OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Genetics is 39. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Gene-vegetarianism interactions in calcium, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and testosterone identified in genome-wide analysis across 30 biomarkers	265
TransferGWAS of T1-weighted brain MRI data from UK Biobank	245
SRS2 is required for MUS81-dependent CO formation in zmm mutants	179
Comprehensive patient-level classification and quantification of driver events in TCGA PanCanAtlas cohorts	96
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	92
Correction: Spatial regulation of Drosophila ovarian Follicle Stem Cell division rates and cell cycle transitions	91
Correction: Bacterial recognition by PGRP-SA and downstream signalling by Toll/DIF sustain commensal gut bacteria in Drosophila	89
Reversion of a RND transporter pseudogene reveals latent stress resistance potential in Brucella ovis	80
Selective role of the DNA helicase Mcm5 in BMP retrograde signaling during Drosophila neuronal differentiation	80
CryptoCEN: A Co-Expression Network for Cryptococcus neoformans reveals novel proteins involved in DNA damage repair	73
Editorial Note: MiR172-APETALA2-like genes integrate vernalization and plant age to control flowering time in wheat	70
Retraction: 24-Hour Rhythms of DNA Methylation and Their Relation with Rhythms of RNA Expression in the Human Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex	70
The RNA binding protein DND1 is elevated in a subpopulation of pro-spermatogonia and targets chromatin modifiers and translational machinery during late gestation	68
F-box protein Fbx23 acts as a transcriptional coactivator to recognize and activate transcription factor Ace1	68
Comprehensive analysis of cis- and trans-acting factors affecting ectopic Break-Induced Replication	61
The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis	59
Transfer learning with false negative control improves polygenic risk prediction	55
Robust inference of bi-directional causal relationships in presence of correlated pleiotropy with GWAS summary data	55
Phenotypic tolerance for rDNA copy number variation within the natural range of C. elegans	52
An integrative approach to prioritize candidate causal genes for complex traits in cattle	52
Genome wide association joint analysis reveals 99 risk loci for pain susceptibility and pleiotropic relationships with psychiatric, metabolic, and immunological traits	51
Electrical synapse structure requires distinct isoforms of a postsynaptic scaffold	48
Regulation of gliotoxin biosynthesis and protection in Aspergillus species	47
Two pairs of CACNA1I (CaV3.3) variants with opposite effects on channel function cause neurodevelopmental disorders of varying severity	46
Visualizing androgen signaling and assessing its interaction with canonical Wnt signaling pathways in prostate development, morphogenesis, and regeneration	45

RNA editing increases the nucleotide diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in human host cells	45
Inferring multi-locus selection in admixed populations	44
Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing	44
ER-PM membrane contact site regulation by yeast ORPs and membrane stress pathways	43
Heat inducible nuclear translocation of Kdm6bb drives temperature dependent sex reversal in Nile tilapia	43
Distinct checkpoint and homolog biorientation pathways regulate meiosis I in Drosophila oocytes	42
Coordination of cell envelope biology by Escherichia coli MarA protein potentiates intrinsic antibiotic resistance	41
Correction: Genetic and metabolomic architecture of variation in diet restriction-mediated lifespan extension in Drosophila	41
Simultaneous estimation of genotype error and uncalled deletion rates in whole genome sequence data	40
FXS causing missense mutations disrupt FMRP granule formation, dynamics, and function	40
Cell type-specific weighting-factors to solve solid organs-specific limitations of single cell RNA-sequencing	40
Constructing and interpreting a large-scale variant effect map for an ultrarare disease gene: Comprehensive prediction of the functional impact of PSAT1 genotypes	40
Polygenic and socioeconomic risk for high body mass index: 69 years of follow-up across life	40
Unraveling the genetics of arsenic toxicity with cellular morphology QTL	39