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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Individual lipid alterations at the origin of neuronal Ceramide Synthase defects	371
Editorial Note: MiR172-APETALA2-like genes integrate vernalization and plant age to control flowering time in wheat	132
CryptoCEN: A Co-Expression Network for Cryptococcus neoformans reveals novel proteins involved in DNA damage repair	114
Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing	102
F-box protein Fbx23 acts as a transcriptional coactivator to recognize and activate transcription factor Ace1	94
Selective role of the DNA helicase Mcm5 in BMP retrograde signaling during Drosophila neuronal differentiation	90
Teflon promotes chromosomal recruitment of homolog conjunction proteins during Drosophila male meiosis	88
Correction: Spatial regulation of Drosophila ovarian Follicle Stem Cell division rates and cell cycle transitions	84
SRS2 is required for MUS81-dependent CO formation in zmm mutants	78
Visualizing androgen signaling and assessing its interaction with canonical Wnt signaling pathways in prostate development, morphogenesis, and regeneration	63
The budding yeast Fkh1 Forkhead associated (FHA) domain promotes a G1-chromatin state and the activity of chromosomal DNA replication origins	62
Comprehensive analysis of the functional impact of single nucleotide variants of human CHEK2	61
Polygenic and socioeconomic risk for high body mass index: 69 years of follow-up across life	61
Sas-Ptp10D shapes germ-line stem cell niche by facilitating JNK-mediated apoptosis	59
The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis	59
An integrative approach to prioritize candidate causal genes for complex traits in cattle	58
Constructing and interpreting a large-scale variant effect map for an ultrarare disease gene: Comprehensive prediction of the functional impact of PSAT1 genotypes	54
Coordination of cell envelope biology by Escherichia coli MarA protein potentiates intrinsic antibiotic resistance	54
Transfer learning with false negative control improves polygenic risk prediction	54
The kpc-1 3′UTR facilitates dendritic transport and translation efficiency of mRNAs for dendrite arborization of a mechanosensory neuron important for male courtship	54
Phenotypic tolerance for rDNA copy number variation within the natural range of C. elegans	46
Cell type-specific weighting-factors to solve solid organs-specific limitations of single cell RNA-sequencing	46
Simultaneous estimation of genotype error and uncalled deletion rates in whole genome sequence data	45
Factors influencing trustworthiness and perceived biases of medical information and genetic testing for Black and White Americans	43
Inferring multi-locus selection in admixed populations	43

Centromeres in budding yeasts are conserved in chromosomal location but not in structure	43
TRPS1 modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate estrogen receptor alpha (ER) binding and ER target gene expression in luminal breast cancer cells	43
Divergent role of Mitochondrial Amidoxime Reducing Component 1 (MARC1) in human and mouse	43
Heat inducible nuclear translocation of Kdm6bb drives temperature dependent sex reversal in Nile tilapia	42
Exome-wide association study to identify rare variants influencing COVID-19 outcomes: Results from the Host Genetics Initiative	40
Two pairs of CACNA1I (CaV3.3) variants with opposite effects on channel function cause neurodevelopmental disorders of varying severity	40
The RNA binding protein DND1 is elevated in a subpopulation of pro-spermatogonia and targets chromatin modifiers and translational machinery during late gestation	40
Distinct checkpoint and homolog biorientation pathways regulate meiosis I in Drosophila oocytes	40
Metabolic coupling of ROS generation and antioxidant synthesis by the GABA shunt pathway in myeloid-like blood progenitor cells of Drosophila	39
Genome wide association joint analysis reveals 99 risk loci for pain susceptibility and pleiotropic relationships with psychiatric, metabolic, and immunological traits	39
A monocarboxylate transporter rescues frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease models	39
Kombucha Tea-associated microbes remodel host metabolic pathways to suppress lipid accumulation	39
Gene-vegetarianism interactions in calcium, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and testosterone identified in genome-wide analysis across 30 biomarkers	39
A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva	38
Unraveling the genetics of arsenic toxicity with cellular morphology QTL	38