OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery is 11. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Lessons learned from phenotypic drug discovery efforts	145
An overview of the preclinical discovery and development of remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	99
Advances in the discovery of drugs that treat pulmonary arterial hypertension	76
Advances in ion channel high throughput screening: where are we in 2023?	72
Strategies for targeting RNA with small molecule drugs	67
Reality check: lipid-oligonucleotide conjugates for therapeutic applications	63
γ-Secretase: once and future drug target for Alzheimer’s disease	62
Polypharmacology prediction: the long road toward comprehensively anticipating small-molecule selectivity to de-risk drug discovery	58
Discovery of novel cathepsin K inhibitors for osteoporosis treatment using a deep learning-based strategy	40
Methods in marine natural product drug discovery: what’s new?	38
Scaffold hopping approaches for dual-target antitumor drug discovery: opportunities and challenges	38
What is the plausibility that all drugs will be designed by computers by the end of the decade?	38
A comprehensive update on the use of molecular topology applications for anti-infective drug discovery	37
Understanding the impact of binding free energy and kinetics calculations in modern drug discovery	32
Tools and techniques for the discovery of therapeutic aptamers: recent advances	31
Designing drugs against leishmaniasis: is targeting the sterol biosynthesis pathway the answer?	31
Bisquinoline as a promising scaffold in anti-infective drug discovery: the current state of the art and future prospects	31
C. elegans : a prominent platform for modeling and drug screening in neurological disorders	29
Calcium channel blockers’ contribution to overcoming Current drug discovery challenges in Alzheimer’s disease	29
Virtual screening: hope, hype, and the fine line in between	29
Acoustic ejection mass spectrometry: fundamentals and applications in high-throughput drug discovery	28
A cautionary tale of paradox and false positives in cannabidiol research	28
The rules often neglected in current medicinal chemistry	27
Guided structure-based ligand identification and design via artificial intelligence modeling	26
Water in drug design: pitfalls and good practices	25

Novel insights into structure–activity relationships of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibitors (KMOis) with emphasis on chemical space, activity landscape exploration	25
An update on knowledge graphs and their current and potential applications in drug discovery	25
Molecular hybridization: a powerful tool for multitarget drug discovery	25
Current challenges and future perspectives of drug discovery in China	24
Novel hydrogels: are they poised to transform 3D cell-based assay systems in early drug discovery?	24
Animal models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their role in drug discovery and development: a critical review	24
Correction	24
Drug design strategies for the treatment azole-resistant candidiasis	23
Revisiting experimental models of erectile dysfunction and their value in drug discovery and development	23
An overview of the preclinical discovery and development of tezepelumab for the treatment of asthma	22
Identifying novel drugs with new modes of action for neglected tropical fungal skin diseases (fungal skinNTDs) using an Open Source Drug discovery approach	22
The discovery and development of RNA-based therapies for treatment of HIV-1 infection	21
Inhibitors of the PLK1 polo-box domain: drug design strategies and therapeutic opportunities in cancer	21
Murine models of dengue virus infection for novel drug discovery	21
Innovative strategies for the discovery of new drugs against alopecia areata: taking aim at the immune system	21
Lessons learned from the discovery and development of the sesquiterpene lactones in cancer therapy and prevention	20
Success stories of AI in drug discovery - where do things stand?	19
Recent applications of positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging in psychiatric drug discovery	19
What are the challenges with multi-targeted drug design for complex diseases?	19
The application of pancreatic cancer organoids for novel drug discovery	19
Metabolomics in antimicrobial drug discovery	18
High performance-oriented computer aided drug design approaches in the exascale era	18
Advances in the discovery of new chemotypes through ultra-large library docking	18
A comprehensive update on the application of high-throughput fluorescence imaging for novel drug discovery	18
Advances in the design, discovery, and optimization of aurora kinase inhibitors as anticancer agents	17
Targeted Degradation of Structured RNAs via Ribonuclease-Targeting Chimeras (RiboTacs)	17
What have we learnt from past failures in Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery?	17
The human NTG model of migraine in drug discovery and development	17
Avenues for antifungal drug discovery and development: where to now?	16
Designing multi-target drugs for the treatment of major depressive disorder	16
Advances in structure-activity relationships of HDAC inhibitors as HIV latency-reversing agents	16
PTPN22: structure, function, and developments in inhibitor discovery with applications for immunotherapy	16
Mapping strategies towards improved external validity in preclinical translational research	16
An overview on small molecules acting as broad-spectrum agents for yellow fever infection	16
Unmasking allosteric-binding sites: novel targets for GPCR drug discovery	16
Novel strategies for the development of hand, foot, and mouth disease vaccines and antiviral therapies	16
Latest developments in engineered skeletal muscle tissues for drug discovery and development	16
In silico drug design strategies for discovering novel tuberculosis therapeutics	15
Future prospects of accelerating neuroactive drug discovery with high-throughput behavioral phenotyping	15
Data processing for high-throughput mass spectrometry in drug discovery	15
Novel avenues for identification of new antifungal drugs and current challenges	15
The discovery and development of novel treatment strategies for filoviruses	15
How do drug discovery scientists address the unmet need of long COVID syndrome therapeutics and what more can be done?	15
The role of rodent behavioral models of schizophrenia in the ongoing search for novel antipsychotics	15
The latest advances in high content screening in microfluidic devices	14
Efflux in Gram-negative bacteria: what are the latest opportunities for drug discovery?	14
Targeting protein-protein interactions with low molecular weight and short peptide modulators: insights on disease pathways and starting points for drug discovery	14
The preclinical discovery and development of zanubrutinib for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia	14
Artificial intelligence for small molecule anticancer drug discovery	14
The preclinical discovery and clinical development of ciltacabtagene autoleucel (Cilta-cel) for the treatment of multiple myeloma	14

Lessons learned from the failure of solanezumab as a prospective treatment strategy for Alzheimer’s disease	13
The impact of CD3 affinity-attenuation on T cell engaging bispecific antibodies: is it really that simple?	13
Validation guidelines for drug-target prediction methods	13
Molecular glue degraders: exciting opportunities for novel drug discovery	13
The problem of antimalarial resistance and its implications for drug discovery	13
Recent animal models of bladder cancer and their application in drug discovery: an update of the literature	13
Library size in virtual screening: is it truly a number’s game?	13
Innovative drug discovery strategies in epilepsy: integrating next-generation syndrome-specific mouse models to address pharmacoresistance and epileptogenesis	13
What is the future of click chemistry in drug discovery and development?	13
Understanding the role of cGAS-STING signaling in ischemic stroke: a new avenue for drug discovery	13
The design and discovery of topoisomerase I inhibitors as anticancer therapies	12
Where do we go next in antidepressant drug discovery? A new generation of antidepressants: a pivotal role of AMPA receptor potentiation and mGlu2/3 receptor antagonism	12
Preclinical models of insomnia: advances, limitations, and future directions for drug discovery	12
Current views on in vivo models for breast cancer research and related drug development	12
Investigating novel pharmacological strategies for treatment-resistant depression: focus on new mechanisms and approaches	12
Strategies for the drug discovery and development of taxane anticancer therapeutics	12
An update on preclinical pregnancy models of Zika virus infection for drug and vaccine discovery	12
Long non-coding RNA-targeting therapeutics: discovery and development update	12
Have spirocyclic scaffolds been properly utilized in recent drug discovery efforts?	12
3D bioprinting for organ and organoid models and disease modeling	12
Designing drugs when there is low data availability: one-shot learning and other approaches to face the issues of a long-term concern	11
Open resources for chemical probes and their implications for future drug discovery	11
Fragment-based approaches to discover ligands for tumor-specific E3 ligases	11
Challenges with the discovery of RNA-based therapeutics for flaviviruses	11
Lessons learnt from machine learning in early stages of drug discovery	11
Targeting guanine nucleotide exchange factors for novel cancer drug discovery	11
Linkers in fragment-based drug design: an overview of the literature	11
Animal models of Kabuki syndrome and their applicability to novel drug discovery	11
Using automated patch clamp electrophysiology platforms in ion channel drug discovery: an industry perspective	11
Perspectives on the success of plasma lipidomics in cardiovascular drug discovery and future challenges	11