OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 53. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane	587
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes	437
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining	286
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens	269
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary	209
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation	183
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing	168
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)	138
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch	128
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST	125
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos	124
ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism	118
P-type ATPase magnesium transporter MgtA acts as a dimer	117
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting	116
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis	115
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site	95
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan	90
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes	83
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein	83
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly	82
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design	80
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	80
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin	79
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer	79
Surviving under stress conditions	78

TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization	77
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR	77
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors	74
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring	73
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease	73
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies	73
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport	72
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex	72
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging	71
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction	71
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair	70
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex	70
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters	69
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function	67
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator	66
Nature, more than nurture, of epigenetic states	65
Author Correction: Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase	60
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior	60
Structures of transcription preinitiation complex engaged with the +1 nucleosome	57
THEMIS is a substrate and allosteric activator of SHP1, playing dual roles during T cell development	57
Phase separation drives X-chromosome inactivation	57
Structures of outer-arm dynein array on microtubule doublet reveal a motor coordination mechanism	56
The conformational landscape of human transthyretin revealed by cryo-EM	56
Comprehensive analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae intron structures in vivo	55
Dynamic PRC1–CBX8 stabilizes a porous structure of chromatin condensates	55
Structure of adenylyl cyclase 5 in complex with Gβγ offers insights into ADCY5-related dyskinesia	54
DNA methylation restricts coordinated germline and neural fates in embryonic stem cell differentiation	54
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus	54
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM	53
Building insights into KRAS signaling complexes	53
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies	53