OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 52. 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
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane	459
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes	281
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining	224
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary	199
ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism	132
P-type ATPase magnesium transporter MgtA acts as a dimer	130
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting	128
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos	126
A heterotrimeric protein complex assembles the metazoan V-ATPase upon dissipation of proton gradients	123
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	103
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan	95
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein	89
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly	88
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters	88
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis	87
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site	87
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing	82
Surviving under stress conditions	81
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization	79
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex	78
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST	78
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design	77
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors	75
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes	75
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin	75

The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch	74
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation	73
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)	72
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR	70
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring	69
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport	67
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens	66
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair	64
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies	62
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction	62
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex	60
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer	60
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease	60
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging	59
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function	58
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior	58
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator	58
Lineage regulators TFAP2C and NR5A2 function as bipotency activators in totipotent embryos	57
THEMIS is a substrate and allosteric activator of SHP1, playing dual roles during T cell development	56
The conformational landscape of human transthyretin revealed by cryo-EM	56
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport	55
Comprehensive analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae intron structures in vivo	54
Control of transcription elongation and DNA repair by alarmone ppGpp	54
Cryogenic electron microscopy structures reveal how ATP and DNA binding in MutS coordinates sequential steps of DNA mismatch repair	53
Author Correction: Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	53
Transcriptional repression upon S phase entry protects genome integrity in pluripotent cells	52
Telomeric 8-oxo-guanine drives rapid premature senescence in the absence of telomere shortening	52