Nature Reviews Microbiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 95. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-193202
SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape2636
Gut microbiota in human metabolic health and disease2037
Coronavirus biology and replication: implications for SARS-CoV-22022
Plant–microbiome interactions: from community assembly to plant health1419
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations1193
The gut microbiota–brain axis in behaviour and brain disorders904
Antibiotic resistance in the environment845
Nanomaterial-based therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections649
Gut microbial metabolites as multi-kingdom intermediates568
Considerations for diagnostic COVID-19 tests556
Infectious disease in an era of global change555
Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses447
Biofilm dispersion447
SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis431
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation354
Regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis and remodelling353
Tolerance and resistance of microbial biofilms347
Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health338
An evolving view on biogeochemical cycling of iron316
Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry312
Bat-borne virus diversity, spillover and emergence299
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2288
The population genetics of pathogenic Escherichia coli280
Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses275
Mechano-bactericidal actions of nanostructured surfaces275
The human virome: assembly, composition and host interactions275
Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for therapeutic development274
Prevotella diversity, niches and interactions with the human host266
Host–microbiota interactions in immune-mediated diseases260
Pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus in the immunocompromised host257
Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority253
Microbial volatile organic compounds in intra-kingdom and inter-kingdom interactions245
Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms243
Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited238
The role of vaccines in combatting antimicrobial resistance238
Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology234
Horizontal gene transfer and adaptive evolution in bacteria226
Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis224
Diversity within species: interpreting strains in microbiomes223
Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation and social interactions218
Interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments212
The stringent response and physiological roles of (pp)pGpp in bacteria207
Beyond horizontal gene transfer: the role of plasmids in bacterial evolution202
Ecology and genomics of Actinobacteria: new concepts for natural product discovery201
Influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2: pathogenesis and host responses in the respiratory tract199
Priority effects in microbiome assembly196
Biology and evolution of bacterial toxin–antitoxin systems189
Soil microbiomes and one health185
SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness184
Bacterial motility: machinery and mechanisms182
Skeletal infections: microbial pathogenesis, immunity and clinical management179
Microbiome-based therapeutics179
The structural basis of herpesvirus entry175
Antimicrobial use, drug-resistant infections and COVID-19173
Crop microbiome and sustainable agriculture171
Infections at the maternal–fetal interface: an overview of pathogenesis and defence169
Microbial diversity in extreme environments165
Reconstructing organisms in silico: genome-scale models and their emerging applications163
Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease162
Nutritional immunity: the battle for nutrient metals at the host–pathogen interface162
The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins158
The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space157
Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in microbiome investigations156
Anti-tuberculosis treatment strategies and drug development: challenges and priorities150
Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome150
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis149
The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts149
Evasion of plant immunity by microbial pathogens147
Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook145
Examining horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities144
SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies142
Proximate and ultimate causes of the bactericidal action of antibiotics140
Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite–mutualist continuum137
Human papillomaviruses: diversity, infection and host interactions134
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis132
Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: complexity provides opportunities132
Microbial production of advanced biofuels130
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward129
The host-associated archaeome122
Learning from the past: development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines121
Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane119
Staphylococcus aureus host interactions and adaptation118
Evolutionary causes and consequences of bacterial antibiotic persistence116
Salmonella Typhimurium and inflammation: a pathogen-centric affair116
Interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi and ticks115
Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats113
Formation and function of bacterial organelles113
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease111
Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats110
When anaerobes encounter oxygen: mechanisms of oxygen toxicity, tolerance and defence107
Nanomaterials arising amid antibiotic resistance107
Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system103
Target protection as a key antibiotic resistance mechanism100
Architecture of bacterial respiratory chains99
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