OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Genetics is 46. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A more accurate method for colocalisation analysis allowing for multiple causal variants	193
Fine-mapping from summary data with the “Sum of Single Effects” model	139
MicroRNAs are minor constituents of extracellular vesicles that are rarely delivered to target cells	132
Combining the strengths of inverse-variance weighting and Egger regression in Mendelian randomization using a mixture of regressions model	128
Evaluation of polygenic prediction methodology within a reference-standardized framework	120
Genotype imputation using the Positional Burrows Wheeler Transform	104
Stability of SARS-CoV-2 phylogenies	89
Regulating the expression of gene drives is key to increasing their invasive potential and the mitigation of resistance	88
OsMADS23 phosphorylated by SAPK9 confers drought and salt tolerance by regulating ABA biosynthesis in rice	86
Deleterious mutation accumulation and the long-term fate of chromosomal inversions	81
Nationwide germline whole genome sequencing of 198 consecutive pediatric cancer patients reveals a high incidence of cancer prone syndromes	77
Runx2 is essential for the transdifferentiation of chondrocytes into osteoblasts	73
Copy number signature analysis tool and its application in prostate cancer reveals distinct mutational processes and clinical outcomes	71
A powerful method for pleiotropic analysis under composite null hypothesis identifies novel shared loci between Type 2 Diabetes and Prostate Cancer	70
Ancient and recent introgression shape the evolutionary history of pollinator adaptation and speciation in a model monkeyflower radiation (Mimulus section Erythranthe)	69
Runx1 is a central regulator of osteogenesis for bone homeostasis by orchestrating BMP and WNT signaling pathways	66
Creating artificial human genomes using generative neural networks	64
Defects in the cytoplasmic assembly of axonemal dynein arms cause morphological abnormalities and dysmotility in sperm cells leading to male infertility	63
The genomic ecosystem of transposable elements in maize	63
Estimating FST and kinship for arbitrary population structures	62
The impact of age on genetic risk for common diseases	62
WAPO-A1 is the causal gene of the 7AL QTL for spikelet number per spike in wheat	60
Selection of GmSWEET39 for oil and protein improvement in soybean	59
Histone modification dynamics at H3K27 are associated with altered transcription of in planta induced genes in Magnaporthe oryzae	59
α-synuclein impairs autophagosome maturation through abnormal actin stabilization	57

Changes in both trans- and cis-regulatory elements mediate insecticide resistance in a lepidopteron pest, Spodoptera exigua	57
Selective sorting of ancestral introgression in maize and teosinte along an elevational cline	57
Significant sparse polygenic risk scores across 813 traits in UK Biobank	57
Power analysis of transcriptome-wide association study: Implications for practical protocol choice	56
Genome mapping coupled with CRISPR gene editing reveals a P450 gene confers avermectin resistance in the beet armyworm	55
Genomic rearrangements generate hypervariable mini-chromosomes in host-specific isolates of the blast fungus	55
TDP-43 mutations link Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with R-loop homeostasis and R loop-mediated DNA damage	54
Recombination events are concentrated in the spike protein region of Betacoronaviruses	52
Estimation of causal effects of a time-varying exposure at multiple time points through multivariable mendelian randomization	52
CSF1R-dependent macrophages control postnatal somatic growth and organ maturation	51
Phage infection and sub-lethal antibiotic exposure mediate Enterococcus faecalis type VII secretion system dependent inhibition of bystander bacteria	50
MOSTWAS: Multi-Omic Strategies for Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies	50
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulator insecticides act on diverse receptor subtypes with distinct subunit compositions	50
Identifying drug targets for neurological and psychiatric disease via genetics and the brain transcriptome	50
Steroid hormone ecdysone deficiency stimulates preparation for photoperiodic reproductive diapause	49
Gene regulatory effects of a large chromosomal inversion in highland maize	49
Innate immune signaling in Drosophila shifts anabolic lipid metabolism from triglyceride storage to phospholipid synthesis to support immune function	49
Accurate mapping of mitochondrial DNA deletions and duplications using deep sequencing	49
RNA editing at a limited number of sites is sufficient to prevent MDA5 activation in the mouse brain	49
ARID1A regulates R-loop associated DNA replication stress	47
Fine-tuning autophagy maximises lifespan and is associated with changes in mitochondrial gene expression in Drosophila	47
Genetic variation affects morphological retinal phenotypes extracted from UK Biobank optical coherence tomography images	46
Sex-stratified genome-wide association study of multisite chronic pain in UK Biobank	46