OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genome Biology and Evolution is 29. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the Natural Origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the Light of Recombination	99
Long Reads Are Revolutionizing 20 Years of Insect Genome Sequencing	91
Mutation Rates and Selection on Synonymous Mutations in SARS-CoV-2	89
The Genomic Architecture and Evolutionary Fates of Supergenes	71
Gene Body Methylation in Plants: Mechanisms, Functions, and Important Implications for Understanding Evolutionary Processes	69
Effects of Synonymous Mutations beyond Codon Bias: The Evidence for Adaptive Synonymous Substitutions from Microbial Evolution Experiments	65
DrosoPhyla: Resources for Drosophilid Phylogeny and Systematics	55
Continental-Scale Gene Flow Prevents Allopatric Divergence of Pelagic Freshwater Bacteria	53
The Iron-Responsive Genome of the Chiton Acanthopleura granulata	47
Long-Read Genome Assemblies Reveal Extraordinary Variation in the Number and Structure of MHC Loci in Birds	42
The Evolution of Comparative Phylogeography: Putting the Geography (and More) into Comparative Population Genomics	40
Deep Learning in Population Genetics	39
Causes and Consequences of Purifying Selection on SARS-CoV-2	38
A New Dinoflagellate Genome Illuminates a Conserved Gene Cluster Involved in Sunscreen Biosynthesis	37
Rampant Genome-Wide Admixture across theHeliconiusRadiation	33
On the prospect of achieving accurate joint estimation of selection with population history	33
Transposable Elements Contribute to Genome Dynamics and Gene Expression Variation in the Fungal Plant PathogenVerticillium dahliae	33
ADAR Editing in Viruses: An Evolutionary Force to Reckon with	32
Sharp Increase of Problematic Mitogenomes of Birds: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies	32
The Order of Trait Emergence in the Evolution of Cyanobacterial Multicellularity	31
Gene Duplications Are At Least 50 Times Less Frequent than Gene Transfers in Prokaryotic Genomes	30
Phylogenomics Identifies a New Major Subgroup of Apicomplexans, Marosporida class nov., with Extreme Apicoplast Genome Reduction	30
A Practical Guide to Design and Assess a Phylogenomic Study	30
CHH Methylation Islands: A Nonconserved Feature of Grass Genomes That Is Positively Associated with Transposable Elements but Negatively Associated with Gene-Body Methylation	30
Coxiella burnetii and Related Tick Endosymbionts Evolved from Pathogenic Ancestors	30

Whole-Genome Transcriptome Analyses of Native Symbionts Reveal Host Coral Genomic Novelties for Establishing Coral–Algae Symbioses	29
Transposable Element Mobilization in Interspecific Yeast Hybrids	29
How Can We Resolve Lewontin’s Paradox?	29
Step-by-Step Evolution of Telomeres: Lessons from Yeasts	29