OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biochemical Journal is 26. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Michael D. Waterfield	133
Identification of inhibitors of human ChaC1, a cytoplasmic glutathione degrading enzyme through high throughput screens in yeast	88
Development of an OTUD1 ubiquitin variant inhibitor	86
Cas11 augments Cascade functions in type I-E CRISPR system but is redundant for gene silencing and plasmid interference	85
Mutational insights into human kynurenine aminotransferase 1: modulation of transamination and β-elimination activities across diverse substrates	83
Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells	78
Aurora A binds to the transactivation domain of c-Myc and recognizes the phosphorylated N-terminal degron motif	66
A curated list of targeted optimized promiscuous ketoreductases (TOP-K)	61
A highly conserved ligand-binding site for AccA transporters of antibiotic and quorum-sensing regulator in Agrobacterium leads to a different specificity	57
Divergent roles of DRY and NPxxY motifs in selective activation of downstream signalling by the apelin receptor	55
In search for structural targets for engineering d-amino acid transaminase: modulation of pH optimum and substrate specificity	50
Combinatorial approaches for mitigating resistance to KRAS-targeted therapies	42
A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding	40
Respiratory epithelial cell types, states and fates in the era of single-cell RNA-sequencing	39
Cold exposure remodels bile acid metabolism in a mouse strain- and tissue-specific manner	38
Basic features of cellular inositol metabolism as revealed by a newly developed LC-MS method	37
Modulating backbone flexibility in hydroxamate siderophores for improved iron chelation and peptide nucleic acid delivery into bacteria	36
Rules of the road: how to turn off kinesin motors	34
Novel phosphatidylinositol flippases contribute to phosphoinositide homeostasis in the plasma membrane	34
Gain of function of a metalloproteinase associated with multiple myeloma, bicuspid aortic valve, and Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome	34
Expression of neuronal NO synthase α- and β-isoforms in skeletal muscle of mice	33
The atypical thioredoxin ‘Alr2205’, a newly identified partner of the typical 2-Cys-Peroxiredoxin, safeguards the cyanobacterium Anabaena from oxidative stress	28
PKN2 deficiency leads both to prenatal ‘congenital’ cardiomyopathy and defective angiotensin II stress responses	28
CORM-3 induces DNA damage through Ru(II) binding to DNA	28
BH3 mimetics and TKI combined therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	28

Identification and functional characterization of two CXCL17 paralogs from zebrafish	26
Calcium signalling components underlying NPK homeostasis: potential avenues for exploration	26