of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by a transition-state analog inhibitor50
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan50
Maintaining mitochondrial DNA copy number mitigates ROS-induced oocyte decline and female reproductive aging50
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology49
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors49
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex49
Caspofungin binding to iron compromises its antifungal efficacy against Candida albicans49
Confined environments induce polarized paraspeckle condensates49
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion49
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)49
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool49
Exposure of gut bacterial isolates to the anthelminthic drugs, ivermectin and moxidectin, leads to antibiotic-like phenotypes of growth inhibition and adaptation48
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition48
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita48
Glycan shield of the ebolavirus envelope glycoprotein GP48
Sex differences in metabolic pathways are regulated by Pfkfb3 and Pdk4 expression in rodent muscle48
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness48
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia48
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework47
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state47
Computational design of highly efficient thermostable MHET hydrolases and dual enzyme system for PET recycling47
CD36 maintains the gastric mucosa and associates with gastric disease47
Afucosylated broadly neutralizing antibodies enhance clearance of HIV-1 infected cells through cell-mediated killing46
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis46
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions46
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation46
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction45
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance45
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs45
Snowprint: a predictive tool for genetic biosensor discovery45
DAF-2c signaling promotes taste avoidance after starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans by controlling distinct phospholipase C isozymes45
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells45
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways45
Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites45
Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing45
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo45
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation45
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface44
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling44
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction44
Acinetobacter baumannii OmpA-like porins: functional characterization of bacterial physiology, antibiotic-resistance, and virulence44
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl44
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system43
Plant-pollinator trait matching affects pollen transfer but not feeding efficiency of Australian honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae)43
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA43
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 promotes inflammation in senescence and aging43
Unclogged pores: designer channels for protein translocation43
scHiCyclePred: a deep learning framework for predicting cell cycle phases from single-cell Hi-C data using multi-scale interaction information42
A selectivity filter mutation provides insights into gating regulation of a K+ channel42
Dietary phytosterols induce infertility in female mice via epigenomic modulations42
Author Correction: Harnessing the acceptor substrate promiscuity of Clostridium botulinum Maf glycosyltransferase to glyco-engineer mini-flagellin protein chimeras42
IQ-Switch is a QF-based innocuous, silencing-free, and inducible gene switch system in zebrafish42
Transcription factor ELF-1 protects against colitis by maintaining intestinal epithelium homeostasis42
Adaptive mechanisms facilitate robust performance in noise and in reverberation in an auditory categorization model42
Protracted neurobehavioral and microRNA deficits by acute nicotine dependence in mice42
Author Correction: The ROS–FOXO pathway mediates broad-spectrum detoxification of acaricides in Tetranychus cinnabarinus42
Environmental stress reduces shark residency to coral reefs42
Molting in early Cambrian armored lobopodians42
Author Correction: Biogeographic implication of temperature-induced plant cell wall lignification42
Regulation of fungal raw-starch-degrading enzyme production depends on transcription factor phosphorylation and recruitment of the Mediator complex41
Hippocampal interneuronal dysfunction and hyperexcitability in a porcine model of concussion41
Functional divergence between the two cerebral hemispheres contributes to human fluid intelligence41
Stk24 deficiency causes disrupted hippocampal neurogenesis and anxiety-like behavior in mice41
Charting differentially methylated regions in cancer with Rocker-meth41
SEC24D depletion induces osteogenic differentiation deficiency by inactivating the ATF6/TGF-β/Runx2 regulatory loop41
Direct experimental observation of blue-light-induced conformational change and intermolecular interactions of cryptochrome41
Small GTP-binding protein GDP dissociation stimulator influences cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury via PERK-dependent ER stress41
Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR41
AKAP150-anchored PKA regulates synaptic transmission and plasticity, neuronal excitability and CRF neuromodulation in the mouse lateral habenula41
The Polygenic Risk Score Knowledge Base offers a centralized online repository for calculating and contextualizing polygenic risk scores41
Autoregulation ensures vertical transmission of the linear prophage GIL0140
Analysis of biased allelic enhancer activity of schizophrenia-linked common variants40
Precision-cut liver slices as an ex vivo model to assess impaired hepatic glucose production40
Associative conditioning in gene regulatory network models increases integrative causal emergence40
High-pressure crystallography shows noble gas intervention into protein-lipid interaction and suggests a model for anaesthetic action40
Life-history stage influences immune investment and oxidative stress in response to environmental heterogeneity in Antarctic fur seals40
PPE50 variants as novel phylogeographic signatures of host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis40
Neddylation regulates the development and function of glutamatergic neurons40
Development of a ternary cyclodextrin–arginine–ciprofloxacin antimicrobial complex with enhanced stability40
Muscle anatomy is reflected in the spatial organization of the spinal motoneuron pools40
A small bacteriophage protein determines the hierarchy over co-residential jumbo phage in Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis40
Effect and mechanism of father’s companionship on defensive attack behavior of adult male offspring mice40
Shifts in isoform usage underlie transcriptional differences in regulatory T cells in type 1 diabetes40
In vitro functional analysis of gRNA sites regulating assembly of hepatitis B virus40
Comparative analysis of multifaceted neural effects associated with varying endogenous cognitive load40
Pparα knockout in mice increases the Th17 development by facilitating the IKKα/RORγt and IKKα/Foxp3 complexes39
Author Correction: Geometric deep learning improves generalizability of MHC-bound peptide predictions39
Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons39
A temporal classifier predicts histopathology state and parses acute-chronic phasing in inflammatory bowel disease patients39
tRF16 affects NFKBIA stability and promotes osteoarthritis progression by regulating ALKBH5 expression in m6A-dependent manner39
Estimating the total variance explained by whole-brain imaging for zero-inflated outcomes39
Ultrasonic antifouling devices negatively impact Cuvier’s beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, México39
Trans-ethnic GWAS meta-analysis of idiopathic spermatogenic failure highlights the immune-mediated nature of Sertoli cell-only syndrome39
The gut efflux pump MRP-1 exports oxidized glutathione as a danger signal that stimulates behavioral immunity and aversive learning38
Enhanced plasma half-life and efficacy of engineered human albumin-fused GLP-1 despite enzymatic cleavage of its C-terminal end38
A ventral stream-prefrontal cortex processing cascade enables working memory gating dynamics38
HES1 potentiates high salt stress response as an enhancer of NFAT5-DNA binding38
Coactosin-like F-actin binding protein (Cotl1) plays a key role in adipocyte differentiation and obesity38
Structure of the complex of C1q-like 3 protein with adhesion-GPCR BAI338
TCP1 promotes the progression of malignant tumours by stabilizing c-Myc through the AKT/GSK-3β and ERK signalling pathways38
A new type of Caspase-1 upon recognizing bacteria inhibits GSDME-dependent histone modification and NF-κB signaling38
Expanding Yarrowia lipolytica’s metabolic potential for detoxification of cyanogenic glycosides in edible plants38
REliable PIcking by Consensus (REPIC): a consensus methodology for harnessing multiple cryo-EM particle pickers38
Peer Review Week 2022: an interview with Franziska Denk and Katryn Stacey about their views on research integrity as scientists and reviewers38
Limited evidence that body size shrinking and shape-shifting alleviate thermoregulatory pressures in a warmer world38
MIM-CyCIF: masked imaging modeling for enhancing cyclic immunofluorescence (CyCIF) with panel reduction and imputation38
Multi-omics reveal neuroprotection of Acer truncatum Bunge Seed extract on hypoxic-ischemia encephalopathy rats under high-altitude38
Author Correction: GATA4 binding to the Sox9 enhancer mXYSRa/Enh13 is critical for testis differentiation in mouse38
The design of unit cells by combining the self-reproduction systems and metabolic cushioning loads38
TRAF7 determines circadian period through ubiquitination and degradation of DBP37
Circadian rapid eye movement sleep expression is associated with brain microstructural integrity in older adults37
Programmable self-replicating JEV nanotherapeutics redefine RNA delivery in ALS37
Spectrin-beta 2 facilitates the selective accumulation of GABAA receptors at somatodendritic synapses37
Two-sample mendelian randomization reveals a causal association between membranous nephropathy and lung cancer37
A semi-automatic method for extracting mitochondrial cristae characteristics from 3D focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy data37
Cortical gradient of a human functional similarity network captured by the geometry of cytoarchitectonic organization37
Genomic evolution towards azole resistance in Candida glabrata clinical isolates unveils the importance of CgHxt4/6/7 in azole accumulation37
Laterality, sexual dimorphism, and human vagal projectome heterogeneity shape neuromodulation to vagus nerve stimulation37
Testing the form-function paradigm: body shape correlates with kinematics but not energetics in selectively-bred birds37
Cryo-EM structure of cadmium-bound human ABCB636
Infrared nanoscopy and tomography of intracellular structures36
Molecular mechanism of siderophore regulation by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa BfmRS two-component system in response to osmotic stress36
Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth36
Fast detection of slender bodies in high density microscopy data36
Mitochondrial DNA is a target of HBV integration36
CoTF-reg reveals cooperative transcription factors in oligodendrocyte gene regulation using single-cell multi-omics36
Genetic evidence for differential functions of figla and nobox in zebrafish ovarian differentiation and folliculogenesis36
Structural basis underlying the synergism of NADase and SLO during group A Streptococcus infection36
Fanconi anemia associated protein 20 (FAAP20) plays an essential role in homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks36
Expanding the CRISPR base editing toolbox in Drosophila melanogaster36
Sugar transporters PpSWEET9a and PpSWEET14 synergistically mediate peach sucrose allocation from source leaves to fruit36
Adversarial and variational autoencoders improve metagenomic binning36
Parvalbumin neurons enhance temporal coding and reduce cortical noise in complex auditory scenes36
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