Nature Reviews Microbiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 94. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Adapting to host life3543
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost1188
Schistosomes go single cell1186
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response1087
Viruses on the move1056
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry1045
Viral spillback933
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges766
Sticky Candida auris738
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching622
Gut–brain axis in ageing607
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health596
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface571
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites546
The soil plastisphere519
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic517
Designer viral receptors501
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour479
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry476
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive466
Taking the jump to humans445
Indirect intervention431
The intruders that stole the master key411
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation385
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy366
Pioneering microbiome engineering361
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2349
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges336
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application326
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection313
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics308
Bacteria like it soft297
Phages get snappy295
Microbial adaptability in changing environments287
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors279
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications265
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages263
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications259
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance256
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance253
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics246
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction240
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis230
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections222
Anti-defence islands in plasmids218
Defending against plasmids214
A molecular decoy for phage defence210
Fitting into your niche205
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities204
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects204
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation192
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs188
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes185
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns182
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world179
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases177
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development176
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy175
A manipulating pair173
Outgrowing antibiotic action162
PrEPping the skin159
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity158
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory155
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs154
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens152
Intelligent bacteria for IBD151
A soothing bite for chikungunya148
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments143
Whisperings from not so silent mutations138
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses134
A transcription factor that links domains132
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils128
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection128
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation127
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi127
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance126
In tandem towards resistance123
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria123
H. pylori evolution during disease122
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods120
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance120
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world117
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance111
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere111
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis110
The microbial carbon pump and climate change108
Spreading out of the lung105
Cross-kingdom defence proteins101
Off to a new host99
The rising mpox crisis98
Bee-saving symbionts97
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes96
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease94
Blasting away a fungal pathogen94
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