OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biological Rhythms is 6. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Unstable Phase Response Curves Shown by Spatiotemporal Patterns in the Plant Root Circadian Clock	173
Reduced Plasticity in Coupling Strength in the Aging SCN Clock as Revealed by Kuramoto Modeling	80
Impact of Simulated Rotating Shift Work on Mammary Tumor Development in the p53^R270H©/+WAPCre Mouse Model for Breast Cancer	50
Divergent Circadian Foraging Strategies in Response to Diurnal Predation Versus Persistent Rain in Asian Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, Suggest Possible Energetic Trade-offs	29
The Estrous Cycle Coordinates the Circadian Rhythm of Eating Behavior in Mice	28
Nanda-Hamner Curves Show Huge Latitudinal Variation but No Circadian Components in Drosophila Montana Photoperiodism	23
Estradiol Regulates Circadian Responses to Acute and Constant Light Exposure in Female Mice	20
Shared Components of the FRQ-Less Oscillator and TOR Pathway Maintain Rhythmicity in Neurospora	19
Comments on Block et al., Pittendrigh Remembered, 2023	19
Characterizing Gun Violence by Time, Day of the Week, Holidays, and Month in 6 US Cities, 2015-2021	17
Sensitive Timing: A Reappraisal of Chronobiology’s Foundational Texts	17
Circadian Interactomics: How Research Into Protein-Protein Interactions Beyond the Core Clock Has Influenced the Model of Circadian Timekeeping	17
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial on the Effects of Chronotherapy on Sleep	17
Time of Day of Vaccination Affects SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses in an Observational Study of Health Care Workers	16
Regular Caffeine Intake Delays REM Sleep Promotion and Attenuates Sleep Quality in Healthy Men	16
Adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to Long Photoperiods of High-Latitude Summers Is Facilitated by the ls-Timeless Allele	16
Prolonged Light Exposure Induces Circadian Impairment in Aquaporin-4-Knockout Mice	15
Antisense Transcription of the Neurospora Frequency Gene Is Rhythmically Regulated by CSP-1 Repressor but Dispensable for Clock Function	14
S-Cone Photoreceptors Regulate Daily Rhythms and Light-Induced Arousal/Wakefulness in Diurnal Grass Rats (Arvicanthis niloticus)	14
Generation and Disruption of Circadian Rhythms in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: A Core-Shell Model	14
Bacteria and Bellicosity: Photoperiodic Shifts in Gut Microbiota Drive Seasonal Aggressive Behavior in Male Siberian Hamsters	12
Longitudinal Location Influences Preference for Daylight Saving Time	11
Time of Day of Vaccination Does Not Associate With SARS–CoV–2 Antibody Titer Following First Dose of mRNA COVID–19 Vaccine	10
Evolutionary Constraint on Visual and Nonvisual Mammalian Opsins	9
Circadian Adaptation of Melatonin and Cortisol in Police Officers Working Rotating Shifts	9

A Subset of Circadian Neurons Expressing dTRPA1 Enables Appropriate Phasing of Activity Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster Under Warm Temperatures	9
A Naturalistic Actigraphic Assessment of Changes in Adolescent Sleep, Light Exposure, and Activity Before and During COVID-19	9
Examining the Efficacy of Bright Light Therapy on Cognitive Function in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors	8
Evaluating the Adaptive Fitness of Circadian Clocks and their Evolution	8
Evening Light Intensity and Phase Delay of the Circadian Clock in Early Childhood	8
Correction to “Corrigendum to “Transcriptomic plasticity of the circadian clock in response to photoperiod: A study in male melatonin-competent mice””	8
Steve Brown	8
Using Wearable Skin Temperature Data to Advance Tracking and Characterization of the Menstrual Cycle in a Real-World Setting	8
The Free-Running Circasemilunar Period Is Determined by Counting Circadian Clock Cycles in the Marine Midge Clunio Marinus	8
The Molecular Circadian Clock Is a Target of Anti-cancer Translation Inhibitors	8
Using Polygenic Scores for Circadian Rhythms to Predict Wellbeing, Depressive Symptoms, Chronotype, and Health	8
Circadian Regulation of the Neuroimmune Environment Across the Lifespan: From Brain Development to Aging	7
Modern Language for Modern Circadian Biologists: The End of the “Slave” Oscillator	7
Roles for the Synechococcus elongatus RNA-Binding Protein Rbp2 in Regulating the Circadian Clock	7
Coupling Between Subregional Oscillators Within the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Determines Free-Running Period in the Rat	7
Sex Inclusion in Transcriptome Studies of Daily Rhythms	7
Circadian Rhythms in Fear Extinction Recall Depend on the Time of Day of Extinction Recall, Not the Time of Day of Extinction Learning	7
Michael Menaker (1934-2021)	7
Transcriptomic Plasticity of the Circadian Clock in Response to Photoperiod: A Study in Male Melatonin-Competent Mice	7
Integration of Circadian Clock Information in the Drosophila Circadian Neuronal Network	7
Biological Sex Influences Daily Locomotor Rhythms in Mice Held Under Different Housing Conditions	7
The Circadian Clock, the Brain, and COVID-19: The Cases of Olfaction and the Timing of Sleep	6
Ambient Temperature as a Strong Zeitgeber of Circadian Rhythms in Response to Temperature Sensitivity and Poor Heat Dissipation Abilities in Subterranean African Mole-Rats	6
Impact of Light Schedules and Model Parameters on the Circadian Outcomes of Individuals	6
Persistence of Nocturnality in Decapitated and Bisected Flatworms	6
Time of Day of BNT162b2 COVID-19 Immunization Affects Total SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Levels but Not Neutralizing Activity	6
Corrigendum to “Transcriptomic plasticity of the circadian clock in response to photoperiod: A study in male melatonin-competent mice”	6
Diurnal Variation in SARS-CoV-2 PCR Test Results: Test Accuracy May Vary by Time of Day	6
Bright Light Increases Alertness and Not Cortisol in Healthy Men: A Forced Desynchrony Study Under Dim and Bright Light (I)	6
The Associations of Chronotype and Shift Work With Rheumatoid Arthritis	6
Association Between Augmentation Index and Total Sleep Time in Night Shift Workers	6
Investigating the Roles for Essential Genes in the Regulation of the Circadian Clock in Synechococcus elongatus Using CRISPR Interference	6