OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Genetics is 38. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
SRS2 is required for MUS81-dependent CO formation in zmm mutants	301
Correction: Specific Hsp100 Chaperones Determine the Fate of the First Enzyme of the Plastidial Isoprenoid Pathway for Either Refolding or Degradation by the Stromal Clp Protease in Arabidopsis	109
Correction: Spatial regulation of Drosophila ovarian Follicle Stem Cell division rates and cell cycle transitions	100
Selective role of the DNA helicase Mcm5 in BMP retrograde signaling during Drosophila neuronal differentiation	99
Reversion of a RND transporter pseudogene reveals latent stress resistance potential in Brucella ovis	96
Sas-Ptp10D shapes germ-line stem cell niche by facilitating JNK-mediated apoptosis	90
Editorial Note: MiR172-APETALA2-like genes integrate vernalization and plant age to control flowering time in wheat	81
Comprehensive analysis of cis- and trans-acting factors affecting ectopic Break-Induced Replication	80
Electrical synapse structure requires distinct isoforms of a postsynaptic scaffold	74
Two pairs of CACNA1I (CaV3.3) variants with opposite effects on channel function cause neurodevelopmental disorders of varying severity	72
Visualizing androgen signaling and assessing its interaction with canonical Wnt signaling pathways in prostate development, morphogenesis, and regeneration	71
ER-PM membrane contact site regulation by yeast ORPs and membrane stress pathways	70
Heat inducible nuclear translocation of Kdm6bb drives temperature dependent sex reversal in Nile tilapia	62
Distinct checkpoint and homolog biorientation pathways regulate meiosis I in Drosophila oocytes	61
Correction: Bacterial recognition by PGRP-SA and downstream signalling by Toll/DIF sustain commensal gut bacteria in Drosophila	57
Coordination of cell envelope biology by Escherichia coli MarA protein potentiates intrinsic antibiotic resistance	57
Teflon promotes chromosomal recruitment of homolog conjunction proteins during Drosophila male meiosis	54
Comprehensive analysis of the functional impact of single nucleotide variants of human CHEK2	54
Unraveling the genetics of arsenic toxicity with cellular morphology QTL	50
TransferGWAS of T1-weighted brain MRI data from UK Biobank	50
The kpc-1 3′UTR facilitates dendritic transport and translation efficiency of mRNAs for dendrite arborization of a mechanosensory neuron important for male courtship	49
The budding yeast Fkh1 Forkhead associated (FHA) domain promotes a G1-chromatin state and the activity of chromosomal DNA replication origins	49
Considerations for homology-based DNA repair in mosquitoes: Impact of sequence heterology and donor template source	48
miR-309a is a regulator of ovarian development in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis	48
Factors influencing trustworthiness and perceived biases of medical information and genetic testing for Black and White Americans	47

Correction: Genetic and metabolomic architecture of variation in diet restriction-mediated lifespan extension in Drosophila	47
Do sex hormones confound or mediate the effect of chronotype on breast and prostate cancer? A Mendelian randomization study	44
Comprehensive patient-level classification and quantification of driver events in TCGA PanCanAtlas cohorts	43
FXS causing missense mutations disrupt FMRP granule formation, dynamics, and function	43
Robust inference of bi-directional causal relationships in presence of correlated pleiotropy with GWAS summary data	43
Gene-vegetarianism interactions in calcium, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and testosterone identified in genome-wide analysis across 30 biomarkers	42
A monocarboxylate transporter rescues frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease models	42
TRPS1 modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate estrogen receptor alpha (ER) binding and ER target gene expression in luminal breast cancer cells	42
Constructing and interpreting a large-scale variant effect map for an ultrarare disease gene: Comprehensive prediction of the functional impact of PSAT1 genotypes	41
Cell type-specific weighting-factors to solve solid organs-specific limitations of single cell RNA-sequencing	40
Phenotypic tolerance for rDNA copy number variation within the natural range of C. elegans	40
Simultaneous estimation of genotype error and uncalled deletion rates in whole genome sequence data	40
Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing	40
An integrative approach to prioritize candidate causal genes for complex traits in cattle	38
Transfer learning with false negative control improves polygenic risk prediction	38
WAPO-A1 is the causal gene of the 7AL QTL for spikelet number per spike in wheat	38