OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of General Virology is 7. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
SARS-coronavirus-2 replication in Vero E6 cells: replication kinetics, rapid adaptation and cytopathology	445
The dynamics of humoral immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 infection and the potential for reinfection	275
Update: proposed reference sequences for subtypes of hepatitis E virus (species Orthohepevirus A)	225
SARS-CoV-2 one year on: evidence for ongoing viral adaptation	134
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae 2022	133
SARS-CoV-2 growth, furin-cleavage-site adaptation and neutralization using serum from acutely infected hospitalized COVID-19 patients	120
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Geminiviridae 2021	92
The green tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection	92
The human papillomavirus oncoproteins: a review of the host pathways targeted on the road to transformation	92
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herpesviridae 2021	81
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Adenoviridae 2022	72
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arteriviridae 2021	69
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae	62
Targeting novel structural and functional features of coronavirus protease nsp5 (3CLpro, Mpro) in the age of COVID-19	57
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Solemoviridae 2021	53
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Caulimoviridae	52
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sedoreoviridae 2022	51
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Botourmiaviridae	51
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae 2022	47
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Potyviridae 2022	45
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepadnaviridae	45
Assessment of inactivation procedures for SARS-CoV-2	43
A putative new SARS-CoV protein, 3c, encoded in an ORF overlapping ORF3a	41
Molecular simulation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding to pangolin ACE2 or human ACE2 natural variants reveals altered susceptibility to infection	40
Hamster and ferret experimental infection with intranasal low dose of a single strain of SARS-CoV-2	39

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Alphaflexiviridae	38
Effective in vitro inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by commercially available mouthwashes	32
Antiviral and virucidal effects of curcumin on transmissible gastroenteritis virus in vitro	30
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pospiviroidae	29
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Retroviridae 2021	25
Understanding the outcomes of COVID-19 – does the current model of an acute respiratory infection really fit?	25
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Coronaviridae 2023	23
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bornaviridae	23
DExH/D-box helicases at the frontline of intrinsic and innate immunity against viral infections	22
Lysine 164 is critical for SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 inhibition of host gene expression	22
Human papillomavirus type 16 infection activates the host serine arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) – splicing factor axis	22
The first decade of research advances in influenza D virus	22
Dengue virus non-structural protein 1 activates the p38 MAPK pathway to decrease barrier integrity in primary human endothelial cells	21
A novel antiviral formulation inhibits a range of enveloped viruses	21
Head-to-head evaluation of seven different seroassays including direct viral neutralisation in a representative cohort for SARS-CoV-2	21
Optimized cell systems for the investigation of hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoproteins	21
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Spinareoviridae 2022	21
Nuclear localization of Zika virus NS5 contributes to suppression of type I interferon production and response	21
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Secoviridae 2022	20
Pathogenicity and immune response against porcine circovirus type 3 infection in caesarean-derived, colostrum-deprived pigs	19
Micro-fusion inhibition tests: quantifying antibody neutralization of virus-mediated cell–cell fusion	19
Egress of non-enveloped enteric RNA viruses	19
Towards an understanding of the avian virome	18
Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) from the 2021/22 epizootic is highly duck adapted and poorly adapted to chickens	18
Corrigendum: Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes	18
The emerging role of perivascular cells (pericytes) in viral pathogenesis	17
Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)	17
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Polymycoviridae 2022	17
Viral gastroenteritis in Tocantins, Brazil: characterizing the diversity of human adenovirus F through next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics	16
Antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 proteins N, S and E in COVID-19 patients in the normal population and in historical samples	16
Japanese encephalitis virus capsid protein interacts with non-lipidated MAP1LC3 on replication membranes and lipid droplets	16
SARS-CoV-2 replicon for high-throughput antiviral screening	16
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern alpha, beta, gamma and delta have extended ACE2 receptor host ranges	16
The population structure of Rose rosette virus in the USA	15
Proteomic landscape of Japanese encephalitis virus-infected fibroblasts	15
Oxidative stress specifically inhibits replication of dengue virus	15
Challenges on the development of a dengue vaccine: a comprehensive review of the state of the art	15
Plasma after both SARS-CoV-2 boosted vaccination and COVID-19 potently neutralizes BQ.1.1 and XBB.1	15
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nanoviridae	14
Regulation of host and viral promoters during human cytomegalovirus latency via US28 and CTCF	14
Exploration of the virome of the European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon)	14
Advances in understanding of the innate immune response to human norovirus infection using organoid models	14
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Metaviridae	14
A comprehensive profile of genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2 isolates from the state of Telangana, India	14
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Marnaviridae 2021	14
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Inoviridae	14
A single amino acid in coat protein of Pepper mild mottle virus determines its subcellular localization and the chlorosis symptom on leaves of pepper	14
Population diversity of cassava mosaic begomoviruses increases over the course of serial vegetative propagation	14
High prevalence and genomic characteristics of G6P[1] Bovine Rotavirus A in yak in China	13
Virus taxonomy and the role of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)	13

Identification of a novel lineage of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in dromedary camels, United Arab Emirates	13
Human cytomegalovirus major immediate early transcripts arise predominantly from the canonical major immediate early promoter in reactivating progenitor-derived dendritic cells	13
miR-927 has pro-viral effects during acute and persistent infection with dengue virus type 2 in C6/36 mosquito cells	13
Basic insights into Zika virus infection of neuroglial and brain endothelial cells	12
High prevalence, genetic diversity and a potentially novel genotype of Sapelovirus A (Picornaviridae) in enteric and respiratory samples in Hungarian swine farms	12
Predicting the recombination potential of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus	12
Guidance for creating individual and batch latinized binomial virus species names	12
Murine Ifit3 restricts the replication of Rabies virus both in vitro and in vivo	12
Multiple novel non-canonically transcribed sub-genomic mRNAs produced by avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus	12
Interferon responses to norovirus infections: current and future perspectives	11
Fiber1, but not fiber2, is the essential fiber gene for fowl adenovirus 4 (FAdV-4)	11
Different potato virus Y strains frequently co-localize in single epidermal leaf cells and in the aphid stylet	11
History and classification of Aigai virus (formerly Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus genotype VI)	11
Virus classification based on in-depth sequence analyses and development of demarcation criteria using the Betaflexiviridae as a case study	11
Autophagy impairment by African swine fever virus	11
Human BST-2/tetherin inhibits Junin virus release from host cells and its inhibition is partially counteracted by viral nucleoprotein	11
Simulated vector transmission differentially influences dynamics of two viral variants of deformed wing virus in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	10
Development of Rift valley fever encephalitis in rats is mediated by early infection of olfactory epithelium and neuroinvasion across the cribriform plate	10
Genetic and biological characterization of Newcastle disease viruses circulating in Bangladesh during 2010–2017: further genetic diversification of class II genotype XIII in Southcentral Asia	10
Analysis of partial sequences of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene as a tool for genus and subgenus classification of coronaviruses	10
Mutations in the cytoplasmic domain of dengue virus NS4A affect virus fitness and interactions with other non-structural proteins	10
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Redondoviridae	10
Mutations within scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) protein domain 5 of porcine CD163 involved in infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRS)	10
Characterization of a novel picornavirus isolated from moribund aquacultured clownfish	10
A genetic element in the SARS-CoV-2 genome is shared with multiple insect species	10
Molecular and clinical characterization of the equine-like G3 rotavirus that caused the first outbreak in Japan, 2016	10
Mass mortality among colony-breeding seabirds in the German Wadden Sea in 2022 due to distinct genotypes of HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b	10
Passage of influenza A/H3N2 viruses in human airway cells removes artefactual variants associated with neuraminidase-mediated binding	9
Discovery and characterization of a novel insect-specific reovirus isolated from Psammotettix alienus	9
Mutations in PB2 and HA enhanced pathogenicity of H4N6 avian influenza virus in mice	9
Potential origins of fish toti-like viruses in invertebrates	9
Viral interactions with non-homologous end-joining: a game of hide-and-seek	9
Time series prediction for the epidemic trends of monkeypox using the ARIMA, exponential smoothing, GM (1, 1) and LSTM deep learning methods	9
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Finnlakeviridae	9
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae 2023	9
Characterization of mammalian orthoreoviruses isolated from faeces of pigs in Zambia	9
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Roniviridae	9
Prevalence and molecular characteristics of feline coronavirus in southwest China from 2017 to 2020	9
3D structure of three jumbo phage heads	9
Rapid generation of rotavirus single-gene reassortants by means of eleven plasmid-only based reverse genetics	9
Alphaviruses: Host pathogenesis, immune response, and vaccine & treatment updates	8
Genetic diversity of hepatitis B virus in Yunnan, China: identification of novel subgenotype C17, an intergenotypic B/I recombinant, and B/C recombinants	8
Comparison of lncRNA and mRNA expression in mouse brains infected by a wild-type and a lab-attenuated Rabies lyssavirus	8
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Poxviridae 2023	8
Neddylation of M1 negatively regulates the replication of influenza A virus	8
Molecular and genomic characterization of a novel equine molluscum contagiosum-like virus	8
Assessment of mycoviral diversity in Pakistani fungal isolates revealed infection by 11 novel viruses of a single strain of Fusarium mangiferae isolate SP1	8
Influence of the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) superoxide dismutase homologue on host transcriptional activity, apoptosis and histopathology	8
The crystal structure of vaccinia virus protein E2 and perspectives on the prediction of novel viral protein folds	8
Differential role of sphingomyelin in influenza virus, rhinovirus and SARS-CoV-2 infection of Calu-3 cells	8
Retrospective screening of routine respiratory samples revealed undetected community transmission and missed intervention opportunities for SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom	8
Natural antimicrobial peptides as a source of new antiviral agents	8
Discovering antiviral restriction factors and pathways using genetic screens	8
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Matonaviridae 2022	7
Characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus isolated from a tick in central Hokkaido in 2017	7
Revisiting dengue virus-mosquito interactions: molecular insights into viral fitness	7
A PCR assay to quantify patterns of HBV transcription	7
HERC5 E3 ligase mediates ISGylation of hepatitis B virus X protein to promote viral replication	7
Human convalescent plasma protects K18-hACE2 mice against severe respiratory disease	7
Exosomes promote caprine parainfluenza virus type 3 infection by inhibiting autophagy	7
N-glycosylation of infectious bronchitis virus M41 spike determines receptor specificity	7
Pathogenicity and transmissibility of a novel respirovirus isolated from a Malayan pangolin	7
The health of influenza surveillance and pandemic preparedness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic	7
A link between severe hepatitis in children and adenovirus 41 and adeno-associated virus 2 infections	7
Genomic diversity and intragenic recombination of species C rotaviruses	7
High-efficiency nonhomologous insertion of a foreign gene into the herpes simplex virus genome	7
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pseudoviridae	7
Effect of mutations in capsid shell protein on the assembly of BmCPV virus-like particles	7
Changes in complement alternative pathway components, factor B and factor H during dengue virus infection in the AG129 mouse	7
Prevalence of bovine astroviruses and their genotypes in sampled Chinese calves with and without diarrhoea	7
Nuclear pore protein Nup98 is involved in replication of Rift Valley fever virus and nuclear import of virulence factor NSs	7
Vaccinal efficacy of molecularly cloned Gallid alphaherpesvirus 3 strain 301B/1 against very virulent Marek’s disease virus challenge	7