OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Microbiology is 44. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The mass spectrometry of microbiome-mediated metabolism of food: challenges and opportunities	142
Synthetic microbial communities for studying and engineering the tree microbiome: challenges and opportunities	136
PhoU: a multifaceted regulator in microbial signaling and homeostasis	124
The mycobiome: interactions with host and implications in diseases	110
Citrobacter rodentium(ϕStx2dact), a murine infection model for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli	98
Genetic mechanisms governing sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile	87
Vertebrate and invertebrate animal infection models of Candida auris pathogenicity	85
Convergence in domesticated fungi used for cheese and dry-cured meat maturation: beneficial traits, genomic mechanisms, and degeneration	84
Editorial overview: Antibiotics special issue	82
In vivo studies on Citrobacter rodentium and host cell death pathways	81
Editorial overview: Fungal diversity: Now for something completely different	80
Genetic and environmental factors shape the host response to Helicobacter hepaticus: insights into IBD pathogenesis	80
Renal implications of coronavirus disease 2019: insights into viral tropism and clinical outcomes	79
Seizing the moment: now is the time for integrated global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater environments	76
Innovative approaches in the discovery of terpenoid natural products	72
Editorial Board	69
Insights into Alphaproteobacterial regulators of cell envelope remodeling	68
The impact of the host microbiota on Candida albicans infection	66
Control of bacterial second messenger signaling and motility by heme-based direct oxygen-sensing proteins	65
Ca2+-calmodulin signalling at the host-pathogen interface	64
Increasing the PACE of characterising novel transporters by functional genomics	62
Manipulation of host cell plasma membranes by intracellular bacterial pathogens	62
Co-opting bacterial viruses for DNA exchange: structure and regulation of gene transfer agents	61
Crosstalk between (p)ppGpp and other nucleotide second messengers	61
Editorial overview: Unraveling microbiome complexity	61

Fungus–insect interactions beyond bilateral regimes: the importance and strategy to outcompete host ectomicrobiomes by fungal parasites	57
Function of autophagy genes in innate immune defense against mucosal pathogens	57
Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	56
Fungal effectors: past, present, and future	55
Advances in regulation of homeostasis through chromatin modifications by airway commensals	55
Connecting microbial community assembly and function	54
Editorial overview: Human fungal pathogens: An increasing threat	54
Bottlenecks and opportunities in antibiotic discovery against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	53
Innovative and potential treatments for fungal central nervous system infections	53
Assembly of the exosporium layer in Clostridioides difficile spores	53
Soterobionts: disease-preventing microorganisms and proposed strategies to facilitate their discovery	51
Neuroinvasion and neurotropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	51
Defining the expanding mechanisms of phage-mediated activation of bacterial immunity	51
Antifungal drug-resistance mechanisms in Candida biofilms	50
Host control by SPβ phage regulatory switch as potential manipulation strategy	48
The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and its role in maternal and infant health	48
Editorial Board	45
Pain killers: the interplay between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and Clostridioides difficile infection	45
Editorial overview: Bacterial microcompartments to the fore as metabolism is put in its place	45
Activation of complement-like antiparasitic responses in Anopheles mosquitoes	44