Nature Reviews Microbiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 91. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Schistosomes go single cell2718
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response1768
Adapting to host life1179
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost820
Viruses on the move804
Arming the host759
Viral spillback727
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching714
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges678
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites636
Sticky Candida auris608
Gut–brain axis in ageing557
Author Correction: Priority effects in microbiome assembly525
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface520
Clostridioides difficile toxins: mechanisms of action and antitoxin therapeutics499
Microbial diversity in extreme environments491
The soil plastisphere442
Designer viral receptors408
Tracking E. coli’s systemic spread397
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic395
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour391
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation386
The intruders that stole the master key375
The endosymbiotic box of protective tricks368
Indirect intervention359
Taking the jump to humans335
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry329
Pioneering microbiome engineering324
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2323
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive319
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges316
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application299
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection299
Microbiome-based therapeutics298
Sharing the pollen291
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors288
Sensing when to colonize283
Bacteria like it soft280
Satellite RNA takes flight280
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages264
Phages get snappy261
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance255
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics243
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance242
Microbial adaptability in changing environments241
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications227
Influenza lineage extinction during the COVID-19 pandemic?227
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction207
Bacterial longevity202
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis198
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections197
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects191
Defending against plasmids190
Bottleneck and spread of Treponema pallidum189
Anti-defence islands in plasmids189
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs184
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes180
Fitting into your niche171
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development169
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities168
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases162
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity160
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world152
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns151
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy142
A manipulating pair141
Outgrowing antibiotic action136
Decisions, decisions…136
Cooperating to resist133
IgA makes gut fungi friendlier132
PrEPping the skin130
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory129
Getting ahead of the competition121
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity121
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments120
Whisperings from not so silent mutations120
Cells and computers, better together119
Intelligent bacteria for IBD118
Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways115
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance115
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses111
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens110
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi107
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection106
H. pylori evolution during disease102
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation102
In tandem towards resistance101
From B to Z in the matrix101
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance100
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere98
A tale of capsules, phages and plasmids97
Structure and function of retroviral integrase91
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