OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Reproduction and Development is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Zygotic gene activation in mice: profile and regulation	36
Current status of the application of gene editing in pigs	20
Regulation of primordial follicle formation, dormancy, and activation in mice	17
Exosomes derived from placental trophoblast cells regulate endometrial epithelial receptivity in dairy cows during pregnancy	16
Predisposing factors, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of persistent endometritis in postpartum cows	12
Time-lapse monitoring technologies for the selection of bovine <i>in vitro</i> fertilized embryos with high implantation potential	11
Supplementing media with NAD<sup>+</sup> precursors enhances the <i>in vitro</i> maturation of porcine oocytes	11
Advanced maternal age induces fetal growth restriction through decreased placental inflammatory cytokine expression and immune cell accumulation in mice	11
Reestablishment of transzonal projections and growth of bovine oocytes <i>in vitro</i>	11
Differentially methylated CpG sites related to fertility in Japanese Black bull spermatozoa: epigenetic biomarker candidates to predict sire conception rate	10
Production of offspring from vacuum-dried mouse spermatozoa and assessing the effect of drying conditions on sperm DNA and embryo development	9
Insights into the NAD<sup>+</sup> biosynthesis pathways involved during meiotic maturation and spindle formation in porcine oocytes	9
Recent progress of interferon-tau research and potential direction beyond pregnancy recognition	8
Serotonergic signals enhanced hamster sperm hyperactivation	8
Effects of oocyte-derived growth factors on the growth of porcine oocytes and oocyte–cumulus cell complexes <i>in vitro</i>	8
Rapamycin maintains the primordial follicle pool and protects ovarian reserve against cyclophosphamide-induced damage	8
Three-dimensional live imaging of bovine embryos by optical coherence tomography	8
HGF/c-Met signaling regulates early differentiation of placental trophoblast cells	8
Local administration of Neurokinin B in the arcuate nucleus accelerates the neural activity of the GnRH pulse generator in goats	8
Apoptosis, autophagic cell death, and necroptosis: different types of programmed cell death in bovine corpus luteum regression	8
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and bi- and multi-nucleated trophoblast cell formation in ovine conceptuses during the peri-implantation period	7
NAD<sup>+</sup>, Sirtuins and PARPs: enhancing oocyte developmental competence	7
Sequential preovulatory expression of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-inducible gene, <i>Nr4a3</i>, and its suppressor <i>Anxa5</i> in the pituitary gland of female rats	7
Cell cycle regulation for meiosis in mammalian germ cells	6
<i>In vitro</i> production of viable eggs from isolated mouse primary follicles by successive culture	6

Effects of heat stress on the endometrial epidermal growth factor profile and fertility in dairy cows	6
Assisted reproductive techniques for canines: preservation of genetic material in domestic dogs	6
Expression and regulation of estrogen receptor 2 and its coregulators in mouse granulosa cells	6
Intrauterine administration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) improves embryo implantation in mice by regulating local Treg/Th17 cell balance	6
Influence of different cellular concentrations of boar sperm suspensions on the induction of capacitation and acrosome reaction	6
Transcriptome analysis reveals transforming growth factor-β1 prevents extracellular matrix degradation and cell adhesion during the follicular-luteal transition in cows	6
Accumulation of senescent cells in the stroma of aged mouse ovary	6
Direct embryotoxicity of chromium (III) exposure during preimplantation development	6
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species regulate mitochondrial biogenesis in porcine embryos	6
An attempt at estrus detection in cattle by continuous measurements of ventral tail base surface temperature with supervised machine learning	6
Cleavage-embryo genes and transposable elements are regulated by histone variant H2A.X	5
Possible causes and treatment strategies for the estrus and ovulation disorders in dairy cows	5
Sperm induce proinflammatory responses in the uterus and peripheral blood immune cells of artificially inseminated cows	5
Effects of hypercaloric diet-induced hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia on the ovarian follicular development in mice	5
Generation of viable calves derived from developmentally mature blastocysts produced by on-gel culture	5
Mouse <i>in vivo</i>-derived late 2-cell embryos have higher developmental competence after high osmolality vitrification and −80°C preservation than IVF or ICSI embryos	5
Cervix–rectum temperature differential at the time of insemination is correlated with the potential for pregnancy in dairy cows	5
Corticosterone induced apoptosis of mouse oviduct epithelial cells independent of the TNF-α system	5
<i>In vitro</i> growth of bovine oocytes in oocyte-cumulus cell complexes and the effect of follicle stimulating hormone on the growth of oocytes	5
Central somatostatin-somatostatin receptor 2 signaling mediates lactational suppression of luteinizing hormone release via the inhibition of glutamatergic interneurons during late lactation in rats	5
Ovarian response to prostaglandin F<sub>2α</sub> in lactating dairy cows: A clinical update	5
Oocyte-specific gene knockdown by intronic artificial microRNAs driven by <i>Zp3</i> transcription in mice	5
Disruption of piRNA machinery by deletion of ASZ1/GASZ results in the expression of aberrant chimeric transcripts in gonocytes	5
Progesterone increases the success of <i>in vitro</i> fertilization via enhanced sperm hyperactivation in mice	4
Metabolic pathways regulating the development and non-genomic heritable traits of germ cells	4
Sex difference in developmental changes in visualized <i>Kiss1</i> neurons in newly generated <i>Kiss1-Cre</i> rats	4
Effects of exposure to methylglyoxal on sperm motility and embryonic development after fertilization in mice	4
Effects of glutathione treatments during sperm washing and <i>in vitro</i> fertilization on the <i>in vitro</i> early development of embryos of Japanese Black cattle	4
Effects of different cyclooxygenase inhibitors on prostaglandin E<sub>2</sub> production, steroidogenesis and ovulation of bovine preovulatory follicles	4
Roles of cell differentiation factors in preimplantation development of domestic animals	4
Effects of the temperature-humidity index on conception rates in Holstein heifers and cows receiving <i>in vitro</i>-produced Japanese Black cattle embryos	4
Steroidal but not embryonic regulation of mucin 1 expression in bovine endometrium	4
Maintenance of mouse trophoblast stem cells in KSR-based medium allows conventional 3D culture	4
Implications of the RhoA/Rho associated kinase pathway and leptin in primary uterine inertia in the dog	4
Transcription factor OTX2 silences the expression of cleavage embryo genes and transposable elements	4
The large cytoplasmic volume of oocyte	4
Generation of germ cell-deficient pigs by <i>NANOS3</i> knockout	4
Presence of multiple corpora lutea affects the luteolytic response to prostaglandin F<sub>2α</sub> in lactating dairy cows	4
Predicting the start of calving in Japanese Black cattle using camera image analysis	4
Effects of short-term dietary supplementation on the number of ovarian follicles, quantity and quality of oocytes, and <i>in vitro</i> embryo production in Japanese Black cows	4