OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biochemical Journal is 34. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Respiratory epithelial cell types, states and fates in the era of single-cell RNA-sequencing	903
Michael D. Waterfield	213
A highly conserved ligand-binding site for AccA transporters of antibiotic and quorum-sensing regulator in Agrobacterium leads to a different specificity	201
Identification of inhibitors of human ChaC1, a cytoplasmic glutathione degrading enzyme through high throughput screens in yeast	110
Development of an OTUD1 ubiquitin variant inhibitor	108
Cas11 augments Cascade functions in type I-E CRISPR system but is redundant for gene silencing and plasmid interference	68
GlmS mediated knock-down of a phospholipase expedite alternate pathway to generate phosphocholine required for phosphatidylcholine synthesis in Plasmodium falciparum	67
Combinatorial approaches for mitigating resistance to KRAS-targeted therapies	58
Basic features of cellular inositol metabolism as revealed by a newly developed LC-MS method	58
A curated list of targeted optimized promiscuous ketoreductases (TOP-K)	55
In search for structural targets for engineering d-amino acid transaminase: modulation of pH optimum and substrate specificity	53
Aurora A binds to the transactivation domain of c-Myc and recognizes the phosphorylated N-terminal degron motif	53
Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells	52
Mutational insights into human kynurenine aminotransferase 1: modulation of transamination and β-elimination activities across diverse substrates	52
Divergent roles of DRY and NPxxY motifs in selective activation of downstream signalling by the apelin receptor	50
Programmed cell death: the pathways to severe COVID-19?	50
A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding	50
Novel phosphatidylinositol flippases contribute to phosphoinositide homeostasis in the plasma membrane	50
Improved furfural tolerance in Escherichia coli mediated by heterologous NADH-dependent benzyl alcohol dehydrogenases	49
Adaptor protein 3BP2 regulates dectin-1-mediated cellular signalling to induce cytokine expression and NF-κB activation	48
PKN2 deficiency leads both to prenatal ‘congenital’ cardiomyopathy and defective angiotensin II stress responses	47
Calcium signalling components underlying NPK homeostasis: potential avenues for exploration	46
Gain of function of a metalloproteinase associated with multiple myeloma, bicuspid aortic valve, and Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome	44
Expression of neuronal NO synthase α- and β-isoforms in skeletal muscle of mice	43
BH3 mimetics and TKI combined therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	43

The C-terminal structure of the N6-methyladenosine deaminase YerA and its role in deamination	42
The atypical thioredoxin ‘Alr2205’, a newly identified partner of the typical 2-Cys-Peroxiredoxin, safeguards the cyanobacterium Anabaena from oxidative stress	42
Serine acetyltransferase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae; structural and biochemical basis of inhibition	40
A central role for amyloid fibrin microclots in long COVID/PASC: origins and therapeutic implications	38
TOR complex 2 is a master regulator of plasma membrane homeostasis	37
CORM-3 induces DNA damage through Ru(II) binding to DNA	37
Expression of Concern: Protease-activated receptor-2 promotes kidney tubular epithelial inflammation by inhibiting autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway	36
The role of mitochondrial RNA association for mitochondrial homeostasis in neurons	35
RhoGAP6 interacts with COPI to regulate protein transport	34