OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters is 2. 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
Biophysical characterization of the DNA binding motif of human phospholipid scramblase 1	84
Long-term memory in Staphylococcus aureus α-hemolysin ion channel kinetics	28
Mechanistic insights of neuronal calcium and IP3 signaling system regulating ATP release during ischemia in progression of Alzheimer’s disease	26
Use of cesium chloride density gradient ultracentrifugation for the purification and characterization of recombinant adeno-associated virus	23
Real-time tilting and twisting motions of ligand-bound states of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor	22
A gene-encoded bioprotein second harmonic generation (SHG) probe from Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) polyhedrin for live cell imaging	21
Structure of a novel form of phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase from Klebsiella pneumoniae at 2.59 Å resolution	21
DNA–MBF1 study using molecular dynamics simulations	18
Self-assembly of smooth muscle myosin filaments: adaptation of filament length by telokin and Mg·ATP	17
Modeling study of kinesin-13 MCAK microtubule depolymerase	17
From survival of irradiated mice to modern molecular insights: a seventy-year journey in radiobiology at the institute of biophysics, Czech academy of sciences	17
Choosing the right density for a concentrated protein system like gluten in a coarse-grained model	17
Numerical solution of compartment-based reaction/diffusion models with DABOSS algorithm	14
Thermodynamics of semi-specific ligand recognition: the binding of dipeptides to the E.coli dipeptide binding protein DppA	13
SViMULATE: a computer program facilitating interactive, multi-mode simulation of analytical ultracentrifugation data	11
Quadruplexes with a grain of salt: influence of cation type and concentration on DNA G4 stability	11
Pulling short DNA with mismatch base pairs	11
Computational discovery of dual potential inhibitors of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike/ACE2 and Mpro: 3D-pharmacophore, docking-based virtual screening, quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics	11
Modulation of conformational features and oligomerization of MMACHC by cobalamin variants: impact of the R161Q mutation in cblC disease	10
Analysis of residue–residue interactions in the structures of ASIC1a suggests possible gating mechanisms	9
Molecular transport through nano-sized multipores of lipid vesicles: a COMSOL simulation study	9
Microfluidics for protein interaction studies: current methods, challenges, and future perspectives	9
Analysis of proteins in the light of mutations	9
14th EBSA congress, July 31 – August 4, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden – Abstracts	8
Interactive multiple binding of oleic acid, warfarin and ibuprofen with human serum albumin revealed by thermal and fluorescence studies	8

Mechanical anisotropy of hair affected by genetic diseases highlights structural information related to differential crosslinking in keratins	8
The effects of lithium on human red blood cells studied using optical spectroscopy and laser trap	8
Experimental extraction of Young’s modulus of MCF-7 tissue using atomic force microscopy and the spherical contact models	7
Erythrocytes membrane fluidity changes induced by adenylyl cyclase cascade activation: study using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching	7
DNA binding to small anionic ligands: the case of Orange G dye	7
Relation between flexibility and intrinsically disorder regions in thermosensitive TRP channels reveal allosteric effects	7
Time-dependent simulation of blood flow through an abdominal aorta with iliac arteries	7
Rational design of stapled helical peptides as antidiabetic PPARγ antagonists to target coactivator site by decreasing unfavorable entropy penalty instead of increasing favorable enthalpy contribution	7
Correction to: Lipoic acid nanoforms based on phosphatidylcholine: production and characteristics	7
The effect of ionic redistributions on the microwave dielectric response of cytosol water upon glucose uptake	7
Diversity of hydrodynamic radii of intrinsically disordered proteins	7
Design of inhibitor peptide sequences based on the interfacial knowledge of the protein G-IgG crystallographic complex and their binding studies with IgG	7
The cross-correlation-based analysis to digest the conformational dynamics of the mitoBK channels in terms of their modulation by flavonoids	7
The sleeping bacterium: shedding light on the resuscitation mechanism	6
Structure and dynamics of pteridine reductase 1: the key phenomena relevant to enzyme function and drug design	6
Structural and functional characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans cyclic GMP-activated channel TAX-4 via molecular dynamics simulations	6
A quantitative interspecies comparison of the respiratory mucociliary clearance mechanism	6
Reciprocal effect on lateral diffusion of receptor for advanced glycation endproducts and toll-like receptor 4 in the HEK293 cell membrane	6
Rethinking the protein folding problem from a new perspective	6
A comparative characterisation of commercially available lipid-polymer nanoparticles formed from model membranes	5
Professor Emil Paleček: seven decades with electrodes and biomolecules at the Institute of Biophysics of the CAS	5
Molecular dynamics study of collective water vibrations in a DNA hydration shell	5
Correction to: Thermodynamics of protein folding: methodology, data analysis and interpretation of data	5
Quenching of G4-DNA intrinsic fluorescence by ligands	5
On the utility of microfluidic systems to study protein interactions: advantages, challenges, and applications	5
Crystal structure of 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methyl pyrimidine phosphate kinase (HMPP kinase) from Thermus thermophilus HB8	5
On the possibility of the existence of orienting hydrodynamic steering effects in the kinetics of receptor–ligand association	5
Revealing the single-channel characteristics of OprD (OccAB1) porins from hospital strains of Acinetobacter baumannii	5
Amyloid fibril length distribution from dynamic light scattering data	5
Peptide-based pore formation and cell membrane deformation: European Biophysics Journal Prizes at EBSA 2023	5
Systematic noise removal from analytical ultracentrifugation data with UltraScan	4
Exploring the influence of water micro assemblies on protein folding, enzyme catalysis and membrane dynamics	4
An obituary: Dr. Helmut Cölfen 1965–2023	4
On-the-fly resolution enhancement in X-ray protein crystallography using electric field	4
Comparative sedimentation equilibrium analysis of two IgG1 glycoforms: IgGCri and IgGWid	4
AAV analysis by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation: beyond empty and full capsids	4
Analytical ultracentrifugation as a tool for exploring COSAN assemblies	4
Mammalian Nudt15 hydrolytic and binding activity on methylated guanosine mononucleotides	4
Structural analysis of the peptides temporin-Ra and temporin-Rb and interactions with model membranes	3
Micropipette-based biomechanical nanotools on living cells	3
Twist-stretch relations in nucleic acids	3
Biophysical and microbiological aspects of the interaction between Yersinia pestis PsaA and bacteriophage L-413C	3
A paradigm shift: analytical ultracentrifugation as a multi-attribute platform method in targeted protein degradation	3
Physical principles underpinning molecular-level protein evolution	3
On the role of calcium diffusion and its rapid buffering in intraflagellar signaling	3
A robust fluorescence-based assay for human erythrocyte Ca++ efflux suitable for high-throughput inhibitor screens	3
Determination of mRNA copy number in degradable lipid nanoparticles via density contrast analytical ultracentrifugation	3
Isothermal titration calorimetry in the single-injection mode with imperfect mixing	3
Determination of the size parameters of α-synuclein amyloid precursor forms through DLS analysis	3
Proceedings of the 25th Analytical Ultracentrifugation Workshops and Symposium	3

Flagellar rotational features of an optically confined bacterium at high frequency and temporal resolution reveal the microorganism’s response to changes in the fluid environment	3
Quantitative characterization of non-specific interaction of two globular proteins with Dextran T70 in a binary mixture	3
Morphological, fractal, and textural features for the blood cell classification: the case of acute myeloid leukemia	3
Syndiotactic hexamer peptide nanodots	3
An intramolecular disulphide bond in human 4E-T affects its binding to eIF4E1a protein	3
A new UltraScan module for the characterization and quantification of analytical buoyant density equilibrium experiments to determine AAV capsid loading	3
Application of artificial neural network for the mechano-bactericidal effect of bioinspired nanopatterned surfaces	2
Molecular and thermodynamic mechanisms for protein adaptation	2
Physical aspects of epithelial cell–cell interactions: hidden system complexities	2
Suitability of double-stranded DNA as a molecular standard for the validation of analytical ultracentrifugation instruments	2
Probing the interactions of the HIV-1 matrix protein-derived polybasic region with lipid bilayers: insights from AFM imaging and force spectroscopy	2
A spectral decomposition quality assessment tool for multi-wavelength AUC experiments with UltraScan	2
Drug–ionic surfactant interactions: density, sound speed, spectroscopic, and electrochemical studies	2
Effective inhibition of insulin amyloid fibril aggregation by nickel(II) complexes containing heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones	2
Non-contact elastography methods in mechanobiology: a point of view	2
Application of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the relative nanoenvironment fluidity of polymeric micelles	2
Inhibitor design for TMPRSS2: insights from computational analysis of its backbone hydrogen bonds using a simple descriptor	2
Facilitating the simulation of sedimentation velocity data: new features of SViMULATE	2
Exploring neural networks to uncover information-richer features for protein interaction prediction	2
N2 modified cap analogues as translation inhibitors and substrates for preparation of therapeutic mRNA	2
The role of cholesterol binding in the control of cholesterol by the Scap–Insig system	2
Correction: Abstracts	2
Physics of collective cell migration	2
Beyond the US-SOMO-AF database: a new website for hydrodynamic, structural, and circular dichroism calculations on user-supplied structures	2
Statistical mechanics of bone damage: a constitutive model	2
Two-layer elastic models for single-yeast compressibility with flat microlevers	2
Neurotransmitter uptake of synaptic vesicles studied by X-ray diffraction	2
Tautomeric equilibrium and spectroscopic properties of 8-azaguanine revealed by quantum chemistry methods	2
Cell wall channels of Rhodococcus species: identification and characterization of the cell wall channels of Rhodococcus corynebacteroides and Rhodococcus ruber	2
Effects of sugar concentration on the electroporation, size distribution and average size of charged giant unilamellar vesicles	2
A fit-less approach to the elasticity of the handles in optical tweezers experiments	2
Wave propagation through a viscous fluid-filled elastic tube under initial pressure: theoretical and biophysical model	2
Correction to: Reproducibility and accuracy of microscale thermophoresis in the NanoTemper Monolith: a multi laboratory benchmark study	2