OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology is 13. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Cis Interactions of Membrane Receptors and Ligands	315
Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Intestine: From Form to Function	210
Zebrafish Gastrulation	185
Promoters and Antagonists of Phagocytosis: A Plastic and Tunable Response	146
Exploring Mechanical Forces Shaping Self-Organization and Morphogenesis During Early Embryo Development	133
A Tale of Three Systems: Toward a Neuroimmunoendocrine Model of Obesity	110
What Makes Us Human: Insights from the Evolution and Development of the Human Neocortex	105
Extrachromosomal Circular DNA: A Mobile Genetic Element Shaping Host Biology	91
Evolution of Sensory Receptors	87
Biogenesis and Regulatory Roles of Circular RNAs	75
The Visual Opsin Gene Repertoires of Teleost Fishes: Evolution, Ecology, and Function	72
Tissue Homeostasis and Non-Homeostasis: From Cell Life Cycles to Organ States	62
Calcium Signaling Mechanisms Across Kingdoms	59
Mitochondria as Cellular and Organismal Signaling Hubs	58
Organoid Imaging: Seeing Development and Function	56
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Mechanochemical Principles of Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Cells and Tissues	54
When We Publish: Accuracy and Quality Control in the Time of Open Access	49
Physiological Functions of Intracellular Protein Degradation	48
The Tubulin Code, from Molecules to Health and Disease	47
Recent Advances in Ciliate Biology	47
Neofunctionalization of Toll Signaling in Insects: From Immunity to Dorsoventral Patterning	45
A New Infectious Unit: Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Virus Populations	41
Components and Mechanisms of Nuclear Mechanotransduction	40
Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, and Immunology: An Emerging Triad for Understanding Tissue Homeostasis and Repair	40

Mechanisms of Regeneration and Fibrosis in the Endometrium	38
Along the Trajectory to Understanding Cellular Aging: More Lessons from Yeast	37
Surprises from Intravital Imaging of the Innate Immune Response	36
Glycocalyx Curving the Membrane: Forces Emerging from the Cell Exterior	35
Getting to the Route: The Evolution of Nitrogen-Fixing Nodules	33
ADAR1: Beyond Just an RNA Editor	32
Filopodia In Vitro and In Vivo	32
Morphogenetic Roles of Hydrostatic Pressure in Animal Development	31
The Genomics and Cell Biology of Host-Beneficial Intracellular Infections	29
Tissue Biology: In Search of a New Paradigm	26
Spatial Organization of Chromatin: Emergence of Chromatin Structure During Development	26
The Logic of Transgenerational Inheritance: Timescales of Adaptation	25
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reaction Diffusion in Vertebrate Skin Color Patterning	24
Dormancy, Quiescence, and Diapause: Savings Accounts for Life	23
Self-Organization of Cellular Units	22
Mitochondrial Structure, Dynamics, and Physiology: Light Microscopy to Disentangle the Network	21
Motor Cooperation During Mitosis and Ciliogenesis	20
The Archaeal Cell Cycle	20
Biophysical and Quantitative Principles of Centrosome Biogenesis and Structure	17
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Fighting Enemies in Every Which Way	16
Functionalized Protein Binders in Developmental Biology	16
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Bacterial Rod Shape Formation and Regulation	15
Following the Birth, Life, and Death of mRNAs in Single Cells	14
A Fish Eye View: Retinal Morphogenesis from Optic Cup to Neuronal Lamination	13
The Mexican Tetra, Astyanax mexicanus, as a Model System in Cell and Developmental Biology	13
From Cell Types to an Integrated Understanding of Brain Evolution: The Case of the Cerebral Cortex	13
Challenges and Opportunities in Spatiotemporal Models of Mammalian Gastrulation	13