OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of EMBO Journal is 56. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Convergent dopamine and ALK4 signaling to PCBP1 controls FosB alternative splicing and cocaine behavioral sensitization	176
Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin‐mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation	170
The phagosomal solute transporter SLC15A4 promotes inflammasome activity via mTORC1 signaling and autophagy restraint in dendritic cells	161
Diversity matters — extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses	152
The plant noncoding transcriptome: a versatile environmental sensor	139
A multifunctional locus controls motor neuron differentiation through short and long noncoding RNAs	138
Unbiased assessment of genome integrity and purging of adverse outcomes at the target locus upon editing of CD4⁺ T‐cells for the treatment of Hyper IgM1	123
Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5	123
Mutation in protein disulfide isomerase A3 causes neurodevelopmental defects by disturbing endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis	122
A mitochondrial EglN1‐AMPKα axis drives breast cancer progression by enhancing metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress	119
PGE₂‐EP3 axis promotes brown adipose tissue formation through stabilization of WTAP RNA methyltransferase	109
SOX9 maintains human foetal lung tip progenitor state by enhancing WNT and RTK signalling	108
Regulation of LRRK2 mRNA stability by ATIC and its substrate AICAR through ARE‐mediated mRNA decay in Parkinson's disease	102
Tunnelling nanotube formation is driven by Eps8/IRSp53‐dependent linear actin polymerization	102
CROP: a retromer‐PROPPIN complex mediating membrane fission in the endo‐lysosomal system	96
Bidirectional interplay between metabolism and epigenetics in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia	93
Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartitePSG‐Syt1‐SV2plasma membrane nanocluster for synaptic vesicle entry	90
Do we still need animals? Surveying the role of animal‐free models in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease research	88
TDAG51 promotes transcription factor FoxO1 activity during LPS‐induced inflammatory responses	86
The SMC5/6 complex recruits the PAF1 complex to facilitate DNA double‐strand break repair in Arabidopsis	86
Single‐cell transcriptomics of LepR‐positive skeletal cells reveals heterogeneous stress‐dependent stem and progenitor pools	86
The lysosomal Ragulator complex activates NLRP3 inflammasome in vivo via HDAC6	85
IDH2 stabilizes HIF‐1α‐induced metabolic reprogramming and promotes chemoresistance in urothelial cancer	84
In vivo reduction of RAD51‐mediated homologous recombination triggers aging but impairs oncogenesis	80
A sterol‐PI(4)P exchanger modulates the Tel1/ATM axis of the DNA damage response	80

EGFR signaling controls directionality of epithelial multilayer formation upon loss of cell polarity	80
An extended Tudor domain within Vreteno interconnects Gtsf1L and Ago3 for piRNA biogenesis in Bombyx mori	79
cIAPs control RIPK1 kinase activity‐dependent and ‐independent cell death and tissue inflammation	79
Eating your mitochondria—when too much of a good thing turns bad	79
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity	78
Structure of cytosine transport protein CodB provides insight into nucleobase‐cation symporter 1 mechanism	78
Evolutionary adaptation of the protein folding pathway for secretability	75
A network of small RNAs regulates sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile	71
Sir3 heterochromatin protein promotes non‐homologous end joining by direct inhibition of Sae2	71
RZZ‐Spindly and CENP‐E form an integrated platform to recruit dynein to the kinetochore corona	68
MARCH5‐dependent NLRP3 ubiquitination is required for mitochondrial NLRP3‐NEK7 complex formation and NLRP3 inflammasome activation	68
Characterization of the REC114‐MEI4‐IHO1 complex regulating meiotic DNA double‐strand break formation	67
Interferon‐inducible phospholipids govern IFITM3‐dependent endosomal antiviral immunity	67
The Hippo pathway drives the cellular response to hydrostatic pressure	66
DGAT1 activity synchronises with mitophagy to protect cells from metabolic rewiring by iron depletion	65
Uptake‐independent killing of macrophages by extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis aggregates	65
Pharmacological CDK4/6 inhibition reveals a p53‐dependent senescent state with restricted toxicity	64
Single‐cell transcriptomics stratifies organoid models of metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease	63
Cristae formation is a mechanical buckling event controlled by the inner mitochondrial membrane lipidome	62
Strigolactones promote plant freezing tolerance by releasing the WRKY41‐mediated inhibition of CBF/DREB1 expression	62
The birth of a giant: evolutionary insights into the origin of auxin responses in plants	61
ARF2‐PIF5 interaction controls transcriptional reprogramming in the ABS3‐mediated plant senescence pathway	61
Ribosome biogenesis factors—from names to functions	61
PTEN deficiency exposes a requirement for an ARF GTPase module for integrin‐dependent invasion in ovarian cancer	61
Dynamic “Cap”‐abilities of P‐bodies and the XRN1‐EDC4 axis	59
Modified Messengers: flatworm stem cells and regeneration are guarded by RNA methylation	59
Lineage commitment of dermal fibroblast progenitors is controlled by Kdm6b‐mediated chromatin demethylation	58
Assembly and function of the amyloid‐like translational repressor Rim4 is coupled with nutrient conditions	57
Autophagy power expands: fuse those cells!	57
Structure of a bacterial ribonucleoprotein complex central to the control of cell envelope biogenesis	57
A conserved complex of microneme proteins mediates rhoptry discharge in Toxoplasma	56
LAMTOR1 inhibition of TRPML1‐dependent lysosomal calcium release regulates dendritic lysosome trafficking and hippocampal neuronal function	56