OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of FEBS Journal 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A guide to the composition and functions of the extracellular matrix	439
A guide to assessing cellular senescence in vitro and in vivo	324
Signaling pathways and defense mechanisms of ferroptosis	264
Targeting cellular senescence with senotherapeutics: senolytics and senomorphics	190
Multifunctional intracellular matrix metalloproteinases: implications in disease	187
New insights into the activities and toxicities of the old anticancer drug doxorubicin	185
ADP‐ribosyltransferases, an update on function and nomenclature	167
Exosomes as mediators of immune regulation and immunotherapy in cancer	122
A guide to the regulation of selective autophagy receptors	116
The structural basis of accelerated host cell entry by SARS‐CoV‐2†	114
More than just protein building blocks: how amino acids and related metabolic pathways fuel macrophage polarization	113
Cellular senescence: all roads lead to mitochondria	110
A guide to the Michaelis–Menten equation: steady state and beyond	104
Lipid metabolism and Alzheimer's disease: clinical evidence, mechanistic link and therapeutic promise	98
The blood–retina barrier in health and disease	97
Hallmarks of the aging T‐cell system	86
AMPK, metabolism, and vascular function	83
The mitochondrial permeability transition: Recent progress and open questions	83
Indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase 1 (IDO1): an up‐to‐date overview of an eclectic immunoregulatory enzyme	79
The role of PARP1 in neurodegenerative diseases and aging	79
A guide to studying protein aggregation	77
Global functions of O‐glycosylation: promises and challenges in O‐glycobiology	75
Immunogenicity and humanization of single‐domain antibodies	74
Human transfer RNA modopathies: diseases caused by aberrations in transfer RNA modifications	71
Nrf2 and oxidative stress in liver ischemia/reperfusion injury	70

Transposable element regulation and expression in cancer	70
The multifaceted role of TRAIL signaling in cancer and immunity	66
Epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal‐like transition events in melanoma	66
Proteomic characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in critical COVID‐19 patients	66
Revisiting sORFs: overcoming challenges to identify and characterize functional microproteins	65
The role of structural dynamics in GPCR‐mediated signaling	64
Ferroptosis: regulation by competition between NRF2 and BACH1 and propagation of the death signal	62
Microbiota modulation as preventative and therapeutic approach in Alzheimer’s disease	62
New roles for desmin in the maintenance of muscle homeostasis	62
Nuclear speckles: dynamic hubs of gene expression regulation	61
Tumor‐associated macrophages in immunotherapy	59
Targeting dormant tumor cells to prevent cancer recurrence	59
A guide to membrane protein X‐ray crystallography	59
Alternative systems for misfolded protein clearance: life beyond the proteasome	59
The mitochondrial coenzyme Q junction and complex III: biochemistry and pathophysiology	59
Understanding the role of cysteine in ferroptosis: progress & paradoxes	59
Protein S‐Palmitoylation: advances and challenges in studying a therapeutically important lipid modification	59
The intricate balance between microRNA‐induced mRNA decay and translational repression	59
Migrasome biogenesis and functions	58
Long‐term plasticity in the hippocampus: maintaining within and ‘tagging’ between synapses	58
LD‐transpeptidases: the great unknown among the peptidoglycan cross‐linkers	57
AgRP neurons: Regulators of feeding, energy expenditure, and behavior	57
Emerging roles of ferroptosis in the tumor immune landscape: from danger signals to anti‐tumor immunity	56
Elastic fibers: formation, function, and fate during aging and disease	55
Signaling pathways regulating the fate of fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) in skeletal muscle regeneration and disease	55
Interferon‐γ induces retinal pigment epithelial cell Ferroptosis by a JAK1‐2/STAT1/SLC7A11 signaling pathway in Age‐related Macular Degeneration	55
Roles of neutrophil granule proteins in orchestrating inflammation and immunity	55
The state of CD44 activation in cancer progression and therapeutic targeting	53
LRRK2 recruitment, activity, and function in organelles	53
Insights into the H₂O₂‐driven catalytic mechanism of fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases	53