OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Biology is 66. 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
Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis	495
Ferroptosis	367
The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic	258
A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi	196
Growth–defense trade-offs in plants	186
Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution	184
Copper biology	165
Turning the tide of parachute science	156
Widespread introgression across a phylogeny of 155 Drosophila genomes	154
Measuring biological diversity	142
Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core signals perceived saliency	141
The Regulation of Drosophila Sleep	133
Representational drift in the mouse visual cortex	123
Sleep Disturbance Forecasts β-Amyloid Accumulation across Subsequent Years	118
Increased LRRK2 kinase activity alters neuronal autophagy by disrupting the axonal transport of autophagosomes	114
The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action	114
Airborne environmental DNA for terrestrial vertebrate community monitoring	111
The cytoskeleton in phagocytosis and macropinocytosis	111
Nuclear Deformation Causes DNA Damage by Increasing Replication Stress	107
Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration	105
Cellular functions of actin- and microtubule-associated septins	99
A Role for Astroglial Calcium in Mammalian Sleep and Sleep Regulation	98
Noradrenergic circuit control of non-REM sleep substates	97
Global potential and limits of mangrove blue carbon for climate change mitigation	95
Bacterial and archaeal symbioses with protists	91

Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool	90
The evolutionary emergence of land plants	90
Actin-based force generation and cell adhesion in tissue morphogenesis	90
Diversity and ecology of protists revealed by metabarcoding	88
Stable Introduction of Plant-Virus-Inhibiting Wolbachia into Planthoppers for Rice Protection	87
Phasic Activation of Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons Increases Pupil Size	87
Newly Explored Faecalibacterium Diversity Is Connected to Age, Lifestyle, Geography, and Disease	86
Vagus nerve stimulation induces widespread cortical and behavioral activation	83
A WOX/Auxin Biosynthesis Module Controls Growth to Shape Leaf Form	83
How Mechanical Forces Shape Plant Organs	82
Arabidopsis pavement cell morphogenesis requires FERONIA binding to pectin for activation of ROP GTPase signaling	82
Mechano-transduction via the pectin-FERONIA complex activates ROP6 GTPase signaling in Arabidopsis pavement cell morphogenesis	81
FERONIA receptor kinase-regulated reactive oxygen species mediate self-incompatibility in Brassica rapa	80
Natural behavior is the language of the brain	80
Unique spatiotemporal fMRI dynamics in the awake mouse brain	79
Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis	79
Mouse spontaneous behavior reflects individual variation rather than estrous state	79
The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation	79
Serotonin neurons modulate learning rate through uncertainty	78
Precision and the Bayesian brain	77
Emergent properties in the responses of tropical corals to recurrent climate extremes	76
Measuring biodiversity from DNA in the air	75
Energy compensation and adiposity in humans	75
Nitrogen Mediates Flowering Time and Nitrogen Use Efficiency via Floral Regulators in Rice	74
The Function and Evolution of Motile DNA Replication Systems in Ciliates	72
WAVE regulatory complex	72
Perceptual history propagates down to early levels of sensory analysis	72
The Molecular Basis of Host Selection in a Crucifer-Specialized Moth	72
Deeply Altered Genome Architecture in the Endoparasitic Flowering Plant Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae)	69
Integrin adhesion complexes	69
Astroglial Calcium Signaling Encodes Sleep Need in Drosophila	69
Neuropeptide repertoire and 3D anatomy of the ctenophore nervous system	68
Grassland biodiversity	68
When Natural Behavior Engages Working Memory	68
An Aphid-Secreted Salivary Protease Activates Plant Defense in Phloem	67
Narrow mutational signatures drive acquisition of multidrug resistance in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata	67
Neural adaptation	67
Mutualisms and (A)symmetry in Plant–Pollinator Interactions	67
Anterior Cingulate Cortex and the Control of Dynamic Behavior in Primates	67
Mucus	66
The claustrum	66
Tuning alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception	66