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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike trimers during fusion activation at single molecule resolution	100
GuaB3, an overlooked enzyme in cyanobacteria's toolbox that sheds light on IMP dehydrogenase evolution	93
The structures of the peptide transporters SLC15A3 and SLC15A4 reveal the recognition mechanisms for substrate and TASL	91
The next decade in structural biology	85
A mesophilic Argonaute from Clostridium formicaceticum with efficient DNA cleavage activity guided by small DNA	75
Cryo-EM structure of an open conformation of a gap junction hemichannel in lipid bilayer nanodiscs	57
Gentle ions for cryo-FIB milling	52
Structural insight into CD93 recognition by IGFBP7	45
Architecture of a PKS-NRPS hybrid megaenzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the genotoxin colibactin	45
Structural comparison of typical and atypical E2 pestivirus glycoproteins	45
Crystal structure of the alternative complex III from the phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus	44
Phosphorylation at Ser65 modulates ubiquitin conformational dynamics	43
Crystal structure of the lipid flippase MurJ in a “squeezed” form distinct from its inward- and outward-facing forms	41
Structures of an active type III-A CRISPR effector complex	40
Pocket delipidation induced by membrane tension or modification leads to a structurally analogous mechanosensitive channel state	39
Cryo-EM structure of the SPFH-NfeD family protein complex QmcA-YbbJ	38
Structural and functional insights into the mechanism by which MutS2 recognizes a DNA junction	38
One bead per residue can describe all-atom protein structures	37
ATP-site inhibitors induce unique conformations of the acute myeloid leukemia-associated Src-family kinase, Fgr	37
High throughput cryo-EM provides structural understanding for modulators of the lysosomal ion channel TRPML1	37
Design of a selective peptide inhibitor targeting KDM5C demethylase activity	36
Structure of Anabaena flos-aquae gas vesicles revealed by cryo-ET	35
Cryo-EM structure of the vault from human brain reveals symmetry mismatch at its caps	35
Nanobodies restore stability to cancer-associated mutants of tumor suppressor protein p16INK4a	35
Structural insights into the convergent evolution of sulfoxide synthase EgtB-IV, an ergothioneine-biosynthetic homolog of ovothiol synthase OvoA	34

Structural insights into ZBTB20 action at the AFP promoter	34
Structural basis of selective beta-carotene binding by a soluble protein	34
PMSPcnn: Predicting protein stability changes upon single point mutations with convolutional neural network	33
The structure of the R2T complex reveals a different architecture from the related HSP90 cochaperone R2TP	33
Structural basis of phage transcriptional regulation	33
Cryo-EM structure of a DNA-PK trimer: higher order oligomerisation in NHEJ	32
Computational design and improvement of a broad influenza virus HA stem targeting antibody	32
Desensitization dynamics of the AMPA receptor	32