OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Biophysics is 38. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Enzymology and Dynamics by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy	160
Free Energy Methods for the Description of Molecular Processes	153
Mapping Enzyme Landscapes by Time-Resolved Crystallography with Synchrotron and X-Ray Free Electron Laser Light	136
The Effects of Temperature on Cellular Physiology	106
Mechanism of Activation of the Visual Receptor Rhodopsin	103
Membrane Association of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins	96
The Expanded Central Dogma: Genome Resynthesis, Orthogonal Biosystems, Synthetic Genetics	92
Nanomechanics of Blood Clot and Thrombus Formation	88
Biophysical Modeling of Synaptic Plasticity	84
ATP-Independent Chaperones	81
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From Nucleosomes to Compartments: Physicochemical Interactions Underlying Chromatin Organization	71
The Molecular Basis for Life in Extreme Environments	70
Collapse and Protein Folding: Should We Be Surprised that Biothermodynamics Works So Well?	63
Next-Generation Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors Illuminate Cell Signaling and Metabolism	59
Chaperonin Mechanisms: Multiple and (Mis)Understood?	57
Molecular Shape Solution for Mesoscopic Remodeling of Cellular Membranes	51
Prospects and Limitations of High-Resolution Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy	50
Structure and Mechanism of Human ABC Transporters	48
Directed Evolution of Microbial Communities	47
Waves in Embryonic Development	45
Bringing Structure to Cell Biology with Cryo-Electron Tomography	43
Bacterial Electrophysiology	43
Review of COVID-19 Antibody Therapies	43
Mechanisms for DNA Interplay in Eukaryotic Transcription Factors	41

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Neurotransmitter Release	41
Unveiling the Intricate Connection: Cell Volume as a Key Regulator of Mechanotransduction	39
Cholesterol and Lipid Rafts in the Biogenesis of Amyloid-β Protein and Alzheimer's Disease	38
Statistical Thermodynamics of the Protein Ensemble: Mediating Function and Evolution	38