OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Biochemistry 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The Role of DEAD-Box ATPases in Gene Expression and the Regulation of RNA–Protein Condensates	326
Emerging Approaches for Studying Lipid Dynamics, Metabolism, and Interactions in Cells	188
Lipid Dynamics at Membrane Contact Sites	133
The Initiation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication	118
The Purinosome: A Case Study for a Mammalian Metabolon	109
DNA Damage and Replication Stress Checkpoints	99
Moonlighting Enzymes at the Interface Between Metabolism and Epigenetics	97
Mitochondrial DNA Release in Innate Immune Signaling	93
The Structural Dynamics of Translation	93
Mechanisms of General Anesthesia	80
The Inseparable Relationship Between Cholesterol and Hedgehog Signaling	77
Signaling from RAS to RAF: The Molecules and Their Mechanisms	75
Emerging Chemical Diversity and Potential Applications of Enzymes in the DMSO Reductase Superfamily	69
mRNA Regulation by RNA Modifications	67
Eukaryotic Ribosome Assembly	64
High-Resolution Single-Molecule Magnetic Tweezers	63
Topoisomerase Regulation of Cancer Gene Expression	59
DNA–Protein Crosslinks and Their Resolution	54
Validating Small Molecule Chemical Probes for Biological Discovery	50
Membrane Protein Complexity Revealed Through Native Mass Spectrometry	49
Essential Biology of Lipid Droplets	48
The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and Its Pentameric Homologs: Toward an Allosteric Mechanism of Signal Transduction at the Atomic Level	46
Structural Biochemistry of Muscle Contraction	45
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Influence of Nonspecific Interactions on Protein Associations: Implications for Biochemistry In Vivo	43

Natural and Engineered Guide RNA–Directed Transposition with CRISPR-Associated Tn7-Like Transposons	43
Inositol Pyrophosphates as Versatile Metabolic Messengers	42
Ribonucleotide Incorporation by Eukaryotic B-Family Replicases and Its Implications for Genome Stability	42
Encapsulins	39
The Story of RNA Unfolded: The Molecular Function of DEAD- and DExH-Box ATPases and Their Complex Relationship with Membraneless Organelles	39
Lipid Quality Control and Ferroptosis: From Concept to Mechanism	37
The Bis(monoacylglycero)-phosphate Hypothesis: From Lysosomal Function to Therapeutic Avenues	35
Soluble Human Lectins at the Host–Microbe Interface	32