OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 15. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	199
Editorial Board	92
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	79
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	66
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	65
Editorial Board	60
Pneumocystis Mating-Type Locus and Sexual Cycle during Infection	54
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	54
The Classical, Yet Controversial, First Enzyme of Lipid Synthesis: Escherichia coli Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase	50
Antimicrobial Peptides and Small Molecules Targeting the Cell Membrane of Staphylococcus aureus	44
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	39
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	35
Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria	34
Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Consequences of Spore Killers in Ascomycetes	33
Genetic Networks That Govern Sexual Reproduction in the Pezizomycotina	32
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	31
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	31
From microbiome composition to functional engineering, one step at a time	30
RpoS and the bacterial general stress response	30
Endogenous and Borrowed Proteolytic Activity in theBorrelia	28
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	26
Evolutionary Morphogenesis of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Basidiomycota: Toward a New Evo-Devo Synthesis	26
RecBCD enzyme: mechanistic insights from mutants of a complex helicase-nuclease	25
How the PhoP/PhoQ System Controls Virulence and Mg ²⁺ Homeostasis: Lessons in Signal Transduction, Pathogenesis, Physiology, and Evolution	24
Variable surface antigen expression, virulence, and persistent infection by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites	22

White-opaque switching in Candida albicans : cell biology, regulation, and function	21
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	21
Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli	20
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	19
Clearing the air: unraveling past and guiding future research in atmospheric chemosynthesis	19
Coinfection by multiple Trypanosoma cruzi clones: a new perspective on host-parasite relationship with consequences for pathogenesis and management of Chagas disease	19
Large Clostridial Toxins: Mechanisms and Roles in Disease	18
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	18
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	17
The CD8⁺T Cell Noncytotoxic Antiviral Responses	17
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	16
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	16
A call for the United States to continue investing in science	15
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	15
Multiple sclerosis and infection: history, EBV, and the search for mechanism	15
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	15