OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IUCrJ is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Characterizing self-assembled structures made with magnetic Janus nanoparticles	63
Towards improved accuracy of Hirshfeld atom refinement with an alternative electron density partition	51
Advancing dynamic quantum crystallography: enhanced models for accurate structures and thermodynamic properties	42
Community recommendations on cryoEM data archiving and validation	39
Structural and biophysical aspects of L-asparaginases: a growing family with amazing diversity	36
Triosephosphate isomerase: the perfect enzyme, but how does it work?	33
Time scale of glycation in collagen of bovine pericardium-derived bio-tissues	32
Submission of structural biology data for review purposes	31
Tracing electron density changes in langbeinite under pressure	29
Water and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine: an odd couple make a solid match	26
Fragmentation and transferability in Hirshfeld atom refinement	25
The spontaneous self-assembly of a molecular water pipe in 3D space	25
Spatiotemporal control of L-phenylalanine crystallization in microemulsion: the role of water in mediating molecular self-assembly	24
Maximizing completeness in single-crystal high-pressure diffraction experiments: phase transitions in 2°AP	22
Dynamic correlations and possible diffusion pathway in the superionic conductor Cu_2−xSe	21
An advanced workflow for single-particle imaging with the limited data at an X-ray free-electron laser. Corrigendum	20
Enhancing hydrogen positions in X-ray structures of transition metal hydride complexes with dynamic quantum crystallography	20
Introducing two new Main Editors of IUCrJ	20
High-resolution single-particle cryo-EM of samples vitrified in boiling nitrogen	20
Crystal structures of PigF, anO-methyltransferase involved in the prodigiosin synthetic pathway, reveal an induced-fit substrate-recognition mechanism	19
Emergence of liquid following laser melting of gold thin films	19
Angular X-ray cross-correlation analysis applied to the scattering data in 3D reciprocal space from a single crystal	19
Slow protein dynamics probed by time-resolved oscillation crystallography at room temperature	18
Many locks to one key: N-acetylneuraminic acid binding to proteins	17
Serial small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering with laboratory sources	17

C-SPAM: an open-source time-resolved specimen vitrification device with light-activated molecules	17
Quantum refinement in real and reciprocal space using the Phenix and ORCA software	17
Scanning WAXS microscopy of regenerated cellulose fibers at mesoscopic resolution	16
In situ serial crystallography facilitates 96-well plate structural analysis at low symmetry	16
Understanding structural distortions in hybrid layered perovskites with the n = 1 Ruddlesden–Popper structure	15
A new approach for serial electron diffraction data collection	15
Nanostructure and dynamics of N-truncated copper amyloid-β peptides from advanced X-ray absorption fine structure	15
The structure of AcrIC9 revealing the putative inhibitory mechanism of AcrIC9 against the type IC CRISPR–Cas system	15
A phenomenological model of the X-ray pulse statistics of a high-repetition-rate X-ray free-electron laser	15
Predicting photoactivity in dithienylethene crystalline solids	14
Going beyond ensemble average angular cross-correlation analysis	14
Crystal structure prediction: achievements and opportunities	12
Real-space texture and pole-figure analysis using the 3D pair distribution function on a platinum thin film	12
Simulating diffraction photographs based on molecular dynamics trajectories of a protein crystal: a new option to examine structure-solving strategies in protein crystallography	12
The Haemophilus influenzae HipBA toxin–antitoxin system adopts an unusual three-component regulatory mechanism	12
Towards pump–probe single-crystal XFEL refinements for small-unit-cell systems	12
On the angular anisotropy of the randomly averaged magnetic neutron scattering cross section of nanoparticles	11
Toward a quantitative description of solvation structure: a framework for differential solution scattering measurements	11
Linking solid-state phenomena via energy differences in `archetype crystal structures'	11
Binding structures of SERF1a with NT17-polyQ peptides of huntingtin exon 1 revealed by SEC-SWAXS, NMR and molecular simulation	10
Crystal structure of a bacterial photoactivated adenylate cyclase determined by serial femtosecond and serial synchrotron crystallography	10
New ligand-binding sites identified in the crystal structures of β-lactoglobulin complexes with desipramine	10
virusMED: your travel guide to the virus world	10
Structure of Aquifex aeolicus lumazine synthase by cryo-electron microscopy to 1.42 Å resolution	10
Structural and biochemical insights into PsEst3, a new GHSR-type esterase obtained from Paenibacillus sp. R4	10
Bridging length scales in hard materials with ultra-small angle X-ray scattering – a critical review	10
AI-enhanced X-ray diffraction analysis: towards real-time mineral phase identification and quantification	10
Fixed-target pump–probe SFX: eliminating the scourge of light contamination	10
Dynamical refinement with multipolar electron scattering factors	10
Using deep-learning predictions reveals a large number of register errors in PDB depositions	10
Molecular basis of dimerization of lytic transglycosylase revealed by the crystal structure of MltA from Acinetobacter baumannii	9
Waterless structures in the Protein Data Bank	9
Tuneable local order in thermoelectric crystals	9
Neutron structures of Leishmania mexicana triosephosphate isomerase in complex with reaction-intermediate mimics shed light on the proton-shuttling steps	9
CSD Communications of the Cambridge Structural Database	9
Unveiling the self-association and desolvation in crystal nucleation	9
Fixed-target serial femtosecond crystallography using in cellulo grown microcrystals	9
Symmetry of antiferroelectric crystals crystallized in polar point groups	8
Enhancing deep-learning training for phase identification in powder X-ray diffractograms	8
Accelerating the discovery of new materials with deep learning	8
Charge density studies of multicentre two-electron bonding of an anion radical at non-ambient temperature and pressure	8
Improved grain mapping by laboratory X-ray diffraction contrast tomography	8
Approximating deformation fields for the analysis of continuous heterogeneity of biological macromolecules by 3D Zernike polynomials	8
IUCrJ launches electron crystallography section	8
Structural insights into the substrate-binding proteins Mce1A and Mce4A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	8
Crystal engineering in IUCrJ 2021: interactions, structures, properties	7
How to get maximum structure information from anisotropic displacement parameters obtained by three-dimensional electron diffraction: an experimental study on metal–organic frameworks	7
Cocrystals of a coumarin derivative: an efficient approach towards anti-leishmanial cocrystals against MIL-resistant Leishmania tropica	7
Poetry in motion: catching molecules in action	7
Orthorhombic charge density wave on the tetragonal lattice of EuAl₄	7

Fully automated multi-grid cryoEM screening using Smart Leginon	7
Roodmus: a toolkit for benchmarking heterogeneous electron cryo-microscopy reconstructions	7
Managing negative linear compressibility and thermal expansion through steric hindrance: a case study of 1,2-bis(4′-pyridyl)ethane cocrystals	7
Accurate crystal structure of ice VI from X-ray diffraction with Hirshfeld atom refinement	7
JINXED: just in time crystallization for easy structure determination of biological macromolecules	7
Hirshfeld atom refinement and dynamical refinement of hexagonal ice structure from electron diffraction data	7
Metal-free enantiomorphic perovskite [dabcoH₂]²⁺[H₃O]⁺Br⁻ ₃ and its one-dimensional polar polymorph	7
Structure determination using high-order spatial correlations in single-particle X-ray scattering	6
Observing femtosecond orbital dynamics in ultrafast Ge melting with time-resolved resonant X-ray scattering	6
Cryo-EM at ACA 2022	6
Rapid and efficient room-temperature serial synchrotron crystallography using the CFEL TapeDrive	6
Micro-structured polymer fixed targets for serial crystallography at synchrotrons and XFELs	6
To bind, or not to bind, that is the question…	6
3D-printed sheet jet for stable megahertz liquid sample delivery at X-ray free-electron lasers	6
The crystal structure of the killer fibre erionite from Tuzköy (Cappadocia, Turkey)	6
The interoperability of crystallographic data and databases	6
Refining perovskite structures to pair distribution function data using collective Glazer modes as a basis	6