OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Genetics is 13. 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
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	45
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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

Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	35
Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	35
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	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
Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	29
Coral Reef Population Genomics in an Age of Global Change	27
Plant Thermosensors	22
Genomic and Epigenetic Foundations of Neocentromere Formation	21
Forming a Complex: Turbocharging BMP Signal Activation by Heterodimeric Ligands and Heteromeric Receptor Complexes	21
DREAM On: Cell Cycle Control in Development and Disease	21
Revelations About Aging and Disease from Unconventional Vertebrate Model Organisms	20
Genetic Regulation of RIPK1 and Necroptosis	19
Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution	19
From Human to Mouse and Back: Genetic and Genomic Ta(i)les of Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes	18
Genotype–Phenotype Relationships in the Context of Transcriptional Adaptation and Genetic Robustness	18
Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities	18
The Genetics of Autophagy in Multicellular Organisms	17
Drosophila sechellia: A Genetic Model for Behavioral Evolution and Neuroecology	16
The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems	16
Mechanisms Underlying Circuit Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	16
Apoptotic and Nonapoptotic Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans Development	16
Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Stem Cells	14
Evolution and Plasticity of Genome-Wide Meiotic Recombination Rates	14
Prevalence and Adaptive Impact of Introgression	13
How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases	13
The Nuclear-to-Cytoplasmic Ratio: Coupling DNA Content to Cell Size, Cell Cycle, and Biosynthetic Capacity	13