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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The people behind the papers – Ya Min, Stephanie Conway and Elena Kramer	111
Harnessing developmental cues for cardiomyocyte production	102
Zasp52 strengthens whole embryo tissue integrity through supracellular actomyosin networks	95
Abscisic acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation	90
Alignment of the cell long axis by unidirectional tension acts cooperatively with Wnt signalling to establish planar cell polarity	77
MIG-23 is involved in sperm migration by modulating extracellular ATP levels in Ascaris suum	73
The Forest of Biologists – for biologists, for biology	70
Local protein synthesis of neuronal MT1-MMP for agrin-induced presynaptic development	69
Patterning on the move: the effects of Hh morphogen source movement on signaling dynamics	68
A low-sugar diet enhancesDrosophilabody size in males and females via sex-specific mechanisms	67
Csf1rb regulates definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish	66
The people behind the papers – Jake Turley	64
The Excursion	60
Developmental and evolutionary comparative analysis of a regulatory landscape in mouse and chicken	59
Ernest Arenas (1962-2024): a legacy of advancing dopaminergic neurogenesis research	57
hnRNPH1 establishes Sertoli–germ cell crosstalk through cooperation with PTBP1 and AR, and is essential for male fertility in mice	57
The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation	57
Defective mesothelium and limited physical space are drivers of dysregulated lung development in a genetic model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia	54
The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum	52
Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse	51
Normal cell cycle progression requires negative regulation of E2F1 by Groucho during S phase and its relief at G2 phase	51
The people behind the papers – Kelsey Brooks and Shawn Chavez	50
Correction: Wt1 transcription factor impairs cardiomyocyte specification and drives a phenotypic switch from myocardium to epicardium	49
In preprints: new insights into truncated radial glia	48
PHLPP1 regulates CFTR activity and lumen expansion through AMPK	42

Cdkn1c orchestrates a molecular network that regulates euploidy of male mouse germline stem cells	41
HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples	40
Cadherin adhesion complexes direct cell aggregation in the epithelial transition of Wnt-induced nephron progenitor cells	40
Shared cis-regulatory modules control expression of the tandem paralogs midline and H15 in the follicular epithelium	39
Destabilisation of bam transcripts terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation	38
Nup107 contributes to the maternal-to-zygotic transition by preventing the premature nuclear export of pri-miR427	38
Approaches to benchmark and characterize in vitro human model systems	37
Sall4 regulates posterior trunk mesoderm development by promoting mesodermal gene expression and repressing neural genes in the mesoderm	37
Drosophilaembryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization	35
Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter	35
Aberrant centrosome biogenesis disrupts nephron and collecting duct progenitor growth and fate resulting in fibrocystic kidney disease	35
FOXC1 and FOXC2 regulate growth plate chondrocyte maturation towards hypertrophy in the embryonic mouse limb skeleton	35
Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos	35
Ccn2a-FGFR1-SHH signaling is necessary for intervertebral disc homeostasis and regeneration in adult zebrafish	35