OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Biophysics is 32. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Enzymology and Dynamics by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy	181
Free Energy Methods for the Description of Molecular Processes	166
Mapping Enzyme Landscapes by Time-Resolved Crystallography with Synchrotron and X-Ray Free Electron Laser Light	111
The Effects of Temperature on Cellular Physiology	109
Nanomechanics of Blood Clot and Thrombus Formation	106
Biophysical Modeling of Synaptic Plasticity	105
Membrane Association of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins	93
Mechanism of Activation of the Visual Receptor Rhodopsin	78
The Expanded Central Dogma: Genome Resynthesis, Orthogonal Biosystems, Synthetic Genetics	58
ATP-Independent Chaperones	53
Collapse and Protein Folding: Should We Be Surprised That Biothermodynamics Works So Well?	46
Next-Generation Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors Illuminate Cell Signaling and Metabolism	44
From Nucleosomes to Compartments: Physicochemical Interactions Underlying Chromatin Organization	43
Chaperonin Mechanisms: Multiple and (Mis)Understood?	42
Molecular Shape Solution for Mesoscopic Remodeling of Cellular Membranes	42
Structure and Mechanism of Human ABC Transporters	41
Prospects and Limitations of High-Resolution Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy	41
Bacterial Electrophysiology	40
Bioenergetics and the Evolution of Cellular Traits	37
Waves in Embryonic Development	37
Bringing Structure to Cell Biology with Cryo-Electron Tomography	34
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Neurotransmitter Release	33
Unveiling the Intricate Connection: Cell Volume as a Key Regulator of Mechanotransduction	32
Mechanisms for DNA Interplay in Eukaryotic Transcription Factors	32