OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Developmental Cell is 52. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A transcriptional and regulatory map of mouse somite maturation	248
Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation	162
Spatial patterning controls neuron numbers in the Drosophila visual system	144
E3 ubiquitin ligase IPI1 controls rice immunity and flowering via both E3 ligase-dependent and -independent pathways	115
Chromatin-associated PP1 subcomplexes: Together, but not in each other’s pockets	108
SMARCA5 reprograms AKR1B1-mediated fructose metabolism to control leukemogenesis	105
Radially patterned morphogenesis of murine hair follicle placodes ensures robust epithelial budding	103
Mechanics of spindle orientation in human mitotic cells is determined by pulling forces on astral microtubules and clustering of cortical dynein	99
Restoration of cone-circuit functionality in the regenerating adult zebrafish retina	98
Epithelial tissue confinement inhibits cell growth and leads to volume-reducing divisions	92
A pathological role of O-GlcNAcylation-driven TR11B production and function in lung adenocarcinoma	78
Astrocyte-induced mGluR1 activates human lung cancer brain metastasis via glutamate-dependent stabilization of EGFR	78
From regeneration to tumorigenesis: ARID1A as an epigenetic guardian of gastric identity	76
Diet suppresses glioblastoma initiation in mice by maintaining quiescence of mutation-bearing neural stem cells	76
Control of poly(A)-tail length and translation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos	74
A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration	73
Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance	73
Maternal and embryonic signals cause functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells and receptivity establishment	71
Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation	71
Organoids from pluripotent stem cells and human tissues: When two cultures meet each other	71
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function	71
Slc25a3-dependent copper transport controls flickering-induced Opa1 processing for mitochondrial safeguard	70
StBPA1 attenuates surface receptor activation and finely regulates immune responses against bacterial and oomycete pathogens in potato	69
Bifunctional transcription factor GhMYB4 orchestrates transition from elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis trade-off in cotton fiber	69
Setting up cAMP in plants	69

Axon guidance in central nervous system regeneration	68
Nuclear receptor Nr5a2 promotes diverse connective tissue fates in the jaw	65
Don’t fear the reaper: The role of regulated cell death in tumorigenesis and BH3-mimetics for cancer therapy	65
Neuronal-epithelial cross-talk drives acinar specification via NRG1-ERBB3-mTORC2 signaling	64
SLAM-ITseq identifies that Nrf2 induces liver regeneration through the pentose phosphate pathway	62
How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice	61
Traveling to the left: A story of PKD1L1-containing vesicles	61
Seamless knockins in Drosophila via CRISPR-triggered single-strand annealing	61
Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons	59
Xyloglucan side chains enable polysaccharide secretion to the plant cell wall	58
Disruption of WNT/Notch signaling in pancreatic cancer reveals tumors depend on the intricate equilibrium of malignant cell states	58
Nucleolar protein PEXF controls ribosomal RNA synthesis and pluripotency exit	58
Biophysics of organoids	57
Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don’t wake the guards!	57
Dynamic control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by ambient temperature during cell fate determination in Arabidopsis	57
MAP9/MAPH-9 supports axonemal microtubule doublets and modulates motor movement	56
Mannose controls mesoderm specification and symmetry breaking in mouse gastruloids	56
Human yolk sac-derived innate lymphoid-biased multipotent progenitors emerge prior to hematopoietic stem cell formation	55
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis highlights specific cell types manipulated by Fusarium head blight fungus leading to wheat susceptibility	55
The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density forms a transcription body during the minor wave of zygotic genome activation	55
SUMO style defense: How post-translational modification via SUMO conjugation promotes plant defense	54
Patient-derived models uncover developmental state shifts in appendiceal cancer metastasis	53
Temperature-responsive N-acetylcytidine mRNA modification controls thermosensory flowering in Arabidopsis	53
Fibrous periosteum repairs bone fracture and maintains the healed bone throughout mouse adulthood	53
The microtubular preprophase band recruits Myosin XI to the cortical division site to guide phragmoplast expansion during plant cytokinesis	52
Nuclear lamina phase separation orchestrates stress-induced transcriptional responses in plants	52
A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants	52