OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation is 25. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Ecological impact of mechanical cleaning method to curb black stain alterations on Paleolithic cave walls	273
Synthesis and characterization of electrospun nanofibers for the immobilization of a cocktail of native laccases from Pycnoporus sanguineus CS:43 and their evaluation in the biotransformation of 2,4,6	139
Alternaria tenuissima, a biodeteriogenic filamentous fungus from ancient Oplontis ruins, rapidly penetrates tuff stone in an in vitro colonization test	123
Outer membrane vesicles on larval metamorphosis	96
Stratification of microbial communities and their functions in mossy biofilms colonizing the giant monolithic statue of buddha	57
Reaction zone evolution and remediation efficacy evaluation of in-situ biogeochemical transformation of emulsified vegetable oil-FeSO4 enhanced tetrachloroethylene-contaminated aquifers	56
Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of nicotine metabolism in Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans ATCC 49919	51
Riboflavin derivatives as a novel electron transfer mediator for enhancing Cr(VI) removal by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1	47
Baseline characteristics of the microbial community structure and composition of the world cultural heritage sites in Macau	45
Metal ions-induced structural modification of extracellular polymers: Impact of the valence on sludge biodegradability and dewaterability	39
Enhanced biodegradation of herbicide dicamba in industrial wastewater and farmland soil via immobilized Sphingobium sp. A2	35
Relationship between biodiversity and power generated by anodic bacteria enriched from petroleum-contaminated soil at various potentials	34
Bibliometric analysis as a way to publish papers	34
Importance of bacterial flagellar cap protein gene fliD on biofilm formation to determine the settlement and metamorphosis of Mytilus coruscus	33
In-depth analysis of biological regulation and process characteristics in the treatment of bath wastewater using oxic-anoxic biological magnetically suspended fluidized bed reactor (O-ABMSFBR)	33
Corrigendum to “Genomic and functional characterization of an Antarctic strain of Rhodosporidiobolus odoratus and its hydrocarbon-degradation potential” [Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 214 (2026) 106379	33
Editorial Board	32
Identification of a phosphotriesterase-like lactonase in Klebsiella sp. and enhancement of its biofouling mitigation potential by γ-caprolactone	31
Hyperspectral imaging as a tool for profiling basidiomycete decay of Pinus sylvestris L.	31
Inauguration of the professional committee for the preventive conservation of architectural heritage in China	31
Soybean-processing wastewater as an electron donor for denitrification	30
Transcriptomic and genomic profiling revealed the unique cellular response mechanism involved in arsenite stress in Thermus tengchongensis	28
Free nitrous acid as a suitable suppressor of nitrite oxidizing bacteria in a continuous-flow fixed-film partial nitritation/anammox bioreactor	28
Bacterial bioconsolidation of deteriorated limestone exposed to tropical conditions	27
Birnessite-assisted ecological adaptation of Sphingomonas HDJX-2 accelerates phenanthrene degradation in contaminated soils	26