OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Microbiology is 85. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Antimicrobial Peptides: Classification, Design, Application and Research Progress in Multiple Fields	696
Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms	526
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Toxicity, and Remediation Approaches	509
Geographic and Genomic Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations	466
Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics	447
Beyond Risk: Bacterial Biofilms and Their Regulating Approaches	390
Recent Understanding of Soil Acidobacteria and Their Ecological Significance: A Critical Review	333
Pandemics Throughout History	319
Impact of Vaccines; Health, Economic and Social Perspectives	300
Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Biological Tools for the Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Plants	289
Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the “Roseobacter Clade” Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae	268
Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes by Filamentous Fungi Inducers of Resistance: Trichoderma, Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi	234
Natural Anti-biofilm Agents: Strategies to Control Biofilm-Forming Pathogens	214
Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as “Probiotic” in Foods and Dietary Supplements	214
Review: Lessons Learned From Clinical Trials Using Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs)	198
Phylotaxogenomics for the Reappraisal of the Genus Roseomonas With the Creation of Six New Genera	182
Current status of pesticide effects on environment, human health and it’s eco-friendly management as bioremediation: A comprehensive review	173
Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera	170
The Demand for New Antibiotics: Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanoparticles, and Combinatorial Therapies as Future Strategies in Antibacterial Agent Design	161
Applications of Machine Learning in Human Microbiome Studies: A Review on Feature Selection, Biomarker Identification, Disease Prediction and Treatment	154
Bacterial Biofilm Inhibition: A Focused Review on Recent Therapeutic Strategies for Combating the Biofilm Mediated Infections	151
The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Diseases: The Role of Macrophages	147
Nitrogen Fixing Azotobacter Species as Potential Soil Biological Enhancers for Crop Nutrition and Yield Stability	142
Modulation of Plant Defense System in Response to Microbial Interactions	137
Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Animal Manure – Consequences of Its Application in Agriculture	134

MicroRNA Biomarkers for Infectious Diseases: From Basic Research to Biosensing	133
Anti-biofilm and Antibacterial Activities of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by the Reducing Activity of Phytoconstituents Present in the Indian Medicinal Plants	133
The EcoCyc Database in 2021	130
Regional-Scale In-Depth Analysis of Soil Fungal Diversity Reveals Strong pH and Plant Species Effects in Northern Europe	129
Mechanistic Insights of the Interaction of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) With Plant Roots Toward Enhancing Plant Productivity by Alleviating Salinity Stress	127
An Overview on Fecal Branched Short-Chain Fatty Acids Along Human Life and as Related With Body Mass Index: Associated Dietary and Anthropometric Factors	127
Oral Microbiome and SARS-CoV-2: Beware of Lung Co-infection	126
Microbiologically-Synthesized Nanoparticles and Their Role in Silencing the Biofilm Signaling Cascade	123
Revisiting Plant–Microbe Interactions and Microbial Consortia Application for Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture: A Review	122
Insights Into the Microbial Degradation and Biochemical Mechanisms of Neonicotinoids	120
Innovative Strategies Toward the Disassembly of the EPS Matrix in Bacterial Biofilms	117
Microbial Interactions Within Multiple-Strain Biological Control Agents Impact Soil-Borne Plant Disease	116
Interpretations of Environmental Microbial Community Studies Are Biased by the Selected 16S rRNA (Gene) Amplicon Sequencing Pipeline	115
Research Progress on Phytopathogenic Fungi and Their Role as Biocontrol Agents	115
Novel Odoribacter splanchnicus Strain and Its Outer Membrane Vesicles Exert Immunoregulatory Effects in vitro	113
The DNA Damage Inducible SOS Response Is a Key Player in the Generation of Bacterial Persister Cells and Population Wide Tolerance	112
Anti-spike, Anti-nucleocapsid and Neutralizing Antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 Inpatients and Asymptomatic Individuals	112
A Primary Physiological Role of Toxin/Antitoxin Systems Is Phage Inhibition	111
Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles: Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities, Biocompatibility, and Analyses of Surface-Attached Proteins	111
Regulatory Mechanisms and Promising Applications of Quorum Sensing-Inhibiting Agents in Control of Bacterial Biofilm Formation	110
Microbiome Composition and Function in Aquatic Vertebrates: Small Organisms Making Big Impacts on Aquatic Animal Health	109
Antibacterial Properties of Organosulfur Compounds of Garlic (Allium sativum)	108
Quinolines-Based SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro and RdRp Inhibitors and Spike-RBD-ACE2 Inhibitor for Drug-Repurposing Against COVID-19: An in silico Analysis	107
Mink, SARS-CoV-2, and the Human-Animal Interface	106
Modes of Action of Microbial Biocontrol in the Phyllosphere	105
Evolution of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Their Adaptation to the Human Lung Environment	105
D- and Unnatural Amino Acid Substituted Antimicrobial Peptides With Improved Proteolytic Resistance and Their Proteolytic Degradation Characteristics	104
Naringin Attenuates High Fat Diet Induced Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Gut Bacterial Dysbiosis in Mice	103
Exopolysaccharides as Antimicrobial Agents: Mechanism and Spectrum of Activity	103
Dynamics of Insect–Microbiome Interaction Influence Host and Microbial Symbiont	102
Alternative Strategies for Microbial Remediation of Pollutants via Synthetic Biology	102
Reactive Oxygen Species in Pathogen Clearance: The Killing Mechanisms, the Adaption Response, and the Side Effects	102
GABA Production by Human Intestinal Bacteroides spp.: Prevalence, Regulation, and Role in Acid Stress Tolerance	98
Mobile Carbapenemase Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	98
Efficient, Rapid, and Sensitive Detection of Plant RNA Viruses With One-Pot RT-RPA–CRISPR/Cas12a Assay	97
Combined Stochastic and Deterministic Processes Drive Community Assembly of Anaerobic Microbiomes During Granule Flotation	96
The Effects of Nutrition on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Cats and Dogs: Impact on Health and Disease	96
Microbe to Microbiome: A Paradigm Shift in the Application of Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture	96
Positive Selection of ORF1ab, ORF3a, and ORF8 Genes Drives the Early Evolutionary Trends of SARS-CoV-2 During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic	95
Futuristic Non-antibiotic Therapies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance: A Review	94
Microbial Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolases: Current and Future Perspectives	94
The Potential Intermediate Hosts for SARS-CoV-2	94
Potential of Salt Tolerant PGPR in Growth and Yield Augmentation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Saline Conditions	93
Understanding How Microorganisms Respond to Acid pH Is Central to Their Control and Successful Exploitation	93
Food Safety During and After the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic	92
Outer Membrane Vesicles of Gram-Negative Bacteria: An Outlook on Biogenesis	92
Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications	91
Desert Microbes for Boosting Sustainable Agriculture in Extreme Environments	91
Main Clinical Features of COVID-19 and Potential Prognostic and Therapeutic Value of the Microbiota in SARS-CoV-2 Infections	90
Oral Microbiome Dysbiosis Is Associated With Symptoms Severity and Local Immune/Inflammatory Response in COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study	90

Circulating Levels of the Short-Chain Fatty Acid Acetate Mediate the Effect of the Gut Microbiome on Visceral Fat	89
The Core Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Raised on Low-Bioburden Diets	89
Clinical Validation of Two Recombinase-Based Isothermal Amplification Assays (RPA/RAA) for the Rapid Detection of African Swine Fever Virus	89
Animal Models for COVID-19: Hamsters, Mouse, Ferret, Mink, Tree Shrew, and Non-human Primates	89
Exploring the Animal Waste Resistome: The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Through the Use of Livestock Manure	89
Virulence Factors in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae	88
Berry Polyphenols and Fibers Modulate Distinct Microbial Metabolic Functions and Gut Microbiota Enterotype-Like Clustering in Obese Mice	88
Performance of a Newly Isolated Salt-Tolerant Yeast Strain Sterigmatomyces halophilus SSA-1575 for Azo Dye Decolorization and Detoxification	86
A Review of Methods to Determine Viability, Vitality, and Metabolic Rates in Microbiology	86
The Lichens’ Microbiota, Still a Mystery?	86
A Review of Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles Using Algae	85
Human gut microbiota in health and disease: Unveiling the relationship	85