OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Cell Biology is 15. 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
Separation of powers: A key feature underlying the neuroprotective role of Retromer in age-related neurodegenerative disease?	45
Leveraging phylogenetic diversity: Cellular dynamics in non-model organisms	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
Driving cancer: Motor and adaptor protein dysregulation in endocytic receptor signalling	36
Characterizing intracellular mechanics via optical tweezers-based microrheology	36
Outside Back Cover	36
De novo hematopoietic (stem) cell generation — A differentiation or stochastic process?	35
Traffic flow and signals: Regulating the movement within cells	34
Receptors, enzymes and self-attraction as autocrine generators and amplifiers of chemotaxis and cell steering	33
Cadherins and the cortex: A matter of time?	33
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
The unconventional role of vimentin intermediate filaments	32
Editorial Board	31

Cellular spartans at the pass: Emerging intricacies of cell competition in early and late tumorigenesis	31
Physical forces modulate interphase nuclear size	30
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
Engines of change: Nonmuscle myosin II in mechanobiology	29
Editorial Board	29
Notch-mediated cellular interactions between vascular cells	28
Forced back into shape: Mechanics of epithelial wound repair	28
Autophagy regulation by signaling	27
The molecular biophysics of extracellular vimentin and its role in pathogen–host interactions	27
The adaptable caveola coat generates a plasma membrane sensory system	27
Helical motion and torque generation by microtubule motors	27
The dynamic nuclear envelope: resilience in health and dysfunction in disease	27
Emerging mechanisms of COPII adaptation for large cargo ER export	27
Nuclear lipid droplet: Guardian of nuclear membrane lipid homeostasis?	27
Organizing principles underlying COPII-mediated transport	26
Functions and regulated material states of cytoskeletal condensates	26
Reading oscillatory instructions: How cells achieve time-dependent responses to oscillating transcription factors	26
Outside Front Cover - Journal name, Cover image, Volume issue details, ISSN, Cover Date, Elsevier Logo and Society Logo if required	24
Rediscovering the intricacies of secretory granule biogenesis	24
Decoding the cell nucleus	24
A molecular systems perspective on calcium oscillations beyond ion fluxes	24
Stress-protecting harbors for hematopoietic stem cells	24
Mitotic signalling in progenitor cells: Integrating cell division with cell specification	24
Mechanobiology of myeloid cells	23
Protein folding and quality control during nuclear transport	23
Regulatory events controlling ER-phagy	23
Vertex remodeling during epithelial morphogenesis	23
Signaling oscillations: Molecular mechanisms and functional roles	23
ROS and the cell cycle: Cycling in and out of the comfort zone of redox control	23
License to drive: Receptor-mediated ER exit of proteins and lipids	22
Shaping up: Recent advances in the study of plant calcium channels	22
Mechanisms of cellular fitness and cell competition: Towards an integrated view	22
The nature of the root clock at single cell resolution: Principles of communication and similarities with plant and animal pulsatile and circadian mechanisms	22
In situ studies of membrane biology by cryo-electron tomography	22
Piecing together the structural organisation of lipid exchange at membrane contact sites	22
Rethinking tubulin acetylation: From regulation to cellular adaptation	22
Sperm-specific proteins: new implications for diagnostic development and cancer immunotherapy	22
Navigating confinement: Mechanotransduction and metabolic adaptation	21
Mechanical regulation of the Notch signaling pathway	21
Follow the flow: Actin and membrane act as an integrated system to globally coordinate cell shape and movement	21
Mitochondria and cell death signalling	21
Replication-transcription symbiosis in the mammalian nucleus: The art of living together	20
Outside Back Cover	20
Dynamic structure of the cytoplasm	20
Nuclear speckle biology: At the cross-roads of discovery and functional analysis	19
Interplay between Notch signaling and mechanical forces during developmental patterning processes	19
Replicating chromatin in the nucleus: A histone variant perspective	19

The multidimensional roles of intermediate filaments - bridging genetic diversity with form, functions, and targets	19
Transmit and protect: The mechanical functions of intermediate filaments	18
Opening the gate: Complexity and modularity of the nuclear pore scaffold and basket	18
Outside Back Cover	18
New directions in epithelial mechanoadaptation	18
Mechanisms controlling the mechanical properties of the nuclei	18
Emergence of neuron types	18
Waves of change: Dynamic actomyosin networks in embryonic development	18
Impact of organelle architecture on oocyte developmental potential	17
Spatiotemporal regulation of switching front–rear cell polarity	17
Exploring the dynamic behavior of leukocytes with zebrafish	17
Septin dynamics and organization in mammalian cells	17
Jagged-mediated development and disease: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications for Alagille syndrome	17
Cellularization across eukaryotes: Conserved mechanisms and novel strategies	17
Editorial Board	17
Posttranslational modifications of keratins and their associated proteins as therapeutic targets in keratin diseases	17
Nanoscale mechano-adaption of integrin-based cell adhesions: New tools and techniques lead the way	17
Modeling cytoskeletal and cell dynamics	17
ER and Golgi trafficking in axons, dendrites, and glial processes	17
Extracellular matrix dynamics: A key regulator of cell migration across length-scales and systems	17
Calcium wave propagation during cell extrusion	17
Outside Front Cover	17
Macromolecular crowding: Sensing without a sensor	16
Outside Front Cover	16
Regulation of immune cell development, differentiation and function by stromal Notch ligands	16
Nuclear biophysics: Spatial coordination of transcriptional dynamics?	16
Outside Front Cover	16
Cadherin-linked morphogen gradient actualizes robust tissue patterning	16
Editorial Board	16
Myosin 2 – A general contractor for the cytoskeleton	16
Editorial Board	16
Outside Back Cover	16
The unique biomechanics of intermediate filaments – From single filaments to cells and tissues	15
Biomolecular condensates in epithelial junctions	15
Building the phagocytic cup on an actin scaffold	15
Inter-organ communication in Drosophila: Lipoproteins, adipokines, and immune-metabolic coordination	15
From brain-sparing to prioritised tumour growth: Insights into tumour-host interactions	15
Outside Back Cover	15
Emerging methods and applications in 3D genomics	15