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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Use of electroconductive biomaterials for engineering tissues by 3D printing and 3D bioprinting	386
CRISPR screening in cancer stem cells	113
Ligands and DNA in the allosteric control of retinoid receptors function	103
Harnessing the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of fungal secondary metabolites	103
Butyrate-producing colonic clostridia: picky glycan utilization specialists	88
3D Bioprinting for fabrication of tissue models of COVID-19 infection	88
Phase separation of the microtubule-associated protein tau	76
CaMKK2: bridging the gap between Ca2+ signaling and energy-sensing	75
How viral proteins bind short linear motifs and intrinsically disordered domains	72
Salicylic acid and jasmonic acid crosstalk in plant immunity	68
The role of methionine synthases in fungal metabolism and virulence	58
Comparative genomics in the search for conserved long noncoding RNAs	57
DNA sensing in cancer: Pro-tumour and anti-tumour functions of cGAS–STING signalling	55
Advances in metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum to produce high-value active ingredients for food, feed, human health, and well-being	55
Astrocytes in memory formation and maintenance	55
Perspective on pros and cons of microlearning in health education	53
Apoplastic and vascular defences	50
Plant long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of transcription	48
Can changes in 3D genome architecture create new regulatory landscapes that contribute to phenotypic evolution?	45
Malate dehydrogenase: a story of diverse evolutionary radiation	45
Mineralocorticoid receptor actions in cardiovascular development and disease	41
O-Mucin-degrading carbohydrate-active enzymes and their possible implication in inflammatory bowel diseases	40
Mass spectrometric insights into protein aggregation	39
A special issue of Essays in Biochemistry on evolutionary developmental biology	38
Branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis in fungi	38

Plant peroxisome proteostasis—establishing, renovating, and dismantling the peroxisomal proteome	38
The cGAS-STING pathway in cancer immunity: dual roles, therapeutic strategies, and clinical challenges	38
Established tools and emerging trends for the production of recombinant proteins and metabolites in Pichia pastoris	35
Prostate cancer as a dedifferentiated organ: androgen receptor, cancer stem cells, and cancer stemness	35
Shapeshifting proteins: the role of structural disorder and conformational plasticity in physiology and disease	35
Nitrification in acidic and alkaline environments	34
SINEUPs: a novel toolbox for RNA therapeutics	32