OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 33. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3226
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost	1033
Schistosomes go single cell	1005
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	995
Viruses on the move	898
Gut–brain axis in ageing	884
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	827
Viral spillback	819
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	819
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	796
Sticky Candida auris	773
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	647
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	639
The soil plastisphere	518
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	510
Designer viral receptors	501
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	476
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	458
Pioneering microbiome engineering	452
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	451
Taking the jump to humans	442
Indirect intervention	428
The intruders that stole the master key	425
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	405
The endosymbiotic box of protective tricks	405

Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	400
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	383
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	368
Microbiome-based therapeutics	368
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	360
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	359
Bacteria like it soft	347
Phages get snappy	341
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	321
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	321
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	304
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	297
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	287
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	280
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	273
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	268
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	245
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	241
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	238
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	233
Defending against plasmids	230
A molecular decoy for phage defence	229
Fitting into your niche	225
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	222
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	216
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	213
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	208
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	196
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	192
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity	189
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	178
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	174
A manipulating pair	167
Outgrowing antibiotic action	166
PrEPping the skin	162
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	159
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	158
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	156
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	150
A soothing bite for chikungunya	150
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	148
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	146
A transcription factor that links domains	145
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	145
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	144
Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways	144
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	141
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	136
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	136
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	135

The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	130
H. pylori evolution during disease	129
In tandem towards resistance	129
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	126
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	124
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	123
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	121
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	119
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	116
Spreading out of the lung	116
Off to a new host	110
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	110
The rising mpox crisis	106
A tale of two codes	105
Bee-saving symbionts	104
Capturing glycans	101
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	100
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	99
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	97
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	96
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	95
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	94
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers	91
Reviving colistin	86
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	85
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	85
The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis	84
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	81
Preventing programmed destruction	79
Recording the gut transit	79
Microbiome cartography	74
Quality MAGnified	73
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	71
Mapping the microbiome milieu	71
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	70
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	70
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	69
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	69
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	69
Gradients and consequences of heterogeneity in biofilms	68
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	67
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	64
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	63
Chemotaxis in the ocean	62
Microbiome shift in degrading soil	62
Long-term control of HIV	62
Settling with the motion	60
Busy symbionts during hibernation	60
Novel C. difficile toxin receptor	59
Bioplastic builders	58
Wolbachia likes it hot	58
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	57
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	55
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	54
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	54
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	53
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	53
Splitting the population in the gut	52
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	50
Evasion of plant immunity by microbial pathogens	48
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	48
The branches of the tree of life	48
A potential new player in gastric cancer	46
Unravelling the genome of giants	45
Gut phages fuel food addiction	43
Testing fast with uRAST	43
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	42
Gut microbiota and depression	40
Oomycete plant pathogens: biology, pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	39
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut	37
Shigella sonnei: epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, resistance and host interactions	36
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife	35
Pertussis vaccines, epidemiology and evolution	35
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease	33
Forest microbiome and global change	33