EMBO Reports

Papers
(The median citation count of EMBO Reports is 13. 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.)
ArticleCitations
The mission to ensure continued funding for excellent basic research239
LGBTIQ+N173
UBAP2L‐dependent coupling of PLK1 localization and stability during mitosis149
Erratum To: The Golgi microtubules regulate single cell durotaxis149
Equally potent: Nlrp3 mutation in macrophages or neutrophils is sufficient to drive autoinflammation147
SCFFBXW7 regulates G2‐M progression through control of CCNL1 ubiquitination143
Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 triggers BRCA2 degradation and promotes DNA damage repair129
CCR4‐NOT differentially controls host versus virus poly(a)‐tail length and regulates HCMV infection121
Through an ecological lens98
SETD1A function in leukemia is mediated through interaction with mitotic regulators BuGZ/BUB385
E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4L negatively regulates inflammation by promoting ubiquitination of MEKK282
Enhancing Spns2/S1P in macrophages alleviates hyperinflammation and prevents immunosuppression in sepsis73
Piwil2 (Mili) sustains neurogenesis and prevents cellular senescence in the postnatal hippocampus72
The post‐translational regulation of transcription factor EB (TFEB) in health and disease70
METTL3 protects METTL14 from STUB1‐mediated degradation to maintain m6A homeostasis70
Dynamin‐like proteins mediate extracellular vesicle secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis68
Blood flow diverts extracellular vesicles from endothelial degradative compartments to promote angiogenesis63
Morphofunctional changes at the active zone during synaptic vesicle exocytosis62
A tiny loop in the Argonaute PIWI domain tunes small RNA seed strength55
Somatosensory neurons express specific sets of lincRNAs, and lincRNA CLAP promotes itch sensation in mice55
Tissue‐like environments shape functional interactions of HIV‐1 with immature dendritic cells54
SPTing across condensates: SEC‐mediated translocation of SPT complex from pausing condensates to elongation condensates54
Scalable RT‐LAMP‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 testing for infection surveillance with applications in pandemic preparedness54
Energetic landscape of polycystin channel gating53
The transcriptional regulator Sin3A balances IL‐17A and Foxp3 expression in primary CD4 T cells52
Resting natural killer cell homeostasis relies on tryptophan/NAD+ metabolism and HIF‐1α51
Striking the right balance between youth and experience51
PRMT5 links lipid metabolism to contractile function of skeletal muscles48
pH regulates hematopoietic stem cell potential via polyamines48
Noncanonical Wnt signaling promotes colon tumor growth, chemoresistance and tumor fibroblast activation48
The DEAD box RNA helicase DDX42 is an intrinsic inhibitor of positive‐strand RNA viruses47
Rapid evolutionary repair by secondary perturbation of a primary disrupted transcriptional network47
Microtubules are not required to generate a nascent axon in embryonic spinal neurons in vivo46
The GCN2/eIF2αK stress kinase regulates PP1 to ensure mitotic fidelity44
GAPDH facilitates homologous recombination repair by stabilizing RAD51 in an HDAC1‐dependent manner43
Single cell clonal analysis identifies an AID‐dependent pathway of plasma cell differentiation42
The regulation of human blastoid research42
Autophagy orchestrates the crosstalk between cells and organs42
BTNL2 promotes colitis‐associated tumorigenesis in mice by regulating IL‐22 production41
STAT5b is a key effector of NRG‐1/ERBB4‐mediated myocardial growth40
DOT1L bridges transcription and heterochromatin formation at mammalian pericentromeres39
Bipolar‐associated miR‐499‐5p controls neuroplasticity by downregulating the Cav1.2 subunit CACNB239
Tick‐borne flavivirus NS5 antagonizes interferon signaling by inhibiting the catalytic activity of TYK239
Evolutionary remodelling of N‐terminal domain loops fine‐tunes SARS‐CoV‐2 spike39
Getting the message right38
mPFC DUSP1 mediates adolescent cocaine exposure‐induced higher sensitivity to drug in adulthood38
Ovol1/2 loss‐induced epidermal defects elicit skin immune activation and alter global metabolism38
TMBIM5 is the Ca2+/H+ antiporter of mammalian mitochondria37
Tonic TNF conditioning of macrophages safeguards stimulus‐specific inflammatory responses37
CDK9 and PP2A regulate RNA polymerase II transcription termination and coupled RNA maturation37
Constructive correction37
The Toll pathway mediates Drosophila resilience to Aspergillus mycotoxins through specific Bomanins36
Learning tricks from old dogs36
Pericyte stem cells induce Ly6G+ cell accumulation and immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer36
The Autophagy Receptor TAX1BP1 (T6BP) improves antigen presentation by MHC‐II molecules36
Confusion36
Evolution of pathogen virulence36
NuRD‐independent Mi‐2 activity represses ectopic gene expression during neuronal maturation35
PLK1 promotes the mitotic surveillance pathway by controlling cytosolic 53BP1 availability35
KIAA1429/VIRMA promotes breast cancer progression by m6A‐dependent cytosolic HAS2 stabilization35
The extracellular matrix fibulin 7 maintains epidermal stem cell heterogeneity during skin aging34
Adaptation delay causes a burst of mutations in bacteria responding to oxidative stress34
ZBTB2 links p53 deficiency to HIF‐1‐mediated hypoxia signaling to promote cancer aggressiveness33
Reducing oxidative protein folding alleviates senescence by minimizing ER‐to‐nucleus H2O2 release33
A plea for the ultimate optimism33
Phosphatidylserine clustering by the Ebola virus matrix protein is a critical step in viral budding33
Circadian oscillation in primary cilium length by clock genes regulates fibroblast cell migration32
Scholars in peril: when being a scientist can land you in jail (or worse)32
Autism therapy at crossroads31
Chronic inflammation decreases HSC fitness by activating the druggable Jak/Stat3 signaling pathway31
An ULK1/2‐PXN mechanotransduction pathway suppresses breast cancer cell migration31
DNA demethylation fine‐tunes IL‐2 production during thymic regulatory T cell differentiation31
FBL promotes cancer cell resistance to DNA damage and BRCA1 transcription via YBX130
The Drosophila mitotic spindle orientation machinery requires activation, not just localization30
TPLATE complex‐dependent endocytosis attenuates CLAVATA1 signaling for shoot apical meristem maintenance30
MOV10 recruits DCP2 to decap human LINE‐1 RNA by forming large cytoplasmic granules with phase separation properties30
Hedgehog signaling can enhance glycolytic ATP production in the Drosophila wing disc30
Rab21 regulates caveolin‐1‐mediated endocytic trafficking to promote immature neurite pruning30
RNA polymerase II CTD is dispensable for transcription and required for termination in human cells30
Descending dopaminergic pathway facilitates itch signal processing via activating spinal GRPR+ neurons30
Two structurally defined Aβ polymorphs promote different pathological changes in susceptible mice30
Spns2/S1P: it takes two to tango with inflammation and metabolic rewiring during sepsis29
Chemical conversion of human conventional PSCs to TSCs following transient naive gene activation29
Structural insights into coordinating 5S RNP rotation with ITS2 pre‐RNA processing during ribosome formation29
The mind of a scientist29
We can do better29
Terminal differentiation of villus tip enterocytes is governed by distinct Tgfβ superfamily members29
Oxygen‐regulated post‐translation modifications as master signalling pathway in cells28
Lipid and protein content profiling of isolated native autophagic vesicles28
Keep biology weird27
Structural study of UFL1‐UFC1 interaction uncovers the role of UFL1 N‐terminal helix in ufmylation27
The chromatin factor ROW cooperates with BEAF‐32 in regulating long‐range inducible genes27
Combining organotypic tissue culture with light‐sheet microscopy (OTCxLSFM) to study glioma invasion27
The perceived decline of “disruptive” science and technology27
Differential roles of the fish chitinous membrane in gut barrier immunity and digestive compartments27
A trashed treasure26
The taste of vitamin C in Drosophila26
SARS‐CoV‐2‐related bat virus behavior in human‐relevant models sheds light on the origin of COVID‐1926
The cancer microbiome26
Estrogen receptor alpha signaling in dendritic cells modulates autoimmune disease phenotype in mice26
The CRHR1/CREB/REST signaling cascade regulates mammalian embryonic neural stem cell properties26
Intracellular growth of Brucella is mediated by Dps‐dependent activation of ferritinophagy26
Once in a lifetime26
Akkermansia muciniphila induces slow extramedullary hematopoiesis via cooperative IL‐1R/TLR signals25
Adult neural stem cells and neurogenesis are resilient to intermittent fasting25
Human Tim8a, Tim8b and Tim13 are auxiliary assembly factors of mature Complex IV25
Metabolomics meets systems immunology24
Lipin‐2 regulates the antiviral and anti‐inflammatory responses to interferon24
Co‐evolution within the plant holobiont drives host performance24
The obesity‐linked human lncRNA AATBC stimulates mitochondrial function in adipocytes24
Myddosome clustering in IL‐1 receptor signaling regulates the formation of an NF‐kB activating signalosome24
Candida albicans induces neutrophil extracellular traps and leucotoxic hypercitrullination via candidalysin24
Cancer‐cell‐secreted extracellular vesicles target p53 to impair mitochondrial function in muscle24
EHD1 promotes CP110 ubiquitination by centriolar satellite delivery of HERC2 to the mother centriole24
Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing24
Impaired activation of transposable elements in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection23
FTO negatively regulates the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells23
Scratching the ocean surface22
Trained immunity induced by high‐salt diet impedes stroke recovery22
Retrotransposon insertions associated with risk of neurologic and psychiatric diseases22
RAB11A and RAB11B control mitotic spindle function in intestinal epithelial progenitor cells22
Constricted migration is associated with stable 3D genome structure differences in cancer cells22
Losing bigly22
A short history of beer brewing22
Frizzled receptors facilitate Tiki inhibition of Wnt signaling at the cell surface22
Nsp16 shields SARS–CoV‐2 from efficient MDA5 sensing and IFIT1‐mediated restriction21
Cryo‐EM structure of the octameric pore of Clostridium perfringens β‐toxin21
UBQLN2 and HSP70 participate in Parkin‐mediated mitophagy by facilitating outer mitochondrial membrane rupture21
Legionella‐ and host‐driven lipid flux at LCV‐ER membrane contact sites promotes vacuole remodeling21
Threatened forests21
The structure of fly Teneurin‐m reveals an asymmetric self‐assembly that allows expansion into zippers21
Lysosomal K+ channel TMEM175 promotes apoptosis and aggravates symptoms of Parkinson's disease21
Metabolic plasticity sustains the robustness of Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis21
Immune–epithelial cell cross‐talk enhances antiviral responsiveness to SARS‐CoV‐2 in children21
The fate of surplus laboratory animals21
Loss of renal tubular G9a benefits acute kidney injury by lowering focal lipid accumulation via CES120
CIP2A deficiency promotes depression‐like behaviors in mice through inhibition of dendritic arborization20
Cohesin contributes to transcriptional repression of stage‐specific genes in the human malaria parasite20
Reconsidering editorial consideration20
The P4‐ATPase Drs2 interacts with and stabilizes the multisubunit tethering complex TRAPPIII in yeast20
A congenital hydrocephalus‐causing mutation in Trim71 induces stem cell defects via inhibiting Lsd1 mRNA translation20
A quantitative fluorescence‐based approach to study mitochondrial protein import20
Let's bring games into university classrooms20
The nucleolar protein GNL3 prevents resection of stalled replication forks19
Dynamic chromosomal interactions and control of heterochromatin positioning by Ki‐6719
CTCF shapes chromatin structure and gene expression in health and disease19
LTK and ALK promote neuronal polarity and cortical migration by inhibiting IGF1R activity19
A dual‐function SNF2 protein drives chromatid resolution and nascent transcript removal in mitosis19
Histone remodeling reflects conserved mechanisms of bovine and human preimplantation development19
A20 controls RANK‐dependent osteoclast formation and bone physiology18
UNC13D inhibits STING signaling by attenuating its oligomerization on the endoplasmic reticulum18
Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecB suppresses immune responses by inhibiting transendothelial migration18
Structural insights into the assembly and activation of the IL‐27 signaling complex18
Loss of primary cilia promotes inflammation and carcinogenesis18
C9orf72 protein quality control by UBR5‐mediated heterotypic ubiquitin chains18
ABCB‐mediated shootward auxin transport feeds into the root clock18
Dynamics of SLC25A51 reveal preference for oxidized NAD+ and substrate led transport18
The piano and the pianist18
PcEiger links the Imd/Relish pathway to ROS production in the intestine of the red swamp crayfish18
Stalking the link between reproduction and aging17
SIRT3‐dependent delactylation of cyclin E2 prevents hepatocellular carcinoma growth17
Open Access for Open Science17
Molecular mechanisms of TWIST1‐regulated transcription in EMT and cancer metastasis17
From pollutant to powerhouse17
Functional platelet‐derived mitochondria induce the release of human neutrophil microvesicles17
Reverse electron transfer is activated during aging and contributes to aging and age‐related disease17
Paraspeckles interact with SWI/SNF subunit ARID1B to regulate transcription and splicing17
Something new under the sun: caspases promote cell survival under moderate heat stress17
Genome‐wide association and environmental suppression of the mortal germline phenotype of wild C. elegans16
A CcdB toxin‐derived peptide acts as a broad‐spectrum antibacterial therapeutic in infected mice16
Dissecting the cotranscriptome landscape of plants and their microbiota16
LINC00493‐encoded microprotein SMIM26 exerts anti‐metastatic activity in renal cell carcinoma16
T cell‐dependent bispecific antibodies alter organ‐specific endothelial cell–T cell interaction16
Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate controls endothelial sphingolipid homeostasis via ORMDL16
Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems16
Intervention16
ER‐mitochondria contacts and cholesterol metabolism are disrupted by disease‐associated tau protein16
Interferon‐induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) limits lethality of SARS‐CoV‐2 in mice16
Cognition: from the cosmos down to molecules – and back16
Orchestrating vesicular and nonvesicular membrane dynamics by intrinsically disordered proteins16
The plant FYVE domain‐containing protein FREE1 associates with microprocessor components to repress miRNA biogenesis16
The cost of living16
(Free) Creative Commons content on the internet is not so free after all16
Local and systemic effects of microbiome‐derived metabolites16
How to avoid mistakes in science publications16
Autophagic state prospectively identifies facultative stem cells in the intestinal epithelium15
The mechanosensitive TRPV2 calcium channel promotes human melanoma invasiveness and metastatic potential15
Low hanging fruit for combatting SARS‐CoV‐2?15
Calculation of ATP production rates using the Seahorse XF Analyzer15
The polyA tail facilitates splicing of last introns with weak 3′ splice sites via PABPN115
Antiviral activity of the human endogenous retrovirus‐R envelope protein against SARS‐CoV‐215
M1AP interacts with the mammalian ZZS complex and promotes male meiotic recombination15
The fountain of youth of mitochondrial research15
MARCH5 promotes STING pathway activation by suppressing polymer formation of oxidized STING15
Old and newly synthesized histones are asymmetrically distributed in Drosophila intestinal stem cell divisions15
MIRO‐1 interacts with VDAC‐1 to regulate mitochondrial membrane potential in Caenorhabditis elegans15
Modernising biomedical research: advancing with nonanimal models15
O‐GlcNAcylation promotes topoisomerase IIα catalytic activity in breast cancer chemoresistance15
Rassf7a promotes spinal cord regeneration and controls spindle orientation in neural progenitor cells15
Inhibition of ATM kinase rescues planarian regeneration after lethal radiation15
Desert plants to stop desertification15
TRAPPC1 is essential for the maintenance and differentiation of common myeloid progenitors in mice15
Jag2b‐Notch3/1b‐mediated neuron‐to‐glia crosstalk controls retinal gliogenesis14
Science after Brexit: bright spots on the Horizon?14
SIRT2 negatively regulates the cGAS‐STING pathway by deacetylating G3BP114
Regulation of cohesin‐mediated chromosome folding by PDS5 in mammals14
eIF4EHP promotes Ldh mRNA translation in and fruit fly adaptation to hypoxia14
The Preprint Club14
Asexuality in Drosophila juvenile males is organizational and independent of juvenile hormone14
Spindle assembly checkpoint insensitivity allows meiosis‐II despite chromosomal defects in aged eggs14
Deregulations of miR‐1 and its target Multiplexin promote dilated cardiomyopathy associated with myotonic dystrophy type 114
The four fronts of immunotherapy14
In viral games, refs go to the replay14
RAB6 and dynein drive post‐Golgi apical transport to prevent neuronal progenitor delamination14
An ATG12‐ATG5‐TECPR1 E3‐like complex regulates unconventional LC3 lipidation at damaged lysosomes14
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes require transcription for infiltration but not target cell lysis14
Tetraspanner‐based nanodomains modulate BAR domain‐induced membrane curvature14
A force balance model for a cell size‐dependent meiotic nuclear oscillation in fission yeast13
Erratum To: LncRNA‐PAGBC acts as a microRNA sponge and promotes gallbladder tumorigenesis13
Hyperosmotic stress induces 2‐cell‐like cells through ROS and ATR signaling13
MYB sustains hypoxic survival of pancreatic cancer cells by facilitating metabolic reprogramming13
Filling an ARHGAP in our knowledge of human brain evolution13
A gene subset requires CTCF bookmarking during the fast post‐mitotic reactivation of mouse ES cells13
mTORC1 activity negatively regulates human hair follicle growth and pigmentation13
POPDC1 scaffolds a complex of adenylyl cyclase 9 and the potassium channel TREK‐1 in heart13
Erratum To: CircHIPK3 sponges miR‐558 to suppress heparanase expression in bladder cancer cells13
Glycolytic Pfkp acts as a Lin41 protein kinase to promote endodermal differentiation of embryonic stem cells13
Human mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier SLC25A4 operates with a ping‐pong kinetic mechanism13
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