OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters is 3. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Standard protocol for mass photometry experiments	57
Amino acid side chain contribution to protein FTIR spectra: impact on secondary structure evaluation	47
Evaluation of protein secondary structure from FTIR spectra improved after partial deuteration	42
SEDNTERP: a calculation and database utility to aid interpretation of analytical ultracentrifugation and light scattering data	41
Structure, gating and interactions of the voltage-dependent anion channel	35
A quantitative calcium phosphate nanocluster model of the casein micelle: the average size, size distribution and surface properties	31
Uncertainty in protein–ligand binding constants: asymmetric confidence intervals versus standard errors	28
Microscale Thermophoresis and additional effects measured in NanoTemper Monolith instruments	24
The role of physical cues in the development of stem cell-derived organoids	23
How arginine derivatives alter the stability of lipid membranes: dissecting the roles of side chains, backbone and termini	22
Micropipette-based biomechanical nanotools on living cells	21
How proteins open fusion pores: insights from molecular simulations	21
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC): a standard operating procedure (SOP)	20
Marangoni effect and cell spreading	17
Standard operation procedure for switchSENSE DRX systems	16
Mechanistic insights of neuronal calcium and IP3 signaling system regulating ATP release during ischemia in progression of Alzheimer’s disease	16
Multiscale nature of cell rearrangement caused by collective cell migration	16
Non-contact elastography methods in mechanobiology: a point of view	15
Revisiting macromolecular hydration with HullRadSAS	15
Ultrasound-induced protein restructuring and ordered aggregation to form amyloid crystals	15
AAV analysis by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation: beyond empty and full capsids	15
Analysis of nonideality: insights from high concentration simulations of sedimentation velocity data	15
Reproducibility and accuracy of microscale thermophoresis in the NanoTemper Monolith: a multi laboratory benchmark study	14
Mechanical waves caused by collective cell migration: generation	14
A multi-laboratory benchmark study of isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) using Ca2+ and Mg2+ binding to EDTA	14

Biophysical characterization of melanoma cell phenotype markers during metastatic progression	14
A quantitative interspecies comparison of the respiratory mucociliary clearance mechanism	11
Molecular crowding accelerates aggregation of α-synuclein by altering its folding pathway	11
Cu(ii) complex with auxin (3-indoleacetic acid) and an aromatic planar ligand: synthesis, crystal structure, biomolecular interactions and radical scavenging activity	11
Homophilic and heterophilic cadherin bond rupture forces in homo- or hetero-cellular systems measured by AFM-based single-cell force spectroscopy	10
Wave propagation through a viscous fluid-filled elastic tube under initial pressure: theoretical and biophysical model	10
Multi-wavelength analytical ultracentrifugation as a tool to characterise protein–DNA interactions in solution	10
How does curvature affect the free-energy barrier of stalk formation? Small vesicles vs apposing, planar membranes	10
Structure and dynamics of sodium alginate as elucidated by chemical shift anisotropy and site-specific spin–lattice relaxation time measurements	10
Standard operating procedure for fluorescent thermal shift assay (FTSA) for determination of protein–ligand binding and protein stability	10
Fluorescence-coupled micropipette aspiration assay to examine calcium mobilization caused by red blood cell mechanosensing	10
Quality control of purified proteins to improve data quality and reproducibility: results from a large-scale survey	9
Probing the effect of aroma compounds on the hydrodynamic properties of mucin glycoproteins	9
Standard operating procedure for NanoTemper Monolith measurements	9
Morphological, fractal, and textural features for the blood cell classification: the case of acute myeloid leukemia	9
Extending the double-dispersion Cole–Cole, Cole–Davidson and Havriliak–Negami electrochemical impedance spectroscopy models	8
Determination of mRNA copy number in degradable lipid nanoparticles via density contrast analytical ultracentrifugation	8
Analytical ultracentrifugation sedimentation velocity for the characterization of recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors sub-populations	8
Proximity-induced electrodeformation and membrane capacitance coupling between cells	8
Electrostatic effects in saturation of membrane binding of cationic cell-penetrating peptide	8
Clostridium perfringens Beta2 toxin forms highly cation-selective channels in lipid bilayers	8
Differential dielectroscopic data on the relation of erythrocyte membrane skeleton to erythrocyte deformability and flicker	8
Structural and biochemical analyses of the tetrameric cell binding domain of Lys170 from enterococcal phage F170/08	7
Acoustofluidic interferometric device for rapid single-cell physical phenotyping	7
Dps–DNA interaction in Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus protein: effect of a single-charge alteration	7
Insight into dual fluorescence effects induced by molecular aggregation occurring in membrane model systems containing 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives	7
Analysis of patchclamp recordings: model-free multiscale methods and software	7
Membrane fusion studied by colloidal probes	7
Molecular dynamics simulation or structure refinement of proteins: are solvent molecules required? A case study using hen lysozyme	7
A study on the secondary structure of the metalloregulatory protein CueR: effect of pH, metal ions and DNA	7
Studies of transmembrane peptides by pulse dipolar spectroscopy with semi-rigid TOPP spin labels	7
KD determination from time-resolved experiments on live cells with LigandTracer and reconciliation with end-point flow cytometry measurements	6
Protein-dependent membrane remodeling in mitochondrial morphology and clathrin-mediated endocytosis	6
The effects of short term hyperglycemia on human red blood cells studied using Raman spectroscopy and optical trap	6
On the utility of microfluidic systems to study protein interactions: advantages, challenges, and applications	6
A standard operating procedure for an enzymatic activity inhibition assay	6
The role of cholesterol binding in the control of cholesterol by the Scap–Insig system	6
Comparison of three AUC techniques for the determination of the loading status and capsid titer of AAVs	6
Fluorescence-based techniques for the detection of the oligomeric status of proteins: implication in amyloidogenic diseases	6
SDS-induced hexameric oligomerization of myotoxin-II from Bothrops asper assessed by sedimentation velocity and nuclear magnetic resonance	6
Calibrating analytical ultracentrifuges	6
NMR and dynamic light scattering give different diffusion information for short-living protein oligomers. Human serum albumin in water solutions of metal ions	6
Drug–ionic surfactant interactions: density, sound speed, spectroscopic, and electrochemical studies	6
Structure and mechanism of secondary sulfonamide binding to carbonic anhydrases	6
Peptide nucleic acid conjugates and their antimicrobial applications—a mini-review	6
Effects of sugar concentration on the electroporation, size distribution and average size of charged giant unilamellar vesicles	5
Effective inhibition of insulin amyloid fibril aggregation by nickel(II) complexes containing heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones	5
Syndiotactic hexamer peptide nanodots	5
Membrane-embedded TSPO: an NMR view	5
Analytical ultracentrifugation: still the gold standard that offers multiple solutions	5

Partial structure, dampened mobility, and modest impact of a His tag in the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp2 C-terminal region	5
Molecular dynamics simulation study of the positioning and dynamics of α-tocopherol in phospholipid bilayers	5
Interactive multiple binding of oleic acid, warfarin and ibuprofen with human serum albumin revealed by thermal and fluorescence studies	5
Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: a tool to characterize antimicrobial cyclic peptide–membrane interactions	5
Macromolecular interactions in vitro, comparing classical and novel approaches	5
Exploring the diversity of mechanosensitive channels in bacterial genomes	5
The importance of hydrophobic interactions in the structure of transcription systems	5
Generation of unfolded outer membrane protein ensembles defined by hydrodynamic properties	5
A new UltraScan module for the characterization and quantification of analytical buoyant density equilibrium experiments to determine AAV capsid loading	5
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	5
Lipid headgroup and side chain architecture determine manganese-induced dose dependent membrane rigidification and liposome size increase	5
Active wetting of epithelial tissues: modeling considerations	5
Towards understanding single-channel characteristics of OccK8 purified from Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5
A stalk fluid forming above the transition from the lamellar to the rhombohedral phase of lipid membranes	5
Reflectometry and molecular dynamics study of the impact of cholesterol and melatonin on model lipid membranes	5
Thermodynamic basis of the α-helix and DNA duplex	5
Substitution of histidine 30 by asparagine in manganese superoxide dismutase alters biophysical properties and supports proliferation in a K562 leukemia cell line	5
In vitro single vesicle fusion assays based on pore-spanning membranes: merits and drawbacks	5
Improved Hodgkin–Huxley type model for neural action potentials	4
Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of tubulin heterodimers explain the motion of a microtubule	4
Molecular dynamics study of the competitive binding of hydrogen peroxide and water molecules with DNA phosphate groups	4
Physics of collective cell migration	4
Interaction standards for biophysics: anti-lysozyme nanobodies	4
NMR measurement of biomolecular translational and rotational motion for evaluating changes of protein oligomeric state in solution	4
Thermodynamics of semi-specific ligand recognition: the binding of dipeptides to the E.coli dipeptide binding protein DppA	4
Systematic noise removal from analytical ultracentrifugation data with UltraScan	4
Molecular and thermodynamic mechanisms for protein adaptation	4
Quantifying force transmission through fibroblasts: changes of traction forces under external shearing	4
Structural features and stability of apo- and holo-forms of a simple iron–sulfur protein	4
Diversity of hydrodynamic radii of intrinsically disordered proteins	4
DNA translocation through pH-dependent soft nanopores	4
SViMULATE: a computer program facilitating interactive, multi-mode simulation of analytical ultracentrifugation data	4
Hydrodynamic characterization of a vesicular stomatitis virus-based oncolytic virus using analytical ultracentrifugation	4
Lipid–protein forces predict conformational changes in a mechanosensitive channel	4
On the possibility of the existence of orienting hydrodynamic steering effects in the kinetics of receptor–ligand association	3
DNA–MBF1 study using molecular dynamics simulations	3
Rethinking the protein folding problem from a new perspective	3
Structure and dynamics of pteridine reductase 1: the key phenomena relevant to enzyme function and drug design	3
Experimental extraction of Young’s modulus of MCF-7 tissue using atomic force microscopy and the spherical contact models	3
Optimizing high-throughput viral vector characterization with density gradient equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation	3
Beyond the US-SOMO-AF database: a new website for hydrodynamic, structural, and circular dichroism calculations on user-supplied structures	3
Kinetic and thermodynamic modeling of a voltage-gated sodium channel	3
Microfabricated cantilevers for parallelized cell-cell adhesion measurements	3
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	3
Selected tools to visualize membrane interactions	3
Measuring compressibility in the optima AUC™ analytical ultracentrifuge	3
Influence of temperature and salt on coacervation in an aqueous mixture of poly-L-lysine (PLL) and poly-(sodium styrene sulfonate) (PSSNa)	3
Twist-stretch relations in nucleic acids	3
Systems of conductive skin for power transfer in clinical applications	3
Effect of setting data collection parameters on the reliability of a circular dichroism spectrum	3
Development of 48-condition buffer screen for protein stability assessment	3