OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology is 17. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Teaching School Genetics in the 2020s: Why “Naive” Mendelian Genetics Has to Go	157
Proteins of the Triadic Excitation–Contraction Coupling Complex in Skeletal Muscle	115
The Role of Membrane Lipids in the Formation and Function of Caveolae	107
The Nodes of Ranvier: Mechanisms of Assembly and Maintenance	101
Post-Translational Regulation of HMG CoA Reductase	79
Fisher's Geometric Model as a Tool to Study Speciation	72
Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Healthy and Wounded Skin	69
Angiogenesis in Wound Repair: Too Much of a Good Thing?	62
A Mechanometabolism Toolbox for Studying Cell Migration	61
Engineering Proteins Using Statistical Models of Coevolutionary Sequence Information	59
Telomere Dynamics in Human Health and Disease	54
Seeing the Membrane from Both Sides Now: Lipid Asymmetry and Its Strange Consequences	54
Petabase-Scale Homology Search for Structure Prediction	54
The Role of Microhomology-Mediated End Joining (MMEJ) at Dysfunctional Telomeres	53
Regulation of Human Telomerase: from Molecular Interactions to Population Genetics	48
A History of Cancer Research: Retroviral Insertional Mutagenesis	48
Lipids in Extracellular Vesicles: What Can Be Learned about Membrane Structure and Function?	47
Diversity of Fibroblasts and Their Roles in Wound Healing	47
Modeling Normal and Abnormal Circuit Development with Recurrent Neural Networks	46
Mapping the Retina onto the Brain	44
Maintaining Telomeres without Telomerase inDrosophila: Novel Mechanisms and Rapid Evolution to Save a Genus	44
Blastocrithidia —A Genetic Alien from the Planet Earth	43
Toward Understanding Wound Immunology for High-Fidelity Skin Regeneration	43
Structural Diversity within the Endoplasmic Reticulum—From the Microscale to the Nanoscale	43
The Biology of Lipids	39

Interneuron Diversity: How Form Becomes Function	39
Neotropics as a Cradle for Adaptive Radiations	37
Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Transport, and Neurodegeneration	37
Lipid Transport from Endoplasmic Reticulum to Autophagic Membranes	33
A TAle of Two Pathways: Tail-Anchored Protein Insertion at the Endoplasmic Reticulum	33
Sticking to Membranes: Structure, Function, and Cellular Roles of the Annexin Family of Ca²⁺- and Membrane-Binding Proteins	32
A History of Cancer Research: Oncogenic Transcription Factors	31
Glial Cell Development and Function in the Zebrafish Central Nervous System	31
Chromosome Ends in Motion: Telomeres as Hazards and Hubs in Meiosis	30
Why Do Some Lineages Radiate While Others Do Not? Perspectives for Future Research on Adaptive Radiations	30
Combining Molecular, Macroevolutionary, and Macroecological Perspectives on the Generation of Diversity	30
Variability in Neural Circuit Formation	29
Regulators of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation	27
Machine Learning for Protein Science and Engineering	27
Glycerolipid Synthesis and Lipid Droplet Formation in the Endoplasmic Reticulum	26
Growth Factor and Cytokine Delivery Systems for Wound Healing	26
Cancer Progression and the Calcium Signaling Toolkit: Expanding Dimensions and Perspectives	25
Calcium Signaling and Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications	25
Predictability, an Orrery, and a Speciation Machine: Quest for a Standard Model of Speciation	24
Sex Differences in Mast Cell–Associated Disorders: A Life Span Perspective	24
Niche Theory as an Underutilized Resource for the Study of Adaptive Radiations	24
Quantitative Analyses of Coupling in Hybrid Zones	24
Genetically Encoded Ca ²⁺ Sensors	23
In the Loop: Unusual DNA Structures at Telomeric Repeats and Their Impact on Telomere Function	23
Developmental Control of Cell Cycle and Signaling	23
Transformation of Plantation Forestry Productivity for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation	22
Calcium Signaling in Migrating Neutrophils	22
How Neuromembrane Lipids Modulate Membrane Proteins: Insights from G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs)	21
Beyond Fluidity: The Role of Lipid Unsaturation in Membrane Function	20
Glia at Transition Zones	20
Soft Matter Physics Meets Cell Biology: Transitions of Collective Cell Migration in 3D Environments	20
Caspases and Their Substrates	20
Ca²⁺ Fluxes across Membrane Contact Sites	19
The Sensory Ecology of Speciation	19
Glia Development and Function in the NematodeCaenorhabditis elegans	19
Lipid Sorting and Organelle Identity	18
Hidden Treasures of the Genetic Systems in Yeast Mitochondria	18
Cholesterol, Eukaryotic Lipid Domains, and an Evolutionary Perspective of Transmembrane Signaling	18
Remyelination in the Central Nervous System	18
Development of Prefrontal Circuits and Cognitive Abilities	17