OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Genetics is 71. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants	756
Abiotic stress responses in plants	718
mRNAs, proteins and the emerging principles of gene expression control	576
Deciphering cell–cell interactions and communication from gene expression	565
Long-read human genome sequencing and its applications	537
Drug delivery systems for RNA therapeutics	426
Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to elucidate intercellular tissue dynamics	418
The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology	414
Human organs-on-chips for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine	367
RNA-binding proteins in human genetic disease	354
The epitranscriptome beyond m6A	345
Harnessing genomics to fast-track genetic improvement in aquaculture	270
Histone post-translational modifications — cause and consequence of genome function	259
The evolving metabolic landscape of chromatin biology and epigenetics	254
Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic	249
A decade of advances in transposon-insertion sequencing	227
Integrating genetic and non-genetic determinants of cancer evolution by single-cell multi-omics	225
Phylogenetic tree building in the genomic age	221
Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression	208
Polygenic adaptation: a unifying framework to understand positive selection	207
Methods and applications for single-cell and spatial multi-omics	196
Genetics meets proteomics: perspectives for large population-based studies	188
Molecular mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance	181
Towards population-scale long-read sequencing	164
The epigenetic basis of cellular heterogeneity	161

The relationship between genome structure and function	159
The emerging landscape of spatial profiling technologies	150
Molecular and evolutionary processes generating variation in gene expression	148
Reprogramming the genetic code	147
Gene therapy using haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells	147
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities	141
COMPASS and SWI/SNF complexes in development and disease	139
Emerging mechanisms of cell competition	138
Prime editing for precise and highly versatile genome manipulation	137
Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development	135
Rights, interests and expectations: Indigenous perspectives on unrestricted access to genomic data	133
The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease	130
Enhancer redundancy in development and disease	129
Extreme heterogeneity of human mitochondrial DNA from organelles to populations	126
Alternative splicing as a source of phenotypic diversity	125
The road ahead in genetics and genomics	119
Measuring biological age using omics data	117
Haematopoietic stem cell self-renewal in vivo and ex vivo	116
Animal domestication in the era of ancient genomics	115
Active turnover of DNA methylation during cell fate decisions	114
Navigating the pitfalls of applying machine learning in genomics	110
Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life	110
Host–parasite co-evolution and its genomic signature	108
Autophagy genes in biology and disease	108
Advancing the use of genome-wide association studies for drug repurposing	102
A new era in functional genomics screens	101
Functions and consequences of AID/APOBEC-mediated DNA and RNA deamination	101
Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria	98
Gene regulatory programmes of tissue regeneration	98
Host genetics and infectious disease: new tools, insights and translational opportunities	96
Gene drives gaining speed	91
Obtaining genetics insights from deep learning via explainable artificial intelligence	88
The genomics of coloration provides insights into adaptive evolution	83
Exploring human genomic diversity with gnomAD	82
Making sense of the ageing methylome	82
A framework for an evidence-based gene list relevant to autism spectrum disorder	82
Genetic load: genomic estimates and applications in non-model animals	79
From molecules to populations: appreciating and estimating recombination rate variation	79
The Human Genome Project changed everything	77
The importance of genomic variation for biodiversity, ecosystems and people	75
Clinical cancer genomic profiling	75
Biological roles of adenine methylation in RNA	74
Single-cell atlases: shared and tissue-specific cell types across human organs	73
Epigenome plasticity in plants	73
The roles of microRNAs in mouse development	71
Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics	71