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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board/Publication Information	240
Outside Front Cover	212
Alzheimer’s Disease: Effects on brain circuits and synapses	193
In memoriam: Huib Ovaa, the brain behind the formula (18/12/1973–19/05/2020)	178
Removal of cellular protrusions	101
Balance between the cell viability and death in 3D	93
Approximating the living	92
Epitranscriptomic regulation of cognitive development and decline	92
Plasma membrane repair empowers the necrotic survivors as innate immune modulators	91
Thrombospondin-1 in vascular development, vascular function, and vascular disease	89
Dissecting the neurobiology of linguistic disorganisation and impoverishment in schizophrenia	86
All eggs in one basket: How potyvirus infection is controlled at a single cap-independent translation event	85
Evolution of the insect Hox gene cluster: Comparative analysis across 243 species	80
Parallels between the extracellular matrix roles in developmental biology and cancer biology	80
Start early and pack light: Collaborative adventures in theory and experiment	78
The C. elegans anchor cell: A model to elucidate mechanisms underlying invasion through basement membrane	77
Mechanical mechanisms of morphogenesis as potential substrates for evolutionary change	74
Editorial Board/Publication Information	74
Outside Front Cover	63
Editorial Board/Publication Information	62
Editorial	60
Rearrangement of co-cultured cellular systems: Biological and physical aspects	59
Outside Front Cover	58
Modelling the dynamics of mammalian gut homeostasis	56
Natural variation in metabolism of the Calvin-Benson cycle	56

Understanding the interplay of membrane trafficking, cell surface mechanics, and stem cell differentiation	56
Mechanisms of formation and functions of the early embryonic cavities	54
The emerging roles of the cytoskeleton in intestinal epithelium homeostasis	52
Membrane compartmentalisation of the ubiquitin system	51
RNA Polymerases I and III in development and disease	51
The tubulin code: Empowering microtubules	51
Editorial Board/Publication Information	50
An emerging role for the endoplasmic reticulum in stress granule biogenesis	50
Editorial Board/Publication Information	48
Outside Front Cover	46
Out with the old, in with the new: Meiotic driving of sex chromosome evolution	45
Snapshots from within the cell: Novel trafficking and non trafficking functions of Snap29 during tissue morphogenesis	44
Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development	42
The developmental and evolutionary origins of cellular pluripotency in the vertebrate neural crest	42
rDNA transcription, replication and stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	41
The ever-diversifying landscape of intra-genomic conflict	41
Recent insights into atrial chamber formation	40
Thrombospondin proteins – Versatile extracellular proteins with multiple biological functions	40
Self-organized collective cell behaviors as design principles for synthetic developmental biology	40
Deep conservation and co-option of programmed cell death facilitates evolution of alternative phenotypes at multiple biological levels	40
Outside Front Cover	40
The tubulin code in platelet biogenesis.	39
The Drivers of Diversity: Integrated genetic and hormonal cues regulate neural diversity	39
Recent advances in understanding cell types during human gastrulation	39
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition during mammalian neural crest cell delamination	39
Molecular cell types as functional units of the efferent vagus nerve	38
Hox, homology, and parsimony: An organismal perspective	38
Establishing and maintaining Hox profiles during spinal cord development	37
Hydrostatic pressure as a driver of cell and tissue morphogenesis	37
The Calvin Benson cycle in bacteria: New insights from systems biology	37
C. elegans: An elegant experimental system for the study of cilia biology	37
Towards a molecular understanding of the 5′TOP motif in regulating translation of ribosomal mRNAs	36
Editorial Board/Publication Information	36
Outside Front Cover	36
Outside Front Cover	36
The mechanics of shaping organs in plants	35
Engineered implementations of spatial computation in biological systems	34
Apoptotic signaling: Beyond cell death	34
Nuclear organization by satellite DNA, SAF-A/hnRNPU and matrix attachment regions	34
Tissue interplay during morphogenesis	34
Cilia and flagella – Current insights from diverse experimental systems	33
Developmental energetics: Energy expenditure, budgets and metabolism during animal embryogenesis	33
High-resolution omics of vascular ageing and inflammatory pathways in neurodegeneration	33
Dynamic regulation of ribosome levels and translation during development	33
Human placental development and function	33
Maternal selection of human embryos in early gestation: Insights from recurrent miscarriage	33
The HERC proteins and the nervous system	33
Viral manipulation of host cell gene expression	33
How to get the most out of your cancer spatial transcriptomics data	32
Recent advancement in the spatial immuno-oncology	32

Strategic use of organoids and organs-on-chip as biomimetic tools	32
Imaging spatiotemporal translation regulation in vivo	32
Neuronal identity and cognitive control dynamics in the PFC	32
Evolvability in vertebrate segmentation	31
TALE transcription factors: Cofactors no more	31
Dermal extracellular matrix molecules in skin development, homeostasis, wound regeneration and diseases	31
Collective cell migration across scales: A systems perspective	31
C. elegans as a model for health and disease	30
Ubiquitin and Legionella: From bench to bedside	30
Evolution, structure and function of divergent macroH2A1 splice isoforms	30
Physics, feedbacks, and forms	30
Outside Front Cover	30
Mitochondrial Apoptotic Signaling Involvement in Remodeling During Myogenesis and Skeletal Muscle Atrophy	30
A near death experience: The secret stem cell life of caspase-3	29
Epigenetics of inflammation in hypothalamus pituitary gonadal and neuroendocrine disorders	29
Moving through the crowd. Where are we at understanding physiological axon growth?	28
Stress granules and P-bodies – New ideas and experimental models worth exploring	28
Epigenetic regulation of inflammation	28
Cover image of cell death and resilience in health and disease	28
Charting the cardiac landscape: Advances in spatial transcriptomics for heart biology	28
Recent advances in understanding microRNA function and regulation in C. elegans	28
Editorial Board/Publication Information	28
Editorial Board/Publication Information	27
Mechanics of neural tube morphogenesis	27
Unravelling the mysteries of human embryogenesis	27
Pinpointing the locus of GABAergic vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease	27
Force: A messenger of axon outgrowth	27
Mitochondrial-derived vesicles in skeletal muscle remodeling and adaptation	27
MicroRNAs: Key modulators of inflammation-associated diseases	27
Outside Front Cover	26
Outside Front Cover	26
Nuclear envelope assembly and dynamics during development	26
Inflammation in Hernia and the epigenetic control	26
Start-Shape-Stop: Cell communication mechanisms controlling organ size	26
Editorial on “Vascular cell fate in health and disease”	26
Developmental heterogeneity of vascular cells: Insights into cellular plasticity in atherosclerosis?	26
Towards deciphering the bone marrow microenvironment with spatial multi-omics	25
The implications of physiological biomolecular condensates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	25
Hox gene functions in the C. elegans nervous system: From early patterning to maintenance of neuronal identity	25
Novel approaches to increase synaptic resilience as potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease	24
Homeodomain complex formation and biomolecular condensates in Hox gene regulation	24
Temporal control of neuronal wiring	24
The interplay of tissue mechanics and gene regulatory networks in the evolution of morphogenesis	24
Tetrahymena as a model organism for cilia research	24
P-body-like condensates in the germline	24
Transcription-coupled H3.3 recycling: A link with chromatin states	24
Mitochondrial recovery by the UPRmt: Insights from C. elegans	24
Host plant physiological transformation and microbial population heterogeneity as important determinants of the Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae–plant interactions	24
Biomechanical models and mechanisms of cellular morphogenesis and cerebral cortical expansion and folding	24
Regulation of organelle size and organization during development	24
Editorial Board/Publication Information	23
Emerging roles of DNA repair factors in the stability of centromeres	23
Microtubule and auditory function – an underestimated connection	23
Editorial Board/Publication Information	23
Thrombospondins modulate cell function and tissue structure in the skeleton	23
“Transfer” of power: The intersection of DNA virus infection and tRNA biology	22
Capturing ovarian dynamics through spatial profiling of the mechano-microenvironment	22
Thrombospondin-1 in drug activity and tumor response to therapies	22
The influence of epigenetics and inflammation on cardiometabolic risks	22
Gradients, waves and nematics: quantitative perspectives on regeneration	22
Histone variant-specific post-translational modifications	22