OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Biophysical characterization of the DNA binding motif of human phospholipid scramblase 1	76
Structure of a novel form of phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase from Klebsiella pneumoniae at 2.59 Å resolution	27
Long-term memory in Staphylococcus aureus α-hemolysin ion channel kinetics	27
Mechanistic insights of neuronal calcium and IP3 signaling system regulating ATP release during ischemia in progression of Alzheimer’s disease	25
Real-time tilting and twisting motions of ligand-bound states of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor	22
Use of cesium chloride density gradient ultracentrifugation for the purification and characterization of recombinant adeno-associated virus	19
DNA–MBF1 study using molecular dynamics simulations	19
A gene-encoded bioprotein second harmonic generation (SHG) probe from Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) polyhedrin for live cell imaging	19
Choosing the right density for a concentrated protein system like gluten in a coarse-grained model	17
Self-assembly of smooth muscle myosin filaments: adaptation of filament length by telokin and Mg·ATP	16
‘Chain and running’ induced by mechanical interactions among cells of different phenotypes in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm	16
Modeling study of kinesin-13 MCAK microtubule depolymerase	16
Numerical solution of compartment-based reaction/diffusion models with DABOSS algorithm	14
Thermodynamics of semi-specific ligand recognition: the binding of dipeptides to the E.coli dipeptide binding protein DppA	13
Pulling short DNA with mismatch base pairs	13
SViMULATE: a computer program facilitating interactive, multi-mode simulation of analytical ultracentrifugation data	12
Analysis of residue–residue interactions in the structures of ASIC1a suggests possible gating mechanisms	11
Computational discovery of dual potential inhibitors of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike/ACE2 and Mpro: 3D-pharmacophore, docking-based virtual screening, quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics	10
Interactive multiple binding of oleic acid, warfarin and ibuprofen with human serum albumin revealed by thermal and fluorescence studies	10
Analysis of proteins in the light of mutations	10
Mechanical anisotropy of hair affected by genetic diseases highlights structural information related to differential crosslinking in keratins	9
Molecular transport through nano-sized multipores of lipid vesicles: a COMSOL simulation study	9
The effects of lithium on human red blood cells studied using optical spectroscopy and laser trap	9
14th EBSA congress, July 31 – August 4, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden – Abstracts	9
KD determination from time-resolved experiments on live cells with LigandTracer and reconciliation with end-point flow cytometry measurements	8

The effect of ionic redistributions on the microwave dielectric response of cytosol water upon glucose uptake	8
Experimental extraction of Young’s modulus of MCF-7 tissue using atomic force microscopy and the spherical contact models	8
Time-dependent simulation of blood flow through an abdominal aorta with iliac arteries	8
Diversity of hydrodynamic radii of intrinsically disordered proteins	8
Quenching of G4-DNA intrinsic fluorescence by ligands	7
Correction to: Lipoic acid nanoforms based on phosphatidylcholine: production and characteristics	7
Rational design of stapled helical peptides as antidiabetic PPARγ antagonists to target coactivator site by decreasing unfavorable entropy penalty instead of increasing favorable enthalpy contribution	7
DNA binding to small anionic ligands: the case of Orange G dye	7
Structure and dynamics of pteridine reductase 1: the key phenomena relevant to enzyme function and drug design	7
Relation between flexibility and intrinsically disorder regions in thermosensitive TRP channels reveal allosteric effects	7
The cross-correlation-based analysis to digest the conformational dynamics of the mitoBK channels in terms of their modulation by flavonoids	7
Design of inhibitor peptide sequences based on the interfacial knowledge of the protein G-IgG crystallographic complex and their binding studies with IgG	7
Erythrocytes membrane fluidity changes induced by adenylyl cyclase cascade activation: study using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching	7
A quantitative interspecies comparison of the respiratory mucociliary clearance mechanism	7
Reciprocal effect on lateral diffusion of receptor for advanced glycation endproducts and toll-like receptor 4 in the HEK293 cell membrane	6
Structural and functional characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans cyclic GMP-activated channel TAX-4 via molecular dynamics simulations	6
Revealing the single-channel characteristics of OprD (OccAB1) porins from hospital strains of Acinetobacter baumannii	6
Molecular dynamics study of collective water vibrations in a DNA hydration shell	6
The sleeping bacterium: shedding light on the resuscitation mechanism	6
A comparative characterisation of commercially available lipid-polymer nanoparticles formed from model membranes	6
On the possibility of the existence of orienting hydrodynamic steering effects in the kinetics of receptor–ligand association	6
On the utility of microfluidic systems to study protein interactions: advantages, challenges, and applications	6
Rethinking the protein folding problem from a new perspective	6
Microfabricated cantilevers for parallelized cell-cell adhesion measurements	6
Correction to: Thermodynamics of protein folding: methodology, data analysis and interpretation of data	6
Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of tubulin heterodimers explain the motion of a microtubule	5
Peptide-based pore formation and cell membrane deformation: European Biophysics Journal Prizes at EBSA 2023	5
Comparative sedimentation equilibrium analysis of two IgG1 glycoforms: IgGCri and IgGWid	5
AAV analysis by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation: beyond empty and full capsids	5
Systematic noise removal from analytical ultracentrifugation data with UltraScan	5
Exploring the influence of water micro assemblies on protein folding, enzyme catalysis and membrane dynamics	5
Mammalian Nudt15 hydrolytic and binding activity on methylated guanosine mononucleotides	5
Amyloid fibril length distribution from dynamic light scattering data	5
Analytical ultracentrifugation as a tool for exploring COSAN assemblies	5
Improved Hodgkin–Huxley type model for neural action potentials	5
On-the-fly resolution enhancement in X-ray protein crystallography using electric field	5
Structural analysis of the peptides temporin-Ra and temporin-Rb and interactions with model membranes	4
Proceedings of the 25th Analytical Ultracentrifugation Workshops and Symposium	4
Determination of the size parameters of α-synuclein amyloid precursor forms through DLS analysis	4
Flagellar rotational features of an optically confined bacterium at high frequency and temporal resolution reveal the microorganism’s response to changes in the fluid environment	4
An obituary: Dr. Helmut Cölfen 1965–2023	4
A new UltraScan module for the characterization and quantification of analytical buoyant density equilibrium experiments to determine AAV capsid loading	4
On the role of calcium diffusion and its rapid buffering in intraflagellar signaling	4
A paradigm shift: analytical ultracentrifugation as a multi-attribute platform method in targeted protein degradation	4
An intramolecular disulphide bond in human 4E-T affects its binding to eIF4E1a protein	3
Quantitative characterization of non-specific interaction of two globular proteins with Dextran T70 in a binary mixture	3
Morphological, fractal, and textural features for the blood cell classification: the case of acute myeloid leukemia	3
Two-layer elastic models for single-yeast compressibility with flat microlevers	3
Non-contact elastography methods in mechanobiology: a point of view	3
Beyond the US-SOMO-AF database: a new website for hydrodynamic, structural, and circular dichroism calculations on user-supplied structures	3

A fit-less approach to the elasticity of the handles in optical tweezers experiments	3
Micropipette-based biomechanical nanotools on living cells	3
Twist-stretch relations in nucleic acids	3
Determination of mRNA copy number in degradable lipid nanoparticles via density contrast analytical ultracentrifugation	3
Isothermal titration calorimetry in the single-injection mode with imperfect mixing	3
Application of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the relative nanoenvironment fluidity of polymeric micelles	3
Statistical mechanics of bone damage: a constitutive model	3
Wave propagation through a viscous fluid-filled elastic tube under initial pressure: theoretical and biophysical model	3
A robust fluorescence-based assay for human erythrocyte Ca++ efflux suitable for high-throughput inhibitor screens	3
Single-molecule localisation microscopy: accounting for chance co-localisation between foci in bacterial cells	3
Syndiotactic hexamer peptide nanodots	3
Application of artificial neural network for the mechano-bactericidal effect of bioinspired nanopatterned surfaces	3
Molecular and thermodynamic mechanisms for protein adaptation	3
Drug–ionic surfactant interactions: density, sound speed, spectroscopic, and electrochemical studies	3
Facilitating the simulation of sedimentation velocity data: new features of SViMULATE	2
Correction: Abstracts	2
A model for ribosome translocation based on the alternated displacement of its subunits	2
Observations of three “re-entrant” twisted structures in double-stranded DNA dispersion particles	2
Cell wall channels of Rhodococcus species: identification and characterization of the cell wall channels of Rhodococcus corynebacteroides and Rhodococcus ruber	2
Rational design of potent phosphopeptide binders to endocrine Snk PBD domain by integrating machine learning optimization, molecular dynamics simulation, binding energetics rescoring, and in vitro aff	2
Effects of sugar concentration on the electroporation, size distribution and average size of charged giant unilamellar vesicles	2
A spectral decomposition quality assessment tool for multi-wavelength AUC experiments with UltraScan	2
Tautomeric equilibrium and spectroscopic properties of 8-azaguanine revealed by quantum chemistry methods	2
Effective inhibition of insulin amyloid fibril aggregation by nickel(II) complexes containing heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones	2
Suitability of double-stranded DNA as a molecular standard for the validation of analytical ultracentrifugation instruments	2
Competitive adsorption of a monoclonal antibody and amphiphilic polymers to the air–water interface	2
NMR measurement of biomolecular translational and rotational motion for evaluating changes of protein oligomeric state in solution	2
Analysis of ligand binding mechanism by dimeric receptors using stopped-flow fluorimetry—application to the human decapping scavenger enzyme	2
Exploring neural networks to uncover information-richer features for protein interaction prediction	2
Mechanical waves caused by collective cell migration: generation	2
DNA translocation through pH-dependent soft nanopores	2
Inhibitor design for TMPRSS2: insights from computational analysis of its backbone hydrogen bonds using a simple descriptor	2
Physics of collective cell migration	2
Probing the interactions of the HIV-1 matrix protein-derived polybasic region with lipid bilayers: insights from AFM imaging and force spectroscopy	2
The role of physical cues in the development of stem cell-derived organoids	2
A stochastic mathematical model for coupling the cytosolic and sarcoplasmic calcium movements in diseased cardiac myocytes	2
Neurotransmitter uptake of synaptic vesicles studied by X-ray diffraction	2
N2 modified cap analogues as translation inhibitors and substrates for preparation of therapeutic mRNA	2
The role of cholesterol binding in the control of cholesterol by the Scap–Insig system	2
Physical aspects of epithelial cell–cell interactions: hidden system complexities	2
Correction to: Reproducibility and accuracy of microscale thermophoresis in the NanoTemper Monolith: a multi laboratory benchmark study	2