OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Structure is 32. 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
Conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike trimers during fusion activation at single molecule resolution	96
GuaB3, an overlooked enzyme in cyanobacteria's toolbox that sheds light on IMP dehydrogenase evolution	89
The structures of the peptide transporters SLC15A3 and SLC15A4 reveal the recognition mechanisms for substrate and TASL	86
The next decade in structural biology	82
A mesophilic Argonaute from Clostridium formicaceticum with efficient DNA cleavage activity guided by small DNA	72
Cryo-EM structure of an open conformation of a gap junction hemichannel in lipid bilayer nanodiscs	57
Gentle ions for cryo-FIB milling	50
High throughput cryo-EM provides structural understanding for modulators of the lysosomal ion channel TRPML1	50
Architecture of a PKS-NRPS hybrid megaenzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the genotoxin colibactin	47
Structural comparison of typical and atypical E2 pestivirus glycoproteins	45
Structural insight into CD93 recognition by IGFBP7	44
Structure of Anabaena flos-aquae gas vesicles revealed by cryo-ET	44
Crystal structure of the alternative complex III from the phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus	43
Phosphorylation at Ser65 modulates ubiquitin conformational dynamics	42
Structures of an active type III-A CRISPR effector complex	41
ATP-site inhibitors induce unique conformations of the acute myeloid leukemia-associated Src-family kinase, Fgr	40
Crystal structure of the lipid flippase MurJ in a “squeezed” form distinct from its inward- and outward-facing forms	40
Pocket delipidation induced by membrane tension or modification leads to a structurally analogous mechanosensitive channel state	38
One bead per residue can describe all-atom protein structures	37
Structural and functional insights into the mechanism by which MutS2 recognizes a DNA junction	37
Cryo-EM structure of the SPFH-NfeD family protein complex QmcA-YbbJ	37
Structural basis of phage transcriptional regulation	36
Structural basis of selective beta-carotene binding by a soluble protein	35
Computational design and improvement of a broad influenza virus HA stem targeting antibody	35
The structure of the R2T complex reveals a different architecture from the related HSP90 cochaperone R2TP	34

Desensitization dynamics of the AMPA receptor	34
Structural insights into ZBTB20 action at the AFP promoter	34
Cryo-EM structure of a DNA-PK trimer: higher order oligomerisation in NHEJ	34
Structural insights into the convergent evolution of sulfoxide synthase EgtB-IV, an ergothioneine-biosynthetic homolog of ovothiol synthase OvoA	33
Benchmarking AlphaFold2 on peptide structure prediction	33
PMSPcnn: Predicting protein stability changes upon single point mutations with convolutional neural network	33
Gating mechanism of the human α1β GlyR by glycine	32
Mg2+-dependent mechanism of environmental versatility in a multidrug efflux pump	32
Macromolecular refinement of X-ray and cryoelectron microscopy structures with Phenix/OPLS3e for improved structure and ligand quality	32
Structure of calcineurin bound to PI4KA reveals dual interface in both PI4KA and FAM126A	32