OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology is 12. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Zebrafish Gastrulation	237
Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Intestine: From Form to Function	151
Cis Interactions of Membrane Receptors and Ligands	125
Exploring Mechanical Forces Shaping Self-Organization and Morphogenesis During Early Embryo Development	105
What Makes Us Human: Insights from the Evolution and Development of the Human Neocortex	90
Extrachromosomal Circular DNA: A Mobile Genetic Element Shaping Host Biology	86
Biogenesis and Regulatory Roles of Circular RNAs	77
Evolution of Sensory Receptors	70
Tissue Homeostasis and Non-Homeostasis: From Cell Life Cycles to Organ States	58
Organoid Imaging: Seeing Development and Function	57
Mitochondria as Cellular and Organismal Signaling Hubs	50
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Mechanochemical Principles of Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Cells and Tissues	43
When We Publish: Accuracy and Quality Control in the Time of Open Access	40
Physiological Functions of Intracellular Protein Degradation	37
The Tubulin Code, from Molecules to Health and Disease	36
Recent Advances in Ciliate Biology	32
Mechanisms of Regeneration and Fibrosis in the Endometrium	28
Neofunctionalization of Toll Signaling in Insects: From Immunity to Dorsoventral Patterning	28
Surprises from Intravital Imaging of the Innate Immune Response	27
Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, and Immunology: An Emerging Triad for Understanding Tissue Homeostasis and Repair	27
Along the Trajectory to Understanding Cellular Aging: More Lessons from Yeast	27
ADAR1: Beyond Just an RNA Editor	25
Getting to the Route: The Evolution of Nitrogen-Fixing Nodules	24
Filopodia In Vitro and In Vivo	23

Morphogenetic Roles of Hydrostatic Pressure in Animal Development	22
Tissue Biology: In Search of a New Paradigm	20
Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Dormancy and Quiescence: Insights into Regeneration and Disease	20
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reaction Diffusion in Vertebrate Skin Color Patterning	19
The Logic of Transgenerational Inheritance: Timescales of Adaptation	19
Motor Cooperation During Mitosis and Ciliogenesis	17
Dormancy, Quiescence, and Diapause: Savings Accounts for Life	17
Mitochondrial Structure, Dynamics, and Physiology: Light Microscopy to Disentangle the Network	16
The Archaeal Cell Cycle	16
Fighting Enemies in Every Which Way	15
Gene Clusters Reveal Fundamental Principles of Genome Folding and Transcriptional Regulation	14
Functionalized Protein Binders in Developmental Biology	13
Following the Birth, Life, and Death of mRNAs in Single Cells	12
Challenges and Opportunities in Spatiotemporal Models of Mammalian Gastrulation	12
The Mexican Tetra, Astyanax mexicanus, as a Model System in Cell and Developmental Biology	12
A Fish Eye View: Retinal Morphogenesis from Optic Cup to Neuronal Lamination	12
How Microtubules Build the Spindle Branch by Branch	12