OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology is 21. 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
Editorial Board/Publication Information	224
Outside Front Cover	201
Alzheimer’s Disease: Effects on brain circuits and synapses	184
In memoriam: Huib Ovaa, the brain behind the formula (18/12/1973–19/05/2020)	170
Removal of cellular protrusions	96
Thrombospondin-1 in vascular development, vascular function, and vascular disease	89
Epitranscriptomic regulation of cognitive development and decline	88
Approximating the living	86
Balance between the cell viability and death in 3D	83
Plasma membrane repair empowers the necrotic survivors as innate immune modulators	79
The tubulin code: Empowering microtubules	77
Dissecting the neurobiology of linguistic disorganisation and impoverishment in schizophrenia	77
All eggs in one basket: How potyvirus infection is controlled at a single cap-independent translation event	76
Parallels between the extracellular matrix roles in developmental biology and cancer biology	75
Evolution of the insect Hox gene cluster: Comparative analysis across 243 species	72
Mechanisms of formation and functions of the early embryonic cavities	72
Start early and pack light: Collaborative adventures in theory and experiment	71
Mechanical mechanisms of morphogenesis as potential substrates for evolutionary change	69
The C. elegans anchor cell: A model to elucidate mechanisms underlying invasion through basement membrane	69
Editorial Board/Publication Information	68
Outside Front Cover	59
Editorial	59
Editorial Board/Publication Information	59
Rearrangement of co-cultured cellular systems: Biological and physical aspects	56
Outside Front Cover	56

Antibodies in the intracellular domain	56
Somite development and regionalisation of the vertebral axial skeleton	55
RNA Polymerases I and III in development and disease	52
Understanding the interplay of membrane trafficking, cell surface mechanics, and stem cell differentiation	52
Natural variation in metabolism of the Calvin-Benson cycle	51
The emerging roles of the cytoskeleton in intestinal epithelium homeostasis	51
An emerging role for the endoplasmic reticulum in stress granule biogenesis	50
Modelling the dynamics of mammalian gut homeostasis	50
Editorial Board/Publication Information	49
The developmental and evolutionary origins of cellular pluripotency in the vertebrate neural crest	49
Editorial Board/Publication Information	47
Outside Front Cover	47
Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development	46
Out with the old, in with the new: Meiotic driving of sex chromosome evolution	46
Snapshots from within the cell: Novel trafficking and non trafficking functions of Snap29 during tissue morphogenesis	43
Membrane compartmentalisation of the ubiquitin system	43
rDNA transcription, replication and stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	41
The ever-diversifying landscape of intra-genomic conflict	41
Deep conservation and co-option of programmed cell death facilitates evolution of alternative phenotypes at multiple biological levels	40
Recent advances in understanding cell types during human gastrulation	40
Establishing and maintaining Hox profiles during spinal cord development	38
Outside Front Cover	38
The tubulin code in platelet biogenesis.	38
Thrombospondin proteins – Versatile extracellular proteins with multiple biological functions	38
C. elegans: An elegant experimental system for the study of cilia biology	37
Recent insights into atrial chamber formation	37
Self-organized collective cell behaviors as design principles for synthetic developmental biology	37
Hox, homology, and parsimony: An organismal perspective	37
The Drivers of Diversity: Integrated genetic and hormonal cues regulate neural diversity	36
Hydrostatic pressure as a driver of cell and tissue morphogenesis	35
Editorial Board/Publication Information	35
Nuclear organization by satellite DNA, SAF-A/hnRNPU and matrix attachment regions	35
The Calvin Benson cycle in bacteria: New insights from systems biology	35
Engineered implementations of spatial computation in biological systems	35
S-cone circuits in the primate retina for non-image-forming vision	35
Molecular cell types as functional units of the efferent vagus nerve	35
Tissue interplay during morphogenesis	35
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition during mammalian neural crest cell delamination	35
Outside Front Cover	34
Outside Front Cover	34
Genetically encoded intrabodies as high-precision tools to visualize and manipulate neuronal function	33
Apoptotic signaling: Beyond cell death	33
Developmental energetics: Energy expenditure, budgets and metabolism during animal embryogenesis	33
Kidney development to kidney organoids and back again	33
Towards a molecular understanding of the 5′TOP motif in regulating translation of ribosomal mRNAs	33
Maternal selection of human embryos in early gestation: Insights from recurrent miscarriage	33
The HERC proteins and the nervous system	32
The mechanics of shaping organs in plants	32
Dynamic regulation of ribosome levels and translation during development	31
Human placental development and function	31

TALE transcription factors: Cofactors no more	31
Viral manipulation of host cell gene expression	31
Recent advancement in the spatial immuno-oncology	30
Dermal extracellular matrix molecules in skin development, homeostasis, wound regeneration and diseases	30
Neuronal identity and cognitive control dynamics in the PFC	30
Evolvability in vertebrate segmentation	30
High-resolution omics of vascular ageing and inflammatory pathways in neurodegeneration	30
Mitochondrial Apoptotic Signaling Involvement in Remodeling During Myogenesis and Skeletal Muscle Atrophy	29
Collective cell migration across scales: A systems perspective	29
Epigenetics of inflammation in hypothalamus pituitary gonadal and neuroendocrine disorders	29
C. elegans as a model for health and disease	29
Strategic use of organoids and organs-on-chip as biomimetic tools	29
Imaging spatiotemporal translation regulation in vivo	29
Evolution, structure and function of divergent macroH2A1 splice isoforms	29
How to get the most out of your cancer spatial transcriptomics data	29
Outside Front Cover	29
Editorial Board/Publication Information	28
Ubiquitin and Legionella: From bench to bedside	28
Moving through the crowd. Where are we at understanding physiological axon growth?	28
A near death experience: The secret stem cell life of caspase-3	28
Targeting tau only extracellularly is likely to be less efficacious than targeting it both intra- and extracellularly	28
Charting the cardiac landscape: Advances in spatial transcriptomics for heart biology	28
Physics, feedbacks, and forms	28
Cover image of cell death and resilience in health and disease	27
Force: A messenger of axon outgrowth	27
Editorial Board/Publication Information	27
Stress granules and P-bodies – New ideas and experimental models worth exploring	27
Unravelling the mysteries of human embryogenesis	27
Epigenetic regulation of inflammation	26
MicroRNAs: Key modulators of inflammation-associated diseases	26
Pinpointing the locus of GABAergic vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease	26
Timing without coding: How do long non-coding RNAs regulate circadian rhythms?	26
Recent advances in understanding microRNA function and regulation in C. elegans	26
Outside Front Cover	25
Editorial on “Vascular cell fate in health and disease”	25
Outside Front Cover	25
Inflammation in Hernia and the epigenetic control	25
Mitochondrial-derived vesicles in skeletal muscle remodeling and adaptation	25
The implications of physiological biomolecular condensates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	24
Circadian NAD(P)(H) cycles in cell metabolism	24
Regulation of organelle size and organization during development	24
The interplay of tissue mechanics and gene regulatory networks in the evolution of morphogenesis	24
Towards deciphering the bone marrow microenvironment with spatial multi-omics	24
Mechanics of neural tube morphogenesis	24
Biomechanical models and mechanisms of cellular morphogenesis and cerebral cortical expansion and folding	24
Hox gene functions in the C. elegans nervous system: From early patterning to maintenance of neuronal identity	24
Temporal control of neuronal wiring	24
Nuclear envelope assembly and dynamics during development	23
Novel approaches to increase synaptic resilience as potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease	23
Host plant physiological transformation and microbial population heterogeneity as important determinants of the Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae–plant interactions	23
P-body-like condensates in the germline	23
Developmental heterogeneity of vascular cells: Insights into cellular plasticity in atherosclerosis?	23
Start-Shape-Stop: Cell communication mechanisms controlling organ size	23
Mitochondrial recovery by the UPRmt: Insights from C. elegans	23
Homeodomain complex formation and biomolecular condensates in Hox gene regulation	23
Microtubule and auditory function – an underestimated connection	22
Thrombospondin-1 in drug activity and tumor response to therapies	22
Thrombospondins modulate cell function and tissue structure in the skeleton	22
“Transfer” of power: The intersection of DNA virus infection and tRNA biology	22
Editorial Board/Publication Information	22
The influence of epigenetics and inflammation on cardiometabolic risks	22
Emerging roles of DNA repair factors in the stability of centromeres	22
Editorial Board/Publication Information	22
Transcription-coupled H3.3 recycling: A link with chromatin states	22
Histone variant-specific post-translational modifications	21
Special issue: “Novel functions of programmed cell death in development: Current status and future challenges”	21
Molecular mechanisms regulating the spatial configuration of neurites	21
Reframing research on evolutionary novelty and co-option: Character identity mechanisms versus deep homology	21
Multi-layered transcriptional control of cranial neural crest development	21
The molecular clockwork of mammalian cells	21
Time to see: How temporal identity factors specify the developing mammalian retina	21
Nuclear size and shape control	21
Deciphering the interplay between autophagy and polarity in epithelial tubulogenesis	21
Sex differences in daily timekeeping and circadian clock circuits	21
Capturing ovarian dynamics through spatial profiling of the mechano-microenvironment	21
Gradients, waves and nematics: quantitative perspectives on regeneration	21
Collective sperm movement in mammalian reproductive tracts	21
The dynamics along the biointerface between the epithelial and cancer mesenchymal cells: Modeling consideration	21