OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Genome Biology and Evolution is 30. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Sex Chromosome Evolution: So Many Exceptions to the Rules	132
Mutation Rates and Selection on Synonymous Mutations in SARS-CoV-2	79
Exploring the Natural Origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the Light of Recombination	79
Genomic Insights into Plastid Evolution	73
Long Reads Are Revolutionizing 20 Years of Insect Genome Sequencing	70
The Genomic Architecture and Evolutionary Fates of Supergenes	62
Effects of Synonymous Mutations beyond Codon Bias: The Evidence for Adaptive Synonymous Substitutions from Microbial Evolution Experiments	51
Continental-Scale Gene Flow Prevents Allopatric Divergence of Pelagic Freshwater Bacteria	50
Draft Genomes of Amaranthus tuberculatus, Amaranthus hybridus, and Amaranthus palmeri	48
A Repertory of Rearrangements and the Loss of an Inverted Repeat Region in Passiflora Chloroplast Genomes	48
Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Gymnosperm, Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Indicates a Complex Physical Structure	46
Comparative Genomics and Pan-Genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a Description of Five Novel Species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllan	46
The Coevolution of Fungal Mitochondrial Introns and Their Homing Endonucleases (GIY-YIG and LAGLIDADG)	42
DrosoPhyla: Resources for Drosophilid Phylogeny and Systematics	42
Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Sea Urchin Lytechinus variegatus Substantially Improves Functional Genomic Analyses	41
The Iron-Responsive Genome of the Chiton Acanthopleura granulata	40
Gene Body Methylation in Plants: Mechanisms, Functions, and Important Implications for Understanding Evolutionary Processes	38
Long-Read Genome Assemblies Reveal Extraordinary Variation in the Number and Structure of MHC Loci in Birds	36
The Evolution of Chromosome Numbers: Mechanistic Models and Experimental Approaches	36
Causes and Consequences of Purifying Selection on SARS-CoV-2	35
Viviparous Reptile Regarded to Have Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination Has Old XY Chromosomes	35
Comparative Genomics Underlines Multiple Roles of Profftella, an Obligate Symbiont of Psyllids: Providing Toxins, Vitamins, and Carotenoids	34
The Evolution of Comparative Phylogeography: Putting the Geography (and More) into Comparative Population Genomics	34
Guppy Y Chromosome Integrity Maintained by Incomplete Recombination Suppression	33
What Is in Umbilicaria pustulata? A Metagenomic Approach to Reconstruct the Holo-Genome of a Lichen	32

Improved Reference Genome Uncovers Novel Sex-Linked Regions in the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)	31
Bacterial Genes Outnumber Archaeal Genes in Eukaryotic Genomes	31
Distinct Life Histories Impact Dikaryotic Genome Evolution in the Rust Fungus Puccinia striiformis Causing Stripe Rust in Wheat	31
Eight Million Years of Satellite DNA Evolution in Grasshoppers of the Genus Schistocerca Illuminate the Ins and Outs of the Library Hypothesis	30
A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Dendrobium Huoshanense Using Long Reads and Hi-C Data	30
A New Dinoflagellate Genome Illuminates a Conserved Gene Cluster Involved in Sunscreen Biosynthesis	30