OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbial Ecology is 29. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococci Modulate Cheese Microbial Diversity	170
Sediment DNA Records the Critical Transition of Bacterial Communities in the Arid Lake	159
Mechanisms Driving the Distribution and Activity of Mineralization and Nitrification in the Reservoir Riparian Zone	90
Polyurethane-Degrading Potential of Alkaline Groundwater Bacteria	76
Effects of Hyphomonas Strains on the Growth of Red Algae Pyropia Species by Attaching Specifically to Their Rhizoids	68
Impacts of Thermal Drainage on Bacterial Diversity and Community Construction in Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant	64
Comparative Analyses of Scylla olivacea Gut Microbiota Composition and Function Suggest the Capacity for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis	62
Sources of Fungal Symbionts in the Microbiome of a Mobile Insect Host, Spodoptera frugiperda	61
Response of Alternaria and Fusarium Species to Low Precipitation in a Drought-Tolerant Plant in Morocco	57
Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Litter Decomposition in Freshwaters: Role of Leaf Litter Quality and Environmental Characteristics	48
Distinguishable Influence of the Delivery Mode, Feeding Pattern, and Infant Sex on Dynamic Alterations in the Intestinal Microbiota in the First Year of Life	45
Metagenomic Analysis of Rhizospheric Bacterial Community of Citrus Trees Expressing Phloem-Directed Antimicrobials	43
Cyanosphere Dynamic During Dolichospermum Bloom: Potential Roles in Cyanobacterial Proliferation	40
Succession of Fungal Communities and Their Functional Profiles in a Decaying Foundation Species	39
Uncovering the Role of Autochthonous Deteriogenic Biofilm Community: Rožanec Mithraeum Monument (Slovenia)	38
Prokaryotic Diversity and Community Distribution in the Complex Hydrogeological System of the Añana Continental Saltern	37
Comparative Genomics Reveal the High Conservation and Scarce Distribution of Nitrogen Fixation nif Genes in the Plant-Associated Genus Herbaspirillum	37
A Comprehensive Insight of Current and Future Challenges in Large-Scale Soil Microbiome Analyses	37
Peanut-based Rotation Stabilized Diazotrophic Communities and Increased Subsequent Wheat Yield	35
Highly Diverse Symbiodiniaceae Types Hosted by Corals in a Global Hotspot of Marine Biodiversity	35
Marine Heatwave Caused Differentiated Dysbiosis in Photosymbiont Assemblages of Corals and Hydrocorals During El Niño 2015/2016	33
Diverse Microbial Hot Spring Mat Communities at Black Canyon of the Colorado River	32
Quantitative Amplicon Sequencing Is Necessary to Identify Differential Taxa and Correlated Taxa Where Population Sizes Differ	32
Selected Bacteria Are Critical for Karst River Carbon Sequestration via Integrating Multi-omics and Hydrochemistry Data	31
Experimental Evidence for Manure-Borne Bacteria Invasion in Soil During a Coalescent Event: Influence of the Antibiotic Sulfamethazine	31

Elevated O3 Exerts Stronger Effects than Elevated CO2 on the Functional Guilds of Fungi, but Collectively Increase the Structural Complexity of Fungi in a Paddy Soil	30
Microbial Diversity and Activity of Biofilms from Geothermal Springs in Croatia	30
Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Soil Microbial Biomass and Alters Microbial Composition Especially Under Low Soil Water Availability	30
Paenibacillus as a Biocontrol Agent for Fungal Phytopathogens: Is P. polymyxa the Only One Worth Attention?	30
Paired Root-Soil Samples and Metabarcoding Reveal Taxon-Based Colonization Strategies in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities in Japanese Cedar and Cypress Stands	29