OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Cell Biology is 28. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Outside Front Cover	91
Editorial Board	72
Outside Back Cover	70
Editorial Board	58
Macropinocytosis at the crossroad between nutrient scavenging and metabolism in cancer	54
Outside Front Cover	50
Is macropinocytosis more than just a passive gulp?	48
You can go your own way: SNX-BAR coat complexes direct traffic at late endosomes	45
Separation of powers: A key feature underlying the neuroprotective role of Retromer in age-related neurodegenerative disease?	44
Cell competition and the regulation of protein homeostasis	43
Leveraging phylogenetic diversity: Cellular dynamics in non-model organisms	43
Development of a multiciliated cell	41
TERRA long noncoding RNA: At the interphase of telomere damage, rescue and signaling	39
Driving cancer: Motor and adaptor protein dysregulation in endocytic receptor signalling	36
Outside Back Cover	35
Editorial Board	35
Characterizing intracellular mechanics via optical tweezers-based microrheology	35
De novo hematopoietic (stem) cell generation — A differentiation or stochastic process?	34
In silico labeling in cell biology: Potential and limitations	34
Traffic flow and signals: Regulating the movement within cells	32
Receptors, enzymes and self-attraction as autocrine generators and amplifiers of chemotaxis and cell steering	31
The unconventional role of vimentin intermediate filaments	30
Editorial Board	30
The cell biology of Extracellular Vesicles: A jigsaw puzzle with a myriad of pieces	30
Cadherins and the cortex: A matter of time?	29

Forced back into shape: Mechanics of epithelial wound repair	29
Editorial Board	29
Outside Back Cover	29
Functional analysis of Hikeshi reveals physiological significance of nuclear Hsp70	28
Protein condensates as flexible platforms for membrane traffic	28
Cellular spartans at the pass: Emerging intricacies of cell competition in early and late tumorigenesis	28
Notch-mediated cellular interactions between vascular cells	28