Nature Reviews Genetics

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Genetics is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The different faces of transcription factor sensitivity1436
Explaining the male bias in cancers922
Single-cell expression profiling has its roots in in situ techniques911
Tightening the (neural) net for protein structure prediction900
Disentangling population structure in marine species801
Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics704
SCOPE-ing out eukaryotic 6mA694
Weaponized genomics: potential threats to international and human security615
The evolution of modifier genes492
Getting organized with non-coding RNAs426
Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals406
The evolution of DNA sequencing with microfluidics385
Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference366
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits345
Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin296
Means, mechanisms and consequences of adenine methylation in DNA290
Genomic insights into conifer evolution235
Unveiling the expanding protein universe of life233
Rapid pathogen surveillance: field-ready sequencing solutions231
The evolutionary foundations of transcriptional regulation in animals219
The origin of animals and fungi217
Changes in cell-cycle rate drive diverging cell fates203
Progress in toxicogenomics to protect human health194
RNA polymerase II transcription compartments — from factories to condensates192
More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans191
Testing the super-enhancer concept183
The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation181
Best practices for single-cell analysis across modalities169
Abiotic stress responses in plants169
CRISPR editing within microbial communities164
Mapping dosage163
Genomic landscape of cancer in racially and ethnically diverse populations163
Aneuploidy in the driving seat159
Genomic transformations of Eurasian hunter-gatherer populations during the last Ice Age155
Mini-colons unlock tumour development outside the body154
Revealing gene function with statistical inference at single-cell resolution148
Investigating spatial gene circuits and gene–phenotype mechanisms with Perturb-FISH146
Layering epigenomic and transcriptomic space143
Intrinsically disordered regions as facilitators of the transcription factor target search142
Non-retroviral RNA viruses in eukaryotic genomes133
Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding131
Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications129
Predicting the effects of multigene perturbations128
Epigenomes get personal127
The hidden diversity of tumours126
CHIPping away at the genetic aetiology of clonal haematopoiesis125
Miller spreads and the power of observation124
Swapping genes within and beyond our bodies121
Mate choice through a genomic lens120
Fine-mapping causal variants — why finding ‘the one’ can be futile117
Single cell–cell communication107
Cohesin and CTCF emerge as building blocks of 3D genome structure107
Retrotransposons: still mobile in humans106
Simultaneous single-cell sequencing of RNA and DNA at scale with DEFND-seq106
Scrambling the genome in cancer: causes and consequences of complex chromosome rearrangements105
From computational models of the splicing code to regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic implications103
The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling102
Genomic newborn screening for rare diseases101
ADAR1 inhibits ZBP1 activation by endogenous Z-RNA89
Social shifts in spiders88
The final pieces of the human genome88
Why geneticists should care about male infertility87
Global genomic diversity for All of Us87
Fitness effects of mutations throughout evolution86
Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis85
The potential of mitochondrial genome engineering84
High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function82
Fitness, growth and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants81
Effects of regulatory variants across pig tissues80
The diversification of methods for studying cell–cell interactions and communication80
Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy80
Exon junction complex modulates m6A distribution77
Indirect recognition of pathogen virulence proteins to activate plant immune receptors77
A digital marker for coronary artery disease73
Genomic data sharing: you don’t know what you’ve got (till it’s gone)71
A whole-genome shotgun approach to human reference genome sequencing71
Sex-specific morphs: the genetics and evolution of intra-sexual variation70
Divergence and conservation of the meiotic recombination machinery70
Genomic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance — a One Health perspective69
Mosaic variegated aneuploidy in development, ageing and cancer69
Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change68
Navigating the pitfalls of mapping DNA and RNA modifications67
Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease66
The expanding diagnostic toolbox for rare genetic diseases63
Integrating non-mammalian model organisms in the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in humans62
Chromosomal instability as a driver of cancer progression59
Laterally mobile chromosomes59
Using cell-free DNA to infer gene expression58
The evolutionary tale of lactase persistence in humans54
Programmable DNA rearrangements using bridge RNAs54
SCENT defines non-coding disease mechanisms using single-cell multi-omics54
A developmental exit from totipotency53
microRNAs as systemic regulators of ageing53
Functional synonymous mutations and their evolutionary consequences51
Challenges and best practices in omics benchmarking49
Context-specific functions of chromatin remodellers in development and disease46
New insights into genome folding by loop extrusion from inducible degron technologies45
How ancient genes form animal body plans44
Biobanking with genetics shapes precision medicine and global health44
Translating genomic advances into biodiversity conservation44
Prioritizing the detection of rare pathogenic variants in population screening44
Author Correction: Transposable elements: McClintock’s legacy revisited41
Profiling the total transcriptome of single nuclei in archived samples with snRandom-seq39
Context-specific regulatory variants in precision medicine and agriculture37
Global cooperation for a global pandemic37
Integrating ELSI study teams in paediatric genomic research efforts36
The FinnGen study: disease insights from a ‘bottlenecked’ population35
Cell-type deconvolution methods for spatial transcriptomics34
The lives of cells, recorded34
Predicting gene expression from DNA sequence using deep learning models34
Packaging and delivery of genome-editing tools34
Multifunctional histone variants in genome function33
Methods and applications for single-cell and spatial multi-omics33
tRNA dysregulation and disease32
The nexus between RNA-binding proteins and their effectors32
In vivo editing of blood stem cells32
Homozygosity mapping: a game-changer for autosomal recessive diseases31
The continuum of transcription factor affinities30
Corrupted USB1 fails to process microRNAs required for blood development30
Mary Lyon and the birth of X-inactivation research30
Publisher Correction: Sociotechnical safeguards for genomic data privacy30
Ancient migration and the modern genome29
The regulatory landscape of chromatin accessibility27
The genetic basis of human height27
First glimpse of enhancers in gene regulation26
Stem cell-derived organoid models: defying the Hayflick limit26
De novo genes: from non-genic to genic25
Single-cell genomics meets human genetics25
From genotype to phenotype: genetics of mammalian long non-coding RNAs in vivo23
Biological roles of adenine methylation in RNA22
EpiDamID, a new single-cell multi-omics tool21
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections linked to HLA-B*15:0121
Impact of genetic ancestry on viral infection response20
The gene variant that helped put Latinxs in the 1000 genomes project20
Tandem repeats in the long-read sequencing era19
Making sense of the polygenicity of complex traits18
Cytoplasmic mRNA decay and quality control machineries in eukaryotes18
Endogenous retroviruses: unveiling new targets for cancer immunotherapy17
Genetic variation across and within individuals17
Publisher Correction: The relationship between genome structure and function16
Sequencing-based analysis of microbiomes15
Plant pattern recognition receptors: from evolutionary insight to engineering15
Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease15
A vast potential genome editor toolbox14
Tracking haplotypes to quantify genome erosion14
The human genetic epidemiology of COVID-1914
BANKSY: scalable cell typing and domain segmentation for spatial omics14
Prime editing for precise and highly versatile genome manipulation14
Current advances in primate genomics: novel approaches for understanding evolution and disease14
The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology13
Tracking protein binding to cis-regulatory elements with PRINT12
How the waxing and waning of a mutation determines HIV treatment success11
DNA replication in cell fate reprogramming11
Cryptic initiation drives transcriptional junk in ageing10
Nuclear genome influences mitochondrial DNA10
Genome-wide association testing beyond SNPs10
Live long & prosper: evidence of evolutionary forces on lifespan10
Plant pangenomes for crop improvement, biodiversity and evolution9
Dissecting the genetics of ovarian ageing9
Determining variant effects with pooled prime editing9
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies9
High-resolution imaging of RNA and proteins in thick tissues using cycleHCR9
Methods and applications of genome-wide profiling of DNA damage and rare mutations9
Efficient computation reveals rare CRISPR–Cas systems9
Deafness: from genetic architecture to gene therapy8
Neighbourly modulation of transcript isoforms8
Measuring the effects of regulatory variants in an endogenous context8
Genetics of glycosylation in mammalian development and disease8
Tandem repeat variation of human centromeres8
DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations7
The regulation and function of post-transcriptional RNA splicing7
Spatial miRNomics: towards the integration of microRNAs in spatial biology7
Chromatin loops facilitate co-regulation of paralogues7
Gregor Mendel and the concepts of dominance and recessiveness6
Exploring biodiversity through museomics6
Gene regulatory network inference in the era of single-cell multi-omics6
An uneasy truce between population health and the gene pools within our bodies6
Viral protection from viruses6
Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies6
Harnessing lateral gene transfer and endosymbiosis for adaptation6
Dynamic alternative DNA structures in biology and disease6
RNA barcoding: the catalyst for the single-cell revolution5
Single-cell omics meets organoid cultures5
Transcriptional coupling of long-distance genes5
Connecting noncoding variants to human traits5
Detecting pregnancy complications from blood5
Foreseeing the principles of genome architecture5
Publisher Correction: How germ granules promote germ cell fate5
Beyond genetics for cancer evolution5
An evolutionary continuum between non-coding and coding DNA4
Systemic cell–cell communication in cancer4
An evolving hypothesis in autoimmune disease genetics4
Navigating the pitfalls of applying machine learning in genomics4
Methodological opportunities in genomic data analysis to advance health equity4
Pharmacogenomics: current status and future perspectives4
Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution4
Context-specific Polycomb mechanisms in development4
The design and engineering of synthetic genomes4
To the rescue by blocking cryptic splicing4
Genetics of human telomere biology disorders4
Alu sequences promote long-distance relationships4
Not all co-repressors are equal3
Tuning mutagenesis by functional outcome3
The root cause of shoot-borne roots3
Metabolic engineering of plant medicines3
A body-wide view of somatic mutations3
Sex differences of oestradiol-mediated gene expression3
RNA splicing — a central layer of gene regulation3
The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants3
Engineering an oscillating gene circuit to delay cellular ageing3
Identifying off-target effects of genome editing with Tracking-seq3
Selection on structural variation in the amylase locus3
Adapting systems biology to address the complexity of human disease in the single-cell era3
Author Correction: The origin of human mutation in light of genomic data3
A call to action to scale up research and clinical genomic data sharing3
CROWN-seq reveals m6Am landscapes and transcription start site diversity3
Charting the world’s microbiomes3
Understanding human placentation through spatial multiomics3
A TAD refined for gene regulation3
Drug delivery systems for RNA therapeutics3
Biomarker benchmarking3
Variant calling and benchmarking in an era of complete human genome sequences3
When cellular reprogramming meets AI: towards de novo cell design3
Towards gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease2
DNA Typewriter2
Revealing secrets of human genetic variation with population databases2
Predictive evidence of the relevance of epigenetics to PTSD2
Illuminating the human yolk sac through single-cell omics2
Computational analysis of cancer genome sequencing data2
Target-directed microRNA degradation in Drosophila2
Sequencing to save the Kākāpō2
Measuring biological age using omics data2
Histone post-translational modifications — cause and consequence of genome function2
Nuclear receptors — studying genes to understand hormones2
The effects of loss of Y chromosome on male health2
Fighting fibrosis with transient CAR T cells2
Including diverse populations enhances the discovery of type 2 diabetes loci2
Author Correction: Functional genomics data: privacy risk assessment and technological mitigation2
Mapping vertebrate brain evolution2
Human organs-on-chips for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine2
Maverick — top gun of horizontal gene transfer2
Sequencing and characterizing short tandem repeats in the human genome2
SIMPLE-seq to decode DNA methylation dynamics in single cells2
The genetics of human performance2
The maternal-to-zygotic transition: reprogramming of the cytoplasm and nucleus2
The complex non-genetic inheritance of complex traits2
Ethical governance for genomic data science in the cloud2
Genetic prediction of multi-omic traits2
DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease2
Computational methods for analysing multiscale 3D genome organization2
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