Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology papers

Pofolia organises Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology into 5 subfields: 152 papers in total (1989–2026), each with a short summary. The subfields come first, then the most-cited work across the whole field.

Subfields

• Biochemistry (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) 25 papers
• Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) 23 papers
• Cell Biology 30 papers
• Clinical Biochemistry 27 papers
• Molecular Biology 47 papers

At a glance

• Most cited: WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis (2008, 29,595 citations).
• The 12 papers listed have 71,881 citations between them.
• 9 of the 11 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 6 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: Nature, Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, BMC Bioinformatics.
• Published between 1989 and 2026.

Most cited across the field

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis

  BMC Bioinformatics · 2008 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 12.48 · 29,595 citations · Open access

  The WGCNA R package provides a comprehensive software implementation for weighted correlation network analysis, enabling the identification of gene modules and their relationships to sample traits.

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• Calcium's Role in Mechanotransduction during Muscle Development

  Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry · 2014 · Q3 · FWCI 388.10 · 14,545 citations

  Calcium influx and release, triggered by mechanical forces like stretch or altered gravity, activate NFAT and MAPK pathways, orchestrating cytoskeletal remodeling, cell cycle progression, and differentiation essential for muscle development.

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• The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

  Nature · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 19.00 · FWCI 1133.36 · 10,160 citations · Open access

  Researchers quantified the spectrum of human genes' tolerance to inactivation by analyzing loss-of-function variants in over 141,000 individuals.

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• Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Photosynthesis

  Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1989 · FWCI 11.16 · 6,777 citations

  This review explores the physical and enzymatic factors driving carbon isotope discrimination during photosynthesis.

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• Direct Gene Transfer into Mouse Muscle in Vivo

  Science · 1990 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 27.22 · 4,165 citations

  Direct injection of DNA or RNA expression vectors into mouse skeletal muscle in vivo resulted in readily detectable protein expression without special delivery systems.

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• Fiber Types in Mammalian Skeletal Muscles

  Physiological Reviews · 2011 · Q1 · SJR 11.00 · FWCI 30.17 · 2,974 citations

  Mammalian skeletal muscle fiber types, established during embryonic development and modulated by neural/hormonal factors, exhibit significant species and individual variability, with myosin heavy chain isoforms serving as key markers.

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• Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

  Nature Genetics · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 15.00 · FWCI 170.36 · 1,646 citations · Open access

  A genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified 30 loci, including 20 novel ones, associated with bipolar disorder in over 50,000 individuals.

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• Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Spirulina

  Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology · 2005 · Q2 · FWCI 3.32 · 523 citations

  Spirulina, a cyanobacterium, demonstrates significant immune-modulatory effects, corrects glucose and lipid profiles, inhibits enveloped viruses (herpes, CMV, influenza, HIV), and possesses anti-carcinogenic and organ-protective properties.

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• Growth Factor Regulation of Fracture Repair

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 1999 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 4.39 · 499 citations · Open access

  Growth factors like PDGF, TGF-β, FGF, and BMPs are released at fracture sites, initiating and regulating the complex, multi-stage process of bone healing, which mirrors embryonic bone development.

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• IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models

  Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 1573.16 · 394 citations

  IQ-TREE 3, a major update to the popular phylogenetics software, now infers evolutionary trees using mixture models and quantifies discordance between genomic regions with gene and site concordance factors.

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• Of fingers, toes and penises

  Nature · 1997 · Q1 · SJR 19.00 · FWCI 3.07 · 368 citations · Open access

  A specific DNA sequence (Hoxd13 gene) controls the development of digits and external genitalia in mice.

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• Phenylpropanoids metabolism: recent insight into stress tolerance and plant development cues

  Frontiers in Plant Science · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 80.12 · 235 citations · Open access

  Phenylpropanoid pathways are crucial for developing climate-resilient crops, producing over 8000 metabolites like flavonoids and lignin that mediate biotic/abiotic stress tolerance and plant development.

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Journals in this field

The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?

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