OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of EMBO Journal is 57. 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
Regulation of LRRK2 mRNA stability by ATIC and its substrate AICAR	194
A multifunctional locus controls motor neuron differentiation through short and long noncoding RNAs	175
SOX9 maintains human foetal lung tip progenitor state by enhancing WNT and RTK	175
Unbiased assessment of genome integrity and purging of adverse outcomes at the target locus upon editing of CD4 ⁺	161
Convergent dopamine and ALK4 signaling to PCBP1 controls FosB	148
Tunnelling nanotube formation is driven by Eps8/IRSp53‐dependent linear actin polymerization	139
PGE ₂ ‐EP3 axis promotes brown adipose tissue formation through stabil	134
The plant noncoding transcriptome: a versatile environmental sensor	126
Diversity matters — extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses	123
Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin‐mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation	116
The phagosomal solute transporter SLC15A4 promotes inflammasome activity via mTORC1 signaling and	113
A mitochondrial EglN1‐AMPKα axis drives breast cancer progression by enhancing metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress	104
Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5	102
Do we still need animals? Surveying the role of animal‐free models in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease research	99
TDAG51 promotes transcription factor FoxO1 activity during LPS ‐ind	97
The SMC5 /6 complex recruits the PAF1 complex to facilitate DNA	94
A sterol‐PI(4)P exchanger modulates the Tel1/ATM axis of the DNA damage response	93
In vivo reduction of RAD51 ‐mediated homologous recombination triggers aging but impairs oncogenesis	93
The lysosomal Ragulator complex activates NLRP3 inflammasome in vivo via HDAC	93
Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartite PSG‐Syt1 ‐ SV2 plasma m	90
IDH2 stabilizes HIF ‐1α‐induced metabolic reprogramming and promotes chemoresistance in urothelial cancer	89
Bidirectional interplay between metabolism and epigenetics in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia	87
CROP: a retromer‐PROPPIN complex mediating membrane fission in the endo‐lysosomal system	87
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking	87
Pharmacological CDK4/6 inhibition reveals a p53‐dependent senescent state with restricted toxicity	87

Evolutionary adaptation of the protein folding pathway for secretability	86
DGAT1 activity synchronises with mitophagy to protect cells from metabolic rewiring by iron depletion	84
cIAPs control RIPK1 kinase activity‐dependent and ‐independent cell death and tissue inflammation	83
Structure of cytosine transport protein CodB provides insight into nucleobase‐cation symporter 1 mechanism	83
RZZ‐Spindly and CENP‐E form an integrated platform to recruit dynein to the kinetochore corona	81
Eating your mitochondria—when too much of a good thing turns bad	80
Uptake‐independent killing of macrophages by extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis aggregates	79
EGFR signaling controls directionality of epithelial multilayer formation upon loss of cell polarity	74
Interferon‐inducible phospholipids govern IFITM3 ‐dependent endosomal antiviral immunity	74
MARCH5 ‐dependent NLRP3 ubiquitination is required for mitochondrial NLRP3‐NEK7	73
Cristae formation is a mechanical buckling event controlled by the inner mitochondrial membrane lipidome	72
Characterization of the REC114‐MEI4‐IHO1 complex regulating meiotic DNA double‐strand break format	72
An extended Tudor domain within Vreteno interconnects Gtsf1L and Ago3 for piRNA biogenesis in	71
The Hippo pathway drives the cellular response to hydrostatic pressure	69
Strigolactones promote plant freezing tolerance by releasing the WRKY41 ‐mediated inhibition of CB	68
The birth of a giant: evolutionary insights into the origin of auxin responses in plants	67
Ribosome biogenesis factors—from names to functions	66
A network of small RNAs regulates sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile	66
Single‐cell transcriptomics stratifies organoid models of metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease	65
Structure of a bacterial ribonucleoprotein complex central to the control of cell envelope biogenesis	64
DRP1 interacts directly with BAX to induce its activation and apoptosis	64
PTEN deficiency exposes a requirement for an ARF GTPase module for integrin‐dependent invasion in ovarian cancer	63
Dynamic “Cap”‐abilities of P‐bodies and the XRN1‐EDC4 axis	62
Lineage commitment of dermal fibroblast progenitors is controlled by Kdm6b‐mediated chromatin demethylation	62
Assembly and function of the amyloid‐like translational repressor Rim4 is coupled with nutrient conditions	61
The CTLA ‐4 immune checkpoint protein regulates PD‐L1 : PD	60
Autophagy power expands: fuse those cells!	59
LAMTOR1 inhibition of TRPML1‐dependent lysosomal calcium release regulates dendritic lysosome trafficking and hippocampal neuronal function	59
Modified Messengers: flatworm stem cells and regeneration are guarded by RNA methylation	59
ARF2‐PIF5 interaction controls transcriptional reprogramming in the ABS3 ‐mediated plant senescence pathway	59
A conserved complex of microneme proteins mediates rhoptry discharge in Toxoplasma	57
Elp3‐mediated codon‐dependent translation promotes mTORC2 activation and regulates macrophage polarization	57
PIF7‐mediated epigenetic reprogramming promotes the transcriptional response to shade in Arabidopsis	57