OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology is 27. 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
Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Intestine: From Form to Function	264
	176
Cis Interactions of Membrane Receptors and Ligands	141
Zebrafish Gastrulation	128
Exploring Mechanical Forces Shaping Self-Organization and Morphogenesis During Early Embryo Development	106
Cyclin’ Through the Root: Developmental Control of Cell Cycle Progression in the Arabidopsis thaliana Root Meristem	93
What Makes Us Human: Insights from the Evolution and Development of the Human Neocortex	92
Evolution of Sensory Receptors	90
Extrachromosomal Circular DNA: A Mobile Genetic Element Shaping Host Biology	81
Biogenesis and Regulatory Roles of Circular RNAs	79
Organoid Imaging: Seeing Development and Function	60
Local Translation in Glial Cells of the Brain	55
Tissue Homeostasis and Non-Homeostasis: From Cell Life Cycles to Organ States	49
Beyond Kleiber's Law: Variation and Mechanisms of Metabolic Scaling	48
Mitochondria as Cellular and Organismal Signaling Hubs	45
	44
When We Publish: Accuracy and Quality Control in the Time of Open Access	42
Mechanochemical Principles of Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Cells and Tissues	42
Recent Advances in Ciliate Biology	34
The Tubulin Code, from Molecules to Health and Disease	33
Physiological Functions of Intracellular Protein Degradation	33
Neofunctionalization of Toll Signaling in Insects: From Immunity to Dorsoventral Patterning	33
	31
Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, and Immunology: An Emerging Triad for Understanding Tissue Homeostasis and Repair	31
Surprises from Intravital Imaging of the Innate Immune Response	29

Mechanisms of Regeneration and Fibrosis in the Endometrium	29
Along the Trajectory to Understanding Cellular Aging: More Lessons from Yeast	27