OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Cell Biology is 14. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Causes and consequences of micronuclei	134
The role of liquid–liquid phase separation in regulating enzyme activity	115
The extracellular matrix viscoelasticity as a regulator of cell and tissue dynamics	94
The state of the septin cytoskeleton from assembly to function	94
Tunneling nanotubes: Reshaping connectivity	89
Mitochondrial dynamics: Shaping and remodeling an organelle network	84
The cell pushes back: The Arp2/3 complex is a key orchestrator of cellular responses to environmental forces	74
FtsZ dynamics in bacterial division: What, how, and why?	73
Unconventional endocytic mechanisms	64
Membrane supply and remodeling during autophagosome biogenesis	63
Recent insight into intermediate filament structure	61
Caveolae: Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction devices linking membrane trafficking to mechanoadaptation	60
Tracking and interpreting long-range chromatin interactions with super-resolution live-cell imaging	56
A matter of time: Using dynamics and theory to uncover mechanisms of transcriptional bursting	56
Microtubule nucleation: The waltz between γ-tubulin ring complex and associated proteins	54
The multifaceted roles of microRNAs in differentiation	53
Simulating realistic membrane shapes	51
Jamming and arrest of cell motion in biological tissues	49
Chromatin and transcriptional regulation by reversible RNA methylation	48
Progress in deciphering trophoblast cell differentiation during human placentation	46
Roles of PIKfyve in multiple cellular pathways	46
A single-cell view of spermatogonial stem cells	44
The dazzling rise of neurofilaments: Physiological functions and roles as biomarkers	44
Aligned forces: Origins and mechanisms of cancer dissemination guided by extracellular matrix architecture	43
On the choreography of genome folding: A grand pas de deux of cohesin and CTCF	40

The Integrator complex at the crossroad of coding and noncoding RNA	40
Biomolecular condensates in membrane receptor signaling	40
Key phases in the formation of caveolae	39
Lamina-associated domains: Tethers and looseners	39
SMC complexes: Lifting the lid on loop extrusion	38
Basement membrane remodeling guides cell migration and cell morphogenesis during development	38
Intermediate filaments as effectors of differentiation	38
Microtubule self-repair	38
Biophysical and molecular mechanisms of ESCRT functions, and their implications for disease	37
Regulating specificity in enhancer–promoter communication	36
Nuclear envelope remodelling during mitosis	35
Interplay between membrane curvature and the actin cytoskeleton	34
Advanced models of human skeletal muscle differentiation, development and disease: Three-dimensional cultures, organoids and beyond	34
Building consensus in neuromesodermal research: Current advances and future biomedical perspectives	34
Design principles of tissue organisation: How single cells coordinate across scales	32
Sending out molecules from the TGN	32
Neocortex expansion in development and evolution—from genes to progenitor cell biology	32
Nuclear fragility, blaming the blebs	31
Mechanically tuning actin filaments to modulate the action of actin-binding proteins	31
Cell–cell contact and signaling in the muscle stem cell niche	31
Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of messenger RNA transcription, processing and translation within biomolecular condensates	31
Decoding mechanical cues by molecular mechanotransduction	31
Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell fate and function in development and disease	30
Functional organization of RNA polymerase II in nuclear subcompartments	28
Molecular architecture of enhancer–promoter interaction	28
Control of mitosis, inflammation, and cell motility by limited leakage of lysosomes	27
An amuse-bouche of stem cell regulation: Underlying principles and mechanisms from adult Drosophila intestinal stem cells	27
Mitotic memories of gene activity	27
Xist-mediated chromatin changes that establish silencing of an entire X chromosome in mammals	27
How DNA loop extrusion mediated by cohesin enables V(D)J recombination	26
New directions for the clathrin adaptor AP-1 in cell biology and human disease	26
Regulatory mechanisms governing chromatin organization and function	26
Asymmetric inheritance of epigenetic states in asymmetrically dividing stem cells	26
Mythical origins of the actin cytoskeleton	26
Epigenetic memory of cell fate commitment	25
Nuclear deformations, from signaling to perturbation and damage	25
Mechanosensing in embryogenesis	25
Organelle distribution in neurons: Logistics behind polarized transport	24
Insights into gene regulation: From regulatory genomic elements to DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions	24
The cellular and signaling dynamics of salamander limb regeneration	24
Biomolecular condensates in autophagy regulation	24
Dealing with DNA lesions: When one cell cycle is not enough	23
Interorganelle communication and membrane shaping in the early secretory pathway	23
Mitochondrial movers and shapers: Recent insights into regulators of fission, fusion and transport	23
Circadian clock effects on cellular proliferation: Insights from theory and experiments	23
Mechanisms of signalling-memory governing progression through the eukaryotic cell cycle	23
Cytoskeletal control of the secretory immune synapse	22
Mechanobiology in cortical waves and oscillations	22
From WRC to Arp2/3: Collective molecular mechanisms of branched actin network assembly	22
Signalling dynamics, cell decisions, and homeostatic control in health and disease	21

Roads and hubs of unconventional protein secretion	21
Endoplasmic reticulum composition and form: Proteins in and out	21
Variation on a theme: Evolutionary strategies for H2A.Z exchange by SWR1-type remodelers	21
From the inside out: Ion fluxes at the centre of endocytic traffic	21
Compartmentation and functions of sphingolipids	21
Regulation of biomolecular condensate dynamics by signaling	21
Advances in resolving the heterogeneity and dynamics of keratinocyte differentiation	21
From observing to controlling: Inducible control of organelle dynamics and interactions	20
Attach and stretch: Emerging roles for genome–lamina contacts in shaping the 3D genome	20
Impact of the ‘tubulin economy’ on the formation and function of the microtubule cytoskeleton	19
The vesicle cluster as a major organizer of synaptic composition in the short-term and long-term	19
Engineered ECM models: Opportunities to advance understanding of tumor heterogeneity	19
Mechanisms of selective G protein–coupled receptor localization and trafficking	19
Positive feedback amplification in swarming immune cell populations	19
Environmental control of lineage plasticity and stem cell memory	18
Coupling axonal mRNA transport and local translation to organelle maintenance and function	18
Ligand-induced degrons for studying nuclear functions	18
Memorizing environmental signals through feedback and feedforward loops	18
Spatiotemporal regulation of switching front–rear cell polarity	18
Mechanisms of melanocyte polarity and differentiation: What can we learn from other neuroectoderm-derived lineages?	17
The intrinsic proteostasis network of stem cells	17
Protein quality control at the Golgi	16
RNA gradients: Shapers of 3D genome architecture	15
The compass to follow: Focal adhesion turnover	15
You can go your own way: SNX-BAR coat complexes direct traffic at late endosomes	15
Early mechanical selection of cell extrusion and extrusion signaling in cancer	15
Self-organized protein patterns: The MinCDE and ParABS systems	15
The DNA damage response in the chromatin context: A coordinated process	15
Seipin collaborates with the ER membrane to control the sites of lipid droplet formation	15
Myosin motors in sensory hair bundle assembly	15
Transduction of cell and matrix geometric cues by the actin cytoskeleton	15
Who's really in charge: Diverse follower cell behaviors in collective cell migration	14
Mechanical plasticity in collective cell migration	14
Multiscale modelling of chromatin organisation: Resolving nucleosomes at near-atomistic resolution inside genes	14
How stem cells remember their past	14
Diversity in cranial muscles: Origins and developmental programs	14
Collective behaviours in organoids	14
Mechanical regulation of cell size, fate, and behavior during asymmetric cell division	14
Principles of regeneration revealed by the planarian eye	14
Sculpting the heart: Cellular mechanisms shaping valves and trabeculae	14