OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Cell Biology is 46. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
VPS13B is localized at the interface between Golgi cisternae and is a functional partner of FAM177A1	321
Vps13-like proteins provide phosphatidylethanolamine for GPI anchor synthesis in the ER	142
Distinct roles of two homologous kinesins in mammalian motile cilia	130
Developmental pruning of sensory neurites by mechanical tearing in Drosophila	122
Tld1 is a regulator of triglyceride lipolysis that demarcates a lipid droplet subpopulation	95
Kinetochores grip microtubules with directionally asymmetric strength	87
The PAX3-FOXO1 fusion gene reduces cell–ECM interactions and TGFβ signaling in rhabdomyosarcoma	78
Tubulin isotypes optimize distinct spindle positioning mechanisms during yeast mitosis	77
A collective strategy to promote the dissemination of single cancer cells	76
Microtubule-driven cell shape changes and actomyosin flow synergize to position the centrosome	69
Diverse microtubule-binding repeats regulate TPX2 activities at distinct locations within the spindle	68
Conformational transitions of the Spindly adaptor underlie its interaction with Dynein and Dynactin	67
Rac1 promotes kidney collecting duct integrity by limiting actomyosin activity	67
Sugar-free synapses run on mitochondrial Sirtuin 3	66
GxcM-Fbp17/RacC-WASP signaling regulates polarized cortex assembly in migrating cells via Arp2/3	63
RIM and MUNC13 membrane–binding domains are essential for neuropeptide secretion	62
Differential metabolism of arsenicals regulates Fps1-mediated arsenite transport	61
ESCRT-I and PTPN23 mediate microautophagy of ubiquitylated tau aggregates	61
DBF4, not DRF1, is the crucial regulator of CDC7 kinase at replication forks	61
A function of TPL/TBL1-type corepressors is to nucleate the assembly of the preinitiation complex	60
The α-Catenin mechanosensing M region is required for cell adhesion during tissue morphogenesis	60
PP6 regulation of Aurora A–TPX2 limits NDC80 phosphorylation and mitotic spindle size	60
A conserved role for centriolar satellites in translation of centrosomal and ciliary proteins	60
Mechanisms of genome instability from cellular folate stress	59
LUBAC regulates ciliogenesis by promoting CP110 removal from the mother centriole	57

Crosstalk within and beyond the Polycomb repressive system	57
Stress granules and mTOR are regulated by membrane atg8ylation during lysosomal damage	57
Reticulons promote formation of ER-derived double-membrane vesicles that facilitate SARS-CoV-2 replication	57
TIMP-1 is a novel ligand of Amyloid Precursor Protein and triggers a proinflammatory phenotype in human monocytes	55
Astral microtubule cross-linking safeguards uniform nuclear distribution in the Drosophila syncytium	55
Migrasomes: Biogenesis, physiological roles, and therapeutic potentials	55
Cryo-EM reveals how the mastigoneme assembles and responds to environmental signal changes	53
Migratory autolysosome disposal mitigates lysosome damage	53
A gene duplication of a septin reveals a developmentally regulated filament length control mechanism	52
Centriole structural integrity defects are a crucial feature of hydrolethalus syndrome	52
SARS-CoV-2 specific adaptations in N protein inhibit NF-κB activation and alter pathogenesis	51
Fast-evolving cofactors regulate the role of HEATR5 complexes in intra-Golgi trafficking	51
ARHGEF17/TEM4 regulates the cell cycle through control of G1 progression	51
C17orf80 binds the mitochondrial genome to promote its replication	50
FGFR2 residence in primary cilia is necessary for epithelial cell signaling	50
The phospholipids cardiolipin and phosphatidylethanolamine differentially regulate MDC biogenesis	49
Organization of a cytoskeletal superstructure in the apical domain of intestinal tuft cells	49
Refining S-acylation: Structure, regulation, dynamics, and therapeutic implications	48
PtdIns(3,4)P2, Lamellipodin, and VASP coordinate actin dynamics during phagocytosis in macrophages	47
Phollow the phosphoinositol: Actin dynamics at the B cell immune synapse	46
Rab GTPases as “eat me” signals for selective autophagy	46