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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The people behind the papers – Stanley Strawbridge	130
The people behind the papers – Ya Min, Stephanie Conway and Elena Kramer	120
Aberrant centrosome biogenesis disrupts nephron and collecting duct progenitor growth and fate resulting in fibrocystic kidney disease	97
The Excursion	90
Cerebellum lineage allocation, morphogenesis and repair: impact of interplay amongst cells	85
Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse	84
Shared cis-regulatory modules control expression of the tandem paralogs midline and H15 in the follicular epithelium	83
The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum	77
HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples	75
Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter	75
The genetic basis of natural variation in the timing of vegetative phase change inArabidopsis thaliana	70
Quantitative videomicroscopy reveals latent control of cell-pair rotations in vivo	67
Frozen potential: embryo research at the crossroads of ethics, regulation and scientific opportunity	65
The people behind the papers – Kelsey Brooks and Shawn Chavez	60
Cdkn1c orchestrates a molecular network that regulates euploidy of male mouse germline stem cells	54
MIG-23 is involved in sperm migration by modulating extracellular ATP levels in Ascaris suum	50
Destabilisation of bam transcripts terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation	49
Ernest Arenas (1962-2024): a legacy of advancing dopaminergic neurogenesis research	49
The people behind the papers – Jake Turley	45
In preprints: new insights into truncated radial glia	45
The Forest of Biologists – for biologists, for biology	44
Correction: Wt1 transcription factor impairs cardiomyocyte specification and drives a phenotypic switch from myocardium to epicardium	42
Nup107 contributes to the maternal-to-zygotic transition by preventing the premature nuclear export of pri-miR427	42
The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation	42
Normal cell cycle progression requires negative regulation of E2F1 by Groucho during S phase and its relief at G2 phase	41

In preprints: retinoic acid degradation and tissue stiffness coordinate axolotl limb regeneration	40
Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos	39
Csf1rb regulates definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish	39
Zasp52 strengthens whole embryo tissue integrity through supracellular actomyosin networks	38
The people behind the papers – Yanmei Tao and Zhengdong Wei	37
Adhesion strength, cell packing density and cell surface buckling in pericellular matrix-mediated tissue cohesion	37
Pten inhibition dedifferentiates long-distance axon-regenerating intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and upregulates mitochondria-associated Dynlt1a and Lars2	36
A new cell culture resource for investigations of reptilian gene function	36
Notch-dependent DNAcis-regulatory elements and their dose-dependent control ofC. elegansstem cell self-renewal	35
Abscisic acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation	35
An interview with Meritxell (Meri) Huch	35
PHLPP1 regulates CFTR activity and lumen expansion through AMPK	35