OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biochemical Journal is 33. 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
Respiratory epithelial cell types, states and fates in the era of single-cell RNA-sequencing	871
Michael D. Waterfield	209
A highly conserved ligand-binding site for AccA transporters of antibiotic and quorum-sensing regulator in Agrobacterium leads to a different specificity	189
Identification of inhibitors of human ChaC1, a cytoplasmic glutathione degrading enzyme through high throughput screens in yeast	105
Divergent roles of DRY and NPxxY motifs in selective activation of downstream signalling by the apelin receptor	103
Development of an OTUD1 ubiquitin variant inhibitor	68
Cas11 augments Cascade functions in type I-E CRISPR system but is redundant for gene silencing and plasmid interference	64
Basic features of cellular inositol metabolism as revealed by a newly developed LC-MS method	58
Novel phosphatidylinositol flippases contribute to phosphoinositide homeostasis in the plasma membrane	57
GlmS mediated knock-down of a phospholipase expedite alternate pathway to generate phosphocholine required for phosphatidylcholine synthesis in Plasmodium falciparum	54
Combinatorial approaches for mitigating resistance to KRAS-targeted therapies	53
Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells	53
Aurora A binds to the transactivation domain of c-Myc and recognizes the phosphorylated N-terminal degron motif	52
In search for structural targets for engineering d-amino acid transaminase: modulation of pH optimum and substrate specificity	51
A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding	50
Programmed cell death: the pathways to severe COVID-19?	50
A curated list of targeted optimized promiscuous ketoreductases (TOP-K)	48
Improved furfural tolerance in Escherichia coli mediated by heterologous NADH-dependent benzyl alcohol dehydrogenases	48
PKN2 deficiency leads both to prenatal ‘congenital’ cardiomyopathy and defective angiotensin II stress responses	47
Adaptor protein 3BP2 regulates dectin-1-mediated cellular signalling to induce cytokine expression and NF-κB activation	47
Calcium signalling components underlying NPK homeostasis: potential avenues for exploration	44
Serine acetyltransferase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae; structural and biochemical basis of inhibition	44
Gain of function of a metalloproteinase associated with multiple myeloma, bicuspid aortic valve, and Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome	42
BH3 mimetics and TKI combined therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	42
Expression of neuronal NO synthase α- and β-isoforms in skeletal muscle of mice	40

CORM-3 induces DNA damage through Ru(II) binding to DNA	40
TOR complex 2 is a master regulator of plasma membrane homeostasis	38
The C-terminal structure of the N6-methyladenosine deaminase YerA and its role in deamination	38
A central role for amyloid fibrin microclots in long COVID/PASC: origins and therapeutic implications	38
Protein kinase A and local signaling in cancer	36
The atypical thioredoxin ‘Alr2205’, a newly identified partner of the typical 2-Cys-Peroxiredoxin, safeguards the cyanobacterium Anabaena from oxidative stress	36
Identification and characterization of the Doublesex gene and its mRNA isoforms in the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana	35
Cryo-EM structure of human MG53 homodimer	34
Expression of Concern: Protease-activated receptor-2 promotes kidney tubular epithelial inflammation by inhibiting autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway	33
The role of mitochondrial RNA association for mitochondrial homeostasis in neurons	33