OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Genetics is 14. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	169
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	96
De Novo Genes	85
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	75
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	65
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	63
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	63
The Field of Hair Cell Regeneration Is Ready for Input from Genomics and Epigenetics	62
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	56
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	55
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	46
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	41
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	41
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	40
	34
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	34
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	33
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	32
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	28
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	27
Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	27
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	26
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	25
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	25
Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	22

Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	22
Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	21
Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	21
Plant Thermosensors	20
Coral Reef Population Genomics in an Age of Global Change	20
Forming a Complex: Turbocharging BMP Signal Activation by Heterodimeric Ligands and Heteromeric Receptor Complexes	20
From Human to Mouse and Back Again: Genetic and Genomic Ta(i)les of Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes	19
Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities	18
The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems	18
Apoptotic and Nonapoptotic Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans Development	18
The Genetics of Autophagy in Multicellular Organisms	16
Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Stem Cells	16
Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution	16
Mechanisms Underlying Circuit Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	16
Context Specificity of MAP3K DLK Signaling in the Nervous System: Insights from Genetics and Genomics	15
The Nuclear-to-Cytoplasmic Ratio: Coupling DNA Content to Cell Size, Cell Cycle, and Biosynthetic Capacity	15
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How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases	14