OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The people behind the papers – Yanmei Tao and Zhengdong Wei	119
Pten inhibition dedifferentiates long-distance axon-regenerating intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and upregulates mitochondria-associated Dynlt1a and Lars2	111
Zasp52 strengthens whole embryo tissue integrity through supracellular actomyosin networks	109
Harnessing developmental cues for cardiomyocyte production	82
The role of O-GlcNAcylation in development	80
In preprints: new insights into truncated radial glia	80
Alignment of the cell long axis by unidirectional tension acts cooperatively with Wnt signalling to establish planar cell polarity	78
Quantitative videomicroscopy reveals latent control of cell-pair rotations in vivo	76
The people behind the papers – Jake Turley	71
The Forest of Biologists – for biologists, for biology	69
PHLPP1 regulates CFTR activity and lumen expansion through AMPK	65
A new cell culture resource for investigations of reptilian gene function	65
Nup107 contributes to the maternal-to-zygotic transition by preventing the premature nuclear export of pri-miR427	65
Correction: Wt1 transcription factor impairs cardiomyocyte specification and drives a phenotypic switch from myocardium to epicardium	63
Approaches to benchmark and characterize in vitro human model systems	59
FOXC1 and FOXC2 regulate growth plate chondrocyte maturation towards hypertrophy in the embryonic mouse limb skeleton	58
Nutritional control of developmental processes	56
hnRNPH1 establishes Sertoli–germ cell crosstalk through cooperation with PTBP1 and AR, and is essential for male fertility in mice	54
Csf1rb regulates definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish	52
Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos	45
Cerebellum lineage allocation, morphogenesis and repair: impact of interplay amongst cells	43
The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation	43
Aberrant centrosome biogenesis disrupts nephron and collecting duct progenitor growth and fate resulting in fibrocystic kidney disease	42
Normal cell cycle progression requires negative regulation of E2F1 by Groucho during S phase and its relief at G2 phase	42
The people behind the papers – Kelsey Brooks and Shawn Chavez	42

In preprints: retinoic acid degradation and tissue stiffness coordinate axolotl limb regeneration	42
Drosophilaembryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization	41
The Excursion	41
Cadherin adhesion complexes direct cell aggregation in the epithelial transition of Wnt-induced nephron progenitor cells	40
The genetic basis of natural variation in the timing of vegetative phase change inArabidopsis thaliana	38
Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter	38
Developmental and evolutionary comparative analysis of a regulatory landscape in mouse and chicken	37
The combined action of Esrrb and Nr5a2 is essential for murine naïve pluripotency	36
Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse	35
Ccn2a-FGFR1-SHH signaling is necessary for intervertebral disc homeostasis and regeneration in adult zebrafish	35