OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Biochemistry is 18. 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
The Structural Dynamics of Translation	93
Mitochondrial DNA Release in Innate Immune Signaling	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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Natural and Engineered Guide RNA–Directed Transposition with CRISPR-Associated Tn7-Like Transposons	43

Influence of Nonspecific Interactions on Protein Associations: Implications for Biochemistry In Vivo	43
Ribonucleotide Incorporation by Eukaryotic B-Family Replicases and Its Implications for Genome Stability	42
Inositol Pyrophosphates as Versatile Metabolic Messengers	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
Inhibiting Lipopolysaccharide Biogenesis: The More You Know the Further You Go	30
Looping the Genome with SMC Complexes	30
Rubisco Function, Evolution, and Engineering	30
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Nonlytic Egress and Transmission in the Virus World	25
Sensory TRP Channels in Three Dimensions	24
Structure and Mechanism of the Lipid Flippase MurJ	24
Macrocyclization and Backbone Modification in RiPP Biosynthesis	24
MAPK-Activated Protein Kinases: Servant or Partner?	22
Eukaryotic Microproteins	22
Triumphs and Challenges of Natural Product Discovery in the Postgenomic Era	21
Polyamines in Parkinson's Disease: Balancing Between Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection	19
Kinetic Proofreading	19
Molecular Mechanisms of Transcription-Coupled Repair	18