OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Viruses-Basel is 68. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Early Highly Pathogenic Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection Induces Necroptosis in Immune Cells of Peripheral Lymphoid Organs	267
Host Barriers Limit Viral Spread in a Spillover Host: A Study of Deformed Wing Virus in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris	214
Spanish HCMV Seroprevalence in the 21st Century	180
Caulobacter Strains Code for Novel Restriction Endonucleases That Protect Them from Bacteriophage Infections	147
Interspecies Transmission from Pigs to Ferrets of Antigenically Distinct Swine H1 Influenza A Viruses with Reduced Reactivity to Candidate Vaccine Virus Antisera as Measures of Relative Zoonotic Risk	138
Special Issue “Mosquito-Borne Virus Ecology”	134
Evaluation of the Neutralizing Antibody STE90-C11 against SARS-CoV-2 Delta Infection and Its Recognition of Other Variants of Concerns	131
Multi-Substituted Quinolines as HIV-1 Integrase Allosteric Inhibitors	126
Modeling the Dynamic of Multiwave Diseases: The Model of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease	116
Utility of ISARIC 4C Mortality Score, Vaccination History, and Anti-S Antibody Titre in Predicting Risk of Severe COVID-19	114
Host Molecule Incorporation into HIV Virions, Potential Influences in HIV Pathogenesis	114
Prevalence of Nasal Shedding of Equid Gammaherpesviruses in Healthy Swiss Horses	109
Are Bordetella bronchiseptica Siphoviruses (Genus Vojvodinavirus) Appropriate for Phage Therapy—Bacterial Allies or Foes?	107
Inactivation of Polyomavirus SV40 as Surrogate for Human Papillomaviruses by Chemical Disinfectants	107
Immune Priming of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) to Induce Resistance to Ostreid herpesvirus 1: Comparison of Infectious and Inactivated OsHV-1 with Poly I:C	100
Peripheral Neuropathy in Virologically Suppressed People Living with HIV: Evidence from the PIVOT Trial	99
SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant N Gene Mutations Reduce Sensitivity to the TaqPath COVID-19 Multiplex Molecular Diagnostic Assay	96
Rapid System to Detect Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Swabs	94
Structural Characterization of Human Bufavirus 1: Receptor Binding and Endosomal pH-Induced Changes	94
Special Issue: Research on Herpes Virus Fusion and Entry	93
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2: BA.4/BA.5 Variants Continues to Pose New Challenges	92
Facile Purification and Use of Tobamoviral Nanocarriers for Antibody-Mediated Display of a Two-Enzyme System	91
Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Tocantins State and the Diffusion of P.1.7 and AY.99.2 Lineages in Brazil	91
The Management of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in People with HIV	90
RETRACTED: Jiang, H.; Mei, Y.-F. SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination In Vitro. Viruses 2021, 13, 2056	87

Characterisation of a Live-Attenuated Rabies Virus Expressing a Secreted scFv for the Treatment of Rabies	87
The Additional 15 nt of 5′ UTR in a Novel Recombinant Isolate of Chilli Veinal Mottle Virus in Solanum nigrum L. Is Crucial for Infection	86
Expanded Diversity and Host Range of Bovine Hepacivirus—Genomic and Serological Evidence in Domestic and Wild Ruminant Species	86
Special Issue “Advances in Rabies Research”	85
First Clinical Case of Equine Parvovirus-Hepatitis-Related Theiler’s Disease in Asia	85
The Preventive Role of mRNA Vaccines in Reducing Death among Moderate Omicron-Infected Patients: A Follow-Up Study	84
Assessment of Nine Real-Time PCR Kits for African Swine Fever Virus Approved in Republic of Korea	84
Gender-Responsive Design of Bacteriophage Products to Enhance Adoption by Chicken Keepers in Kenya	83
MiR-181a Negatively Regulates Claudin-3 to Facilitate Lateolabrax maculatus Iridovirus Replication in Lateolabrax maculatus Astroglia Cells	83
Correction: Mase et al. Genetic Analysis of the Complete S1 Gene in Japanese Infectious Bronchitis Virus Strains. Viruses 2022, 14, 716	83
Hepatitis B Prevalence and Referral Rates in Vulnerable Populations Undergoing Community-Based Screening—Results from the LIVE(RO)2 Program	80
Nuclear Accumulation of Bm65 Aggregate Is Blocked by Mutations in the Nuclear Export Sequence of Bm65	79
Genomic Constellation of Human Rotavirus G8 Strains in Brazil over a 13-Year Period: Detection of the Novel Bovine-like G8P[8] Strains with the DS-1-like Backbone	79
Tobacco Mosaic Virus Movement: From Capsid Disassembly to Transport Through Plasmodesmata	79
Multiple Autonomous Cell Death Suppression Strategies Ensure Cytomegalovirus Fitness	79
Intramuscular [18F]F-FDG Administration for Successful PET Imaging of Golden Hamsters in a Maximum Containment Laboratory Setting	79
Inovirus-Encoded Peptides Induce Specific Toxicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	78
SARS-CoV-2 Structural Proteins Modulated Blood-Testis Barrier-Related Proteins through Autophagy in the Primary Sertoli Cells	77
HDAC6 Facilitates PRV and VSV Infection by Inhibiting Type I Interferon Production	76
Genetic Diversity and Molecular Evolution of Hepatitis E Virus Within the Genus Chirohepevirus in Bats	75
Hepatitis B Hospitalizations in Brazil: Temporal and Regional Patterns from 2008 to 2023	75
The Impact of First-Time SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Human Anelloviruses	74
Special Issue: “Innate Immunity to Virus Infection, 1st Edition”	74
Correction: Sun, Y.-D.; Yokomi, R. Genotype Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis Revealed the Origins of Citrus Yellow Vein Clearing Virus California Isolates. Viruses 2024, 16, 188	73
Kinetics of Abnormal Prion Protein in Blood of Transgenic Mice Experimentally Infected by Multiple Routes with the Agent of Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease	73
Genetic Diversity of the LTR Region of Polish SRLVs and Its Impact on the Transcriptional Activity of Viral Promoters	73
Viral Epitope Scanning Reveals Correlation between Seasonal HCoVs and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses among Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients	73
Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus Antigens in Lymphoma Tissues. Comment on Beatty et al. Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus and Lymphoma. Viruses 2023, 15, 2294	72
Immune-Cell-Based Therapy for COVID-19: Current Status	71
Structural Studies of Bacteriophage Φ6 and Its Transformations during Its Life Cycle	70
Mechanism of Viral Suppression among HIV Elite Controllers and Long-Term Nonprogressors in Nigeria and South Africa	70
Prediction of Clinical Trajectory in HCV-Related ACLD after SVR: Role of Liver Stiffness in a 5-Years Prospective Study	70
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibodies and Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 IgG Neutralizing Activity among Primary Health Care Workers 6 Months after Vaccination Rollout in France	70
Twenty Years of Collaboration to Sort out Phage Mu Replication and Its Dependence on the Mu Central Gyrase Binding Site	69
Pseudorabies Virus Mutants Lacking US9 Are Defective in Cytoplasmic Assembly and Sorting of Virus Particles into Axons and Not in Axonal Transport	69
Evaluation of Bispecific T-Cell Engagers Targeting Murine Cytomegalovirus	69
Correction: He et al. In Vivo Imaging Sheds Light on the Susceptibility and Permissivity of Carassius auratus to Cyprinid Herpesvirus 2 According to Developmental Stage. Viruses 2023, 15, 1746	69
Detection of Equine Parvovirus-Hepatitis Virus and Equine Hepacivirus in Archived Sera from Horses in France and Australia	69
Comparing In Vitro Faecal Fermentation Methods as Surrogates for Phage Therapy Application	68
Construction of an Influenza D Virus with an Eight-Segmented Genome	68
Epidemiological and Evolutionary Analysis of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 in Italy	68
Genome-Wide Analysis and Identification of UDP Glycosyltransferases Responsive to Chinese Wheat Mosaic Virus Resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana	68
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Epitope of ASFV-Encoded dUTPase by Monoclonal Antibodies	68