OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Essays in Biochemistry is 32. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Ligands and DNA in the allosteric control of retinoid receptors function	466
Butyrate-producing colonic clostridia: picky glycan utilization specialists	128
How viral proteins bind short linear motifs and intrinsically disordered domains	127
CRISPR screening in cancer stem cells	120
CaMKK2: bridging the gap between Ca2+ signaling and energy-sensing	100
Salicylic acid and jasmonic acid crosstalk in plant immunity	96
Phase separation of the microtubule-associated protein tau	95
Malate dehydrogenase: a story of diverse evolutionary radiation	86
Mineralocorticoid receptor actions in cardiovascular development and disease	74
Can changes in 3D genome architecture create new regulatory landscapes that contribute to phenotypic evolution?	67
The role of methionine synthases in fungal metabolism and virulence	63
Plant long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of transcription	54
Astrocytes in memory formation and maintenance	54
Apoplastic and vascular defences	52
DNA sensing in cancer: Pro-tumour and anti-tumour functions of cGAS–STING signalling	47
Comparative genomics in the search for conserved long noncoding RNAs	45
Perspective on pros and cons of microlearning in health education	44
A special issue of Essays in Biochemistry on evolutionary developmental biology	43
Plant peroxisome proteostasis—establishing, renovating, and dismantling the peroxisomal proteome	40
The cGAS-STING pathway in cancer immunity: dual roles, therapeutic strategies, and clinical challenges	40
O-Mucin-degrading carbohydrate-active enzymes and their possible implication in inflammatory bowel diseases	40
Mass spectrometric insights into protein aggregation	38
Branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis in fungi	37
Shapeshifting proteins: the role of structural disorder and conformational plasticity in physiology and disease	37
Modulating immune cells within pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma via nanomedicine	36

Astrocytes regulate inhibitory neurotransmission through GABA uptake, metabolism, and recycling	35
Functional amyloid in a lipid-like environment: a merry dance of many steps	34
Harnessing extremophilic carboxylesterases for applications in polyester depolymerisation and plastic waste recycling	33
SINEUPs: a novel toolbox for RNA therapeutics	33
Prostate cancer as a dedifferentiated organ: androgen receptor, cancer stem cells, and cancer stemness	33
Nitrification in acidic and alkaline environments	32
Hemicellulolytic enzymes in lignocellulose processing	32