OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 31. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3078
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost	2077
Schistosomes go single cell	958
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	932
Viruses on the move	916
Gut–brain axis in ageing	840
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	800
Clostridioides difficile toxins: mechanisms of action and antitoxin therapeutics	797
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	776
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	741
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	722
Viral spillback	694
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	612
Sticky Candida auris	601
The soil plastisphere	595
Microbial diversity in extreme environments	481
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	476
Designer viral receptors	453
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	452
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	435
Pioneering microbiome engineering	419
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	416
Taking the jump to humans	392
Indirect intervention	380
The intruders that stole the master key	377

The endosymbiotic box of protective tricks	368
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	363
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	361
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	359
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	358
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	351
Microbiome-based therapeutics	345
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	329
Satellite RNA takes flight	327
Bacteria like it soft	303
Phages get snappy	300
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	295
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	292
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	278
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	277
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	261
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	260
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	254
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	249
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	240
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	233
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	224
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	215
Bottleneck and spread of Treponema pallidum	211
Defending against plasmids	207
A molecular decoy for phage defence	206
Fitting into your niche	199
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	198
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	196
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	195
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	194
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	193
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity	178
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	173
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	169
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	155
A manipulating pair	154
Outgrowing antibiotic action	153
PrEPping the skin	152
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	145
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	144
Decisions, decisions…	141
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	139
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	137
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	135
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	134
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	133
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	129
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	126
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	125

Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	125
Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways	124
A soothing bite for chikungunya	122
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	121
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	120
In tandem towards resistance	119
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	116
H. pylori evolution during disease	116
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	111
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	111
From B to Z in the matrix	111
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	108
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	104
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	103
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	102
Spreading out of the lung	102
Off to a new host	100
The rising mpox crisis	99
Motor-powered trafficking	95
A tale of two codes	95
Bee-saving symbionts	93
Capturing glycans	92
Overcoming supply issues	90
Reviving colistin	85
Novel metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors	84
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	82
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	80
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	78
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	77
The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis	73
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	73
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	69
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	67
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	65
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	65
Preventing programmed destruction	64
Recording the gut transit	64
Microbiome cartography	64
Mapping the microbiome milieu	62
Quality MAGnified	62
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	61
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	61
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	60
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	60
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	58
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	57
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	55
Gradients and consequences of heterogeneity in biofilms	55
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	53
Long-term control of HIV	53
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	53
Chemotaxis in the ocean	52
Microbiome shift in degrading soil	51
Busy symbionts during hibernation	51
Settling with the motion	50
Bioplastic builders	49
Wolbachia likes it hot	49
Novel C. difficile toxin receptor	49
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	47
Evasion of plant immunity by microbial pathogens	45
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	43
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	43
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	42
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	42
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	42
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	41
A potential new player in gastric cancer	40
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	40
Unravelling the genome of giants	40
The branches of the tree of life	40
Testing fast with uRAST	35
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	32
Gut phages fuel food addiction	32
SARS-CoV-2 genomics as a springboard for future disease mitigation in LMICs	32
Gut microbiota and depression	31