OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbial Ecology is 26. 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
Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococci Modulate Cheese Microbial Diversity	134
Sediment DNA Records the Critical Transition of Bacterial Communities in the Arid Lake	127
Impacts of Thermal Drainage on Bacterial Diversity and Community Construction in Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant	81
Sources of Fungal Symbionts in the Microbiome of a Mobile Insect Host, Spodoptera frugiperda	72
The Toxic Effects of Cu and CuO Nanoparticles on Euplotes aediculatus	64
Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Litter Decomposition in Freshwaters: Role of Leaf Litter Quality and Environmental Characteristics	60
Comparative Analyses of Scylla olivacea Gut Microbiota Composition and Function Suggest the Capacity for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis	54
Microsporidian Infection in Mosquitoes (Culicidae) Is Associated with Gut Microbiome Composition and Predicted Gut Microbiome Functional Content	50
Polyurethane-Degrading Potential of Alkaline Groundwater Bacteria	50
Mechanisms Driving the Distribution and Activity of Mineralization and Nitrification in the Reservoir Riparian Zone	47
Distinct Phyllosphere Microbiome of Wild Tomato Species in Central Peru upon Dysbiosis	45
Response of Alternaria and Fusarium Species to Low Precipitation in a Drought-Tolerant Plant in Morocco	42
Distinguishable Influence of the Delivery Mode, Feeding Pattern, and Infant Sex on Dynamic Alterations in the Intestinal Microbiota in the First Year of Life	38
Effects of Hyphomonas Strains on the Growth of Red Algae Pyropia Species by Attaching Specifically to Their Rhizoids	37
Green Manures Alter Taxonomic and Functional Characteristics of Soil Bacterial Communities	36
Marine Heatwave Caused Differentiated Dysbiosis in Photosymbiont Assemblages of Corals and Hydrocorals During El Niño 2015/2016	36
Uncovering the Role of Autochthonous Deteriogenic Biofilm Community: Rožanec Mithraeum Monument (Slovenia)	35
Cyanosphere Dynamic During Dolichospermum Bloom: Potential Roles in Cyanobacterial Proliferation	35
The Effects of Shrub Removal on Soil Microbial Communities in Primary Forest, Secondary Forest and Plantation Forest on Changbai Mountain	32
Metagenomic Analysis of Rhizospheric Bacterial Community of Citrus Trees Expressing Phloem-Directed Antimicrobials	31
Quantitative Amplicon Sequencing Is Necessary to Identify Differential Taxa and Correlated Taxa Where Population Sizes Differ	31
Succession of Fungal Communities and Their Functional Profiles in a Decaying Foundation Species	29
Highly Diverse Symbiodiniaceae Types Hosted by Corals in a Global Hotspot of Marine Biodiversity	28
Microbial Diversity and Activity of Biofilms from Geothermal Springs in Croatia	28
Selected Bacteria Are Critical for Karst River Carbon Sequestration via Integrating Multi-omics and Hydrochemistry Data	27

Experimental Evidence for Manure-Borne Bacteria Invasion in Soil During a Coalescent Event: Influence of the Antibiotic Sulfamethazine	27
Comparative Genomics Reveal the High Conservation and Scarce Distribution of Nitrogen Fixation nif Genes in the Plant-Associated Genus Herbaspirillum	26
A Comprehensive Insight of Current and Future Challenges in Large-Scale Soil Microbiome Analyses	26