OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BioEssays is 29. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatially Resolved Transcriptomes—Next Generation Tools for Tissue Exploration	314
YAP/TAZ: Drivers of Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Resistance to Therapy	144
Adapting with Microbial Help: Microbiome Flexibility Facilitates Rapid Responses to Environmental Change	137
DNA topoisomerases: Advances in understanding of cellular roles and multi‐protein complexes via structure‐function analysis	83
Emerging High‐Level Tigecycline Resistance: Novel Tetracycline Destructases Spread via the Mobile Tet(X)	75
The genetic structure of SARS‐CoV‐2 does not rule out a laboratory origin	62
Crosstalk between Cell Adhesion Complexes in Regulation of Mechanotransduction	61
Ghost Introgression: Spooky Gene Flow in the Distant Past	55
Beta‐Adrenergic Blockers as a Potential Treatment for COVID‐19 Patients	51
Mechanical and Non‐Mechanical Functions of Filamentous and Non‐Filamentous Vimentin	51
From structure to function: Route to understanding lncRNA mechanism	45
Cancer as a prospective sequela of long COVID‐19	44
Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the Same?	43
Monitoring Autophagy Flux and Activity: Principles and Applications	43
Interoception and the origin of feelings: A new synthesis	42
Paraspeckle nuclear condensates: Global sensors of cell stress?	42
Superposition of COVID‐19 waves, anticipating a sustained wave, and lessons for the future	40
Activity of PRC1 and Histone H2AK119 Monoubiquitination: Revising Popular Misconceptions	39
Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?	38
Trehalose against Alzheimer's Disease: Insights into a Potential Therapy	37
Cancer progression as a sequence of atavistic reversions	35
Noncanonical functions of the serine‐arginine‐rich splicing factor (SR) family of proteins in development and disease	32
Age and Location in Severity of COVID‐19 Pathology: Do Lactoferrin and Pneumococcal Vaccination Explain Low Infant Mortality and Regional Differences?	32
Ubiquitin‐Modulated Phase Separation of Shuttle Proteins: Does Condensate Formation Promote Protein Degradation?	31
Scale‐Free Biology: Integrating Evolutionary and Developmental Thinking	31

Present‐Day DNA Contamination in Ancient DNA Datasets	31
mTORC1 and ferroptosis: Regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic potential	31
DNA adenine methylation in eukaryotes: Enzymatic mark or a form of DNA damage?	30
Reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable: The WHO's ICF system integrates biological and psychosocial environmental determinants of autism and ADHD	30
Latest Advances for the Sleeping Beauty Transposon System: 23 Years of Insomnia but Prettier than Ever	29