OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Open Biology is 35. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Wound healing: cellular mechanisms and pathological outcomes	557
Cytokine storm and COVID-19: a chronicle of pro-inflammatory cytokines	225
Anti-cancer peptides: classification, mechanism of action, reconstruction and modification	127
Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses	104
Hallmarks of cancer—the new testament	100
Higher-order organization of biomolecular condensates	99
The rise and rise of mitochondrial DNA mutations	89
Metarhizium: jack of all trades, master of many	86
Bacterial chromosome segregation by the ParABS system	77
KEAP1, a cysteine-based sensor and a drug target for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease	68
Satellite cells in ageing: use it or lose it	68
The origin of animals: an ancestral reconstruction of the unicellular-to-multicellular transition	68
Expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and the protease TMPRSS2 suggests susceptibility of the human embryo in the first trimester	67
The centromere comes into focus: from CENP-A nucleosomes to kinetochore connections with the spindle	63
To form and function: on the role of basement membrane mechanics in tissue development, homeostasis and disease	61
Molecular mechanisms of olfactory detection in insects: beyond receptors	59
Viral macrodomains: a structural and evolutionary assessment of the pharmacological potential	59
Mechanisms of immune suppression by myeloid-derived suppressor cells: the role of interleukin-10 as a key immunoregulatory cytokine	59
SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein topology in eukaryotic membranes	54
Senescent cells and macrophages: key players for regeneration?	51
An miRNA fingerprint using neural-enriched extracellular vesicles from blood plasma: towards a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease	51
Black box of phage–bacterium interactions: exploring alternative phage infection strategies	50
Walking the tight wire between cell adhesion and WNT signalling: a balancing act for β-catenin	50
Fibro-adipogenic progenitors in skeletal muscle homeostasis, regeneration and diseases	45
Ubiquitin–proteasome system and the role of its inhibitors in cancer therapy	45

ADAMTS proteases in cardiovascular physiology and disease	45
Therapeutic potential of astaxanthin and superoxide dismutase in Alzheimer's disease	40
A duplicated amh is the master sex-determining gene for Sebastes rockfish in the Northwest Pacific	40
Adipose tissue in health and disease	39
Quantification of lactoyl-CoA (lactyl-CoA) by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in mammalian cells and tissues	39
Substrate recruitment by zDHHC protein acyltransferases	39
Regulation of ecdysone production in Drosophila by neuropeptides and peptide hormones	38
Role of antioxidants and a nutrient rich diet in Alzheimer's disease	38
Intrinsically disordered proteins: modes of binding with emphasis on disordered domains	37
Pathways shaping the mitochondrial inner membrane	35
The evolutionary origins of the vertebrate olfactory system	35