OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell and Bioscience 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction: Plasma metabolomics provides new insights into the relationship between metabolites and outcomes and left ventricular remodeling of coronary artery disease	189
Generation of musculoskeletal cells from human urine epithelium-derived presomitic mesoderm cells	168
Integrating spatial transcriptomics with single-cell transcriptomics reveals a spatiotemporal gene landscape of the human developing kidney	157
Retraction Note: Growth inhibition and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells induced by vitamin D-Nanoemulsion (NVD): involvement of Wnt/β-catenin and other signal transduction pathways	130
Genome-wide association study of the fatty liver index in the Taiwanese population reveals shared and population-specific genetic risk factors across ethnicities	125
HBx promotes tumorigenicity through RRM2-mediated autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma	119
Comparative proteomic profiling of plasma exosomes in lung cancer cases of liver and brain metastasis	117
Microvascular destabilization and intricated network of the cytokines in diabetic retinopathy: from the perspective of cellular and molecular components	102
Electric field stimulation boosts neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells for spinal cord injury treatment via PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β/β-catenin activation	98
Slit-Robo expression in the leech nervous system: insights into eyespot evolution	86
Bromodomain proteins as potential therapeutic targets for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma	83
Autophagy-mediated degradation of NOTCH1 intracellular domain controls the epithelial to mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis	81
Retraction Note: LncRNA SNHG7 promotes pancreatic cancer proliferation through ID4 by sponging miR-342-3p	76
Multi-omics in thoracic aortic aneurysm: the complex road to the simplification	72
Integrative analysis of bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the gene expression profile and the critical signaling pathways of type II CPAM	71
Correction: The dual role of mTOR signaling in lung development and adult lung diseases	60
Sperm-borne small non-coding RNAs: potential functions and mechanisms as epigenetic carriers	59
A new thinking: deciphering the aberrance and clinical implication of copper-death signatures in clear cell renal cell carcinoma	57
Metabolic reprogramming in colorectal cancer: regulatory networks and therapy	56
Transcriptome-scale spatial gene expression in rat arcuate nucleus during puberty	55
Neurokinin-2 receptor negatively modulates substance P responses by forming complex with Neurokinin-1 receptor	51
Single-cell genomics identifies distinct B1 cell developmental pathways and reveals aging-related changes in the B-cell receptor repertoire	50
Long-term maintenance of human endometrial epithelial stem cells and their therapeutic effects on intrauterine adhesion	49
Brain nuclear receptors and cardiovascular function	48
PI3K-AKT activation resculpts integrin signaling to drive filamentous tau-induced proinflammatory astrogliosis	48

Clinical biomarkers for Lewy body diseases	48
Modulation of foraging-like behaviors by cholesterol-FGF19 axis	46
Tick-borne encephalitis affects sleep–wake behavior and locomotion in infant rats	46
PGCLCs of human 45,XO reveal pathogenetic pathways of neurocognitive and psychosocial disorders	45
Neural EGFL-like 1, a craniosynostosis-related osteochondrogenic molecule, strikingly associates with neurodevelopmental pathologies	45
New insights into the stromal interaction molecule 2 function and its impact on the immunomodulation of tumor microenvironment	44
Hypofucosylation of Unc5b regulated by Fut8 enhances macrophage emigration and prevents atherosclerosis	44
Single-cell analysis of mouse uterus at the invasion phase of embryo implantation	43
A patient-derived mutation of epilepsy-linked LGI1 increases seizure susceptibility through regulating Kv1.1	43
Sex-specific hypothalamic neuropathology and glucose metabolism in an amyloidosis transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	41
SIRT6 deficiency impairs the deacetylation and ubiquitination of UHRF1 to strengthen glycolysis and lactate secretion in bladder cancer	41
RNA sequencing profiles reveal dynamic signaling and glucose metabolic features during bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell senescence	41
SARS-CoV-2 variants divergently infect and damage cardiomyocytes in vitro and in vivo	38
The dual role of mTOR signaling in lung development and adult lung diseases	38
The cGAS-STING pathway in cardiovascular diseases: from basic research to clinical perspectives	38
Precision nephrotoxicity testing using 3D in vitro models	38