OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of eLife is 92. 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
Integrating taxonomic, functional, and strain-level profiling of diverse microbial communities with bioBakery 3	1028
Atomic structures of respiratory complex III2, complex IV, and supercomplex III2-IV from vascular plants	616
Tracking excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic with the World Mortality Dataset	338
DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging	337
Effects of common mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD and its ligand, the human ACE2 receptor on binding affinity and kinetics	279
The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function	273
N501Y mutation of spike protein in SARS-CoV-2 strengthens its binding to receptor ACE2	258
ACE2: Evidence of role as entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 and implications in comorbidities	256
Sampling alternative conformational states of transporters and receptors with AlphaFold2	254
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces inflammation via TLR2-dependent activation of the NF-κB pathway	243
DNA damage—how and why we age?	221
Lytic transglycosylases mitigate periplasmic crowding by degrading soluble cell wall turnover products	216
Antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19: Intersections and implications	213
Cancer-associated fibroblasts and their influence on tumor immunity and immunotherapy	209
Standardizing workflows in imaging transcriptomics with the abagen toolbox	201
Colistin kills bacteria by targeting lipopolysaccharide in the cytoplasmic membrane	200
Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies	194
A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection	189
FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices	183
Neuronal timescales are functionally dynamic and shaped by cortical microarchitecture	172
Microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids modulate microglia and promote Aβ plaque deposition	171
The OpenNeuro resource for sharing of neuroscience data	169
TRex, a fast multi-animal tracking system with markerless identification, and 2D estimation of posture and visual fields	166
Tumor stiffening reversion through collagen crosslinking inhibition improves T cell migration and anti-PD-1 treatment	162
A simple and effective F0 knockout method for rapid screening of behaviour and other complex phenotypes	162

SARS-CoV-2 requires cholesterol for viral entry and pathological syncytia formation	161
Simultaneous trimodal single-cell measurement of transcripts, epitopes, and chromatin accessibility using TEA-seq	158
The genomic consequences of hybridization	158
SpikeInterface, a unified framework for spike sorting	156
Mapping single-cell atlases throughout Metazoa unravels cell type evolution	153
Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy	149
Mechanistic theory predicts the effects of temperature and humidity on inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses	148
Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study	147
Viral load and contact heterogeneity predict SARS-CoV-2 transmission and super-spreading events	147
A Bayesian approach to single-particle electron cryo-tomography in RELION-4.0	146
The Spike D614G mutation increases SARS-CoV-2 infection of multiple human cell types	143
An open-source, high-performance tool for automated sleep staging	143
HP1 proteins compact DNA into mechanically and positionally stable phase separated domains	142
Reporting and misreporting of sex differences in the biological sciences	139
Single-cell multiomic profiling of human lungs reveals cell-type-specific and age-dynamic control of SARS-CoV2 host genes	137
A versatile oblique plane microscope for large-scale and high-resolution imaging of subcellular dynamics	135
Investigating the replicability of preclinical cancer biology	135
The mTORC1-mediated activation of ATF4 promotes protein and glutathione synthesis downstream of growth signals	133
A fully automated high-throughput workflow for 3D-based chemical screening in human midbrain organoids	132
Generation of vascularized brain organoids to study neurovascular interactions	131
Racial inequity in grant funding from the US National Institutes of Health	131
Effector membrane translocation biosensors reveal G protein and βarrestin coupling profiles of 100 therapeutically relevant GPCRs	131
Genetic architecture of 11 organ traits derived from abdominal MRI using deep learning	127
Challenges for assessing replicability in preclinical cancer biology	127
An open label trial of anakinra to prevent respiratory failure in COVID-19	127
Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes	124
Single-nucleus transcriptomic analysis of human dorsal root ganglion neurons	124
Metabolic biomarker profiling for identification of susceptibility to severe pneumonia and COVID-19 in the general population	124
The LOTUS initiative for open knowledge management in natural products research	123
Modelling the impact of decidual senescence on embryo implantation in human endometrial assembloids	117
Relationship between simultaneously recorded spiking activity and fluorescence signal in GCaMP6 transgenic mice	117
The Mouse Action Recognition System (MARS) software pipeline for automated analysis of social behaviors in mice	116
Modality-specific tracking of attention and sensory statistics in the human electrophysiological spectral exponent	115
Information flow, cell types and stereotypy in a full olfactory connectome	113
SARS-CoV-2 entry into human airway organoids is serine protease-mediated and facilitated by the multibasic cleavage site	113
Diverse viral proteases activate the NLRP1 inflammasome	113
Heterogeneity in transmissibility and shedding SARS-CoV-2 via droplets and aerosols	112
GENESPACE tracks regions of interest and gene copy number variation across multiple genomes	111
Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning	111
Patterns of within-host genetic diversity in SARS-CoV-2	110
Simple biochemical features underlie transcriptional activation domain diversity and dynamic, fuzzy binding to Mediator	110
Real-time, low-latency closed-loop feedback using markerless posture tracking	108
Convalescent COVID-19 patients are susceptible to endothelial dysfunction due to persistent immune activation	108
The diversity and function of sourdough starter microbiomes	106
Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing	106
Topographic gradients of intrinsic dynamics across neocortex	105
Pathogenic mechanisms of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)	104
Single nuclei RNA-seq of mouse placental labyrinth development	104
Quantifying the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 viral load and infectiousness	103
Analysis of the immune response to sciatic nerve injury identifies efferocytosis as a key mechanism of nerve debridement	103

SARS-CoV-2 S protein:ACE2 interaction reveals novel allosteric targets	101
Viral persistence, reactivation, and mechanisms of long COVID	100
Transcriptional profiling of mouse peripheral nerves to the single-cell level to build a sciatic nerve ATlas (SNAT)	100
DeepEthogram, a machine learning pipeline for supervised behavior classification from raw pixels	99
Standardized and reproducible measurement of decision-making in mice	99
Plasmodium falciparum K13 mutations in Africa and Asia impact artemisinin resistance and parasite fitness	98
Plasma proteomic biomarker signature of age predicts health and life span	98
Individual variations in ‘brain age’ relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change	98
TCR meta-clonotypes for biomarker discovery with tcrdist3 enabled identification of public, HLA-restricted clusters of SARS-CoV-2 TCRs	98
Neural effects of propofol-induced unconsciousness and its reversal using thalamic stimulation	98
A cell atlas of the chick retina based on single-cell transcriptomics	95
Longitudinal high-throughput TCR repertoire profiling reveals the dynamics of T-cell memory formation after mild COVID-19 infection	95
Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related memory decline in mice	94
Visualizing cellular and tissue ultrastructure using Ten-fold Robust Expansion Microscopy (TREx)	94
A lung-on-chip model of early Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reveals an essential role for alveolar epithelial cells in controlling bacterial growth	94
Ct threshold values, a proxy for viral load in community SARS-CoV-2 cases, demonstrate wide variation across populations and over time	93
Multi-omic rejuvenation of human cells by maturation phase transient reprogramming	92
GWAS of three molecular traits highlights core genes and pathways alongside a highly polygenic background	92