OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Developmental Dynamics is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Betaglycan promoter activity is differentially regulated during myogenesis in zebrafish embryo somites	34
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Editorial highlights	22
Trim46 knockout impaired neuronal architecture and caused hypoactive behavior in rats	20
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Special Editorial: Thank you and Farewell to Dr. Gary C. Schoenwolf	16
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Early ultraviolet exposure disrupts late dorsal fin skeletal development in zebrafish	14
The limb dorsoventral axis: Lmx1b's role in development, pathology, evolution, and regeneration	13
The character‐identity network of the arthropod segment and its bearing on the arthropod head problem	12
Single‐cell sequencing reveals potential novel insights into appendage‐patterning and joint‐development in a spider	12
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Patterns of early embryogenesis and growth in the olfactory system of chick (Gallus gallus domesticus) based on iodine‐enhanced micro‐computed tomography	11
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Tissue‐specific requirement of Polr1D in the prothoracic gland for ecdysone‐mediated developmental transitions in	11
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Ventricular anisotropic deformation and contractile function of the developing heart of zebrafish in vivo	9
Lack of evidence that fibrillin1 regulates bone morphogenetic protein 4 activity in kidney or lung	9
Actin cytoskeletal regulation of ciliogenesis in development and disease	9
Elevated Id2 expression causes defective meiosis and spermatogenesis in mice	8
Getting connected: Pathfinding and synaptogenesis in neural development, evolution, and disease	8
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Singed and vinculin play redundant roles in cell migration by regulating F‐actin	8
Muscular remodeling and anteroposterior patterning during tapeworm segmentation	8
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Functional comparison of human ACVR1 and zebrafish Acvr1l FOP‐associated variants in embryonic zebrafish	8
Kdm7a expression is spatiotemporally regulated in developing Xenopus laevis embryos, and its overexpression influences late retinal development	7
Distribution changes of non‐self‐test cells and self‐tunic cells surrounding the outer body during Ciona metamorphosis	7
Maternal exposure to hyperbaric oxygen at the preimplantation stages increases apoptosis and ectopic Cdx2 expression and decreases Oct4 expression in mouse blastocysts via Nrf2‐Notch1	7
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Insights and emerging perspectives from the 2025 Medaka PI / ERC IndiGene meeting: Heidelberg July	7
Wiring the senses: Factors that regulate peripheral axon pathfinding in sensory systems	7
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Zebrafish inversin mutants develop scoliosis in the absence of laterality defects	6
Enigmatic Nodal and Lefty gene repertoire discrepancy: Latent evolutionary history revealed by vertebrate‐wide phylogeny	6
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Transcriptome analysis of the response to thyroid hormone in Xenopus neural stem and progenitor cells	6
Distinction of dental mesenchymal cell populations during molar tooth germ development via analysis of the spatiotemporal expression patterns of mRNAs	6
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Spatial and temporal coordination of signaling pathways in tissue differentiation: Developmental atlas of protein expression during zebra finch beak maturation	6
Characterizing the role of Pdgfra in calvarial development	6
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Establishment of a Diamond‐Blackfan anemia like model in zebrafish	6
Proteomic profiling of TBC1 domain family member 21‐null sperms reveals the critical roles of TEKT 1 in their tail defects	6
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Differential sensitivity of midline development to mitosis during and after primitive streak extension	6
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Integrating regenerative biology with developmental psychobiology to understand behavioral recovery	6
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EphB2, EphB4, and ephrin‐B1 expression and localization in postnatal developing epididymis in mice	5
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Meet the editorial team. An interview with Paul A. Trainor, Editor in Chief, Developmental Dynamics, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO	5
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Editorial highlights	5
Dynamic expression of lamin B1 during adult neurogenesis in the vertebrate brain	5
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Cryopreservation of sea urchin (Lytechinus pictus) embryos and development through metamorphosis	5
Dental development in the tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) and the evolution of vertebrate dentitions	5
In memoriam	5
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Identification of neural crest and melanoma cancer cell invasion and migration genes using high‐throughput screening and deep attention networks	5
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of mTORC1 and mTORC2 in the developing spinal cord and their essential rol	5

The establishment, maintenance, and breaking of symmetry	5
Identification of HSPA8 as an interacting partner of MAB21L2 and an important factor in eye development	5
Dscam1 overexpression impairs the function of the gut nervous system in Drosophila	4
Biophysical processes of morphogenesis in lizard lungs	4
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Diverse contribution of amniogenic somatopleural cells to cardiovascular development: With special reference to thyroid vasculature	4
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Robinow syndrome DVL1 variants disrupt morphogenesis and appendage formation in a	4
Cardiomyocyte maturation and its reversal during cardiac regeneration	4
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Stress granule related‐genes during blastogenetic cycle of two colonial ascidians: Botryllus schlosseri compared to Botryllus primigenus	4
Modest alterations in Drosophila denticle morphology reveal genetic interactions between actin disassembly proteins and ck/Myosin VIIA	4
Non‐ubiquitous expression of core spliceosomal protein SmB/B′ in chick and mouse embryos	4
An analysis of contractile and protrusive cell behaviors at the superficial surface of the zebrafish neural plate	4
Zebrafish Galectin 3 binding protein is the target antigen of the microglial 4C4 monoclonal antibody	4
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The critical role of cardiolipin in metazoan differentiation, development, and maturation	4
Glypican‐6 and Glypican‐4 stimulate embryonic stomach growth by regulating Hedgehog and noncanonical Wnt signaling	4
Pancreatic injury induces β‐cell regeneration in axolotl	4
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Human stem cell model of neural crest cell differentiation reveals a requirement of SF3B4 in survival, maintenance, and differentiation	4
Multiple gene knockouts in newts reveal novel functions of 5′ Hox genes in limb development along the anterior–posterior and proximal–distal axes	4
Characterization of p53/p63/p73 and Myc expressions during embryogenesis of the sea urchin	4
Rspo1 and Rspo3 are required for sensory lineage neural crest formation in mouse embryos	4
Easily adaptable Fiji macro for mean linear intercept measurement of peripheral respiratory airspace	4
Darwin, Haeckel, and the “Mikluskan gas organ theory”	4
Editorial highlights	4
Localization of cadherins in the postnatal cochlear epithelium and their relation to space formation	4
The link of FOXO1 and FOXO4 transcription factors to development of the lens	4
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The dwarf neon rainbowfish Melanotaenia praecox, a small spiny‐rayed fish with potential as a new Acanthomorpha model fish: I. Fin ray ontogeny and postembryoni	3
Differential retinoic acid sensitivity of oral and pharyngeal teeth in medaka (Oryzias latipes) supports the importance of pouch–cleft contacts in pharyngeal tooth initiation	3
Phosphorylation of serine residues S252, S268/S269, and S879 in p120 catenin activates migration of presomitic mesoderm in gastrulating zebrafish embryos	3
Rodent monocyte‐derived macrophages do not express CD163 : Comparative analysis using macrophages from living boreoeutherians	3
Meet the Editorial Team. An interview with Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Editor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India	3
Myocardial development in crocodylians	3
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Combinatorial expression of glial transcription factors induces Schwann cell‐specific gene expression in mouse embryonic fibroblasts	3
Secretopathies emerge as a new class of neurocristopathies	3
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Patterns of senescence and apoptosis during development of branchial arches, epibranchial placodes, and pharyngeal pouches	3
Loss of Twist1 leads to disruption of ciliary length, endocytic vesicle dynamics, and cell–cell ju	3
Differential sensitivity to SHH signaling and neural crest‐mediated Gas1 expression regulate jaw size	3
Editorial highlights	3
Zebrafish crocc2 mutants exhibit divergent craniofacial shape, misregulated variability, and aberrant cartilage morphogenesis	3
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Identification and characterization of Hand2 upstream genomic enhancers active in developing stomach and limbs	3
Identification of novel genes regulating the development of the palate	3
Bridging maternal effects and epitranscriptomics: A novel perspective in developmental biology	3
A comparative analysis of the ontogeny of syngnathids (pipefishes and seahorses) reveals how heterochrony contributed to their diversification	3
Infigratinib, a selective FGFR1‐3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, alters dentoalveolar development at high doses	3
Embryonic development of the neotropical pit viper Bothrops atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with emphasis on pit organ morphogenesis and its evolution	3
Streptozotocin induced hyperglycemia in the axolotl	3
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