OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Developmental Cell is 51. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Damage-responsive neuro-glial clusters coordinate the recruitment of dormant neural stem cells in Drosophila	222
A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration	155
A pathological role of O-GlcNAcylation-driven TR11B production and function in lung adenocarcinoma	147
Restoration of cone-circuit functionality in the regenerating adult zebrafish retina	125
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function	109
Spatial patterning controls neuron numbers in the Drosophila visual system	107
StBPA1 attenuates surface receptor activation and finely regulates immune responses against bacterial and oomycete pathogens in potato	102
Diet suppresses glioblastoma initiation in mice by maintaining quiescence of mutation-bearing neural stem cells	98
Radially patterned morphogenesis of murine hair follicle placodes ensures robust epithelial budding	95
Epithelial tissue confinement inhibits cell growth and leads to volume-reducing divisions	94
Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation	91
Organoids from pluripotent stem cells and human tissues: When two cultures meet each other	90
A transcriptional and regulatory map of mouse somite maturation	88
Maternal and embryonic signals cause functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells and receptivity establishment	82
SMARCA5 reprograms AKR1B1-mediated fructose metabolism to control leukemogenesis	75
Chromatin-associated PP1 subcomplexes: Together, but not in each other’s pockets	73
A human breast atlas integrating single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics	73
Astrocyte-induced mGluR1 activates human lung cancer brain metastasis via glutamate-dependent stabilization of EGFR	73
Bifunctional transcription factor GhMYB4 orchestrates transition from elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis trade-off in cotton fiber	72
Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance	70
Slc25a3-dependent copper transport controls flickering-induced Opa1 processing for mitochondrial safeguard	70
E3 ubiquitin ligase IPI1 controls rice immunity and flowering via both E3 ligase-dependent and -independent pathways	70
Control of poly(A)-tail length and translation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos	68
Mechanics of spindle orientation in human mitotic cells is determined by pulling forces on astral microtubules and clustering of cortical dynein	67
Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation	67

Setting up cAMP in plants	66
Axon guidance in central nervous system regeneration	65
Temperature-responsive N-acetylcytidine mRNA modification controls thermosensory flowering in Arabidopsis	65
Nuclear receptor Nr5a2 promotes diverse connective tissue fates in the jaw	64
Don’t fear the reaper: The role of regulated cell death in tumorigenesis and BH3-mimetics for cancer therapy	64
Neuronal-epithelial cross-talk drives acinar specification via NRG1-ERBB3-mTORC2 signaling	63
Biophysics of organoids	63
SLAM-ITseq identifies that Nrf2 induces liver regeneration through the pentose phosphate pathway	62
Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don’t wake the guards!	61
Seamless knockins in Drosophila via CRISPR-triggered single-strand annealing	61
The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density forms a transcription body during the minor wave of zygotic genome activation	60
Bidirectional activation of stem-like programs between metastatic cancer and alveolar type 2 cells within the niche	60
Traveling to the left: A story of PKD1L1-containing vesicles	60
Dynamic control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by ambient temperature during cell fate determination in Arabidopsis	56
Xyloglucan side chains enable polysaccharide secretion to the plant cell wall	54
Vimentin intermediate filaments coordinate actin stress fibers and podosomes to determine the extracellular matrix degradation by macrophages	53
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis highlights specific cell types manipulated by Fusarium head blight fungus leading to wheat susceptibility	53
A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants	53
The microtubular preprophase band recruits Myosin XI to the cortical division site to guide phragmoplast expansion during plant cytokinesis	53
How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice	52
KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling	52
Single-cell exploration of gonadal somatic cell lineage specification during human sex determination	52
Nucleolar protein PEXF controls ribosomal RNA synthesis and pluripotency exit	52
SUMO style defense: How post-translational modification via SUMO conjugation promotes plant defense	52
BMP-gated cell-cycle progression drives anoikis during mesenchymal collective migration	51
Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons	51