OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology is 22. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board/Publication Information	232
Outside Front Cover	204
Alzheimer’s Disease: Effects on brain circuits and synapses	189
In memoriam: Huib Ovaa, the brain behind the formula (18/12/1973–19/05/2020)	174
Removal of cellular protrusions	99
Thrombospondin-1 in vascular development, vascular function, and vascular disease	91
Balance between the cell viability and death in 3D	90
Epitranscriptomic regulation of cognitive development and decline	90
Approximating the living	86
Plasma membrane repair empowers the necrotic survivors as innate immune modulators	85
Dissecting the neurobiology of linguistic disorganisation and impoverishment in schizophrenia	84
All eggs in one basket: How potyvirus infection is controlled at a single cap-independent translation event	83
Parallels between the extracellular matrix roles in developmental biology and cancer biology	80
Evolution of the insect Hox gene cluster: Comparative analysis across 243 species	77
Start early and pack light: Collaborative adventures in theory and experiment	76
The C. elegans anchor cell: A model to elucidate mechanisms underlying invasion through basement membrane	75
Mechanical mechanisms of morphogenesis as potential substrates for evolutionary change	73
Outside Front Cover	71
Editorial Board/Publication Information	71
Editorial Board/Publication Information	60
Editorial	59
Rearrangement of co-cultured cellular systems: Biological and physical aspects	58
Outside Front Cover	57
Somite development and regionalisation of the vertebral axial skeleton	56
Modelling the dynamics of mammalian gut homeostasis	54

The tubulin code: Empowering microtubules	53
Natural variation in metabolism of the Calvin-Benson cycle	53
Mechanisms of formation and functions of the early embryonic cavities	52
Editorial Board/Publication Information	50
Editorial Board/Publication Information	50
RNA Polymerases I and III in development and disease	50
An emerging role for the endoplasmic reticulum in stress granule biogenesis	50
Understanding the interplay of membrane trafficking, cell surface mechanics, and stem cell differentiation	50
The emerging roles of the cytoskeleton in intestinal epithelium homeostasis	50
Outside Front Cover	48
Out with the old, in with the new: Meiotic driving of sex chromosome evolution	46
Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development	45
rDNA transcription, replication and stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	44
Membrane compartmentalisation of the ubiquitin system	42
Snapshots from within the cell: Novel trafficking and non trafficking functions of Snap29 during tissue morphogenesis	42
The developmental and evolutionary origins of cellular pluripotency in the vertebrate neural crest	41
The ever-diversifying landscape of intra-genomic conflict	40
Deep conservation and co-option of programmed cell death facilitates evolution of alternative phenotypes at multiple biological levels	40
Self-organized collective cell behaviors as design principles for synthetic developmental biology	39
Thrombospondin proteins – Versatile extracellular proteins with multiple biological functions	39
Recent insights into atrial chamber formation	39
Outside Front Cover	39
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition during mammalian neural crest cell delamination	38
Molecular cell types as functional units of the efferent vagus nerve	38
The tubulin code in platelet biogenesis.	37
Recent advances in understanding cell types during human gastrulation	37
Establishing and maintaining Hox profiles during spinal cord development	37
The Drivers of Diversity: Integrated genetic and hormonal cues regulate neural diversity	37
Hox, homology, and parsimony: An organismal perspective	36
Hydrostatic pressure as a driver of cell and tissue morphogenesis	36
C. elegans: An elegant experimental system for the study of cilia biology	36
Engineered implementations of spatial computation in biological systems	35
The HERC proteins and the nervous system	35
The Calvin Benson cycle in bacteria: New insights from systems biology	35
Outside Front Cover	34
Outside Front Cover	34
Editorial Board/Publication Information	34
Maternal selection of human embryos in early gestation: Insights from recurrent miscarriage	33
Towards a molecular understanding of the 5′TOP motif in regulating translation of ribosomal mRNAs	33
The mechanics of shaping organs in plants	33
Dynamic regulation of ribosome levels and translation during development	33
Kidney development to kidney organoids and back again	33
Tissue interplay during morphogenesis	33
Nuclear organization by satellite DNA, SAF-A/hnRNPU and matrix attachment regions	32
Apoptotic signaling: Beyond cell death	32
Developmental energetics: Energy expenditure, budgets and metabolism during animal embryogenesis	32
Viral manipulation of host cell gene expression	32
Human placental development and function	32
Neuronal identity and cognitive control dynamics in the PFC	31
Imaging spatiotemporal translation regulation in vivo	31

Strategic use of organoids and organs-on-chip as biomimetic tools	31
High-resolution omics of vascular ageing and inflammatory pathways in neurodegeneration	31
How to get the most out of your cancer spatial transcriptomics data	31
Dermal extracellular matrix molecules in skin development, homeostasis, wound regeneration and diseases	30
Recent advancement in the spatial immuno-oncology	30
TALE transcription factors: Cofactors no more	30
Collective cell migration across scales: A systems perspective	30
Outside Front Cover	29
Moving through the crowd. Where are we at understanding physiological axon growth?	29
Ubiquitin and Legionella: From bench to bedside	29
C. elegans as a model for health and disease	29
Mitochondrial Apoptotic Signaling Involvement in Remodeling During Myogenesis and Skeletal Muscle Atrophy	29
A near death experience: The secret stem cell life of caspase-3	29
Evolvability in vertebrate segmentation	29
Evolution, structure and function of divergent macroH2A1 splice isoforms	29
Physics, feedbacks, and forms	29
Cover image of cell death and resilience in health and disease	28
Epigenetics of inflammation in hypothalamus pituitary gonadal and neuroendocrine disorders	28
Editorial Board/Publication Information	28
Charting the cardiac landscape: Advances in spatial transcriptomics for heart biology	28
Stress granules and P-bodies – New ideas and experimental models worth exploring	28
Epigenetic regulation of inflammation	28
Mitochondrial-derived vesicles in skeletal muscle remodeling and adaptation	27
Pinpointing the locus of GABAergic vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease	27
Unravelling the mysteries of human embryogenesis	27
Force: A messenger of axon outgrowth	27
Recent advances in understanding microRNA function and regulation in C. elegans	27
Editorial Board/Publication Information	27
Outside Front Cover	26
Tetrahymena as a model organism for cilia research	26
Novel approaches to increase synaptic resilience as potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease	26
MicroRNAs: Key modulators of inflammation-associated diseases	26
Mechanics of neural tube morphogenesis	26
Outside Front Cover	25
Host plant physiological transformation and microbial population heterogeneity as important determinants of the Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae–plant interactions	25
Editorial on “Vascular cell fate in health and disease”	25
Temporal control of neuronal wiring	25
Inflammation in Hernia and the epigenetic control	25
Start-Shape-Stop: Cell communication mechanisms controlling organ size	24
The implications of physiological biomolecular condensates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	24
Biomechanical models and mechanisms of cellular morphogenesis and cerebral cortical expansion and folding	24
Developmental heterogeneity of vascular cells: Insights into cellular plasticity in atherosclerosis?	24
Towards deciphering the bone marrow microenvironment with spatial multi-omics	24
Nuclear envelope assembly and dynamics during development	24
Hox gene functions in the C. elegans nervous system: From early patterning to maintenance of neuronal identity	24
The interplay of tissue mechanics and gene regulatory networks in the evolution of morphogenesis	24
Editorial Board/Publication Information	23
Regulation of organelle size and organization during development	23
Mitochondrial recovery by the UPRmt: Insights from C. elegans	23
Thrombospondin-1 in drug activity and tumor response to therapies	23
Thrombospondins modulate cell function and tissue structure in the skeleton	23
P-body-like condensates in the germline	23
Editorial Board/Publication Information	23
Transcription-coupled H3.3 recycling: A link with chromatin states	23
Homeodomain complex formation and biomolecular condensates in Hox gene regulation	23
Gradients, waves and nematics: quantitative perspectives on regeneration	22
Microtubule and auditory function – an underestimated connection	22
Histone variant-specific post-translational modifications	22
Emerging roles of DNA repair factors in the stability of centromeres	22
The influence of epigenetics and inflammation on cardiometabolic risks	22
“Transfer” of power: The intersection of DNA virus infection and tRNA biology	22
Capturing ovarian dynamics through spatial profiling of the mechano-microenvironment	22