OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Genetics is 72. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The different faces of transcription factor sensitivity	1290
High-resolution 3D genome characterization	896
Explaining the male bias in cancers	803
Single-cell expression profiling has its roots in in situ techniques	774
Tightening the (neural) net for protein structure prediction	721
Disentangling population structure in marine species	640
Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics	604
The evolution of DNA sequencing with microfluidics	599
SCOPE-ing out eukaryotic 6mA	514
Weaponized genomics: potential threats to international and human security	387
The evolution of modifier genes	349
Genomic prediction of neoantigens: immunogenomics before NGS	348
Getting organized with non-coding RNAs	332
Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life	313
Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin	304
Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals	284
Means, mechanisms and consequences of adenine methylation in DNA	270
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits	254
Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference	236
Genomic insights into conifer evolution	208
Unveiling the expanding protein universe of life	199
Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions	196
Progress in toxicogenomics to protect human health	193
More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans	191
The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation	183

Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic	181
Changes in cell-cycle rate drive diverging cell fates	177
The origin of animals and fungi	176
Testing the super-enhancer concept	168
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities	167
Abiotic stress responses in plants	163
CRISPR editing within microbial communities	158
Shared genetic components of multimorbidity	149
Layering epigenomic and transcriptomic space	143
Intrinsically disordered regions as facilitators of the transcription factor target search	139
Revealing gene function with statistical inference at single-cell resolution	138
Genomic landscape of cancer in racially and ethnically diverse populations	134
Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications	134
Mapping dosage	131
Aneuploidy in the driving seat	128
Genomic transformations of Eurasian hunter-gatherer populations during the last Ice Age	128
Mini-colons unlock tumour development outside the body	125
Genetics of substance use disorders in the era of big data	124
Single cell–cell communication	118
Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding	118
Predicting the effects of multigene perturbations	117
Epigenomes get personal	116
CHIPping away at the genetic aetiology of clonal haematopoiesis	113
The hidden diversity of tumours	113
Miller spreads and the power of observation	110
Swapping genes within and beyond our bodies	109
Retrotransposons: still mobile in humans	108
From computational models of the splicing code to regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic implications	102
Fine-mapping causal variants — why finding ‘the one’ can be futile	101
Mate choice through a genomic lens	101
Cohesin and CTCF emerge as building blocks of 3D genome structure	101
Scrambling the genome in cancer: causes and consequences of complex chromosome rearrangements	99
The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling	97
ADAR1 inhibits ZBP1 activation by endogenous Z-RNA	97
Social shifts in spiders	95
Genomic newborn screening for rare diseases	95
The final pieces of the human genome	89
Why geneticists should care about male infertility	86
Global genomic diversity for All of Us	84
Fitness effects of mutations throughout evolution	84
Fitness, growth and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants	82
Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis	82
Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy	79
The potential of mitochondrial genome engineering	75
High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function	73
Indirect recognition of pathogen virulence proteins to activate plant immune receptors	72
The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication	72
Exon junction complex modulates m6A distribution	72
Effects of regulatory variants across pig tissues	72