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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Outside Front Cover	92
Editorial Board	74
Outside Back Cover	72
Editorial Board	60
Editorial Board	55
Outside Front Cover	53
Is macropinocytosis more than just a passive gulp?	48
You can go your own way: SNX-BAR coat complexes direct traffic at late endosomes	47
Leveraging phylogenetic diversity: Cellular dynamics in non-model organisms	45
Separation of powers: A key feature underlying the neuroprotective role of Retromer in age-related neurodegenerative disease?	45
Cell competition and the regulation of protein homeostasis	44
Development of a multiciliated cell	43
Macropinocytosis at the crossroad between nutrient scavenging and metabolism in cancer	40
TERRA long noncoding RNA: At the interphase of telomere damage, rescue and signaling	38
Outside Back Cover	36
Driving cancer: Motor and adaptor protein dysregulation in endocytic receptor signalling	36
Characterizing intracellular mechanics via optical tweezers-based microrheology	36
De novo hematopoietic (stem) cell generation — A differentiation or stochastic process?	35
Traffic flow and signals: Regulating the movement within cells	34
Cadherins and the cortex: A matter of time?	33
Receptors, enzymes and self-attraction as autocrine generators and amplifiers of chemotaxis and cell steering	33
The unconventional role of vimentin intermediate filaments	32
In silico labeling in cell biology: Potential and limitations	32
The cell biology of Extracellular Vesicles: A jigsaw puzzle with a myriad of pieces	32
Cellular spartans at the pass: Emerging intricacies of cell competition in early and late tumorigenesis	31

Editorial Board	31
Physical forces modulate interphase nuclear size	30
Engines of change: Nonmuscle myosin II in mechanobiology	29
Editorial Board	29
Dynamins in human diseases: differential requirement of dynamin activity in distinct tissues	29
Protein condensates as flexible platforms for membrane traffic	29
Outside Back Cover	29
Functional analysis of Hikeshi reveals physiological significance of nuclear Hsp70	29