OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Genetics is 36. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenomic Approaches to Study Adaptive Evolution in Mammals: From Aging to Aquatic Lifestyles	249
Green Algal Models for Multicellularity	185
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pathogens	122
Pooled Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens in Single Cells	111
De Novo Genes	108
A Functional Dissection of the mRNA and Locally Synthesized Protein Population in Neuronal Dendrites and Axons	68
A Half Century Defining the Logic of Cellular Life	64
Cold Shock Response in Bacteria	63
Interplay Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Environmental Change	63
Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease	62
Meiotic Drive and Speciation	61
Quiescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	57
Transcription–Replication Conflicts as a Source of Genome Instability	56
The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality	56
The Epigenetic Control of the Transposable Element Life Cycle in Plant Genomes and Beyond	52
	51
Mechanisms of Globin Gene Regulation in Mammals	50
The Somatic Impact on Inheritance and the Germline Control of the Soma	50
Functional Diversification of Chromatin on Rapid Evolutionary Timescales	46
	45
Finding Needles in the Haystack: Strategies for Uncovering Noncoding Regulatory Variants	44
Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective	43
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns	42
RNA Repair: Hiding in Plain Sight	42
Developmental and Genetic Aspects of Desert Crops	41

Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition	37
Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs	36
From Mammals to Insects: Exploring the Genetic and Neural Basis of Eating Behavior	36