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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Green Algal Models for Multicellularity	243
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	173
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	111
De Novo Genes	105
A Functional Dissection of the mRNA and Locally Synthesized Protein Population in Neuronal Dendrites and Axons	105
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	64
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	63
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	61
Cold Shock Response in Bacteria	60
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	60
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	59
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	57
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	54
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	53
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The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	50
Functional Diversification of Chromatin on Rapid Evolutionary Timescales	47
	45
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	45
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	43
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	42
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	41
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	41
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	39
Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	37

Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	35
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	35
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	35
Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	34
The Complex Genetic Basis and Multilayered Regulatory Control of Yeast Pseudohyphal Growth	34
Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	33