OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Genetics is 11. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	139
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	75
De Novo Genes	70
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	62
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	56
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	56
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	56
The Field of Hair Cell Regeneration Is Ready for Input from Genomics and Epigenetics	55
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	51
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	49
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	40
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	39
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	36
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	33
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	27
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	26
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RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	25
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	23
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	23
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	21
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	21
Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	20
Multifaceted Defenses Against Parasitoid Wasps in Diptera	19
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	19

Regulatory Networks Underlying Plant Responses and Adaptation to Cold Stress	17
Genetic Approaches for Identifying and Characterizing Effectors in Bacterial Pathogens	17
Coral Reef Population Genomics in an Age of Global Change	16
Plant Thermosensors	16
Enhancer Function and Evolutionary Roles of Human Accelerated Regions	16
Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities	15
From Human to Mouse and Back Again: Genetic and Genomic Ta(i)les of Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes	15
Forming a Complex: Turbocharging BMP Signal Activation by Heterodimeric Ligands and Heteromeric Receptor Complexes	15
The Genetics of Autophagy in Multicellular Organisms	15
Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms of Avian Beak Development and Evolution	14
Mechanisms Underlying Circuit Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	14
Apoptotic and Nonapoptotic Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans Development	14
The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems	14
Genome Maintenance in Mammalian Stem Cells	13
Context Specificity of MAP3K DLK Signaling in the Nervous System: Insights from Genetics and Genomics	13
How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases	12
The Nuclear-to-Cytoplasmic Ratio: Coupling DNA Content to Cell Size, Cell Cycle, and Biosynthetic Capacity	11