OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Cell Biology is 74. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Unravelling the endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment in plant cells	942
Keeping membraneless organelles apart	343
tRNA flux and consistency in differentiation	329
COPIng with senescence	296
Designing protein-based artificial kinetochores as decoys to prevent meiotic errors in oocytes	227
Restoring placental methylome	227
Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells	221
SLC33A1 exports oxidized glutathione to maintain endoplasmic reticulum redox homeostasis	211
Finding a chaperone for TDP-43	185
Atlas of amnion development during the first trimester of human pregnancy	184
Reinvigorating COTL1high NK cells via GITR signalling overcomes immune checkpoint blockade resistance in tsMHC-I-impaired tumours	183
Dynein upsizes under load	179
Ectosomes step forward in α-synuclein spread	175
ETV2 functions as a pioneer factor to regulate and reprogram the endothelial lineage	168
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication	165
Criteria for the standardization of stem-cell-based embryo models	161
ER-associated RNA silencing promotes ER quality control	160
ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription	158
Compression-dependent microtubule reinforcement enables cells to navigate confined environments	158
The guinea pig serves as an alternative model to study human preimplantation development	156
Mechanical forces across compartments coordinate cell shape and fate transitions to generate tissue architecture	146
Creatine kinase B suppresses ferroptosis by phosphorylating GPX4 through a moonlighting function	143
Hepatocellular senescence induces multi-organ senescence and dysfunction via TGFβ	136
Spatial and functional separation of mTORC1 signalling in response to different amino acid sources	134
A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis	131

Regenerating the academic pipeline	130
How a ribosomal protein avoids mixed signals	130
A serendipitous discovery of a family of membrane remodelling proteins	129
Nuclear class 3 PI3K coactivates circadian clock	127
Implementing sustainable science in the lab	127
Hyaluronic acid–GPRC5C signalling promotes dormancy in haematopoietic stem cells	126
PRC2 shields the potency of human stem cells	125
HSF1 renders NK cells too stressed to respond	123
MAPL regulates gasdermin-mediated release of mtDNA from lysosomes to drive pyroptotic cell death	122
The nuclear periphery confers repression on H3K9me2-marked genes and transposons to shape cell fate	120
Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification	120
IL-2 delivery by engineered mesenchymal stem cells re-invigorates CD8+ T cells to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cancer	119
Lymphotoxin-β promotes breast cancer bone metastasis colonization and osteolytic outgrowth	114
A lysosomal surveillance response to stress extends healthspan	113
TCF3, TCF12 and distinct enhancers regulate oocyte transcription	108
Mitoxyperilysis as a distinct cell death type	105
Synthetic ZFTA fusions pinpoint disordered protein domain acquisition as a mechanism of brain tumorigenesis	105
STAM and Hrs interact sequentially with IFN-α Receptor to control spatiotemporal JAK–STAT endosomal activation	103
Nuclear proteasomes buffer cytoplasmic proteins during autophagy compromise	97
Acidic niche sugar shield blocks ferroptosis	95
Real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing with PROFIT-seq	91
VAMP2 chaperones α-synuclein in synaptic vesicle co-condensates	90
Metabolic regulation of chemoresistance and immuno-surveillance in AML by SHP-1	89
The MARCHF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase acts as an NADPH sensor for the regulation of ferroptosis	88
Host extracellular vesicles confer cytosolic access to systemic LPS licensing non-canonical inflammasome sensing and pyroptosis	88
Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration	86
A cell biological perspective on Singapore’s scientific growth	86
Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity	86
Dapl1 controls NFATc2 activation to regulate CD8+ T cell exhaustion and responses in chronic infection and cancer	86
The Polycomb system sustains promoters in a deep OFF state by limiting pre-initiation complex formation to counteract transcription	86
Waste management and cell death in T cells	83
A model for propagation of RNA structural memory through biomolecular condensates	83
It started with a western	82
Tissue memory relies on stem cell priming in distal undamaged areas	82
Deep-learning for microscopy	82
Assessing gene loss after gene editing	78
Telomeres are a life-extending gift	78
Caveolin-1 dolines form a distinct and rapid caveolae-independent mechanoadaptation system	77
p16-dependent increase of PD-L1 stability regulates immunosurveillance of senescent cells	77
N6-methyladenosine regulates maternal RNA maintenance in oocytes and timely RNA decay during mouse maternal-to-zygotic transition	77
Malonyl-CoA is a conserved endogenous ATP-competitive mTORC1 inhibitor	77
Time for lipid cell biology	77
Escape from X inactivation is directly modulated by Xist noncoding RNA	77
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 functions as a protein phosphatase to dephosphorylate histone H3 and suppresses PPARα-regulated gene transcription and tumour growth	76
Fat bolsters tumours against ferroptosis	76
p300 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling underlies mTORC1 hyperactivation in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome	76
Atypical nuclear envelope condensates linked to neurological disorders reveal nucleoporin-directed chaperone activities	76
Intron-encoded cistronic transcripts for minimally invasive monitoring of coding and non-coding RNAs	75
The role of PINK1–Parkin in mitochondrial quality control	75