OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biochemical Journal is 26. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Michael D. Waterfield	133
Identification of inhibitors of human ChaC1, a cytoplasmic glutathione degrading enzyme through high throughput screens in yeast	88
Development of an OTUD1 ubiquitin variant inhibitor	86
Cas11 augments Cascade functions in type I-E CRISPR system but is redundant for gene silencing and plasmid interference	85
Mutational insights into human kynurenine aminotransferase 1: modulation of transamination and β-elimination activities across diverse substrates	83
Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells	78
Aurora A binds to the transactivation domain of c-Myc and recognizes the phosphorylated N-terminal degron motif	66
A curated list of targeted optimized promiscuous ketoreductases (TOP-K)	61
A highly conserved ligand-binding site for AccA transporters of antibiotic and quorum-sensing regulator in Agrobacterium leads to a different specificity	57
Divergent roles of DRY and NPxxY motifs in selective activation of downstream signalling by the apelin receptor	55
In search for structural targets for engineering d-amino acid transaminase: modulation of pH optimum and substrate specificity	50
Combinatorial approaches for mitigating resistance to KRAS-targeted therapies	42
A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding	40
Respiratory epithelial cell types, states and fates in the era of single-cell RNA-sequencing	39
Cold exposure remodels bile acid metabolism in a mouse strain- and tissue-specific manner	38
Basic features of cellular inositol metabolism as revealed by a newly developed LC-MS method	37
Modulating backbone flexibility in hydroxamate siderophores for improved iron chelation and peptide nucleic acid delivery into bacteria	36
Gain of function of a metalloproteinase associated with multiple myeloma, bicuspid aortic valve, and Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome	34
Rules of the road: how to turn off kinesin motors	34
Novel phosphatidylinositol flippases contribute to phosphoinositide homeostasis in the plasma membrane	34
Expression of neuronal NO synthase α- and β-isoforms in skeletal muscle of mice	33
BH3 mimetics and TKI combined therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	28
The atypical thioredoxin ‘Alr2205’, a newly identified partner of the typical 2-Cys-Peroxiredoxin, safeguards the cyanobacterium Anabaena from oxidative stress	28
PKN2 deficiency leads both to prenatal ‘congenital’ cardiomyopathy and defective angiotensin II stress responses	28
CORM-3 induces DNA damage through Ru(II) binding to DNA	28

Calcium signalling components underlying NPK homeostasis: potential avenues for exploration	26
Identification and functional characterization of two CXCL17 paralogs from zebrafish	26