OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genes & Development is 35. 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
NDF is a transcription factor that stimulates elongation by RNA polymerase II	317
Tnpo3 enables EBF1 function in conditions of antagonistic Notch signaling	159
A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels	117
Three-layered control of mRNA poly(A) tail synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	111
The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination	106
ALL-tRNAseq enables robust tRNA profiling in tissue samples	84
WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma	84
ASCL1 represses a SOX9⁺ neural crest stem-like state in small cell lung cancer	80
RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity	65
RUNX1 is required in granulocyte–monocyte progenitors to attenuate inflammatory cytokine production by neutrophils	63
ZFP451-mediated SUMOylation of SATB2 drives embryonic stem cell differentiation	57
A nonneural miRNA cluster mediates hearing via repression of two neural targets	56
Molecular basis of mRNA transport by a kinesin-1–atypical tropomyosin complex	55
How do genomes encode developmental time?	54
RNA Pol II pausing facilitates phased pluripotency transitions by buffering transcription	53
Corrigendum: Hierarchical reactivation of transcription during mitosis-to-G1 transition by Brn2 and Ascl1 in neural stem cells	52
The evolving tale of Pol2 function	49
Minding the message: tactics controlling RNA decay, modification, and translation in virus-infected cells	49
CDK4loss-of-function mutations cause microcephaly and short stature	49
Notch induces transcription by stimulating release of paused RNA polymerase II	47
Metabolic partitioning in the brain and its hijacking by glioblastoma	46
Oct4 redox sensitivity potentiates reprogramming and differentiation	44
The biological underpinnings of therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer	42
Rap1 regulates TIP60 function during fate transition between two-cell-like and pluripotent states	41
The evolution of metazoan shelterin	41

Systematic functional characterization of antisense eRNA of protocadherin α composite enhancer	40
Recognition of acetylated histone by Yaf9 regulates metabolic cycling of transcription initiation and chromatin regulatory factors	40
Histone bivalency regulates the timing of cerebellar granule cell development	40
USP7 substrates identified by proteomics analysis reveal the specificity of USP7	38
Letters to the Editor	38
Unraveling the complexity of thermogenic remodeling of white fat reveals potential antiobesity therapies	37
Two unrelated distal genes activated by a shared enhancer benefit from localizing inside the same small topological domain	37
Tolerance thresholds underlie responses to DNA damage during germline development	35
Opening the window for endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition	35
Proteomic insights into circadian transcription regulation: novel E-box interactors revealed by proximity labeling	35