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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Subscription and Copyright Information	321
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Adding post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions to protein schematics	150
Advisory Board and Contents	147
Multiplayer virtual reality for understanding biomolecular structures	146
Understanding peptide hormones: from precursor proteins to bioactive molecules	145
Harnessing the power of peptides: advances and collaborations in biochemistry	121
Advisory Board and Contents	110
Transporter Specificity: A Tale of Loosened Elevator-Sliding	101
System reset: topoisomerase 1 clears mitotic DNA for transcriptional memory	98
Conserved signaling gears that sustain circadian clock robustness	96
Novel machine learning approaches revolutionize protein knowledge	95
Decoding ceramide function: how localization shapes cellular fate and how to study it	91
Did circular DNA shape the evolution of mammalian genomes?	89
CRISPR/Cas9 boosts wheat yield by reducing brassinosteroid signaling	88
The CYTOLD and ERTOLD pathways for lipid droplet–protein targeting	87
Cellular oxidants and the proteostasis network: balance between activation and destruction	85
Fragment-based drug discovery supports drugging ‘undruggable’ protein–protein interactions	78
Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of Aux/IAA protein degradation dynamics	78
From lead to market: chemical approaches to transform peptides into therapeutics	77
Molecular mechanisms of heat shock factor 1 regulation	75
Transcription-coupled global genomic repair in E. coli	70
Exploiting enzyme evolution for computational protein design	70
Structural parasitology of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum	69

Using graphs and charts in scientific figures	69
Determining and interpreting protein lifetimes in mammalian tissues	69
Subconductance states add complexity to Piezo1 gating model	67
Structural diversity of the CE-clan proteases in bacteria to disarm host ubiquitin defenses	66
The transition phase: preparing to launch a laboratory	66
Transcription-coupled nucleosome assembly	60
Exploring membrane asymmetry and its effects on membrane proteins	59
The HIF axes in cancer: angiogenesis, metabolism, and immune-modulation	58
Transcription factor IID parks and drives preinitiation complexes at sharp or broad promoters	58
Proteasome-derived peptides: separating the trash from the recycling	57
Small RNA and Toll-like receptor interactions: origins and disease mechanisms	56
Creative approaches using proximity labeling to gain new biological insights	56
Activation, decommissioning, and dememorization: enhancers in a life cycle	54
Glucokinase: from allosteric glucose sensing to disease variants	53
Cotranslational sorting and processing of newly synthesized proteins in eukaryotes	52
Cell entry by SARS-CoV-2	51
Microtubule nucleation for spindle assembly: one molecule at a time	51
Diverse heterochromatin states restricting cell identity and reprogramming	50
Advisory Board and Contents	49
Apart, together	49
Engineering RiPP pathways: strategies for generating complex bioactive peptides	47
Subscription and Copyright Information	46
The metabolic code of ferroptosis: nutritional regulators of cell death	46