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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike trimers during fusion activation at single molecule resolution	105
The structures of the peptide transporters SLC15A3 and SLC15A4 reveal the recognition mechanisms for substrate and TASL	104
A mesophilic Argonaute from Clostridium formicaceticum with efficient DNA cleavage activity guided by small DNA	98
Design of a selective peptide inhibitor targeting KDM5C demethylase activity	87
One bead per residue can describe all-atom protein structures	83
Pocket delipidation induced by membrane tension or modification leads to a structurally analogous mechanosensitive channel state	54
High throughput cryo-EM provides structural understanding for modulators of the lysosomal ion channel TRPML1	47
Structural and functional insights into the mechanism by which MutS2 recognizes a DNA junction	45
Crystal structure of the lipid flippase MurJ in a “squeezed” form distinct from its inward- and outward-facing forms	45
Structures of an active type III-A CRISPR effector complex	44
Phosphorylation at Ser65 modulates ubiquitin conformational dynamics	43
ATP-site inhibitors induce unique conformations of the acute myeloid leukemia-associated Src-family kinase, Fgr	42
Gentle ions for cryo-FIB milling	41
The next decade in structural biology	41
GuaB3, an overlooked enzyme in cyanobacteria's toolbox that sheds light on IMP dehydrogenase evolution	41
Architecture of a PKS-NRPS hybrid megaenzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the genotoxin colibactin	40
Crystal structure of the alternative complex III from the phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus	40
Structural insight into CD93 recognition by IGFBP7	39
Cryo-EM structure of the SPFH-NfeD family protein complex QmcA-YbbJ	39
Structure of Anabaena flos-aquae gas vesicles revealed by cryo-ET	38
Structural comparison of typical and atypical E2 pestivirus glycoproteins	38
Computational design and improvement of a broad influenza virus HA stem targeting antibody	37
Nanobodies restore stability to cancer-associated mutants of tumor suppressor protein p16INK4a	37
Structural insights into ZBTB20 action at the AFP promoter	37
The structure of the R2T complex reveals a different architecture from the related HSP90 cochaperone R2TP	37

Structural basis of phage transcriptional regulation	36
PMSPcnn: Predicting protein stability changes upon single point mutations with convolutional neural network	35
Proteasome-associated autoinflammatory syndromes: The impact of mutations in proteasome subunits on particle assembly, structure, and activity	35
Cryo-EM structure of the vault from human brain reveals symmetry mismatch at its caps	35
Structural insights into the convergent evolution of sulfoxide synthase EgtB-IV, an ergothioneine-biosynthetic homolog of ovothiol synthase OvoA	35
Desensitization dynamics of the AMPA receptor	34
Cryo-EM structure of a DNA-PK trimer: higher order oligomerisation in NHEJ	33
The relationship between interfacial overlap and functional divergence in the yeast protein-protein interaction network	32