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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Adapting to host life3777
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response1330
Viruses on the move1302
Viral spillback1202
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges1173
Sticky Candida auris1159
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching1071
Schistosomes go single cell871
Microorganisms lock up carbon in soil816
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry771
Bundibugyo virus outbreak: when a concerning pathogen meets a humanitarian emergency750
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health646
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites637
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface569
The soil plastisphere563
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic560
Designer viral receptors553
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour534
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry487
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive481
Taking the jump to humans447
Indirect intervention431
The intruders that stole the master key420
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation401
Pioneering microbiome engineering391
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2390
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges378
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics368
It takes three to modulate colitis346
Emergence of human pathogenic fungi in a changing climate345
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application343
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy335
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection334
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome322
Bacteria like it soft318
Microbial adaptability in changing environments318
Phages get snappy301
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages300
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications276
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics274
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors272
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications260
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance247
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance239
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction236
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis230
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections229
Anti-defence islands in plasmids228
Defending against plasmids223
A molecular decoy for phage defence216
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects213
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes204
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities203
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs198
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns198
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development198
A new antibiotic scaffold hits a new target192
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world183
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation176
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases175
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy173
A manipulating pair170
PrEPping the skin169
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory167
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection160
A transcription factor that links domains153
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils150
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments150
Whisperings from not so silent mutations148
Intelligent bacteria for IBD143
Climate change boosts Salmonella antimicrobial resistance140
A soothing bite for chikungunya140
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance136
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria135
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs134
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity133
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi133
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens130
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses126
H. pylori evolution during disease124
In tandem towards resistance124
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation124
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance118
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world117
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere116
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods116
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance113
Spreading out of the lung109
The microbial carbon pump and climate change109
Cross-kingdom defence proteins109
Off to a new host104
Bee-saving symbionts102
The rising mpox crisis102
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes99
Blasting away a fungal pathogen99
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