OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Biochemical Sciences is 44. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Advisory Board and Contents	492
Subscription and Copyright Information	243
System reset: topoisomerase 1 clears mitotic DNA for transcriptional memory	213
Subscription and Copyright Information	136
Conserved signaling gears that sustain circadian clock robustness	133
Advisory Board and Contents	132
Harnessing the power of peptides: advances and collaborations in biochemistry	131
Fragment-based drug discovery supports drugging ‘undruggable’ protein–protein interactions	127
Understanding peptide hormones: from precursor proteins to bioactive molecules	115
Exploiting enzyme evolution for computational protein design	110
Adding post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions to protein schematics	106
CRISPR/Cas9 boosts wheat yield by reducing brassinosteroid signaling	102
Cellular oxidants and the proteostasis network: balance between activation and destruction	102
Did circular DNA shape the evolution of mammalian genomes?	93
Novel machine learning approaches revolutionize protein knowledge	85
Engineered protein inhibitors for precise targeting of matrix metalloproteinases	80
Parallels and crosstalk of ADP-ribosylation and ubiquitination	77
Decoding ceramide function: how localization shapes cellular fate and how to study it	75
Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of Aux/IAA protein degradation dynamics	71
Multiplayer virtual reality for understanding biomolecular structures	69
From lead to market: chemical approaches to transform peptides into therapeutics	69
Subconductance states add complexity to Piezo1 gating model	67
Microtubule nucleation for spindle assembly: one molecule at a time	66
Creative approaches using proximity labeling to gain new biological insights	65
Mobile peptide and receptor complex mediates systemic stomatal immunity	64

Mitochondrial dynamics and pore formation in regulated cell death pathways	62
Cotranslational sorting and processing of newly synthesized proteins in eukaryotes	61
Exploring membrane asymmetry and its effects on membrane proteins	59
Transcription-coupled nucleosome assembly	59
Autophagy regulation by phase separation, avidity, and wetting	58
Proteasome-derived peptides: separating the trash from the recycling	56
Bacterial transformation	55
The transition phase: preparing to launch a laboratory	54
Using graphs and charts in scientific figures	54
Determining and interpreting protein lifetimes in mammalian tissues	53
Transcription factor IID parks and drives preinitiation complexes at sharp or broad promoters	53
Structural diversity of the CE-clan proteases in bacteria to disarm host ubiquitin defenses	52
Small RNA and Toll-like receptor interactions: origins and disease mechanisms	50
Activation, decommissioning, and dememorization: enhancers in a life cycle	50
Challenges of biomolecular science education in Africa and the way forward	49
Transcription-coupled global genomic repair in E. coli	49
Glucokinase: from allosteric glucose sensing to disease variants	48
Diverse heterochromatin states restricting cell identity and reprogramming	48
The HIF axes in cancer: angiogenesis, metabolism, and immune-modulation	44