OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Microbiology is 51. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Subscription and Copyright Information	646
Advisory Board and Contents	413
Advisory Board and Contents	185
Advisory Board and Contents	185
Advisory Board and Contents	175
Subscription and Copyright Information	155
Advisory Board and Contents	132
Revisiting AMPylation through the lens of Fic enzymes	123
RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus	106
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story	105
Transposon-Associated CRISPR-Cas System: A Powerful DNA Insertion Tool	96
Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes	95
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System	93
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium	92
Emerging Role for MAIT Cells in Control of Antimicrobial Resistance	91
Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions	86
Likelihood of amyloid formation in COVID-19-induced ARDS	84
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean	84
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens	84
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence	81
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’	77
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research	77
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle	76
Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion	74
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori	73

Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits	73
Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins	71
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria	70
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture	68
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context	68
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence	67
Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy	66
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity	65
Cross-correlation of virome–bacteriome–host–metabolome to study respiratory health	64
Advisory Board and Contents	63
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair	63
Advisory Board and Contents	60
Subscription and Copyright Information	60
HCV egress – unconventional secretion of assembled viral particles	60
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation	59
Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification	59
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?	58
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters	57
Advisory Board and Contents	57
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report	57
Aspergillus nidulans	55
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation	54
Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses	54
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?	54
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions	53
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants	53
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections	51
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance	51