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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
SMARCA5 reprograms AKR1B1-mediated fructose metabolism to control leukemogenesis	246
Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation	212
Damage-responsive neuro-glial clusters coordinate the recruitment of dormant neural stem cells in Drosophila	160
E3 ubiquitin ligase IPI1 controls rice immunity and flowering via both E3 ligase-dependent and -independent pathways	152
Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation	150
A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration	144
A pathological role of O-GlcNAcylation-driven TR11B production and function in lung adenocarcinoma	141
A transcriptional and regulatory map of mouse somite maturation	122
StBPA1 attenuates surface receptor activation and finely regulates immune responses against bacterial and oomycete pathogens in potato	105
Mechanics of spindle orientation in human mitotic cells is determined by pulling forces on astral microtubules and clustering of cortical dynein	104
Epithelial cells adapt to curvature induction via transient active osmotic swelling	101
Diet suppresses glioblastoma initiation in mice by maintaining quiescence of mutation-bearing neural stem cells	100
Radially patterned morphogenesis of murine hair follicle placodes ensures robust epithelial budding	94
Control of poly(A)-tail length and translation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos	93
Maternal and embryonic signals cause functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells and receptivity establishment	91
Spatial patterning controls neuron numbers in the Drosophila visual system	89
Slc25a3-dependent copper transport controls flickering-induced Opa1 processing for mitochondrial safeguard	87
Organoids from pluripotent stem cells and human tissues: When two cultures meet each other	84
Epithelial tissue confinement inhibits cell growth and leads to volume-reducing divisions	78
Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance	74
A human breast atlas integrating single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics	72
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function	72
Astrocyte-induced mGluR1 activates human lung cancer brain metastasis via glutamate-dependent stabilization of EGFR	71
Bifunctional transcription factor GhMYB4 orchestrates transition from elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis trade-off in cotton fiber	70
Restoration of cone-circuit functionality in the regenerating adult zebrafish retina	70

Axon guidance in central nervous system regeneration	69
Setting up cAMP in plants	69
Temperature-responsive N-acetylcytidine mRNA modification controls thermosensory flowering in Arabidopsis	68
SLAM-ITseq identifies that Nrf2 induces liver regeneration through the pentose phosphate pathway	67
MAP9/MAPH-9 supports axonemal microtubule doublets and modulates motor movement	64
Fibrous periosteum repairs bone fracture and maintains the healed bone throughout mouse adulthood	64
Human yolk sac-derived innate lymphoid-biased multipotent progenitors emerge prior to hematopoietic stem cell formation	63
Disruption of WNT/Notch signaling in pancreatic cancer reveals tumors depend on the intricate equilibrium of malignant cell states	63
Nuclear receptor Nr5a2 promotes diverse connective tissue fates in the jaw	63
Dynamic control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by ambient temperature during cell fate determination in Arabidopsis	62
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis highlights specific cell types manipulated by Fusarium head blight fungus leading to wheat susceptibility	62
Bidirectional activation of stem-like programs between metastatic cancer and alveolar type 2 cells within the niche	62
Don’t fear the reaper: The role of regulated cell death in tumorigenesis and BH3-mimetics for cancer therapy	62
Can’t smell the virus: SARS-CoV-2, chromatin organization, and anosmia	61
Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don’t wake the guards!	61
Mannose controls mesoderm specification and symmetry breaking in mouse gastruloids	60
Traveling to the left: A story of PKD1L1-containing vesicles	60
Nucleolar protein PEXF controls ribosomal RNA synthesis and pluripotency exit	58
How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice	58
BMP-gated cell-cycle progression drives anoikis during mesenchymal collective migration	57
The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density forms a transcription body during the minor wave of zygotic genome activation	56
Single-cell exploration of gonadal somatic cell lineage specification during human sex determination	56
Xyloglucan side chains enable polysaccharide secretion to the plant cell wall	53
Vimentin intermediate filaments coordinate actin stress fibers and podosomes to determine the extracellular matrix degradation by macrophages	52
SUMO style defense: How post-translational modification via SUMO conjugation promotes plant defense	52
Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons	52