OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IUCrJ is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Characterizing self-assembled structures made with magnetic Janus nanoparticles	63
Towards improved accuracy of Hirshfeld atom refinement with an alternative electron density partition	51
Advancing dynamic quantum crystallography: enhanced models for accurate structures and thermodynamic properties	42
Community recommendations on cryoEM data archiving and validation	39
Structural and biophysical aspects of L-asparaginases: a growing family with amazing diversity	36
Triosephosphate isomerase: the perfect enzyme, but how does it work?	33
Time scale of glycation in collagen of bovine pericardium-derived bio-tissues	32
Submission of structural biology data for review purposes	31
Tracing electron density changes in langbeinite under pressure	29
Water and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine: an odd couple make a solid match	26
The spontaneous self-assembly of a molecular water pipe in 3D space	25
Fragmentation and transferability in Hirshfeld atom refinement	25
Spatiotemporal control of L-phenylalanine crystallization in microemulsion: the role of water in mediating molecular self-assembly	24
Maximizing completeness in single-crystal high-pressure diffraction experiments: phase transitions in 2°AP	22
Dynamic correlations and possible diffusion pathway in the superionic conductor Cu_2−xSe	21
Enhancing hydrogen positions in X-ray structures of transition metal hydride complexes with dynamic quantum crystallography	20
Introducing two new Main Editors of IUCrJ	20
High-resolution single-particle cryo-EM of samples vitrified in boiling nitrogen	20
An advanced workflow for single-particle imaging with the limited data at an X-ray free-electron laser. Corrigendum	20
Emergence of liquid following laser melting of gold thin films	19
Angular X-ray cross-correlation analysis applied to the scattering data in 3D reciprocal space from a single crystal	19
Crystal structures of PigF, anO-methyltransferase involved in the prodigiosin synthetic pathway, reveal an induced-fit substrate-recognition mechanism	19
Slow protein dynamics probed by time-resolved oscillation crystallography at room temperature	18
C-SPAM: an open-source time-resolved specimen vitrification device with light-activated molecules	17
Quantum refinement in real and reciprocal space using the Phenix and ORCA software	17

Many locks to one key: N-acetylneuraminic acid binding to proteins	17
Serial small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering with laboratory sources	17
Scanning WAXS microscopy of regenerated cellulose fibers at mesoscopic resolution	16
In situ serial crystallography facilitates 96-well plate structural analysis at low symmetry	16
Nanostructure and dynamics of N-truncated copper amyloid-β peptides from advanced X-ray absorption fine structure	15
The structure of AcrIC9 revealing the putative inhibitory mechanism of AcrIC9 against the type IC CRISPR–Cas system	15
A phenomenological model of the X-ray pulse statistics of a high-repetition-rate X-ray free-electron laser	15
Understanding structural distortions in hybrid layered perovskites with the n = 1 Ruddlesden–Popper structure	15
A new approach for serial electron diffraction data collection	15
Predicting photoactivity in dithienylethene crystalline solids	14
Going beyond ensemble average angular cross-correlation analysis	14
Crystal structure prediction: achievements and opportunities	12
Real-space texture and pole-figure analysis using the 3D pair distribution function on a platinum thin film	12
Simulating diffraction photographs based on molecular dynamics trajectories of a protein crystal: a new option to examine structure-solving strategies in protein crystallography	12
The Haemophilus influenzae HipBA toxin–antitoxin system adopts an unusual three-component regulatory mechanism	12
Towards pump–probe single-crystal XFEL refinements for small-unit-cell systems	12
Toward a quantitative description of solvation structure: a framework for differential solution scattering measurements	11
Linking solid-state phenomena via energy differences in `archetype crystal structures'	11
On the angular anisotropy of the randomly averaged magnetic neutron scattering cross section of nanoparticles	11
virusMED: your travel guide to the virus world	10
Structure of Aquifex aeolicus lumazine synthase by cryo-electron microscopy to 1.42 Å resolution	10
Structural and biochemical insights into PsEst3, a new GHSR-type esterase obtained from Paenibacillus sp. R4	10
Bridging length scales in hard materials with ultra-small angle X-ray scattering – a critical review	10
AI-enhanced X-ray diffraction analysis: towards real-time mineral phase identification and quantification	10
Fixed-target pump–probe SFX: eliminating the scourge of light contamination	10
Dynamical refinement with multipolar electron scattering factors	10
Using deep-learning predictions reveals a large number of register errors in PDB depositions	10
Binding structures of SERF1a with NT17-polyQ peptides of huntingtin exon 1 revealed by SEC-SWAXS, NMR and molecular simulation	10
Crystal structure of a bacterial photoactivated adenylate cyclase determined by serial femtosecond and serial synchrotron crystallography	10
New ligand-binding sites identified in the crystal structures of β-lactoglobulin complexes with desipramine	10
Neutron structures of Leishmania mexicana triosephosphate isomerase in complex with reaction-intermediate mimics shed light on the proton-shuttling steps	9
CSD Communications of the Cambridge Structural Database	9
Unveiling the self-association and desolvation in crystal nucleation	9
Fixed-target serial femtosecond crystallography using in cellulo grown microcrystals	9
Molecular basis of dimerization of lytic transglycosylase revealed by the crystal structure of MltA from Acinetobacter baumannii	9
Waterless structures in the Protein Data Bank	9
Tuneable local order in thermoelectric crystals	9
Enhancing deep-learning training for phase identification in powder X-ray diffractograms	8
Accelerating the discovery of new materials with deep learning	8
Charge density studies of multicentre two-electron bonding of an anion radical at non-ambient temperature and pressure	8
Improved grain mapping by laboratory X-ray diffraction contrast tomography	8
Approximating deformation fields for the analysis of continuous heterogeneity of biological macromolecules by 3D Zernike polynomials	8
IUCrJ launches electron crystallography section	8
Structural insights into the substrate-binding proteins Mce1A and Mce4A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	8
Symmetry of antiferroelectric crystals crystallized in polar point groups	8
Poetry in motion: catching molecules in action	7
Orthorhombic charge density wave on the tetragonal lattice of EuAl₄	7
Fully automated multi-grid cryoEM screening using Smart Leginon	7
Roodmus: a toolkit for benchmarking heterogeneous electron cryo-microscopy reconstructions	7
Managing negative linear compressibility and thermal expansion through steric hindrance: a case study of 1,2-bis(4′-pyridyl)ethane cocrystals	7

Accurate crystal structure of ice VI from X-ray diffraction with Hirshfeld atom refinement	7
JINXED: just in time crystallization for easy structure determination of biological macromolecules	7
Hirshfeld atom refinement and dynamical refinement of hexagonal ice structure from electron diffraction data	7
Metal-free enantiomorphic perovskite [dabcoH₂]²⁺[H₃O]⁺Br⁻ ₃ and its one-dimensional polar polymorph	7
Crystal engineering in IUCrJ 2021: interactions, structures, properties	7
How to get maximum structure information from anisotropic displacement parameters obtained by three-dimensional electron diffraction: an experimental study on metal–organic frameworks	7
Cocrystals of a coumarin derivative: an efficient approach towards anti-leishmanial cocrystals against MIL-resistant Leishmania tropica	7
To bind, or not to bind, that is the question…	6
Rapid and efficient room-temperature serial synchrotron crystallography using the CFEL TapeDrive	6
Micro-structured polymer fixed targets for serial crystallography at synchrotrons and XFELs	6
The interoperability of crystallographic data and databases	6
Refining perovskite structures to pair distribution function data using collective Glazer modes as a basis	6
3D-printed sheet jet for stable megahertz liquid sample delivery at X-ray free-electron lasers	6
The crystal structure of the killer fibre erionite from Tuzköy (Cappadocia, Turkey)	6
Cryo-EM at ACA 2022	6
Structure determination using high-order spatial correlations in single-particle X-ray scattering	6
Observing femtosecond orbital dynamics in ultrafast Ge melting with time-resolved resonant X-ray scattering	6