OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 54. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane	576
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes	427
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining	282
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens	264
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST	206
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary	203
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting	180
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis	165
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing	146
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site	138
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes	126
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design	123
Fanconi anemia proteins participate in a break-induced-replication-like pathway to counter replication stress	121
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex	119
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan	117
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein	115
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly	114
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring	112
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer	92
Surviving under stress conditions	88
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization	82
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	80
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport	78
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies	77
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors	77

The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch	77
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR	77
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos	75
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin	74
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease	73
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair	73
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation	73
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging	72
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters	72
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction	72
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex	71
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)	71
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function	69
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator	68
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior	66
Dynamic PRC1–CBX8 stabilizes a porous structure of chromatin condensates	66
Nature, more than nurture, of epigenetic states	66
Author Correction: Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	66
Cryogenic electron microscopy structures reveal how ATP and DNA binding in MutS coordinates sequential steps of DNA mismatch repair	65
Phase separation drives X-chromosome inactivation	65
cBAF generates subnucleosomes that expand OCT4 binding and function beyond DNA motifs at enhancers	60
Signal-induced enhancer activation requires Ku70 to read topoisomerase1–DNA covalent complexes	58
THEMIS is a substrate and allosteric activator of SHP1, playing dual roles during T cell development	56
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM	55
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus	55
Building insights into KRAS signaling complexes	55
Structure of adenylyl cyclase 5 in complex with Gβγ offers insights into ADCY5-related dyskinesia	55
Chemical modifications, ions and water molecules in the sub-2 Å resolution structure of the human 80S ribosome	54
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies	54