OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Biochemistry is 25. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Role of DEAD-Box ATPases in Gene Expression and the Regulation of RNA–Protein Condensates	394
Emerging Approaches for Studying Lipid Dynamics, Metabolism, and Interactions in Cells	236
The Initiation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication	212
Lipid Dynamics at Membrane Contact Sites	188
DNA Damage and Replication Stress Checkpoints	131
The Purinosome: A Case Study for a Mammalian Metabolon	124
Moonlighting Enzymes at the Interface Between Metabolism and Epigenetics	119
The Structural Dynamics of Translation	109
Mitochondrial DNA Release in Innate Immune Signaling	107
Mechanisms of General Anesthesia	105
The Inseparable Relationship Between Cholesterol and Hedgehog Signaling	96
Signaling from RAS to RAF: The Molecules and Their Mechanisms	95
Eukaryotic Ribosome Assembly	84
Emerging Chemical Diversity and Potential Applications of Enzymes in the DMSO Reductase Superfamily	84
mRNA Regulation by RNA Modifications	79
High-Resolution Single-Molecule Magnetic Tweezers	78
Topoisomerase Regulation of Cancer Gene Expression	74
DNA–Protein Crosslinks and Their Resolution	72
The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and Its Pentameric Homologs: Toward an Allosteric Mechanism of Signal Transduction at the Atomic Level	65
Essential Biology of Lipid Droplets	63
Validating Small Molecule Chemical Probes for Biological Discovery	63
Membrane Protein Complexity Revealed Through Native Mass Spectrometry	58
Structural Biochemistry of Muscle Contraction	57
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Natural and Engineered Guide RNA–Directed Transposition with CRISPR-Associated Tn7-Like Transposons	56

Influence of Nonspecific Interactions on Protein Associations: Implications for Biochemistry In Vivo	55
Inositol Pyrophosphates as Versatile Metabolic Messengers	53
Ribonucleotide Incorporation by Eukaryotic B-Family Replicases and Its Implications for Genome Stability	52
The Story of RNA Unfolded: The Molecular Function of DEAD- and DExH-Box ATPases and Their Complex Relationship with Membraneless Organelles	51
The Bis(monoacylglycero)-phosphate Hypothesis: From Lysosomal Function to Therapeutic Avenues	51
Encapsulins	49
Lipid Quality Control and Ferroptosis: From Concept to Mechanism	47
Inhibiting Lipopolysaccharide Biogenesis: The More You Know the Further You Go	46
Looping the Genome with SMC Complexes	41
Rubisco Function, Evolution, and Engineering	40
Soluble Human Lectins at the Host–Microbe Interface	38
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Nonlytic Egress and Transmission in the Virus World	36
Sensory TRP Channels in Three Dimensions	34
Macrocyclization and Backbone Modification in RiPP Biosynthesis	32
Structure and Mechanism of the Lipid Flippase MurJ	32
MAPK-Activated Protein Kinases: Servant or Partner?	31
Polyamines in Parkinson's Disease: Balancing Between Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection	29
Eukaryotic Microproteins	29
Triumphs and Challenges of Natural Product Discovery in the Postgenomic Era	26
Molecular Mechanisms of Transcription-Coupled Repair	25
Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Pathophysiology of the Innate Immune cGAS–cGAMP–STING Pathway	25
Kinetic Proofreading	25