OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Commentary on Baverstock; the gene; an appraisal	106
Spectral characterization of cell surface motion for mechanistic investigations of cellular mechanobiology	66
Editorial for volume 172	64
The generation of the flower by self-organisation	63
Intratumoral Microbiota in Cancer: Spatial Evidence, Biological Mechanisms, and Translational Prospects	60
Editorial Board	52
Editors introduction JBPM volume 174	52
Transforming agents: The power of structural modifications in glioblastoma multiforme therapy	44
Insulin fibrillation: Strategies for inhibition	39
Biological autoluminescence as a perturbance-free method for monitoring oxidation in biosystems	38
The role of ion channels in immune-related diseases	38
Electrical impedance sensing in stem cell research: Insights, applications, and future directions	38
The microelectrode array technique - a crucial tool for studying excitable tissue disorders and drug testing: an update on recent advances	35
Clinical significance of circulating tumor cell (CTC)-specific microRNA (miRNA) in breast cancer	33
Corrigendum to “The gene: An appraisal” [Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. (2021) 46–62]	32
Editorial Board	32
An Overview	30
Origin of life: Drawing the big picture	30
Progress in constitutive modeling of arterial wall tissue mechanics: from theoretical frameworks to clinical application	29
WATER roles in cells: Biological and biophysical perspectives	29
Consciousness, embodied Quantum Entanglement	28
Computational approaches for modeling and structural design of biological systems: A comprehensive review	28
Molecular mechanisms of α4β7 engagement by HIV-1 and implications for vaccine design	28
A systematic review and repeatability study on the use of deep learning for classifying and detecting tuberculosis bacilli in microscopic images	26
Amyloid oligomers and their membrane toxicity - A perspective study	26

The regulated cell death nexus: From molecular mechanisms to NINJ1-mediated membrane rupture	26
Static magnetic field: A potential tool of controlling stem cells fates for stem cell therapy in osteoporosis	25
Exploring different computational approaches for effective diagnosis of breast cancer	25
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in hepatocellular carcinoma progression: Biological functions and new therapeutic targets	24
A systematic review of artificial intelligence-based COVID-19 modeling on multimodal genetic information	23
The holism of cosmology and consciousness	23
The quantum cell	23
A special role for the genotype? Some comments on Keith Baverstock: “The gene: An appraisal”	22
Responses to commentaries on “The gene: An appraisal”	22
Do plants pay attention? A possible phenomenological-empirical approach	22
Delineation and functions of HCN channels in neurons	21
Trees suck. Notes on the physics of transpiration in trees	21
The multifaceted roles of ST3GAL family in cancer: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications	21
From information to physics to biology	21
Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) for the analysis of shear stress effects on cell monolayers	19
Advances in the study of epithelial mesenchymal transition in cancer progression: Role of miRNAs	19
Appreciation of Sir Tom Blundell	19
Music, cells and the dimensionality of nature	19
Different methods, techniques and their limitations in protein structure prediction: A review	19
m6A methylation regulators and ncRNAs in osteosarcoma: Potential therapeutic strategies	18
Decrypting the mechanistic basis of CRISPR/Cas9 protein	17
Exploring gene regulation and biological processes in insects: Insights from omics data using gene regulatory network models	17
Voltage-gated sodium channels in pain: Which channels, which blockers, and where NaV1.7 fits	17
Smartphone-based diagnostics for biosensing infectious human pathogens	17
The electrophysiology of pairs of cardiac atrial and pacemaker cells	17
Macromolecular crowding and protein aggregation: Friend, foe or contextual force?	16
Xanthohumol: An underestimated, while potent and promising chemotherapeutic agent in cancer treatment	16
Overcoming the warming bottleneck in animal vitrification: Volumetric heating and enabling technologies for reproductive cryobanking	16
Modulating bone remodeling through magnetic field: Approach targeting metabolic dysregulation in diabetic osteoporosis	16
The Gene: An appraisal	15
Exploring the parallels between nanoparticles and viruses with emphasis on environmental roles and remediation	15
The epigenetic basis of evolution	15
Advancing targeted therapies in pancreatic cancer: Leveraging molecular abberrations for therapeutic success	15
Tumour-regulatory role of long non-coding RNA HOXA-AS3	15
Editorial Board	14
Unraveling cerebral ultrastructural alterations in TLR4-mediated neuroinflammation via transmission electron microscopy: a systematic preclinical review	14
Lipid droplet - organelle crosstalk and its implication in cancer	14
Recent advancements to engineer mesenchymal stem cells and their extracellular vesicles for targeting and destroying tumors	14
Cell detachment: A review of techniques, challenges, and opportunities for advancing biomedical research and applications	13
From bench to Bone: Clinical promise of exosome-enhanced scaffolds in orthopedic regeneration	13
Recent progress of mechanosensitive mechanism on breast cancer	13
Instrumented nanoindentation in musculoskeletal research	12
The electron as a self-organising entity in physics and biology	12
Modelling DNA damage-repair and beyond	12
Corrigendum to “The main sources of molecular organization in the cell. Atlas of self-organized and self-regulated dynamic biostructures” [Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 195 (2025) 167–191]	11
Biophysical mechanisms underlying the effects of static magnetic fields on biological systems	11
Editorial Board	11
Editorial Board	11
The main sources of molecular organization in the cell. Atlas of self-organized and self-regulated dynamic biostructures	11
Advances in the understanding of protein misfolding and aggregation through molecular dynamics simulation	11

Pacemaker activity and ion channels in the sinoatrial node cells: MicroRNAs and arrhythmia	11
The effect of magnetic fields on tumor occurrence and progression: Recent advances	11
An overview of the intracellular localization of high-Z nanoradiosensitizers	10
A review on mechanobiology of cell adhesion networks in different stages of sporadic colorectal cancer to explain its tumorigenesis	10
The role of Actopaxin in tumor metastasis	10
How an emergent cosmology of a nonlocally unified, meaningfully in-formed and holographically manifested Universe can underpin and frame the biological embodiment of quantum entanglement	10
A common pathway to cancer: Oncogenic mutations abolish p53 oscillations	10
Targeting cell-matrix interface mechanobiology by integrating AFM with fluorescence microscopy	10
Exosomes in bone remodeling and breast cancer bone metastasis	10
Mathematical and physical considerations indicating that the cell genome is a read-write memory	9
In vitro study of the expression of autophagy genes ATG101, mTOR and AMPK in breast cancer with treatment of lactoferrin and in silico study of their communication networks and protein interactions	9
Evolution, gravity, and the topology of consciousness	9
Skeletogenesis and acupuncture points	9
Cationic calcium channels activated by cyclic nucleotides in plants: A systematic review using the PRISMA method	9
The role of phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) family in various diseases: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential	9
Commentary on “A systematic review on machine learning and deep learning techniques in cancer survival prediction”: Validation of survival methods	9
The mobius strip, the cell, and soft logic mathematics	9
Exercise as a therapeutic strategy against mitochondrial dysfunction in ischemic stroke: Molecular mechanisms and perspectives for personalized treatment	9
The key role of Piezo1 channels in ferroptosis after spinal cord injury and the therapeutic potential of Piezo1 inhibitors	9
Reframing antibacterial strategies through physical targeting: Mechanisms and future directions	8
The IVIS imaging system: Principle, performance, applications and perspectives in postharvest research	8
A review on salt-induced DNA compaction and charge inversion	8
Editorial for online collection — The gene: An appraisal	8
An insight to the recent advancements in detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using biosensors: A systematic review	8
Epigenetic regulation of the membrane transportome: implications for cancer progression	8
Identification and diagnosis of long COVID-19: A scoping review	8
Development as explanation: Understanding phenotypic stability and variability after the failure of genetic determinism	8
Autophagy and kidney aging	8
Rewiring lipid Metabolism: The central role of CPT1 in metabolic dysfunction	7
Biological effects of rotating magnetic field: A review from 1969 to 2021	7
Shannon's (informational) dissipation as the major engine leading to living dynamic and the origin of self.	7
Family Constellation therapy: A nascent approach for working with non-local consciousness in a therapeutic container	7
Computational advances in RNA-small molecule binding site prediction	7
Editorial Board	7
Vinculin: A new target for the diagnosis and treatment of disease	7
Promising application of pulsed electromagnetic fields on tissue repair and regeneration	7
Impact of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 in the oncogenic progression of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus	6
Why death and aging ? All memories are imperfect	6
Editorial Board	6
Cold snapshots of DNA repair: Cryo-EM structures of DNA-PKcs and NHEJ machinery	6
The role of quantum mechanics in cognition-based evolution	6
Protein folding, cellular stress and cancer	6
From straight to curved: A historical perspective of DNA shape	6
Towards solving the mystery of spiral phyllotaxis	5
NRF2–KEAP1 as a redox signal-resolution circuit: Beyond the antioxidant switch	5
The role of mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel in diseases	5
Editorial Board	5
A hypothesis of teleological evolution, via endogenous acetylcholine, nitric oxide, and calmodulin pathways	5
Serum albumin-ligand interactions: Experimental and computational approaches	5
Electromagnetic radiation and biophoton emission in neuronal communication and neurodegenerative diseases	5
Advances in nanomaterials-assisted drug delivery, diagnosis, and action towards drug-resistant Mycobacterium	5
Bioelectric pharmacology of cancer: A systematic review of ion channel drugs affecting the cancer phenotype	5
Exploring the regulatory role of tsRNAs in the TNF signaling pathway: Implications for cancer and non-cancer diseases	5
Editorial Board	4
Latent tuberculosis and computational biology: A less-talked affair	4
Myelin: A possible proton capacitor for energy storage during sleep and energy supply during wakefulness	4
Editorial	4
From traditional medicine to modern oncology: Scutellarin, a promising natural compound in cancer treatment	4
Quantum noise may limit the mechanosensory sensitivity of cilia in the left–right organizer of the vertebrate bodyplan	4
Editorial Board	4
Taurine up-regulated 1: A dual regulator in immune cell-mediated pathogenesis of human diseases	4
A survey on gene expression data analysis using deep learning methods for cancer diagnosis	4
Energy-driven innovations in computational de novo protein engineering	4
Editorial Board	4
An update on ATP synthase inhibitors: A unique target for drug development in M. tuberculosis	4
Siglec-15 as multifunctional molecule involved in osteoclast differentiation, cancer immunity and microbial infection	4
Proteostasis impairment and ALS	4
Systems biology of human aging: A Fibonacci time series model	4