Communications Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Communications Biology is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hippocampal subfield plasticity is associated with improved spatial memory806
GFI1B and LSD1 repress myeloid traits during megakaryocyte differentiation219
A male-specific doublesex isoform reveals an evolutionary pathway of sexual development via distinct alternative splicing mechanisms215
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program202
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion192
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation148
Dynamics of evolutionary succession and coordination between opposite adaptations in cuckoo hosts under antagonistic coevolution148
OptoRheo: Simultaneous in situ micro-mechanical sensing and imaging of live 3D biological systems147
Information decay and enzymatic information recovery for DNA data storage145
Inhibiting LXRα phosphorylation in hematopoietic cells reduces inflammation and attenuates atherosclerosis and obesity in mice140
Eigenmode-based approach reveals a decline in brain structure–function liberality across the human lifespan139
Genetic variants associated with platelet count are predictive of human disease and physiological markers135
Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi132
Density fluctuations, homeostasis, and reproduction effects in bacteria117
State-dependent binding of cholesterol and an anionic lipid to the muscle-type Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor112
Inferring single-cell and spatial microRNA activity from transcriptomics data111
Competitive hierarchies in bryozoan assemblages mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops weak111
Reformulation of Trivers–Willard hypothesis for parental investment111
DDX1 is required for non-spliceosomal splicing of tRNAs but not of XBP1 mRNA110
Positively charged cytoplasmic residues in corin prevent signal peptidase cleavage and endoplasmic reticulum retention107
Uncovering narrative aging: an underlying neural mechanism compensated through spatial constructional ability105
TDP-43 nuclear retention is antagonized by hypo-phosphorylation of its C-terminus in the cytoplasm102
Chromatin environment-dependent effects of DOT1L on gene expression in male germ cells101
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS99
A metabolic link between the astrocytic α2-Na/K ATPase and episodic paralysis96
In vivo pharmacokinetic enhancement of monomeric Fc and monovalent bispecific designs through structural guidance95
A tissue-level phenome-wide network map of colocalized genes and phenotypes in the UK Biobank93
A modeling framework for determining modulation of neural-level tuning from non-invasive human fMRI data90
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework89
Plant roots affect free-living diazotroph communities in temperate grassland soils despite decades of fertilization88
In-vivo corneal confocal microscopy: Imaging analysis, biological insights and future directions87
A whole-ecosystem experiment reveals flow-induced shifts in a stream community82
Age-related demethylation of the TDP-43 autoregulatory region in the human motor cortex81
Multi-species and multi-tissue methylation clocks for age estimation in toothed whales and dolphins80
Activation-inducible CAR expression enables precise control over engineered CAR T cell function80
Asymmetric chromatin retention and nuclear envelopes separate chromosomes in fused cells in vivo80
miR-143-3p modulates depressive-like behaviors via Lasp1 in the mouse ventral hippocampus79
3D architecture and structural flexibility revealed in the subfamily of large glutamate dehydrogenases by a mycobacterial enzyme78
The secretory protein COA1 enables Metarhizium robertsii to evade insect immune recognition during cuticle penetration77
FMRI speech tracking in primary and non-primary auditory cortex while listening to noisy scenes77
Cpt1a Drives primed-to-naïve pluripotency transition through lipid remodeling76
Subtype and cell type specific expression of lncRNAs provide insight into breast cancer76
Cyclo(Pro-Tyr) elicits conserved cellular damage in fungi by targeting the [H+]ATPase Pma1 in plasma membrane domains75
LeMeDISCO is a computational method for large-scale prediction & molecular interpretation of disease comorbidity71
Identification of DNA methylation markers for age and Bovine Respiratory Disease in dairy cattle: A pilot study based on Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing71
Preselection of potential target spaces based on partial information by the supplementary eye field70
Frontoparietal network activation is associated with motor recovery in ischemic stroke patients70
Super-resolved analysis of colocalization between replication and transcription along the cell cycle in a model of oncogene activation69
Importance of copy number variants in childhood apraxia of speech and other speech sound disorders69
Climate change threatens Chinook salmon throughout their life cycle68
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs67
Personalized visual encoding model construction with small data66
Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora65
Going beyond established model systems of Alzheimer’s disease: companion animals provide novel insights into the neurobiology of aging65
Expression of the human usherin c.2299delG mutation leads to early-onset auditory loss and stereocilia disorganization65
Deciphering tissue structure and function using spatial transcriptomics64
Three-dimensional spatial transcriptomics uncovers cell type localizations in the human rheumatoid arthritis synovium64
Proline codon pair selection determines ribosome pausing strength and translation efficiency in bacteria63
Pan-cancer proteogenomic investigations identify post-transcriptional kinase targets62
Sex differences in metabolic pathways are regulated by Pfkfb3 and Pdk4 expression in rodent muscle61
Inferring the stabilization effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the binding with ACE2 receptor61
Automated amplification-free digital RNA detection platform for rapid and sensitive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis60
Composite trait Mendelian randomization reveals distinct metabolic and lifestyle consequences of differences in body shape60
A miniature dialysis-culture device allows high-density human-induced pluripotent stem cells expansion from growth factor accumulation60
Kinetics of phagosome maturation is coupled to their intracellular motility59
Identification of an H-Ras nanocluster disrupting peptide59
Targeting TRIP13 in favorable histology Wilms tumor with nuclear export inhibitors synergizes with doxorubicin58
High-fat diet and estrogen modulate the gut microbiota in a sex-dependent manner in mice57
Genomic sequencing reveals convergent adaptation during experimental evolution in two budding yeast species57
Differential effects of 40S ribosome recycling factors on reinitiation at regulatory uORFs in GCN4 mRNA are not dictated by their roles in bulk 40S recycling57
Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites57
Spike-based adenovirus vectored COVID-19 vaccine does not aggravate heart damage after ischemic injury in mice56
Salinity tolerance mechanisms of an Arctic Pelagophyte using comparative transcriptomic and gene expression analysis55
The interaction between endogenous GABA, functional connectivity, and behavioral flexibility is critically altered with advanced age55
Structural and functional analysis of LIM domain-dependent recruitment of paxillin to αvβ3 integrin-positive focal adhesions54
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans53
Conformational plasticity of the HIV-1 gp41 immunodominant region is recognized by multiple non-neutralizing antibodies53
The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC253
L1CAM is required for early dissemination of fallopian tube carcinoma precursors to the ovary53
Automated phenotyping of postoperative delirium-like behaviour in mice reveals the therapeutic efficacy of dexmedetomidine52
Complex population structure of the Atlantic puffin revealed by whole genome analyses52
It takes two to tango: cardiac fibroblast-derived NO-induced cGMP enters cardiac myocytes and increases cAMP by inhibiting PDE351
Spores of Clostridioides difficile are toxin delivery vehicles51
A vegetable fat-based diet delays psychomotor and cognitive development compared with maternal dairy fat intake in infant gray mouse lemurs51
Neurocognitive biases from the lab to real life51
Panx1 channels promote both anti- and pro-seizure-like activities in the zebrafish via p2rx7 receptors and ATP signaling50
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation50
Voltage-gated proton channels from fungi highlight role of peripheral regions in channel activation50
Identifying the lungs as a susceptible site for allele-specific regulatory changes associated with type 1 diabetes risk49
Endosomal TLR3 co-receptor CLEC18A enhances host immune response to viral infection49
Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum supplied with methimazole improved the thyroid function of Graves’ disease patients through the gut-thyroid axis49
Non-glycosylated IGF2 prohormones are more mitogenic than native IGF249
Measuring human cerebral blood flow and brain function with fiber-based speckle contrast optical spectroscopy system49
Novel FFPE proteomics method suggests prolactin induced protein as hormone induced cytoskeleton remodeling spatial biomarker49
Biased action of the CXCR4-targeting drug plerixafor is essential for its superior hematopoietic stem cell mobilization48
Disrupting iron homeostasis can potentiate colistin activity and overcome colistin resistance mechanisms in Gram-Negative Bacteria48
Glutamate production from aerial nitrogen using the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Klebsiella oxytoca48
Contribution of CRISPRable DNA to human complex traits48
Developing Nanodisc-ID for label-free characterizations of membrane proteins47
Disability shouldn’t limit accessibility in science47
Bioluminescence imaging of Cyp1a1-luciferase reporter mice demonstrates prolonged activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the lung47
The parieto-occipital cortex is a candidate neural substrate for the human ability to approximate Bayesian inference47
A signal transmission strategy driven by gap-regulated exonuclease hydrolysis for hierarchical molecular networks46
Type 2 diabetes and its genetic susceptibility are associated with increased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in UK Biobank46
A synthetic population-level oscillator in non-microfluidic environments46
Neural signatures associated with temporal compression in the verbal retelling of past events46
Squalamine reverses age-associated changes of firing patterns of myenteric sensory neurons and vagal fibres46
Adaptive optimization of the OXPHOS assembly line partially compensates lrpprc-dependent mitochondrial translation defects in mice45
Human immune and gut microbial parameters associated with inter-individual variations in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-induced immunity45
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing45
Brain network reconfiguration for narrative and argumentative thought45
Genome-wide association study reveals a locus in ADARB2 for complete freedom from headache in Danish Blood Donors45
Combining Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and human milk oligosaccharides synergistically increases short chain fatty acid production ex vivo45
Tyramide-conjugated DNA barcodes enable signal amplification for multiparametric CODEX imaging44
DEVOLUTION—A method for phylogenetic reconstruction of aneuploid cancers based on multiregional genotyping data44
In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans44
Debiased ambient vibrations optical coherence elastography to profile cell, organoid and tissue mechanical properties43
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics43
Male and female contributions to diversity among birdwing butterfly images43
Development of an epigenetic clock resistant to changes in immune cell composition43
Proton-pumping photoreceptor controls expression of ABC transporter by regulating transcription factor through light43
Systematic auditing is essential to debiasing machine learning in biology43
Facile metabolic reprogramming distinguishes mycobacterial adaptation to hypoxia and starvation: ketosis drives starvation-induced persistence in M. bovis BCG42
Influence of AAV vector tropism on long-term expression and Fc-γ receptor binding of an antibody targeting SARS-CoV-242
Crosstalk of cell death pathways unveils an autophagy-related gene AOC3 as a critical prognostic marker in colorectal cancer42
Insights into mechanisms of MALT1 allostery from NMR and AlphaFold dynamic analyses42
Overcoming barriers to the registration of new plant varieties under the DUS system42
Ovine HOXB13: expanding the gene repertoire of sheep tail patterning and implications in genetic improvement41
Acute and chronic inflammation alter immunometabolism in a cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction (DTHR) mouse model41
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy41
MeasureIce: accessible on-the-fly measurement of ice thickness in cryo-electron microscopy41
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B41
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)41
Disrupted network interactions serve as a neural marker of dyslexia40
Macroscale brain states support the control of semantic cognition40
Vertical structural complexity of plant communities represents the combined effects of resource acquisition and environmental stress on the Tibetan Plateau40
Shark teeth zinc isotope values document intrapopulation foraging differences related to ontogeny and sex40
Pitavastatin activates mitophagy to protect EPC proliferation through a calcium-dependent CAMK1-PINK1 pathway in atherosclerotic mice40
CircEYA3 aggravates intervertebral disc degeneration through the miR-196a-5p/EBF1 axis and NF-κB signaling40
UFObow: A single-wavelength excitable Brainbow for simultaneous multicolor ex-vivo and in-vivo imaging of mammalian cells40
Generation of transgenic mice expressing a FRET biosensor, SMART, that responds to necroptosis40
Pan-cancer analyses suggest kindlin-associated global mechanochemical alterations40
Constant learning - an interview with Lilian Kabeche on setting up an inclusive and welcoming lab40
Surfactant-assisted one-pot sample preparation for label-free single-cell proteomics39
Machine learning identifies T cell receptor repertoire signatures associated with COVID-19 severity39
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells39
Expression of divergent methyl/alkyl coenzyme M reductases from uncultured archaea39
Pre-clinical investigation of astatine-211-parthanatine for high-risk neuroblastoma39
PD-L2 suppresses T cell signaling via coinhibitory microcluster formation and SHP2 phosphatase recruitment39
A tailored tetravalent peptide displays dual functions to inhibit amyloid β production and aggregation38
Knockout of the longevity gene Klotho perturbs aging and Alzheimer’s disease-linked brain microRNAs and tRNA fragments38
MicroSEC filters sequence errors for formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples38
USP39 is essential for mammalian epithelial morphogenesis through upregulation of planar cell polarity components38
Speg interactions that regulate the stability of excitation-contraction coupling protein complexes in triads and dyads38
SPX-related genes regulate phosphorus homeostasis in the marine phytoplankton, Phaeodactylum tricornutum38
Biomarkers for ideal protein: rabbit diet metabolomics varying key amino acids38
MNT inhibits lung adenocarcinoma ferroptosis and chemosensitivity by suppressing SAT138
Chronic stress deficits in reward behaviour co-occur with low nucleus accumbens dopamine activity during reward anticipation specifically37
Age-related differences in network controllability are mitigated by redundancy in large-scale brain networks37
Genetic and pharmacological interrogation of cancer vulnerability using a multiplexed cell line screening platform37
Identifying cell lines across pan-cancer to be used in preclinical research as a proxy for patient tumor samples37
Persistent T cell unresponsiveness associated with chronic visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-coinfected patients37
The origin of island populations of the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii37
The ATF2/miR-3913-5p/CREB5 axis is involved in the cell proliferation and metastasis of colorectal cancer37
An investigation of the cognitive and neural correlates of semantic memory search related to creative ability37
Proactive strategies for an inclusive faculty search process37
Taxus yunnanensis genome offers insights into gymnosperm phylogeny and taxol production37
Multicenter proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study identifies causal plasma proteins in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers36
Mendelian randomization reveals potential causal relationships between cellular senescence-related genes and multiple cancer risks36
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment36
The effect of testosterone on the gut microbiome in mice36
Direct structural analysis of a single acyl carrier protein domain in fatty acid synthase from the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae36
Opposite effects of positive and negative symptoms on resting-state brain networks in schizophrenia36
The role of halophyte-induced saline fertile islands in soil microbial biogeochemical cycling across arid ecosystems36
Ultra-deep sequencing reveals dramatic alteration of organellar genomes in Physcomitrella patens due to biased asymmetric recombination36
Inhibition of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.5 by hydrogen sulfide attenuates remodeling through S-nitrosylation-mediated signaling36
Maternal anxiety affects embryo implantation via impairing adrenergic receptor signaling in decidual cells36
Efficient production of vindoline from tabersonine by metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae36
Complete remission of diabetes with a transient HDAC inhibitor and insulin in streptozotocin mice36
Functional impact and molecular binding modes of drugs that target the PI3K isoform p110δ36
Distinct dissociation rates of murine and human norovirus P-domain dimers suggest a role of dimer stability in virus-host interactions36
Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses reveal an association between short sleep duration or morning chronotype and altered leukocyte telomere length36
Lévy walk dynamics explain gamma burst patterns in primate cerebral cortex36
Collective condensation and auto-aggregation of Escherichia coli in uniform acidic environments35
A Clostridioides difficile endolysin modulates toxin secretion without cell lysis35
A draft genome of Drung cattle reveals clues to its chromosomal fusion and environmental adaptation35
Enhancing organ and vascular contrast in preclinical ultra-low field MRI using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles35
Evolution of a biological thermocouple by adaptation of cytochrome c oxidase in a subterrestrial metazoan, Halicephalobus mephisto35
Fronto-parietal networks shape human conscious report through attention gain and reorienting35
Deficiency in PHD2-mediated hydroxylation of HIF2α underlies Pacak-Zhuang syndrome35
Arabidopsis nitrate-induced aspartate oxidase gene expression is necessary to maintain metabolic balance under nitrogen nutrient fluctuation35
A functional SNP rs895819 on pre-miR-27a is associated with bipolar disorder by targeting NCAM135
Disruption of millipede-gut microbiota in E. pulchripes and G. connexa highlights the limited role of litter fermentation and the importance of litter-associated microbes for nutrition35
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins35
Demonstration of targeted crossovers in hybrid maize using CRISPR technology35
Nasal symbiont Staphylococcus epidermidis restricts influenza A virus replication via the creation of a polyamine-deficient cellular environment35
M2 macrophage-derived exosomal circTMCO3 acts through miR-515-5p and ITGA8 to enhance malignancy in ovarian cancer35
Mitochondrial ubiquitin ligase alleviates Alzheimer’s disease pathology via blocking the toxic amyloid-β oligomer generation35
Most mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to respiratory complex I through the NDUFA10 subunit35
Imaging genetics of language network functional connectivity reveals links with language-related abilities, dyslexia and handedness35
Aeciospore ejection in the rust pathogen Puccinia graminis is driven by moisture ingress35
An anti-diabetic drug targets NEET (CISD) proteins through destabilization of their [2Fe-2S] clusters34
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA134
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging34
Extending the use of biologics to mucous membranes by attachment of a binding domain34
Periportal hepatocyte proliferation at midgestation governs maternal glucose homeostasis in mice34
Systems-wide analysis revealed shared and unique responses to moderate and acute high temperatures in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii34
Neural activities in music frogs reveal call variations and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Nidirana34
HaploCoV: unsupervised classification and rapid detection of novel emerging variants of SARS-CoV-234
Single-cell profiling of the microenvironment in human bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma34
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl34
Puccinia triticina avirulence protein AvrLr21 directly interacts with wheat resistance protein Lr21 to activate wheat immune response34
Dynamic full-field optical coherence tomography allows live imaging of retinal pigment epithelium stress model34
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase34
Superior haplotypes of key drought-responsive genes reveal opportunities for the development of climate-resilient rice varieties34
Genetic architecture of band neutrophil fraction in Iceland34
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling33
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control33
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction33
A Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium (PACE) meta-analysis highlights potential relationships between birth order and neonatal blood DNA methylation33
Chord: an ensemble machine learning algorithm to identify doublets in single-cell RNA sequencing data33
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery33
Nuclear preservation in the cartilage of the Jehol dinosaur Caudipteryx33
Endogenous DAF-16 spatiotemporal activity quantitatively predicts lifespan extension induced by dietary restriction33
Genic distribution modelling predicts adaptation of the bank vole to climate change33
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells33
A Cre-dependent massively parallel reporter assay allows for cell-type specific assessment of the functional effects of non-coding elements in vivo33
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation33
New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evolutionary trends33
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions32
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance32
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation32
Inverse relation between motion perception and postural responses induced by motion of a touched object32
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex32
The physiology of plants in the context of space exploration32
Basic design of artificial membrane-less organelles using condensation-prone proteins in plant cells32
Anti-Hebbian plasticity drives sequence learning in striatum32
Neutrophil-derived reactive oxygen species promote tumor colonization32
Endogenous opioid receptor system mediates costly altruism in the human brain32
Comparison of whole-brain task-modulated functional connectivity methods for fMRI task connectomics32
Signatures of local adaptation and maladaptation to future climate in wild Zizania latifolia32
A metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver acinus biomimetic induces pancreatic islet dysfunction in a coupled microphysiology system32
Rangers on the frontline of wildlife monitoring: a case study on African lions in Uganda’s Nile Delta32
CytoSIP: an annotated structural atlas for interactions involving cytokines or cytokine receptors32
Designing and interpreting 4D tumour spheroid experiments32
Structural organization of erythrocyte membrane microdomains and their relation with malaria susceptibility32
In vitro generation of genetic diversity for directed evolution by error-prone artificial DNA synthesis32
Sex-specific single cell-level transcriptomic signatures of Rett syndrome disease progression32
Enhanced efficiency in the bilingual brain through the inter-hemispheric cortico-cerebellar pathway in early second language acquisition32
Selectivity for food in human ventral visual cortex32
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