OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Biology 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
An updated tribal classification of Lamiaceae based on plastome phylogenomics	142
Plastid phylogenomic insights into relationships of all flowering plant families	126
Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease	109
Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome	101
ONTbarcoder and MinION barcodes aid biodiversity discovery and identification by everyone, for everyone	92
Modified nucleic acids: replication, evolution, and next-generation therapeutics	88
Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly	86
Winter is coming: the future of cryopreservation	77
Comparison of 15 dinoflagellate genomes reveals extensive sequence and structural divergence in family Symbiodiniaceae and genus Symbiodinium	74
FGF-2 promotes angiogenesis through a SRSF1/SRSF3/SRPK1-dependent axis that controls VEGFR1 splicing in endothelial cells	64
Prokaryotic virus host predictor: a Gaussian model for host prediction of prokaryotic viruses in metagenomics	62
Genome sequencing sheds light on the contribution of structural variants to Brassica oleracea diversification	57
Long-term live imaging and multiscale analysis identify heterogeneity and core principles of epithelial organoid morphogenesis	55
Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests	55
Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens	53
Putative ligand binding sites of two functionally characterized bark beetle odorant receptors	53
The hard clam genome reveals massive expansion and diversification of inhibitors of apoptosis in Bivalvia	52
Reorganization of the 3D chromatin architecture of rice genomes during heat stress	51
Fluid shear stress enhances T cell activation through Piezo1	50
Autochthonous faecal viral transfer (FVT) impacts the murine microbiome after antibiotic perturbation	50
Long-term persistence of crAss-like phage crAss001 is associated with phase variation in Bacteroides intestinalis	50
Characterization of a novel type of carbonic anhydrase that acts without metal cofactors	49
Conventional laboratory housing increases morbidity and mortality in research rodents: results of a meta-analysis	48
Evolutionary analyses of the gasdermin family suggest conserved roles in infection response despite loss of pore-forming functionality	47
Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutionary rates	46

The genome of a wild Medicago species provides insights into the tolerant mechanisms of legume forage to environmental stress	46
Genomic evidence for recurrent genetic admixture during the domestication of Mediterranean olive trees (Olea europaea L.)	43
Transposon-induced epigenetic silencing in the X chromosome as a novel form of dmrt1 expression regulation during sex determination in the fighting fish	43
ACBE, a new base editor for simultaneous C-to-T and A-to-G substitutions in mammalian systems	43
Paxillin mediates ATP-induced activation of P2X7 receptor and NLRP3 inflammasome	43
The transposable element-rich genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae	42
Characterizing RNA stability genome-wide through combined analysis of PRO-seq and RNA-seq data	41
Comprehensive transcriptome and methylome analysis delineates the biological basis of hair follicle development and wool-related traits in Merino sheep	40
Phylogenomic approaches untangle early divergences and complex diversifications of the olive plant family	39
Towards open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology	39
Sorting and packaging of RNA into extracellular vesicles shape intracellular transcript levels	39
Rapid protein evolution, organellar reductions, and invasive intronic elements in the marine aerobic parasite dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp	38
Development of an efficient and precise adenine base editor (ABE) with expanded target range in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)	38