OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of EMBO Journal is 53. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Cancer‐associated mutations in VAV1 trigger variegated signaling outputs and T‐cell lymphomagenesis	1028
High‐resolution mapping of function and protein binding in an RNA nuclear enrichment sequence	471
Lipid metabolism: new twists to the Yin and Yang of PKM2 in cancer	298
Regulation of LRRK2 mRNA stability by ATIC and its substrate AICAR through ARE‐mediated mRNA decay in Parkinson's disease	281
PKM2‐TMEM33 axis regulates lipid homeostasis in cancer cells by controlling SCAP stability	171
PGE₂‐EP3 axis promotes brown adipose tissue formation through stabilization of WTAP RNA methyltransferase	170
A mitochondrial EglN1‐AMPKα axis drives breast cancer progression by enhancing metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress	164
Tunnelling nanotube formation is driven by Eps8/IRSp53‐dependent linear actin polymerization	157
The phagosomal solute transporter SLC15A4 promotes inflammasome activity via mTORC1 signaling and autophagy restraint in dendritic cells	153
Mutation in protein disulfide isomerase A3 causes neurodevelopmental defects by disturbing endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis	142
SOX9 maintains human foetal lung tip progenitor state by enhancing WNT and RTK signalling	128
The plant noncoding transcriptome: a versatile environmental sensor	125
A multifunctional locus controls motor neuron differentiation through short and long noncoding RNAs	120
Nascent polypeptide within the exit tunnel stabilizes the ribosome to counteract risky translation	120
Diversity matters — extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses	103
Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin‐mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation	97
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	97
Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5	96
Convergent dopamine and ALK4 signaling to PCBP1 controls FosB alternative splicing and cocaine behavioral sensitization	96
PrimPol‐mediated repriming facilitates replication traverse of DNA interstrand crosslinks	94
Cardiolipin remodeling enables protein crowding in the inner mitochondrial membrane	93
Bidirectional interplay between metabolism and epigenetics in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia	93
TDAG51 promotes transcription factor FoxO1 activity during LPS‐induced inflammatory responses	92
Torsin and NEP1R1‐CTDNEP1 phosphatase affect interphase nuclear pore complex insertion by lipid‐dependent and lipid‐independent mechanisms	91
Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartitePSG‐Syt1‐SV2plasma membrane nanocluster for synaptic vesicle entry	89

Single‐cell transcriptomics of LepR‐positive skeletal cells reveals heterogeneous stress‐dependent stem and progenitor pools	88
In vivo reduction of RAD51‐mediated homologous recombination triggers aging but impairs oncogenesis	87
Do we still need animals? Surveying the role of animal‐free models in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease research	86
The SMC5/6 complex recruits the PAF1 complex to facilitate DNA double‐strand break repair in Arabidopsis	85
A sterol‐PI(4)P exchanger modulates the Tel1/ATM axis of the DNA damage response	82
CROP: a retromer‐PROPPIN complex mediating membrane fission in the endo‐lysosomal system	74
IDH2 stabilizes HIF‐1α‐induced metabolic reprogramming and promotes chemoresistance in urothelial cancer	73
Distinct roles of α‐ and β‐tubulin polyglutamylation in controlling axonal transport and in neurodegeneration	72
High‐resolution analysis of the conformational transition of pro‐apoptotic Bak at the lipid membrane	72
The lysosomal Ragulator complex activates NLRP3 inflammasome in vivo via HDAC6	72
Eating your mitochondria—when too much of a good thing turns bad	70
ZZ domains keep cytosol to vacuole delivery whiZZing along	69
PRMT1 promotes the tumor suppressor function of p14 ^ARF and is indicative for pancreatic cancer prognosis	68
The Hippo pathway drives the cellular response to hydrostatic pressure	68
Pharmacological CDK4/6 inhibition reveals a p53‐dependent senescent state with restricted toxicity	68
The birth of a giant: evolutionary insights into the origin of auxin responses in plants	67
Uptake‐independent killing of macrophages by extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis aggregates	66
DGAT1 activity synchronises with mitophagy to protect cells from metabolic rewiring by iron depletion	65
Characterization of the REC114‐MEI4‐IHO1 complex regulating meiotic DNA double‐strand break formation	64
Evolutionary adaptation of the protein folding pathway for secretability	64
Cristae formation is a mechanical buckling event controlled by the inner mitochondrial membrane lipidome	64
CTCF binding modulates UV damage formation to promote mutation hot spots in melanoma	63
RZZ‐Spindly and CENP‐E form an integrated platform to recruit dynein to the kinetochore corona	62
Sir3 heterochromatin protein promotes non‐homologous end joining by direct inhibition of Sae2	61
An extended Tudor domain within Vreteno interconnects Gtsf1L and Ago3 for piRNA biogenesis in Bombyx mori	58
Structure of cytosine transport protein CodB provides insight into nucleobase‐cation symporter 1 mechanism	58
ArfGAP1 inhibits mTORC1 lysosomal localization and activation	57
A network of small RNAs regulates sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile	55
Regulated splicing of large exons is linked to phase‐separation of vertebrate transcription factors	53
MARCH5‐dependent NLRP3 ubiquitination is required for mitochondrial NLRP3‐NEK7 complex formation and NLRP3 inflammasome activation	53
Strigolactones promote plant freezing tolerance by releasing the WRKY41‐mediated inhibition of CBF/DREB1 expression	53
cIAPs control RIPK1 kinase activity‐dependent and ‐independent cell death and tissue inflammation	53
Dynamic EMT: a multi‐tool for tumor progression	53
EGFR signaling controls directionality of epithelial multilayer formation upon loss of cell polarity	53