OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 20. 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
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	146
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	135
Role of TMDs in Class I viral fusion proteins	129
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	108
Looking beyond the rumen: uncovering opportunities to improve health and performance by considering the whole gastrointestinal tract	106
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	101
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	99
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	95
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	88
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	86
Effective influenza treatment: a comprehensive review of challenges and advances	77
Revisiting cattle respiratory health: key roles of the gut-lung axis in the dynamics of respiratory tract pathobiome	77
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	55
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	44
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	42
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	40
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	37
The microbiome in reptile health, disease, and ecology	36
Helicobacter pylori geographic variation: a window into global differences in gastric cancer incidence	35
EcoSal Plus will become a part of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	34
HIV reservoirs in lymphomagenesis: hidden driver in the era of viral suppression?	34
How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts	33
Molecular pathogenesis of Haemophilus ducreyi infection in human volunteers	32
Roles of transcription factors and chromatin remodelers in regulating innate immune responses in Caenorhabditis elegans	31
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	30

Vesicle-driven endomembrane systems in fungi	30
Neurotransmitter signaling in molecular and behavioral immune responses to pathogens in C. elegans	30
The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name	28
Membrane and organelle rearrangement during ascospore formation in budding yeast	28
Aminoglycoside uptake, stress, and potentiation in Gram-negative bacteria: new therapies with old molecules	27
Building the bacterial flagellum: coordinating regulation, dynamic assembly, and function	26
Programmed chromosome fragmentation in ciliated protozoa: multiple means to chromosome ends	26
Structural and functional diversity of Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pump transporters with implications for antimicrobial resistance	26
CRISPRi functional genomics in bacteria and its application to medical and industrial research	26
Lessons Learned and Yet-to-Be Learned on the Importance of RNA Structure in SARS-CoV-2 Replication	25
Vesicular mechanisms of drug resistance in apicomplexan parasites	25
Turning defects into defenses: the potential and challenges of defective viral genome-based antiviral strategies	24
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease	24
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes	24
2025 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	23
Reconsidering the blood-brain barrier: histopathology and microanatomy of cryptococcal CNS infection	23
Do RND efflux pumps require protomeric cooperativity within the trimer to mediate antimicrobial resistance?	23
Editorial Board	23
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	22
Velvet regulators as master integrators of development, metabolism, and pathogenicity in filamentous fungi	22
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	22
Viral factors underlying the pandemic potential of influenza viruses	20