OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Genetics is 41. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Gene-vegetarianism interactions in calcium, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and testosterone identified in genome-wide analysis across 30 biomarkers	330
Constructing and interpreting a large-scale variant effect map for an ultrarare disease gene: Comprehensive prediction of the functional impact of PSAT1 genotypes	223
Sas-Ptp10D shapes germ-line stem cell niche by facilitating JNK-mediated apoptosis	220
FXS causing missense mutations disrupt FMRP granule formation, dynamics, and function	170
Comprehensive analysis of the functional impact of single nucleotide variants of human CHEK2	114
ER-PM membrane contact site regulation by yeast ORPs and membrane stress pathways	88
Electrical synapse structure requires distinct isoforms of a postsynaptic scaffold	84
TransferGWAS of T1-weighted brain MRI data from UK Biobank	82
TRPS1 modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate estrogen receptor alpha (ER) binding and ER target gene expression in luminal breast cancer cells	80
The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis	76
Selective role of the DNA helicase Mcm5 in BMP retrograde signaling during Drosophila neuronal differentiation	72
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	70
Correction: Bacterial recognition by PGRP-SA and downstream signalling by Toll/DIF sustain commensal gut bacteria in Drosophila	70
Correction: Spatial regulation of Drosophila ovarian Follicle Stem Cell division rates and cell cycle transitions	67
Correction: Genetic and metabolomic architecture of variation in diet restriction-mediated lifespan extension in Drosophila	65
F-box protein Fbx23 acts as a transcriptional coactivator to recognize and activate transcription factor Ace1	64
Do sex hormones confound or mediate the effect of chronotype on breast and prostate cancer? A Mendelian randomization study	63
Distinct checkpoint and homolog biorientation pathways regulate meiosis I in Drosophila oocytes	63
The Candida glabrata Upc2A transcription factor is a global regulator of antifungal drug resistance pathways	56
Retraction: 24-Hour Rhythms of DNA Methylation and Their Relation with Rhythms of RNA Expression in the Human Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex	55
CryptoCEN: A Co-Expression Network for Cryptococcus neoformans reveals novel proteins involved in DNA damage repair	55
Editorial Note: MiR172-APETALA2-like genes integrate vernalization and plant age to control flowering time in wheat	53
Genome wide association joint analysis reveals 99 risk loci for pain susceptibility and pleiotropic relationships with psychiatric, metabolic, and immunological traits	51
Heat inducible nuclear translocation of Kdm6bb drives temperature dependent sex reversal in Nile tilapia	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	50

Comprehensive analysis of cis- and trans-acting factors affecting ectopic Break-Induced Replication	50
Robust inference of bi-directional causal relationships in presence of correlated pleiotropy with GWAS summary data	49
The budding yeast Fkh1 Forkhead associated (FHA) domain promotes a G1-chromatin state and the activity of chromosomal DNA replication origins	48
Unraveling the genetics of arsenic toxicity with cellular morphology QTL	46
Teflon promotes chromosomal recruitment of homolog conjunction proteins during Drosophila male meiosis	45
Simultaneous estimation of genotype error and uncalled deletion rates in whole genome sequence data	44
Cell type-specific weighting-factors to solve solid organs-specific limitations of single cell RNA-sequencing	44
A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva	43
Considerations for homology-based DNA repair in mosquitoes: Impact of sequence heterology and donor template source	42
RNA editing increases the nucleotide diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in human host cells	42
An integrative approach to prioritize candidate causal genes for complex traits in cattle	42
Comprehensive patient-level classification and quantification of driver events in TCGA PanCanAtlas cohorts	41
IGSF11 is required for pericentric heterochromatin dissociation during meiotic diplotene	41
A CENH3 mutation promotes meiotic exit and restores fertility in SMG7-deficient Arabidopsis	41
Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing	41
Deficiency in cytosine DNA methylation leads to high chaperonin expression and tolerance to aminoglycosides in Vibrio cholerae	41