OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Structure is 32. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike trimers during fusion activation at single molecule resolution	105
The structures of the peptide transporters SLC15A3 and SLC15A4 reveal the recognition mechanisms for substrate and TASL	104
A mesophilic Argonaute from Clostridium formicaceticum with efficient DNA cleavage activity guided by small DNA	98
Design of a selective peptide inhibitor targeting KDM5C demethylase activity	87
One bead per residue can describe all-atom protein structures	83
Pocket delipidation induced by membrane tension or modification leads to a structurally analogous mechanosensitive channel state	54
High throughput cryo-EM provides structural understanding for modulators of the lysosomal ion channel TRPML1	47
Structural and functional insights into the mechanism by which MutS2 recognizes a DNA junction	45
Crystal structure of the lipid flippase MurJ in a “squeezed” form distinct from its inward- and outward-facing forms	45
Structures of an active type III-A CRISPR effector complex	44
Phosphorylation at Ser65 modulates ubiquitin conformational dynamics	43
ATP-site inhibitors induce unique conformations of the acute myeloid leukemia-associated Src-family kinase, Fgr	42
Gentle ions for cryo-FIB milling	41
The next decade in structural biology	41
GuaB3, an overlooked enzyme in cyanobacteria's toolbox that sheds light on IMP dehydrogenase evolution	41
Architecture of a PKS-NRPS hybrid megaenzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the genotoxin colibactin	40
Crystal structure of the alternative complex III from the phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus	40
Cryo-EM structure of the SPFH-NfeD family protein complex QmcA-YbbJ	39
Structural insight into CD93 recognition by IGFBP7	39
Structural comparison of typical and atypical E2 pestivirus glycoproteins	38
Structure of Anabaena flos-aquae gas vesicles revealed by cryo-ET	38
The structure of the R2T complex reveals a different architecture from the related HSP90 cochaperone R2TP	37
Computational design and improvement of a broad influenza virus HA stem targeting antibody	37
Nanobodies restore stability to cancer-associated mutants of tumor suppressor protein p16INK4a	37
Structural insights into ZBTB20 action at the AFP promoter	37

Structural basis of phage transcriptional regulation	36
Cryo-EM structure of the vault from human brain reveals symmetry mismatch at its caps	35
Structural insights into the convergent evolution of sulfoxide synthase EgtB-IV, an ergothioneine-biosynthetic homolog of ovothiol synthase OvoA	35
PMSPcnn: Predicting protein stability changes upon single point mutations with convolutional neural network	35
Proteasome-associated autoinflammatory syndromes: The impact of mutations in proteasome subunits on particle assembly, structure, and activity	35
Desensitization dynamics of the AMPA receptor	34
Cryo-EM structure of a DNA-PK trimer: higher order oligomerisation in NHEJ	33
The relationship between interfacial overlap and functional divergence in the yeast protein-protein interaction network	32