Current Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Biology is 2. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
The tumor microenvironment895
Probable Pangolin Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak850
A Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to SARS-CoV-2 Contains Natural Insertions at the S1/S2 Cleavage Site of the Spike Protein411
Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis332
Ferroptosis283
The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic229
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms216
Probable Pangolin Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak207
Sleep in university students prior to and during COVID-19 Stay-at-Home orders197
Effects of lockdown on human sleep and chronotype during the COVID-19 pandemic162
A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi158
Chromatin Organization in Early Land Plants Reveals an Ancestral Association between H3K27me3, Transposons, and Constitutive Heterochromatin154
Trophic Interactions and the Drivers of Microbial Community Assembly153
On the evolutionary epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2149
Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble147
Causal Evidence for a Role of Theta and Alpha Oscillations in the Control of Working Memory138
Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans136
Phylogenomic Evidence for the Monophyly of Bryophytes and the Reductive Evolution of Stomata135
Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution134
Tumor-associated macrophages130
Turning the tide of parachute science130
Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now124
Widespread introgression across a phylogeny of 155 Drosophila genomes110
Climate Change Drives Poleward Increases and Equatorward Declines in Marine Species101
Odorant Receptor Inhibition Is Fundamental to Odor Encoding100
Complete Connectomic Reconstruction of Olfactory Projection Neurons in the Fly Brain99
Copper biology99
Growth–defense trade-offs in plants98
Sleep Disturbance Forecasts β-Amyloid Accumulation across Subsequent Years97
Measuring biological diversity95
The Regulation of Drosophila Sleep95
Increased LRRK2 kinase activity alters neuronal autophagy by disrupting the axonal transport of autophagosomes93
The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action88
A Role for Astroglial Calcium in Mammalian Sleep and Sleep Regulation85
Nuclear Deformation Causes DNA Damage by Increasing Replication Stress85
Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core signals perceived saliency84
Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration83
Non-retroviral Endogenous Viral Element Limits Cognate Virus Replication in Aedes aegypti Ovaries82
Size-Dependent Increase in RNA Polymerase II Initiation Rates Mediates Gene Expression Scaling with Cell Size82
Airborne environmental DNA for terrestrial vertebrate community monitoring82
The Origin of Land Plants Is Rooted in Two Bursts of Genomic Novelty80
Representational drift in the mouse visual cortex79
In Vivo Accumulation of Plastic-Derived Chemicals into Seabird Tissues79
Individual and Population Benefits of Marine Reserves for Reef Sharks78
Genomic and Fitness Consequences of Genetic Rescue in Wild Populations78
Cellular functions of actin- and microtubule-associated septins77
Membrane Curvature Catalyzes Lipid Droplet Assembly76
Salicylic Acid Targets Protein Phosphatase 2A to Attenuate Growth in Plants75
Mushroom Bodies Are Required for Learned Visual Navigation, but Not for Innate Visual Behavior, in Ants74
Compact Root Architecture 2 Promotes Root Competence for Nodulation through the miR2111 Systemic Effector74
Marine Heatwave Drives Cryptic Loss of Genetic Diversity in Underwater Forests72
Stable Introduction of Plant-Virus-Inhibiting Wolbachia into Planthoppers for Rice Protection71
The Function and Evolution of Motile DNA Replication Systems in Ciliates71
Cellular Heterogeneity in Pressure and Growth Emerges from Tissue Topology and Geometry70
Durotaxis70
Noradrenergic circuit control of non-REM sleep substates70
Global potential and limits of mangrove blue carbon for climate change mitigation69
Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution69
The cytoskeleton in phagocytosis and macropinocytosis69
Vertical Lobes of the Mushroom Bodies Are Essential for View-Based Navigation in Australian Myrmecia Ants68
Visual Imagery and Perception Share Neural Representations in the Alpha Frequency Band67
Bacterial and archaeal symbioses with protists67
A WOX/Auxin Biosynthesis Module Controls Growth to Shape Leaf Form66
Newly Explored Faecalibacterium Diversity Is Connected to Age, Lifestyle, Geography, and Disease66
Phasic Activation of Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons Increases Pupil Size65
A Vagal-NTS Neural Pathway that Stimulates Feeding65
Connectomics Analysis Reveals First-, Second-, and Third-Order Thermosensory and Hygrosensory Neurons in the Adult Drosophila Brain65
Mid-Devonian Archaeopteris Roots Signal Revolutionary Change in Earliest Fossil Forests65
Neutrophil Swarming in Damaged Tissue Is Orchestrated by Connexins and Cooperative Calcium Alarm Signals65
Brassinosteroid signalling64
How Mechanical Forces Shape Plant Organs64
Mechano-transduction via the pectin-FERONIA complex activates ROP6 GTPase signaling in Arabidopsis pavement cell morphogenesis64
An Ancient COI1-Independent Function for Reactive Electrophilic Oxylipins in Thermotolerance64
Calcium Wave Promotes Cell Extrusion63
Actin-based force generation and cell adhesion in tissue morphogenesis63
Reward Association Enhances Stimulus-Specific Representations in Primary Visual Cortex63
The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL10 Potentiates Responses to Cell Swelling in Arabidopsis Seedlings62
Mapping Cortical Integration of Sensory and Affective Pain Pathways62
Interaction between Autonomous and Microtubule Guidance Systems Controls Cellulose Synthase Trajectories62
Energy compensation and adiposity in humans62
Emergent properties in the responses of tropical corals to recurrent climate extremes61
State-Dependent TMS over Prefrontal Cortex Disrupts Fear-Memory Reconsolidation and Prevents the Return of Fear61
Enduring Behavioral Effects Induced by Birth by Caesarean Section in the Mouse61
A Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to SARS-CoV-2 Contains Natural Insertions at the S1/S2 Cleavage Site of the Spike Protein60
Vagus nerve stimulation induces widespread cortical and behavioral activation60
Deeply Altered Genome Architecture in the Endoparasitic Flowering Plant Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae)60
Activation of Preoptic GABAergic or Glutamatergic Neurons Modulates Sleep-Wake Architecture, but Not Anesthetic State Transitions60
Biofilm Bacteria Use Stress Responses to Detect and Respond to Competitors60
The Molecular Basis of Host Selection in a Crucifer-Specialized Moth59
Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds59
Arabidopsis pavement cell morphogenesis requires FERONIA binding to pectin for activation of ROP GTPase signaling59
Astroglial Calcium Signaling Encodes Sleep Need in Drosophila59
The phyllosphere58
Precision and the Bayesian brain58
Serotonin neurons modulate learning rate through uncertainty58
Melanin58
The evolutionary emergence of land plants58
The Central Role of Interbacterial Antagonism in Bacterial Life58
WAVE regulatory complex57
The Mammalian Crumbs Complex Defines a Distinct Polarity Domain Apical of Epithelial Tight Junctions57
FERONIA receptor kinase-regulated reactive oxygen species mediate self-incompatibility in Brassica rapa57
Transdiagnostic Brain Mapping in Developmental Disorders57
Unique spatiotemporal fMRI dynamics in the awake mouse brain56
Perceptual history propagates down to early levels of sensory analysis56
A G1 Sizer Coordinates Growth and Division in the Mouse Epidermis56
Genomes of the Venus Flytrap and Close Relatives Unveil the Roots of Plant Carnivory56
Specific Eco-evolutionary Contexts in the Mouse Gut Reveal Escherichia coli Metabolic Versatility56
PIN-LIKES Coordinate Brassinosteroid Signaling with Nuclear Auxin Input in Arabidopsis thaliana56
Nitrogen Mediates Flowering Time and Nitrogen Use Efficiency via Floral Regulators in Rice55
Scavenger receptors55
Changing Climate Drives Divergent and Nonlinear Shifts in Flowering Phenology across Elevations55
Diversity and ecology of protists revealed by metabarcoding54
Generative Feedback Explains Distinct Brain Activity Codes for Seen and Mental Images54
Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years53
Measuring biodiversity from DNA in the air53
Conserved Functions of Ether Lipids and Sphingolipids in the Early Secretory Pathway53
Domestication of the Emblematic White Cheese-Making Fungus Penicillium camemberti and Its Diversification into Two Varieties53
Multiple Maps of the Same Spatial Context Can Stably Coexist in the Mouse Hippocampus53
Harm to Others Acts as a Negative Reinforcer in Rats53
SCO-Spondin Defects and Neuroinflammation Are Conserved Mechanisms Driving Spinal Deformity across Genetic Models of Idiopathic Scoliosis52
Induction of Multichotomous Branching by CLAVATA Peptide in Marchantia polymorpha52
Highly Efficient Knockout of a Squid Pigmentation Gene52
An Aphid-Secreted Salivary Protease Activates Plant Defense in Phloem52
Returning to the Fold for Lessons in Mitochondrial Crista Diversity and Evolution51
Development of New Food-Sharing Relationships in Vampire Bats51
Low-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Dynamics Underlie Cortex-wide Neural Activity51
Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons Control the Impulse Vector during Motivated Behavior51
Symbiont Digestive Range Reflects Host Plant Breadth in Herbivorous Beetles51
Life History Variation as a Model for Understanding Trade-Offs in Plant–Environment Interactions51
Targeted Stimulation of Human Orbitofrontal Networks Disrupts Outcome-Guided Behavior51
The Genetic Basis of Morphological Diversity in Domesticated Goldfish50
Mechanotransduction-Dependent Control of Stereocilia Dimensions and Row Identity in Inner Hair Cells50
A Molecular Signal Integration Network Underpinning Arabidopsis Seed Germination50
Lightening the Perceived Prosthesis Weight with Neural Embodiment Promoted by Sensory Feedback50
Mucus50
Marine Sediments Illuminate Chlamydiae Diversity and Evolution50
Sex Chromosome Degeneration by Regulatory Evolution49
CLASP Mediates Microtubule Repair by Restricting Lattice Damage and Regulating Tubulin Incorporation49
Trading-off and trading-up in the world of bacteria–phage evolution49
Iridescence as Camouflage49
The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation48
Wave-like Patterns of Plant Phenology Determine Ungulate Movement Tactics48
When Natural Behavior Engages Working Memory48
White and Amber Light at Night Disrupt Sleep Physiology in Birds48
Paternal Origins and Migratory Episodes of Domestic Sheep48
Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behavior in sea turtles48
Evidence for Hierarchical Cognitive Control in the Human Cerebellum47
Stress Disrupts Human Hippocampal-Prefrontal Function during Prospective Spatial Navigation and Hinders Flexible Behavior47
Natural Selection Shapes Variation in Genome-wide Recombination Rate in Drosophila pseudoobscura47
Functions of Opsins in Drosophila Taste47
Natural behavior is the language of the brain47
Evolutionary Dynamics of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint in Eukaryotes47
Neuropeptide repertoire and 3D anatomy of the ctenophore nervous system47
Asymptomatic Infection of Marburg Virus Reservoir Bats Is Explained by a Strategy of Immunoprotective Disease Tolerance47
Adaptation to Extreme Antarctic Environments Revealed by the Genome of a Sea Ice Green Alga47
Evolutionary Ecology and Interplay of Prokaryotic Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems47
Integrin adhesion complexes47
Anterior Cingulate Cortex and the Control of Dynamic Behavior in Primates47
A Circuit Encoding Absolute Cold Temperature in Drosophila46
Genomics of New Ciliate Lineages Provides Insight into the Evolution of Obligate Anaerobiosis46
Distributed cell assemblies spanning prefrontal cortex and striatum46
The claustrum46
Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa46
Oil Body Formation in Marchantia polymorpha Is Controlled by MpC1HDZ and Serves as a Defense against Arthropod Herbivores46
Pandemics and the great evolutionary mismatch45
SUMO Conjugation to BZR1 Enables Brassinosteroid Signaling to Integrate Environmental Cues to Shape Plant Growth45
The Evolutionary Assembly of Neuronal Machinery45
Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes45
A Color Vision Circuit for Non-Image-Forming Vision in the Primate Retina45
Whole-genome analysis of giraffe supports four distinct species45
Diverse mechanisms of centromere specification45
Stable high-density and maternally inherited Wolbachia infections in Anopheles moucheti and Anopheles demeilloni mosquitoes45
A Disynaptic Circuit in the Globus Pallidus Controls Locomotion Inhibition45
Mouse Visual Cortex Is Modulated by Distance Traveled and by Theta Oscillations45
Spatially Restricted Immune Responses Are Required for Maintaining Root Meristematic Activity upon Detection of Bacteria45
Ghrelin Signaling Affects Feeding Behavior, Metabolism, and Memory through the Vagus Nerve45
Vision and Locomotion Combine to Drive Path Integration Sequences in Mouse Retrosplenial Cortex44
Multiple roles for actin in secretory and endocytic pathways44
Mouse spontaneous behavior reflects individual variation rather than estrous state44
Natal imprinting to the Earth’s magnetic field in a pelagic seabird44
A neuro-metabolic account of why daylong cognitive work alters the control of economic decisions44
Continent-wide Shifts in Song Dialects of White-Throated Sparrows43
Friendly mediates membrane depolarization-induced mitophagy in Arabidopsis43
Decreasing body lengths in North Atlantic right whales43
Mutualisms and (A)symmetry in Plant–Pollinator Interactions43
Natural genetic variation drives microbiome selection in the Caenorhabditis elegans gut43
Mucin Glycans Signal through the Sensor Kinase RetS to Inhibit Virulence-Associated Traits in Pseudomonas aeruginosa43
Oxytocin Influences Male Sexual Activity via Non-synaptic Axonal Release in the Spinal Cord42
A Network of Topographic Maps in Human Association Cortex Hierarchically Transforms Visual Timing-Selective Responses42
Chemosynthetic symbioses42
Mechanochemical feedback mediates tissue bending required for seedling emergence42
Mechanotransduction activates RhoA in the neighbors of apoptotic epithelial cells to engage apical extrusion42
Synaptic Connectivity between the Cortex and Claustrum Is Organized into Functional Modules42
A Paradoxical Kind of Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster42
Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep42
Speciation Associated with Shifts in Migratory Behavior in an Avian Radiation42
Environmental genomics of Late Pleistocene black bears and giant short-faced bears41
A Reservoir of Pluripotent Phloem Cells Safeguards the Linear Developmental Trajectory of Protophloem Sieve Elements41
Auditory Corticothalamic Neurons Are Recruited by Motor Preparatory Inputs41
Molecular mechanisms underlying microtubule growth dynamics41
Ancient Bacterial Genomes Reveal a High Diversity of Treponema pallidum Strains in Early Modern Europe41
Cytokinins initiate secondary growth in the Arabidopsis root through a set of LBD genes41
Comparative Biology of Oxygen Sensing in Plants and Animals41
Single Neuron Coding of Identity in the Human Hippocampal Formation41
Disentangling tropicalization and deborealization in marine ecosystems under climate change40
A neural population selective for song in human auditory cortex40
MKLP2 Is a Motile Kinesin that Transports the Chromosomal Passenger Complex during Anaphase40
The Initiation of Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation Sequesters DNA Damage Signaling from Autosomes in Mouse Spermatogenesis40
Provision of High Meat Content Food and Object Play Reduce Predation of Wild Animals by Domestic Cats Felis catus40
A Peptide Pair Coordinates Regular Ovule Initiation Patterns with Seed Number and Fruit Size40
Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster40
Increased Mutation Rate Is Linked to Genome Reduction in Prokaryotes40
Rho of Plants GTPases and Cytoskeletal Elements Control Nuclear Positioning and Asymmetric Cell Division during Physcomitrella patens Branching40
Mammals, wildlife trade, and the next global pandemic39
Pre-extinction Demographic Stability and Genomic Signatures of Adaptation in the Woolly Rhinoceros39
High genetic diversity and low differentiation reflect the ecological versatility of the African leopard39
Why extinction estimates from extant phylogenies are so often zero39
The island syndrome39
Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis38
Egfr Signaling Is a Major Regulator of Ecdysone Biosynthesis in the Drosophila Prothoracic Gland38
The many roles of myosins in filopodia, microvilli and stereocilia38
Acto-myosin network geometry defines centrosome position38
Prolonged, Controlled Daytime versus Delayed Eating Impacts Weight and Metabolism38
Selective responses to faces, scenes, and bodies in the ventral visual pathway of infants38
Genomic basis of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetan Prunus fruit trees38
Decoding Natural Sounds in Early “Visual” Cortex of Congenitally Blind Individuals38
Neural adaptation38
A neuropeptidergic circuit gates selective escape behavior of Drosophila larvae37
ARL8 Relieves SKIP Autoinhibition to Enable Coupling of Lysosomes to Kinesin-137
Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network37
Osmotic Gradients in Epithelial Acini Increase Mechanical Tension across E-cadherin, Drive Morphogenesis, and Maintain Homeostasis37
Sleep Regulates Glial Plasticity and Expression of the Engulfment Receptor Draper Following Neural Injury37
Overcoming the genetic compensation response of soybean florigens to improve adaptation and yield at low latitudes37
Single-Cell Transcriptomes Reveal Diverse Regulatory Strategies for Olfactory Receptor Expression and Axon Targeting37
Coral Gametogenesis Collapse under Artificial Light Pollution37
Investigating the risks of removing wild meat from global food systems37
Zebrafish Retinal Ganglion Cells Asymmetrically Encode Spectral and Temporal Information across Visual Space37
Ovipositor Extrusion Promotes the Transition from Courtship to Copulation and Signals Female Acceptance in Drosophila melanogaster37
A Plasma Membrane Nanodomain Ensures Signal Specificity during Osmotic Signaling in Plants37
Nucleus accumbens neurons expressing dopamine D1 receptors modulate states of consciousness in sevoflurane anesthesia37
Axis Specification in Zebrafish Is Robust to Cell Mixing and Reveals a Regulation of Pattern Formation by Morphogenesis37
Biodiversity across space and time in the fossil record37
Host identity influences nuclear dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi36
Floral Pigmentation Has Responded Rapidly to Global Change in Ozone and Temperature36
Thiosulfinate Tolerance Is a Virulence Strategy of an Atypical Bacterial Pathogen of Onion36
Egg-Surface Bacteria Are Indirectly Associated with Oviposition Aversion in Bactrocera dorsalis36
The evolution of insect biodiversity36
Experimental light at night has a negative long-term impact on macro-moth populations36
Directionality of Plasmodesmata-Mediated Transport in Arabidopsis Leaves Supports Auxin Channeling36
Biomechanics of the human thumb and the evolution of dexterity36
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