OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Genetics is 31. 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.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	256
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	186
Green Algal Models for Multicellularity	129
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	116
A Functional Dissection of the mRNA and Locally Synthesized Protein Population in Neuronal Dendrites and Axons	114
De Novo Genes	71
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	65
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	65
Cold Shock Response in Bacteria	64
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	64
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	63
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	59
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	59
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	57
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	55
	54
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	54
Functional Diversification of Chromatin on Rapid Evolutionary Timescales	51
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	51
	48
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	47
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	46
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	44
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	43
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	41

Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	38
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	38
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	37
Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	36
Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	35
Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	35
Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	31