OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Cell Biology is 29. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Outside Front Cover	131
Editorial Board	79
Outside Back Cover	67
You can go your own way: SNX-BAR coat complexes direct traffic at late endosomes	62
Cell competition and the regulation of protein homeostasis	61
Macropinocytosis at the crossroad between nutrient scavenging and metabolism in cancer	59
Characterizing intracellular mechanics via optical tweezers-based microrheology	52
Separation of powers: A key feature underlying the neuroprotective role of Retromer in age-related neurodegenerative disease?	49
Development of a multiciliated cell	48
Outside Front Cover	47
Editorial Board	46
TERRA long noncoding RNA: At the interphase of telomere damage, rescue and signaling	46
Is macropinocytosis more than just a passive gulp?	45
Emerging mechanisms and dynamics of three-dimensional genome organisation at zygotic genome activation	42
Outside Back Cover	40
Cadherins and the cortex: A matter of time?	40
The unconventional role of vimentin intermediate filaments	40
The cell biology of Extracellular Vesicles: A jigsaw puzzle with a myriad of pieces	40
Evolution and diversification of mitochondrial protein import systems	38
Traffic flow and signals: Regulating the movement within cells	38
Quantifying and visualising the nuances of cellular dynamics in vivo using intravital imaging	38
In silico labeling in cell biology: Potential and limitations	37
De novo hematopoietic (stem) cell generation — A differentiation or stochastic process?	36
Receptors, enzymes and self-attraction as autocrine generators and amplifiers of chemotaxis and cell steering	35
Barotaxis: How cells live and move under pressure	34

Engines of change: Nonmuscle myosin II in mechanobiology	32
Cellular spartans at the pass: Emerging intricacies of cell competition in early and late tumorigenesis	32
Advanced models of human skeletal muscle differentiation, development and disease: Three-dimensional cultures, organoids and beyond	30
Outside Back Cover	30
Dynamins in human diseases: differential requirement of dynamin activity in distinct tissues	29
Editorial Board	29