OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology is 62. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Methods for automating the analysis of live-cell single-molecule FRET data	392
The orobasal organ (of Ackerknecht) is present in prenatal mice	194
General Commentary: Synovial sarcoma of the head and neck: A review of reported cases on the clinical characteristics and treatment methods	165
Overexpression of long noncoding RNA 4933425B07Rik leads to renal hypoplasia by inactivating Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway	162
Deficiency of mastl, a mitotic regulator, results in cell detachment from developing tissues of zebrafish embryos	128
Editorial: Mechanistic studies of genome integrity, environmental health, and cancer etiology	121
Editorial: Immunological imbalance: What is its role in intervertebral disc degeneration?	115
Editorial: Development, metabolism, senescence and mechanotransduction of bone	114
Chronic electrical stimulation with a peripheral suprachoroidal retinal implant: a preclinical safety study of neuroprotective stimulation	113
SNHG12 downregulation induces follicular dysplasia by modulating the glycolysis of granulosa cell in polycystic ovary syndrome	111
Editorial: DNA damage response in the context of chromatin	107
Editorial: Post-transcriptional regulation of embryonic and adult myogenesis	104
A novel GCaMP6f-RCS rat model for studying electrical stimulation in the degenerated retina	104
Editorial: The contribution of autophagy to neuronal metabolism	103
Targeting N-type calcium channels in young-onset of some neurological diseases	102
Regulation of the microprocessor by post-translational modifications	98
Real-world database evaluation of drug-associated vitreous opacities and machine learning for clinical interpretability	97
Amniotic mesenchymal stem cells attenuate diabetic cardiomyopathy by inhibiting pyroptosis via modulation of the TLR4/NF-κb/NLRP3 pathway	95
Integrative analysis of EMT-driving genes identifies a prognostic signature and GJB2 as a potential biomarker in glioblastoma	93
Fertility preservation in male cancer patients. Counseling and reproductive outcomes	92
CausalFormer-HMC: a hybrid memory-driven transformer with causal reasoning and counterfactual explainability for leukemia diagnosis	92
Shank3 related muscular hypotonia is accompanied by increased intracellular calcium concentrations and ion channel dysregulation in striated muscle tissue	90
PARP9 drives the malignant progression of pancreatic cancer cells by regulating apoptosis, DNA damage, and multidrug efflux systems	88
Effectiveness comparison of pembrolizumab versus other immune checkpoint inhibitors in neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	88
Decoding RNF20: an epigenetic modifier and beyond	86

Characterization of mesenchymal stem cells in pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia	85
Selective vulnerability of human-induced pluripotent stem cells to dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibition during mesenchymal stem/stromal cell purification	85
Integrated proteome sequencing, bulk RNA sequencing and single-cell RNA sequencing to identify potential biomarkers in different grades of intervertebral disc degeneration	84
Retraction: MiR-221/222 ameliorates deoxynivalenol-induced apoptosis and proliferation inhibition in intestinal epithelial cells by targeting PTEN	83
The diverse roles of macrophages in metabolic inflammation and its resolution	83
Mitoregulin, a tiny protein at the crossroads of mitochondrial functioning, stress, and disease	82
The regulation of transcription elongation in embryonic stem cells	80
The role of ANLN in malignant tumors: pathogenesis, treatment resistance and targeted strategies	79
Editorial: Ethological dynamics in diorama environments	79
Corrigendum: The highly and perpetually upregulated thyroglobulin gene is a hallmark of functional thyrocytes	79
Corrigendum: Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the role of phosphorylation-related genes in hepatocellular carcinoma stem cells	78
Correction: ELOVL2 mediated stabilization of AR contributes to enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer	78
Corrigendum: Global research trends of ferroptosis: a rapidly evolving field with enormous potential	77
Ferroptosis and Alzheimer’s disease: unraveling the molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities	77
Krill oil treatment ameliorates lipid metabolism imbalance in chronic unpredicted mild stress-induced depression-like behavior in mice	77
Activation of telomerase via madecassic acid enhances the developmental competence of the SCNT-derived bovine embryos	76
New strategies for neuro protection in glaucoma	75
Editorial: Biophysical target engagement assays in chemical biology and pharmacological research	74
Integrated genomic analysis identifies novel low-frequency cis-regulatory variant rs2279658 associated with VSD risk in Chinese children	73
Role of UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase in venous malformation	73
Treatment of patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression using an enhanced recovery after surgery program	72
Coupling of stemness maintenance with cell cycle control in stem cells	71
Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides attenuate mitochondria-associated ferroptosis via the NOX4/mitoGPX4 pathway in myocardial ischemia‒reperfusion injury	69
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals cell subpopulations in the tumor microenvironment contributing to hepatocellular carcinoma	68
The tendon interfascicular basement membrane provides a vascular niche for CD146+ cell subpopulations	67
Quantitative analysis of Robertsonian chromosomes inherited by descendants from multiple Rb heterozygotes of Mus m. Domesticus	67
Modeling the spatiotemporal properties of crosstalk between RyR-mediated and IP3R-mediated local Ca2+ release	67
The Mkx- TGF-β pathway induced the development of the myodural bridge complex in SD rats	66
Mitochondrial epigenetic mechanisms in cancer: an updated overview	65
From organelles to therapy: rethinking combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma	65
Prolactin drives cortical neuron maturation and dendritic development during murine embryonic stem cell differentiation	65
Editorial: Personalized medicine for neuromuscular disorders	65
BDNF-loaded chitosan-based mimetic mussel polymer conduits for repair of peripheral nerve injury	64
The crosstalk between MYC and mTORC1 during osteoclastogenesis	63
Roles of RNA-binding proteins in macrophage function regulation and immunotherapy	63
Enhancement of chemotherapeutic efficacy via non-canonical autophagy induced by Olea europaea in human model of lung adenocarcinoma cells (A549)	63
Venetoclax durable response in adult relapsed/refractory Philadelphia-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia with JAK/STAT pathway alterations	62