OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Cell Biology is 41. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Neuronal cadherins: The keys that unlock layer-specific astrocyte identity?	284
Bridging condensins mediate compaction of mitotic chromosomes	238
Developmental pruning of sensory neurites by mechanical tearing in Drosophila	193
Tubulin isotype regulation maintains asymmetric requirement for α-tubulin over β-tubulin	189
Preventing aneuploidy: The groom must wait until the bride is ready	117
Sheldon Penman: Visionary of cell form and function	113
Establishing spatial control over TORC1 signaling	105
Ubiquitinating the way to T cell metabolism	104
Pre-T cell receptor localization and trafficking are independent of its signaling	98
The abscission checkpoint senses chromatin bridges through Top2α recruitment to DNA knots	95
Forebrain Eml1 depletion reveals early centrosomal dysfunction causing subcortical heterotopia	95
Signal strength controls the rate of polarization within CTLs during killing	92
Plastin 3 rescues BDNF-TrkB signaling in spinal muscular atrophy	88
zapERtrap: A light-regulated ER release system reveals unexpected neuronal trafficking pathways	80
Clathrin coated pits as signaling platforms for Akt signaling	76
Lack of Paxillin phosphorylation promotes single-cell migration in vivo	72
Border cell polarity and collective migration require the spliceosome component Cactin	71
Toxoplasma ERK7 protects the apical complex from premature degradation	66
IFNγ: Priming for death	62
Dissecting protein tyrosine phosphatase signaling by engineered chemogenetic control of its activity	61
Nedd4-2-dependent regulation of astrocytic Kir4.1 and Connexin43 controls neuronal network activity	61
Ultra high-speed single-molecule fluorescence imaging	56
The ides of MARCH5: The E3 ligase essential for peroxisome degradation by pexophagy	52
Sara Cuylen-Haering: Cellular soaps to keep neat chromosomes	51
Tubulin isotypes optimize distinct spindle positioning mechanisms during yeast mitosis	50

The dynamic instability of actin filament barbed ends	50
Regulated targeting of the monotopic hairpin membrane protein Erg1 requires the GET pathway	48
Filippo Giancotti: Of integrins, signaling, and risotto	47
Conformational transitions of the Spindly adaptor underlie its interaction with Dynein and Dynactin	46
Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transitions require tissue-specific interactions with distinct laminins	46
A collective strategy to promote the dissemination of single cancer cells	45
Hepatocyte apical bulkheads provide a mechanical means to oppose bile pressure	44
Prion-like domains drive CIZ1 assembly formation at the inactive X chromosome	44
Quality assessment in light microscopy for routine use through simple tools and robust metrics	43
p24 family Tango(1) at the endoplasmic reticulum exit site to organize cargo exit	43
IRE1α recognizes a structural motif in cholera toxin to activate an unfolded protein response	42
Phosphorylation of SNX27 by MAPK11/14 links cellular stress–signaling pathways with endocytic recycling	42
High-precision targeting workflow for volume electron microscopy	42
Persistent DNA damage signaling and DNA polymerase theta promote broken chromosome segregation	42
Coordination of RAB-8 and RAB-11 during unconventional protein secretion	41
PTEN is both an activator and a substrate of chaperone-mediated autophagy	41