OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Human Genetics is 10. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial to special issue on Ethics in Genetics	97
Genetic landscape in undiagnosed patients with syndromic hearing loss revealed by whole exome sequencing and phenotype similarity search	73
Delineation of the adult phenotype of Coffin–Siris syndrome in 35 individuals	73
Unraveling the significance of AGPAT4 for the pathogenesis of endometriosis via a multi-omics approach	65
Complete lung agenesis caused by complex genomic rearrangements with neo-TAD formation at the SHH locus	64
Quantitative assessment of low-level parental mosaicism of SNVs and CNVs in Waardenburg syndrome	56
The association between DNA methylation and human height and a prospective model of DNA methylation-based height prediction	52
Expansion of the complex genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of FGFR2-associated neurocutaneous syndromes	50
Age-dependent somatic expansion of the ATXN3 CAG repeat in the blood and buccal swab DNA of individuals with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease	49
An ethical analysis of divergent clinical approaches to the application of genetic testing for autism and schizophrenia	49
New insights into Perrault syndrome, a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder	48
Whole exome sequencing improves genetic diagnosis of fetal clubfoot	47
Chromosomal structural rearrangements implicate long non-coding RNAs in rare germline disorders	46
Interpretable machine learning for genomics	44
From first report to clinical trials: a bibliometric overview and visualization of the development of Angelman syndrome research	42
Challenges in the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in young children facilitated by means of revised diagnostic criteria including genetic testing for pathogenic NF1 gene variants	42
VARista: a free web platform for streamlined whole-genome variant analysis across T2T, hg38, and hg19	37
De novo mutations in the BMP signaling pathway in lambdoid craniosynostosis	36
Histone 3.3-related chromatinopathy: missense variants throughout H3-3A and H3-3B cause a range of functional consequences across species	35
The natural history of OTOF-related auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders: a multicenter study	34
Recombination map tailored to Native Hawaiians may improve robustness of genomic scans for positive selection	34
Novel genotype–phenotype correlations, differential cerebellar allele-specific methylation, and a common origin of the (ATTTC)n insertion in spinocerebellar ataxia type 37	34
Correction to: Novel loci and mapuche genetic ancestry are associated with pubertal growth traits in Chilean boys	32
Monogenic inflammatory bowel disease-genetic variants, functional mechanisms and personalised medicine in clinical practice	31
The obesity-related mutation gene on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	30

Clinical implementation of drug metabolizing gene-based therapeutic interventions worldwide	29
The fetus in the age of the genome	28
The clinical utility of exome and genome sequencing across clinical indications: a systematic review	26
Integrative analysis of transcriptome and proteome wide association studies prioritized functional genes for obesity	26
Compensatory epistasis explored by molecular dynamics simulations	26
Monogenic causes of pigmentary mosaicism	26
Hearing loss in Africa: current genetic profile	25
Human organoids for rapid validation of gene variants linked to cochlear malformations	25
Analysis of 200 unrelated individuals with a constitutional NF1 deep intronic pathogenic variant reveals that variants flanking the alternatively spliced NF1 exon 31 [23a] cause a classical neurofibro	24
Phenotypic and genetic effect of carotid intima-media thickness on the risk of stroke	24
Association of CXCR6 with COVID-19 severity: delineating the host genetic factors in transcriptomic regulation	24
Unraveling phenotypic variance in metabolic syndrome through multi-omics	24
Discovery of structural deletions in breast cancer predisposition genes using whole genome sequencing data from > 2000 women of African-ancestry	23
The hearing-impaired patient: what the future holds	22
Unraveling the genetic complexities of combined retinal dystrophy and hearing impairment	21
Leveraging molecular quantitative trait loci to comprehend complex diseases/traits from the omics perspective	21
The promise of automated machine learning for the genetic analysis of complex traits	21
Cross-ancestry genetic architecture and prediction for cholesterol traits	21
Advancements and limitations in polygenic risk score methods for genomic prediction: a scoping review	21
lncRNA CDKN2B-AS1 regulates collagen expression	20
The missing link: ARID1B non-truncating variants causing Coffin-Siris syndrome due to protein aggregation	19
Mendelian randomization analysis reveals causal relationships between gut microbiome and optic neuritis	18
Genomics and inclusion of Indigenous peoples in high income countries	18
Human ABL1 deficiency syndrome (HADS) is a recognizable syndrome distinct from ABL1-related congenital heart defects and skeletal malformations syndrome	18
Integrating eQTL and GWAS data characterises established and identifies novel migraine risk loci	18
Comprehensive analysis of microsatellite polymorphisms in human populations	18
Understanding the pathogenesis of brain arteriovenous malformation: genetic variations, epigenetics, signaling pathways, and immune inflammation	18
Impact of calmodulin missense variants associated with congenital arrhythmia on the thermal stability and the degree of unfolding	18
Genomics and justice: mitigating the potential harms and inequities that arise from the implementation of genomics in medicine	17
Usher syndrome IIIA: a review of the disorder and preclinical research advances in therapeutic approaches	17
Evaluating marginal genetic correlation of associated loci for complex diseases and traits between European and East Asian populations	17
What makes a good prediction? Feature importance and beginning to open the black box of machine learning in genetics	17
GATA4 and estrogen receptor alpha bind at SNPs rs9921222 and rs10794639 to regulate AXIN1 expression in osteoblasts	17
An AI-based approach driven by genotypes and phenotypes to uplift the diagnostic yield of genetic diseases	17
Genome-wide assessment of shared genetic landscape of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and its comorbidities	17
FOXM1 c.1205 C > A mutation is associated with unilateral Moyamoya disease and inhibits angiogenesis in human brain endothelial cells	17
Exploring the missing heritability in subjects with hearing loss, enlarged vestibular aqueducts, and a single or no pathogenic SLC26A4 variant	16
Congenital enteropathy caused by ezrin deficiency	16
Hearing loss and tinnitus: association studies for complex-hearing disorders in mouse and man	16
A novel 193-plex MPS panel integrating STRs and SNPs highlights the application value of forensic genetics in individual identification and paternity testing	16
Variants in CDH23 cause a broad spectrum of hearing loss: from non-syndromic to syndromic hearing loss as well as from congenital to age-related hearing loss	16
Secondary findings in hereditary cancer genes after germline genetic testing – systematic review of literature	16
Enrichment of self-domestication and neural crest function loci in the heritability of neurodevelopmental disorders	16
Prevalence and clinical features of autosomal dominant and recessive TMC1-associated hearing loss	15
Retraction Note to: Revisiting the male genetic landscape of China: a multi-center study of almost 38,000 Y-STR haplotypes	15
A pathogenic deletion in Forkhead Box L1 (FOXL1) identifies the first otosclerosis (OTSC) gene	15
Publisher Correction: Gene expression levels modulate germline mutation rates through the compound effects of transcription-coupled repair and damage	15
Revealing modifier variations characterizations for elucidating the genetic basis of human phenotypic variations	15
AudioGene: refining the natural history of KCNQ4, GSDME, WFS1, and COCH-associated hearing loss	15
Rare homozygous cilia gene variants identified in consanguineous congenital heart disease patients	15

Exploring the effects of missense mutations on protein thermodynamics through structure-based approaches: findings from the CAGI6 challenges	14
Transcriptomic reprogramming for neuronal age reversal	14
Predicting functional consequences of mutations using molecular interaction network features	14
Signatures of genetic variation in human microRNAs point to processes of positive selection and population-specific disease risks	14
Ethical considerations in gene selection for reproductive carrier screening	14
Heterozygous variants in the DVL2 interaction region of DACT1 cause CAKUT and features of Townes–Brocks syndrome 2	14
Genetic etiology of hereditary hearing loss in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries	13
SLC10A7, an orphan member of the SLC10 family involved in congenital disorders of glycosylation	13
BMP3 is a novel locus involved in the causality of ocular coloboma	13
Miscarriage risk assessment: a bioinformatic approach to identifying candidate lethal genes and variants	13
CHD7 variants associated with hearing loss and enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct	13
Restriction enzyme selection dictates detection range sensitivity in chromatin conformation capture-based variant-to-gene mapping approaches	13
Genetic architecture and phenotypic landscape of deafness and onychodystrophy syndromes	13
Toward a comprehensive catalog of regulatory elements	13
The genetics of non-monogenic IBD	12
Trypsinogen (PRSS1 and PRSS2) gene dosage correlates with pancreatitis risk across genetic and transgenic studies: a systematic review and re-analysis	12
Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization analysis provide insights into the shared genetic architecture between high-dimensional electrocardiographic features and ischemic heart disease	12
Identification of atlastin genetic modifiers in a model of hereditary spastic paraplegia in Drosophila	12
Identification of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment genes through the study of consanguineous and non-consanguineous families: past, present, and future	12
Colocalization of expression transcripts with COVID-19 outcomes is rare across cell states, cell types and organs	12
Comprehensive interpretation of single-nucleotide substitutions in GJB2 reveals the genetic and phenotypic landscape of GJB2-related hearing loss	11
Dissection of mendelian predisposition and complex genetic architecture of craniovertebral junction malformation	11
Human deafness-associated variants alter the dynamics of key molecules in hair cell stereocilia F-actin cores	11
Collagen transport and related pathways in Osteogenesis Imperfecta	11
Clinical and genetic characterization of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) in 29 Iranian patients: identification of 11 novel mutations	11
Biallelic CLCN2 mutations cause retinal degeneration by impairing retinal pigment epithelium phagocytosis and chloride channel function	11
Examination of the shared genetic architecture between multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus facilitates discovery of novel lupus risk loci	11
Advances in long-read single-cell transcriptomics	11
Variant-specific effects define the phenotypic spectrum of HNRNPH2-associated neurodevelopmental disorders in males	11
Identification of TACSTD2 as novel therapeutic targets for cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury by multi-omics data integration	10
Classification of NF1 microdeletions and its importance for establishing genotype/phenotype correlations in patients with NF1 microdeletions	10
Update on CD164 and LMX1A genes to strengthen their causative role in autosomal dominant hearing loss	10
oFlowSeq: a quantitative approach to identify protein coding mutations affecting cell type enrichment using mosaic CRISPR-Cas9 edited cerebral organoids	10
CRISPR/Cas-based gene editing in therapeutic strategies for beta-thalassemia	10
Fanconi anemia: current insights regarding epidemiology, cancer, and DNA repair	10
Genome-wide analysis of mitochondrial DNA copy number reveals loci implicated in nucleotide metabolism, platelet activation, and megakaryocyte proliferation	10
An augmented transformer model trained on protein family specific variant data leads to improved prediction of variants of uncertain significance	10
Prospective phenotyping of CHAMP1 disorder indicates that coding mutations may not act through haploinsufficiency	10
Usher syndrome type IV: clinically and molecularly confirmed by novel ARSG variants	10
Long-read sequencing reveals the complex structure of extra dic(21;21) chromosome and its biological effects	10
Radiographical Survey of Osteochondrodysplasia in Scottish Fold Cats caused by the TRPV4 gene variant	10
Assessing the predicted impact of single amino acid substitutions in MAPK proteins for CAGI6 challenges	10
Overlapping pathogenic de novo CNVs in neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital anomalies impacting constraint genes regulating early development	10