OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 53. 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
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane	490
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining	290
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site	243
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors	210
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary	140
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation	139
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR	136
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting	132
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	114
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design	100
A heterotrimeric protein complex assembles the metazoan V-ATPase upon dissipation of proton gradients	98
Towards a molecular and structural definition of cell death	96
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer	94
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST	90
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters	86
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)	86
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction	85
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies	83
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes	81
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin	81
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis	79
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex	78
Surviving under stress conditions	75
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization	73
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos	69

Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport	69
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein	69
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens	69
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch	68
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes	67
ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism	67
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex	63
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly	62
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan	62
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing	60
P-type ATPase magnesium transporter MgtA acts as a dimer	60
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring	59
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging	59
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease	59
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair	59
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function	58
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator	58
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus	56
Cohesin closes the door on coexpression	56
Author Correction: Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC1	56
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM	56
Comprehensive analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae intron structures in vivo	55
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport	54
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior	54
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies	54
Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels	53
Chemical modifications, ions and water molecules in the sub-2 Å resolution structure of the human 80S ribosome	53
Better SIFI than sorry	53
EGOC inhibits TOROID polymerization by structurally activating TORC1	53
cBAF generates subnucleosomes that expand OCT4 binding and function beyond DNA motifs at enhancers	53