OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PeerJ is 39. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Comparative genomic analysis of the COBRA genes in six Rosaceae species and expression analysis in Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)	242
Karst grassland forage quality and its determinants in Guizhou Province of Southwest China	195
The effects of anthropogenic disturbance and seasonality on the ant communities of Lang Tengah Island	178
Conservation tillage and fertiliser management strategies impact on basmati rice (Oryza sativa L): crop performance, crop water productivity, nutrient uptake and fertility status of the soil un	176
Numbers of fish species, higher taxa, and phylogenetic similarity decrease with latitude and depth, and deep-sea assemblages are unique	166
Exploring the antioxidant potential of chalcogen-indolizines throughout in vitro assays	160
CircRNA expression profiles and functional analysis in a mouse model of chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced renal injury: new insight into pathogenesis	127
A bZIP transcription factor, PqbZIP1, is involved in the plant defense response of American ginseng	112
A comprehensive drought monitoring method integrating multi-source data	93
Behavior change intervention to sustain iodide salt utilization in households in Ethiopia and study of the effect of iodine status on the growth of young children: community trial	80
Anti-ENO1 antibody combined with metformin against tumor resistance: a novel antibody-based platform	80
Baleen whale inhalation variability revealed using animal-borne video tags	71
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy efficacy and prognosis in HER2-low and HER2-zero breast cancer patients by HR status: a retrospective study in China	70
A novel Tick Carousel Assay for testing efficacy of repellents on Amblyomma americanum L.	69
Feeding preferences and the effect of temperature on feeding rates of the graceful kelp crab, Pugettia gracilis	63
Evaluating the relationship between Clinical G6PD enzyme activity and gene variants	58
Cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia and mindfulness-based stress reduction in nurses with insomnia: a non-inferiority internet delivered randomized controlled trial	57
A new threat to local marine biodiversity: filamentous mats proliferating at mesophotic depths off Rapa Nui	53
The association between non-suicidal self-injury and negative life events in children and adolescents in underdeveloped regions of south-western China	53
Comprehensive profile and contrastive analysis of circular RNA expression in cervical squamous carcinoma and adenocarcinoma	51
Exosomes and ferroptosis: roles in tumour regulation and new cancer therapies	51
Beyond the fish-Daphnia paradigm: testing the potential for pygmy backswimmers (Neoplea striola) to cause trophic cascades in subtropical ponds	49
Intestinal GPDH-1 regulates high glucose diet induced lifespan extension in aged worms	48
Characterizing the Type 6 Secretion System (T6SS) and its role in the virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain APECO18	47
Enhancing restoration success of rare plants in an arid-tropical climate through water-saving technologies: a case study of Scalesia affinis ssp. brachyloba in the Galapagos Islands	46

Description of the new species Sigambra nkossa (Annelida, Pilargidae), with an analysis of the distribution patterns of polychaetes associated with artificially hydrocarbon-enriched bottoms	46
Local ancestry prediction with PyLAE	44
Over-expression of CcMYB24, encoding a R2R3-MYB transcription factor from a high-leaf-number mutant of Cymbidium, increases the number of leaves in Arabidopsis	43
Physiological response and transcriptome analyses of leguminous Indigofera bungeana Walp. to drought stress	43
Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Tritipyrum provides insights into the molecular basis of salt tolerance	43
Interactions between two functionally distinct aquatic invertebrate herbivores complicate ecosystem- and population-level resilience	41
Attitudes of medical students in Khartoum, Sudan towards the doctor-patient relationship: a cross-sectional study	41
Determination of the affinity constants for phage display albumin-binding peptides	41
Melanoleuca subgriseoflava and M. substridula—two new Melanoleuca species (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) described from China	40
Environment and density-dependency explain the fine-scale aggregation of tree recruits before and after thinning in a mixed forest of Southern Europe	40
Clinical diagnostic value of amino acids in laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas	39
Degreasing and bleaching bones using light sources as a tool to increase the safety of teaching osteology at the University of Veterinary Sciences Brno	39
Cancer types with high numbers of driver events are largely preventable	39
Distribution of clones among hosts for the lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium mexicanum	39
The high diversity of gametogenic pathways in amphispermic water frog hybrids from Eastern Ukraine	39