Communications Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Communications Biology is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS276
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase260
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program220
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava170
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9168
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches154
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1144
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection143
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease140
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer133
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension132
Bayesian inference of functional asymmetry in the homotrimeric ligand-gated ion channel P2X2132
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo127
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis126
Distinct responses to non-autonomous UPRER mediated by glutamatergic and octopaminergic neurons126
Exploiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme pathway to augment endogenous opioid signaling120
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-2114
Injury to tissue caused by device penetration of the skin triggers formation of extracellular traps108
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo108
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage107
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy106
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation102
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase101
Machine and Deep Learning Reveal Sequence Determinants Encoding Bivalent Histone Modifications100
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation100
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS97
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B97
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk96
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control95
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions90
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention90
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics90
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks89
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce89
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks89
Netrin-1 disrupt high-fat-diet-induced adipogenesis via the PPARγ and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways89
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization88
Heating the orphans: structural asymmetry and thermal energy resolve the delta receptor paradox87
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology86
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation85
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth84
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture83
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus82
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure80
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus79
Author Correction: HMGB2-induced calreticulin translocation required for immunogenic cell death and ferroptosis of cancer cells are controlled by the nuclear exporter XPO178
Author Correction: On the replicability of diffusion weighted MRI-based brain-behavior models77
Cross-species validation of a human age-related hearing loss candidate KLHDC7B as essential for mammalian hearing77
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan76
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel76
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics75
Integrated analysis of GWAS and molQTLs reveals cell-specific genetic variants in the porcine immune system74
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms73
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling72
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works72
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes72
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave71
Temporal synchrony and spatial similarity of interbrain subnetworks predict dyadic social interaction71
Cannabidiol modulates spontaneous recovery through distinct and conserved transcriptomic signatures in mPFC subregions71
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks71
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan70
NAD+-dependent Sirt6 is a key regulator involved in telomere shortening of in vitro-cultured preimplantation embryos70
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness70
Caspofungin binding to iron compromises its antifungal efficacy against Candida albicans70
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men70
Single cell multiomics approach to analyze replication timing and gene expression in mouse preimplantation embryos69
Sabinineoside B alleviates metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by targeting PPAR α69
Deciphering multiway multiscale brain network connectivity from birth to 6 months69
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore68
BAX-dependent mitochondrial outer membrane rupture in cochlear hair cells facilitates cisplatin ototoxicity68
Ferritin light-chain contributes to hair cells function and survival68
Comprehensive metabolic profiling across five lifespan stages in murine hippocampus and cortex reveals sex-related variation in age-related cognitive decline67
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing65
Age-dependent effects of vaping on the prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens65
Multiscale adaptations underlie bite force variation in rodents65
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning64
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl64
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention63
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool62
Confined environments induce polarized paraspeckle condensates62
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture62
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells62
Polymyxins slow down lateral diffusion of proteins and lipopolysaccharide in the E. coli outer membrane62
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants62
Sporozoite egress from Plasmodium oocysts requires a trimeric NF-Y–like complex61
Glycan shield of the ebolavirus envelope glycoprotein GP61
Balanced polymorphism underlies long-standing adaptation for seasonal camouflage in the least weasel61
Metagenomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and mobile genetic elements in the gut microbiota of Caprinae species61
An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates61
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways61
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs60
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers60
Environment-specificity and universality of the microbial growth law60
Altering chemotaxis as a strategy to enhance the foraging range of motility-restricted bacteria59
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment59
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench59
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans58
3D histology of human heart-forming organoids by X-ray phase-contrast tomography57
Exposure of gut bacterial isolates to the anthelminthic drugs, ivermectin and moxidectin, leads to antibiotic-like phenotypes of growth inhibition and adaptation57
Dynamic face-related eye movement representations in the human ventral pathway57
Snowprint: a predictive tool for genetic biosensor discovery57
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction57
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion57
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing57
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining57
Comprehensive genomic dependency landscape of a human colon cancer organoid57
Cryo-EM structure of the human Derlin-1/p97 complex reveals a hexameric channel in ERAD56
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface56
Function and phylogeny support the independent evolution of an ASIC-like Deg/ENaC channel in the Placozoa56
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex56
A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets56
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition55
Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution55
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia55
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors55
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells55
Exosomal miR-212-5p promotes tendon repair via targeting FOXO1 to activate PP1A/YAP1 signaling55
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging55
RhoA allosterically activates phospholipase Cε via its EF hands55
The protease calpain2a limits innate immunity by targeting TRAF6 in teleost fish54
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation54
Pentraxin 3 ameliorates glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head via TLR4/NF-κB/FGF21 signaling axis54
Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing54
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance54
Afucosylated broadly neutralizing antibodies enhance clearance of HIV-1 infected cells through cell-mediated killing54
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species54
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces54
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 promotes inflammation in senescence and aging53
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery53
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases53
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas53
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins53
Integrating allostasis and emerging technologies to study complex diseases53
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction52
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics52
Extracellular vesicles from hypertrophic cardiomyocytes promote breast cancer progression52
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita52
Transcriptional and functional profiles of muscarinic receptor-expressing neurons in primate lateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices52
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition51
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells51
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)51
VISTA uncovers missing gene expression and spatial-induced information for spatial transcriptomic data analysis51
Changes in dynamic transitions between integrated and segregated states underlie visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease51
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework51
Vegetation type conversion in Northeast China under permafrost change51
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins51
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state50
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy50
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes50
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens50
White eye-rings coevolved with diurnal behaviors as a trait enhancing visual appeal in rodents50
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo49
Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species49
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation49
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA49
Targeting fatty acid synthase reduces aortic atherosclerosis and inflammation49
Feeding Spodoptera exigua larvae with gut-derived Escherichia sp. increases larval juvenile hormone levels inhibiting cannibalism49
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation48
Acinetobacter baumannii OmpA-like porins: functional characterization of bacterial physiology, antibiotic-resistance, and virulence48
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry48
Small EV in plasma of triple negative breast cancer patients induce intrinsic apoptosis in activated T cells48
Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance48
RNA demethylase FTO participates in malignant progression of gastric cancer by regulating SP1-AURKB-ATM pathway48
A critical bioenergetic switch is regulated by IGF2 during murine cartilage development48
A complete genome sequence enables efficient genetic mapping of adaptive traits in a phytoseiid predatory mite (Amblyseius andersoni)48
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system48
NDRG2 upregulation induces astrocytic apoptosis via AKT inhibition and FoxO3a-Puma activation in depression48
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes47
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex47
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time47
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective47
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities47
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions46
Computational design of highly efficient thermostable MHET hydrolases and dual enzyme system for PET recycling46
MSC-derived exosomal circMYO9B accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis through the hnRNPU/CBL/KDM1A/VEGFA axis46
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation46
Comprehensive analysis of non-tumor lung, liver, and kidney transcriptomes in canine metastatic osteosarcoma46
Maintaining mitochondrial DNA copy number mitigates ROS-induced oocyte decline and female reproductive aging46
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system46
SEC24D depletion induces osteogenic differentiation deficiency by inactivating the ATF6/TGF-β/Runx2 regulatory loop45
Discovery and chemical optimisation of a potent, Bi-cyclic antimicrobial inhibitor of Escherichia coli PBP345
Unclogged pores: designer channels for protein translocation45
PPE50 variants as novel phylogeographic signatures of host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis45
Metagenomic data from cerebrospinal fluid permits tracing the origin and spread of Neisseria meningitidis CC4821 in China45
Protracted neurobehavioral and microRNA deficits by acute nicotine dependence in mice45
The long noncoding RNA LUCAT1 regulates endometrial receptivity via the miR-495-3p/S100P axis45
Multifaceted effects of variable biotic interactions on population stability in complex interaction webs44
Mouse Slfn8 and Slfn9 genes complement human cells lacking SLFN11 during the replication stress response44
Shifts in isoform usage underlie transcriptional differences in regulatory T cells in type 1 diabetes44
SpatialPrompt: spatially aware scalable and accurate tool for spot deconvolution and domain identification in spatial transcriptomics44
Computational screening of the effects of mutations on protein-protein off-rates and dissociation mechanisms by τRAMD43
The Polygenic Risk Score Knowledge Base offers a centralized online repository for calculating and contextualizing polygenic risk scores43
Molecular mechanisms limiting the AAV gene therapy treatment window in mouse models of blue cone monochromacy43
Precision-cut liver slices as an ex vivo model to assess impaired hepatic glucose production43
A morphology-based machine learning model for scoring epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity using organelle dynamics43
Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons43
Changes in brain connectivity and neurovascular dynamics during dexmedetomidine-induced loss of consciousness43
MIM-CyCIF: masked imaging modeling for enhancing cyclic immunofluorescence (CyCIF) with panel reduction and imputation43
A semi-automatic method for extracting mitochondrial cristae characteristics from 3D focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy data42
Autoregulation ensures vertical transmission of the linear prophage GIL0142
Parvalbumin neurons enhance temporal coding and reduce cortical noise in complex auditory scenes42
P62/SQSTM1 binds with claudin-2 to target for selective autophagy in stressed intestinal epithelium42
Peer Review Week 2022: an interview with Franziska Denk and Katryn Stacey about their views on research integrity as scientists and reviewers42
HES1 potentiates high salt stress response as an enhancer of NFAT5-DNA binding42
Plant-pollinator trait matching affects pollen transfer but not feeding efficiency of Australian honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae)42
A small bacteriophage protein determines the hierarchy over co-residential jumbo phage in Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis42
Cerebellar climbing fibers multiplex movement and reward signals during a voluntary movement task in mice42
Combining soft-bodied and three-dimensional fossils to reveal evolutionary modifications in early lingulellotretid brachiopods42
Genomic evolution towards azole resistance in Candida glabrata clinical isolates unveils the importance of CgHxt4/6/7 in azole accumulation42
TCP1 promotes the progression of malignant tumours by stabilizing c-Myc through the AKT/GSK-3β and ERK signalling pathways42
Multi-layer networks reveal changes in plant-bird interactions driven by invasive species42
Evaluation of cell type annotation reliability using a large language model-based identifier42
The design of unit cells by combining the self-reproduction systems and metabolic cushioning loads42
Mycobacterium tuberculosis long-chain fatty acid resistome reveals universal stress protein TB15.3 as essential for infection42
Genomic adaptation of the picoeukaryote Pelagomonas calceolata to iron-poor oceans revealed by a chromosome-scale genome sequence42
Trans-ethnic GWAS meta-analysis of idiopathic spermatogenic failure highlights the immune-mediated nature of Sertoli cell-only syndrome42
Mechanistic insights into the structure and function of the RecA C-terminal tail41
Integrating conspecifics negative density dependence, successional and evolutionary dynamics: Towards a theory of forest diversity41
Gametocyte-specific and all-blood-stage transmission-blocking chemotypes discovered from high throughput screening on Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes41
Global genomic and molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter hormaechei41
Author Correction: GATA4 binding to the Sox9 enhancer mXYSRa/Enh13 is critical for testis differentiation in mouse41
Rat hippocampal CA1 region represents learning-related action and reward events with shorter latency than the lateral entorhinal cortex41
A standalone incompatible insect technique enables mosquito suppression in the urban subtropics41
activeDISCO enables large-scale exploration of human brain anatomy by light sheet microscopy41
Deep genomic characterization highlights complexities and prognostic markers of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia41
A temporal classifier predicts histopathology state and parses acute-chronic phasing in inflammatory bowel disease patients40
Octadecanoids as emerging lipid mediators in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis40
OliTag-seq enhances in cellulo detection of CRISPR-Cas9 off-targets40
Expanding Yarrowia lipolytica’s metabolic potential for detoxification of cyanogenic glycosides in edible plants40
Fanconi anemia associated protein 20 (FAAP20) plays an essential role in homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks40
T-cell receptor structures and predictive models reveal comparable alpha and beta chain structural diversity despite differing genetic complexity40
Reconstructing the post-glacial spread of the sand fly Phlebotomus mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe40
Elucidation of the structure and molecular mechanisms of the aspartate antiporter40
Functional divergence between the two cerebral hemispheres contributes to human fluid intelligence40
Identification of E3 ligase substrates and PROTAC-induced ubiquitylation sites using proximity-based identification of ubiquitin sites (PrIUS)40
Limited contributions of bacteria and fungi to coral nutrition revealed by amino acid δ13C analysis40
TRAF7 determines circadian period through ubiquitination and degradation of DBP40
Comparative analysis of multifaceted neural effects associated with varying endogenous cognitive load40
Human subsistence and signatures of selection on chemosensory genes39
Conserved cellular signals and mechanisms accompany the reproductive shutdown of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens for dispersal39
Circular RNA RSU1 promotes retinal vascular dysfunction by regulating miR-345-3p/TAZ39
Neural encoding with unsupervised spiking convolutional neural network39
Early transcriptional divergence underlies cell fate bias in bovine embryos39
Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR39
The acetyltransferase CysE modulates virulence and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by interfering with oxidative stress responses39
Long-term hematopoietic stem cells as a parasite niche during treatment failure in visceral leishmaniasis39
A coordinated attack by a bacterial secretion system and a small molecule drives prey specificity39
Fast detection of slender bodies in high density microscopy data39
Transport and spatio-temporal conversion of sugar facilitate the formation of spatial gradients of starch in wheat caryopses39
A moonlighting role for LysM peptidoglycan binding domains underpins Enterococcus faecalis daughter cell separation39
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