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

Article	Citations
Biophysical characterization of the DNA binding motif of human phospholipid scramblase 1	71
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
Real-time tilting and twisting motions of ligand-bound states of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor	25
Mechanistic insights of neuronal calcium and IP3 signaling system regulating ATP release during ischemia in progression of Alzheimer’s disease	22
A gene-encoded bioprotein second harmonic generation (SHG) probe from Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) polyhedrin for live cell imaging	19
Structural features and stability of apo- and holo-forms of a simple iron–sulfur protein	18
DNA–MBF1 study using molecular dynamics simulations	18
Choosing the right density for a concentrated protein system like gluten in a coarse-grained model	17
Modeling study of kinesin-13 MCAK microtubule depolymerase	16
‘Chain and running’ induced by mechanical interactions among cells of different phenotypes in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm	16
Self-assembly of smooth muscle myosin filaments: adaptation of filament length by telokin and Mg·ATP	14
Numerical solution of compartment-based reaction/diffusion models with DABOSS algorithm	13
Thermodynamics of semi-specific ligand recognition: the binding of dipeptides to the E.coli dipeptide binding protein DppA	12
Pulling short DNA with mismatch base pairs	12
SViMULATE: a computer program facilitating interactive, multi-mode simulation of analytical ultracentrifugation data	11
Analysis of residue–residue interactions in the structures of ASIC1a suggests possible gating mechanisms	10
Analysis of proteins in the light of mutations	10
14th EBSA congress, July 31 – August 4, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden – Abstracts	9
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	9
Interactive multiple binding of oleic acid, warfarin and ibuprofen with human serum albumin revealed by thermal and fluorescence studies	9
Molecular transport through nano-sized multipores of lipid vesicles: a COMSOL simulation study	9
Diversity of hydrodynamic radii of intrinsically disordered proteins	8
Mechanical anisotropy of hair affected by genetic diseases highlights structural information related to differential crosslinking in keratins	8
Experimental extraction of Young’s modulus of MCF-7 tissue using atomic force microscopy and the spherical contact models	8

The effect of ionic redistributions on the microwave dielectric response of cytosol water upon glucose uptake	8
Time-dependent simulation of blood flow through an abdominal aorta with iliac arteries	8
KD determination from time-resolved experiments on live cells with LigandTracer and reconciliation with end-point flow cytometry measurements	8
The effects of lithium on human red blood cells studied using optical spectroscopy and laser trap	8
A quantitative interspecies comparison of the respiratory mucociliary clearance mechanism	7
Erythrocytes membrane fluidity changes induced by adenylyl cyclase cascade activation: study using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching	7
Correction to: Standard operation procedure for switchSENSE DRX systems	7
Relation between flexibility and intrinsically disorder regions in thermosensitive TRP channels reveal allosteric effects	7
Molecular dynamics simulation study of the positioning and dynamics of α-tocopherol in phospholipid bilayers	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
Probing the oligomeric re-assembling of bacterial fimbriae in vitro: a small-angle X-ray scattering and analytical ultracentrifugation study	7
The cross-correlation-based analysis to digest the conformational dynamics of the mitoBK channels in terms of their modulation by flavonoids	6
Rethinking the protein folding problem from a new perspective	6
The sleeping bacterium: shedding light on the resuscitation mechanism	6
DNA binding to small anionic ligands: the case of Orange G dye	6
Quenching of G4-DNA intrinsic fluorescence by ligands	6
Reciprocal effect on lateral diffusion of receptor for advanced glycation endproducts and toll-like receptor 4 in the HEK293 cell membrane	6
A comparative characterisation of commercially available lipid-polymer nanoparticles formed from model membranes	6
Correction to: Lipoic acid nanoforms based on phosphatidylcholine: production and characteristics	6
Structure and dynamics of pteridine reductase 1: the key phenomena relevant to enzyme function and drug design	6
Microfabricated cantilevers for parallelized cell-cell adhesion measurements	6
Design of inhibitor peptide sequences based on the interfacial knowledge of the protein G-IgG crystallographic complex and their binding studies with IgG	6
Community-building and promotion of technological excellence in molecular biophysics: the ARBRE–MOBIEU network	5
Correction to: Thermodynamics of protein folding: methodology, data analysis and interpretation of data	5
Peptide-based pore formation and cell membrane deformation: European Biophysics Journal Prizes at EBSA 2023	5
Exploring the influence of water micro assemblies on protein folding, enzyme catalysis and membrane dynamics	5
On the possibility of the existence of orienting hydrodynamic steering effects in the kinetics of receptor–ligand association	5
Molecular dynamics study of collective water vibrations in a DNA hydration shell	5
Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of tubulin heterodimers explain the motion of a microtubule	5
Revealing the single-channel characteristics of OprD (OccAB1) porins from hospital strains of Acinetobacter baumannii	5
On the utility of microfluidic systems to study protein interactions: advantages, challenges, and applications	5
Amyloid fibril length distribution from dynamic light scattering data	5
Systematic noise removal from analytical ultracentrifugation data with UltraScan	5
Analytical ultracentrifugation as a tool for exploring COSAN assemblies	4
A new UltraScan module for the characterization and quantification of analytical buoyant density equilibrium experiments to determine AAV capsid loading	4
An obituary: Dr. Helmut Cölfen 1965–2023	4
Mammalian Nudt15 hydrolytic and binding activity on methylated guanosine mononucleotides	4
A paradigm shift: analytical ultracentrifugation as a multi-attribute platform method in targeted protein degradation	4
On-the-fly resolution enhancement in X-ray protein crystallography using electric field	4
Comparative sedimentation equilibrium analysis of two IgG1 glycoforms: IgGCri and IgGWid	4
Proceedings of the 25th Analytical Ultracentrifugation Workshops and Symposium	4
AAV analysis by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation: beyond empty and full capsids	4
Improved Hodgkin–Huxley type model for neural action potentials	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
Morphological, fractal, and textural features for the blood cell classification: the case of acute myeloid leukemia	3
Micropipette-based biomechanical nanotools on living cells	3
Quantitative characterization of non-specific interaction of two globular proteins with Dextran T70 in a binary mixture	3
Single-molecule localisation microscopy: accounting for chance co-localisation between foci in bacterial cells	3
Non-contact elastography methods in mechanobiology: a point of view	3

Molecular and thermodynamic mechanisms for protein adaptation	3
Syndiotactic hexamer peptide nanodots	3
On the role of calcium diffusion and its rapid buffering in intraflagellar signaling	3
Structural analysis of the peptides temporin-Ra and temporin-Rb and interactions with model membranes	3
Twist-stretch relations in nucleic acids	3
Determination of mRNA copy number in degradable lipid nanoparticles via density contrast analytical ultracentrifugation	3
Two-layer elastic models for single-yeast compressibility with flat microlevers	3
Application of artificial neural network for the mechano-bactericidal effect of bioinspired nanopatterned surfaces	3
Beyond the US-SOMO-AF database: a new website for hydrodynamic, structural, and circular dichroism calculations on user-supplied structures	3
An intramolecular disulphide bond in human 4E-T affects its binding to eIF4E1a protein	3
A robust fluorescence-based assay for human erythrocyte Ca++ efflux suitable for high-throughput inhibitor screens	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
Extending the double-dispersion Cole–Cole, Cole–Davidson and Havriliak–Negami electrochemical impedance spectroscopy models	3
Wave propagation through a viscous fluid-filled elastic tube under initial pressure: theoretical and biophysical model	3
Cell wall channels of Rhodococcus species: identification and characterization of the cell wall channels of Rhodococcus corynebacteroides and Rhodococcus ruber	2
Physical aspects of epithelial cell–cell interactions: hidden system complexities	2
DNA translocation through pH-dependent soft nanopores	2
Physics of collective cell migration	2
Mechanical waves caused by collective cell migration: generation	2
Tautomeric equilibrium and spectroscopic properties of 8-azaguanine revealed by quantum chemistry methods	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
N2 modified cap analogues as translation inhibitors and substrates for preparation of therapeutic mRNA	2
Correction: Abstracts	2
Effects of sugar concentration on the electroporation, size distribution and average size of charged giant unilamellar vesicles	2
Inhibitor design for TMPRSS2: insights from computational analysis of its backbone hydrogen bonds using a simple descriptor	2
A fit-less approach to the elasticity of the handles in optical tweezers experiments	2
Correction to: Reproducibility and accuracy of microscale thermophoresis in the NanoTemper Monolith: a multi laboratory benchmark study	2
Probing the interactions of the HIV-1 matrix protein-derived polybasic region with lipid bilayers: insights from AFM imaging and force spectroscopy	2
NMR measurement of biomolecular translational and rotational motion for evaluating changes of protein oligomeric state in solution	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
Neurotransmitter uptake of synaptic vesicles studied by X-ray diffraction	2
Exploring neural networks to uncover information-richer features for protein interaction prediction	2
The role of cholesterol binding in the control of cholesterol by the Scap–Insig system	2
A spectral decomposition quality assessment tool for multi-wavelength AUC experiments with UltraScan	2
Effective inhibition of insulin amyloid fibril aggregation by nickel(II) complexes containing heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones	2
Drug–ionic surfactant interactions: density, sound speed, spectroscopic, and electrochemical studies	2
Suitability of double-stranded DNA as a molecular standard for the validation of analytical ultracentrifugation instruments	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
Analysis of ligand binding mechanism by dimeric receptors using stopped-flow fluorimetry—application to the human decapping scavenger enzyme	2