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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Michael D. Waterfield	130
Identification of inhibitors of human ChaC1, a cytoplasmic glutathione degrading enzyme through high throughput screens in yeast	86
Development of an OTUD1 ubiquitin variant inhibitor	85
Cas11 augments Cascade functions in type I-E CRISPR system but is redundant for gene silencing and plasmid interference	82
Mutational insights into human kynurenine aminotransferase 1: modulation of transamination and β-elimination activities across diverse substrates	79
Combinatorial approaches for mitigating resistance to KRAS-targeted therapies	75
Novel phosphatidylinositol flippases contribute to phosphoinositide homeostasis in the plasma membrane	65
Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells	59
Rules of the road: how to turn off kinesin motors	56
Aurora A binds to the transactivation domain of c-Myc and recognizes the phosphorylated N-terminal degron motif	53
A curated list of targeted optimized promiscuous ketoreductases (TOP-K)	50
Divergent roles of DRY and NPxxY motifs in selective activation of downstream signalling by the apelin receptor	39
A highly conserved ligand-binding site for AccA transporters of antibiotic and quorum-sensing regulator in Agrobacterium leads to a different specificity	39
In search for structural targets for engineering d-amino acid transaminase: modulation of pH optimum and substrate specificity	38
Basic features of cellular inositol metabolism as revealed by a newly developed LC-MS method	37
Cold exposure remodels bile acid metabolism in a mouse strain- and tissue-specific manner	36
A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding	36
Respiratory epithelial cell types, states and fates in the era of single-cell RNA-sequencing	35
Modulating backbone flexibility in hydroxamate siderophores for improved iron chelation and peptide nucleic acid delivery into bacteria	33
The C-terminal structure of the N6-methyladenosine deaminase YerA and its role in deamination	32
Expression of neuronal NO synthase α- and β-isoforms in skeletal muscle of mice	32
Gain of function of a metalloproteinase associated with multiple myeloma, bicuspid aortic valve, and Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome	32
PKN2 deficiency leads both to prenatal ‘congenital’ cardiomyopathy and defective angiotensin II stress responses	30
TOR complex 2 is a master regulator of plasma membrane homeostasis	28
BH3 mimetics and TKI combined therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	26

Calcium signalling components underlying NPK homeostasis: potential avenues for exploration	26
The atypical thioredoxin ‘Alr2205’, a newly identified partner of the typical 2-Cys-Peroxiredoxin, safeguards the cyanobacterium Anabaena from oxidative stress	26