OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 42. 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.)

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3777
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	1330
Viruses on the move	1302
Viral spillback	1202
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	1173
Sticky Candida auris	1159
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	1071
Schistosomes go single cell	871
Microorganisms lock up carbon in soil	816
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	771
Bundibugyo virus outbreak: when a concerning pathogen meets a humanitarian emergency	750
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health	646
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	637
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	569
The soil plastisphere	563
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	560
Designer viral receptors	553
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	534
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	487
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	481
Taking the jump to humans	447
Indirect intervention	431
The intruders that stole the master key	420
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	401
Pioneering microbiome engineering	391

Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	390
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	378
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	368
It takes three to modulate colitis	346
Emergence of human pathogenic fungi in a changing climate	345
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	343
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy	335
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	334
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome	322
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	318
Bacteria like it soft	318
Phages get snappy	301
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	300
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications	276
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	274
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	272
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	260
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	247
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	239
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	236
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	230
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	229
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	228
Defending against plasmids	223
A molecular decoy for phage defence	216
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	213
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	204
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	203
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	198
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	198
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	198
A new antibiotic scaffold hits a new target	192
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	183
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation	176
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	175
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	173
A manipulating pair	170
PrEPping the skin	169
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	167
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	160
A transcription factor that links domains	153
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	150
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils	150
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	148
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	143
Climate change boosts Salmonella antimicrobial resistance	140
A soothing bite for chikungunya	140
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	136
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	135
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	134

The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	133
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	133
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	130
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	126
In tandem towards resistance	124
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	124
H. pylori evolution during disease	124
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	118
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	117
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	116
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	116
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance	113
Spreading out of the lung	109
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	109
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	109
Off to a new host	104
The rising mpox crisis	102
Bee-saving symbionts	102
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	99
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	99
Reviving colistin	94
A tale of two codes	93
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	90
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	88
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease	85
Streptomyces deploys an ancient toxin to feast on insects	84
Early microbial encounters, lasting effects: strains matter	83
Fermented food microbiome: influence on oral and gut microbiota, and human health	81
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers	80
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	80
Capturing glycans	79
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	78
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	78
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	76
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	76
Preventing programmed destruction	72
Mapping the microbiome milieu	70
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	70
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	64
Quality MAGnified	64
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	64
Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems	62
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	61
Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system	61
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	60
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	59
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	58
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	58
Settling with the motion	57
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	57
Bioplastic builders	56
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	53
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	53
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	53
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	52
Splitting the population in the gut	51
Reverse vaccinology 3.0	50
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	49
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	48
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	46
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	45
A potential new player in gastric cancer	44
Unravelling the genome of giants	43
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	42
Gut phages fuel food addiction	42
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife	42
Testing fast with uRAST	42