OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Biochemical Sciences is 46. 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
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Adding post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions to protein schematics	157
Advisory Board and Contents	152
Multiplayer virtual reality for understanding biomolecular structures	147
Understanding peptide hormones: from precursor proteins to bioactive molecules	115
Harnessing the power of peptides: advances and collaborations in biochemistry	101
Advisory Board and Contents	100
Transporter Specificity: A Tale of Loosened Elevator-Sliding	95
System reset: topoisomerase 1 clears mitotic DNA for transcriptional memory	94
Novel machine learning approaches revolutionize protein knowledge	93
CRISPR/Cas9 boosts wheat yield by reducing brassinosteroid signaling	91
Conserved signaling gears that sustain circadian clock robustness	88
Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of Aux/IAA protein degradation dynamics	82
The CYTOLD and ERTOLD pathways for lipid droplet–protein targeting	78
Fragment-based drug discovery supports drugging ‘undruggable’ protein–protein interactions	78
Exploiting enzyme evolution for computational protein design	78
Did circular DNA shape the evolution of mammalian genomes?	73
Molecular mechanisms of heat shock factor 1 regulation	72
Cellular oxidants and the proteostasis network: balance between activation and destruction	72
Decoding ceramide function: how localization shapes cellular fate and how to study it	72
From lead to market: chemical approaches to transform peptides into therapeutics	70
Determining and interpreting protein lifetimes in mammalian tissues	69
Transcription-coupled global genomic repair in E. coli	67

Creative approaches using proximity labeling to gain new biological insights	62
Structural parasitology of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum	61
Cell entry by SARS-CoV-2	61
Small RNA and Toll-like receptor interactions: origins and disease mechanisms	60
Activation, decommissioning, and dememorization: enhancers in a life cycle	59
Using graphs and charts in scientific figures	57
Structural diversity of the CE-clan proteases in bacteria to disarm host ubiquitin defenses	57
Diverse heterochromatin states restricting cell identity and reprogramming	57
Subconductance states add complexity to Piezo1 gating model	56
Glucokinase: from allosteric glucose sensing to disease variants	55
Transcription factor IID parks and drives preinitiation complexes at sharp or broad promoters	55
Microtubule nucleation for spindle assembly: one molecule at a time	54
Proteasome-derived peptides: separating the trash from the recycling	53
Transcription-coupled nucleosome assembly	51
The HIF axes in cancer: angiogenesis, metabolism, and immune-modulation	50
The transition phase: preparing to launch a laboratory	48
Exploring membrane asymmetry and its effects on membrane proteins	47
Cotranslational sorting and processing of newly synthesized proteins in eukaryotes	47
Apart, together	47
Engineering RiPP pathways: strategies for generating complex bioactive peptides	46
Advisory Board and Contents	46