OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 56. 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
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary	586
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting	241
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing	164
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly	139
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging	122
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	117
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design	115
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch	108
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos	104
Surviving under stress conditions	101
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization	98
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining	97
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane	94
P-type ATPase magnesium transporter MgtA acts as a dimer	92
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site	92
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors	91
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies	91
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters	90
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan	81
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer	79
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens	77
ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism	77
Charting the 3D regulatory landscape of sex determination with geostatistics	76
Author Correction: Structure and mechanism of antiphage retron Eco2	76
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex	75

Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST	71
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction	70
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair	69
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)	69
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein	68
Towards a molecular and structural definition of cell death	68
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes	68
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport	68
A heterotrimeric protein complex assembles the metazoan V-ATPase upon dissipation of proton gradients	68
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR	67
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease	67
Gene regulation through exon junction complex modularity	67
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring	64
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis	63
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator	63
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function	62
Cohesin closes the door on coexpression	61
Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus	61
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies	60
Addendum: Retinoic acid signaling is critical during the totipotency window in early mammalian development	60
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM	60
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior	60
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus	59
Better SIFI than sorry	59
Chemical modifications, ions and water molecules in the sub-2 Å resolution structure of the human 80S ribosome	59
Author Correction: Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC1	58
Structure and activation of the human autophagy-initiating ULK1C:PI3KC3-C1 supercomplex	57
Cryo-EM structure of the NDH–PSI–LHCI supercomplex from Spinacia oleracea	57
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport	57
Structure of adenylyl cyclase 5 in complex with Gβγ offers insights into ADCY5-related dyskinesia	56
Telomeric 8-oxo-guanine drives rapid premature senescence in the absence of telomere shortening	56