OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biochemical Journal is 34. 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
Respiratory epithelial cell types, states and fates in the era of single-cell RNA-sequencing	903
Michael D. Waterfield	213
A highly conserved ligand-binding site for AccA transporters of antibiotic and quorum-sensing regulator in Agrobacterium leads to a different specificity	201
Identification of inhibitors of human ChaC1, a cytoplasmic glutathione degrading enzyme through high throughput screens in yeast	110
Development of an OTUD1 ubiquitin variant inhibitor	108
Cas11 augments Cascade functions in type I-E CRISPR system but is redundant for gene silencing and plasmid interference	68
GlmS mediated knock-down of a phospholipase expedite alternate pathway to generate phosphocholine required for phosphatidylcholine synthesis in Plasmodium falciparum	67
Combinatorial approaches for mitigating resistance to KRAS-targeted therapies	58
Basic features of cellular inositol metabolism as revealed by a newly developed LC-MS method	58
A curated list of targeted optimized promiscuous ketoreductases (TOP-K)	55
In search for structural targets for engineering d-amino acid transaminase: modulation of pH optimum and substrate specificity	53
Aurora A binds to the transactivation domain of c-Myc and recognizes the phosphorylated N-terminal degron motif	53
Mutational insights into human kynurenine aminotransferase 1: modulation of transamination and β-elimination activities across diverse substrates	52
Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells	52
A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding	50
Novel phosphatidylinositol flippases contribute to phosphoinositide homeostasis in the plasma membrane	50
Divergent roles of DRY and NPxxY motifs in selective activation of downstream signalling by the apelin receptor	50
Programmed cell death: the pathways to severe COVID-19?	50
Improved furfural tolerance in Escherichia coli mediated by heterologous NADH-dependent benzyl alcohol dehydrogenases	49
Adaptor protein 3BP2 regulates dectin-1-mediated cellular signalling to induce cytokine expression and NF-κB activation	48
PKN2 deficiency leads both to prenatal ‘congenital’ cardiomyopathy and defective angiotensin II stress responses	47
Calcium signalling components underlying NPK homeostasis: potential avenues for exploration	46
Gain of function of a metalloproteinase associated with multiple myeloma, bicuspid aortic valve, and Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome	44
Expression of neuronal NO synthase α- and β-isoforms in skeletal muscle of mice	43
BH3 mimetics and TKI combined therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	43

The atypical thioredoxin ‘Alr2205’, a newly identified partner of the typical 2-Cys-Peroxiredoxin, safeguards the cyanobacterium Anabaena from oxidative stress	42
The C-terminal structure of the N6-methyladenosine deaminase YerA and its role in deamination	42
Serine acetyltransferase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae; structural and biochemical basis of inhibition	40
A central role for amyloid fibrin microclots in long COVID/PASC: origins and therapeutic implications	38
TOR complex 2 is a master regulator of plasma membrane homeostasis	37
CORM-3 induces DNA damage through Ru(II) binding to DNA	37
Expression of Concern: Protease-activated receptor-2 promotes kidney tubular epithelial inflammation by inhibiting autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway	36
The role of mitochondrial RNA association for mitochondrial homeostasis in neurons	35
RhoGAP6 interacts with COPI to regulate protein transport	34