OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is 49. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Targeted metabolomics reveals bioactive inflammatory mediators from gut into blood circulation in children with NAFLD	295
Neutralization of ionic interactions by dextran-based single-chain nanoparticles improves tobramycin diffusion into a mature biofilm	186
A colon mimetic screening approach reveals Lactobacillus fermentum as a microbiome-based therapy for COPD	158
Disruption of IgA-mediated aggregation at weaning favors mucus encroachment by commensal bacteria	130
Gene horizontal transfers and functional diversity negatively correlated with bacterial taxonomic diversity along a nitrogen gradient	106
Dietary copper-driven colonic dysbiosis mediates oxidative stress and butyrate deficiency to facilitate the spread of resistome in pigs	103
Dual-functionality of Nocardiopsis alba B57 in biocontrol and plant growth: a metabolomic approach to agricultural sustainability	102
In situ monitoring of Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri biofilm formation via real-time infrared spectroscopy	95
Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum	83
Lactobacillus plantarum L168 improves hyperoxia-induced pulmonary inflammation and hypoalveolarization in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	80
Fusobacterium nucleatum is enriched in invasive biofilms in colorectal cancer	80
Iron limitation-induced endophytic Ammoniphilus assemblage promotes root apoplastic iron remobilization by attenuation of salicylic acid pathways	79
Emerging non-antibiotic strategies for implant-associated biofilm infections by reprogramming the dysregulated immune microenvironment	76
Plasticity of the gut microbiome of golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in response to seasonal variation in diet	76
One-year supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 counteracts a degradation of gut microbiota in older women with low bone mineral density	75
Akkermansia muciniphila inhibited the periodontitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum	75
Bacteria contribute exopolysaccharides to an algal-bacterial joint extracellular matrix	74
Pharmacodynamics of interspecies interactions in polymicrobial infections	70
Diverse polysaccharide production and biofilm formation abilities of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae	70
An in vitro fermentation model to study the impact of bacteriophages targeting Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli on the colonic microbiota	70
Machine learning and the role of the vaginal and fecal microbiome in miscarriage: a matched case-control study	69
In silico identification of two peptides with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	67
Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA	66
Evolution of genotypic and phenotypic diversity in multispecies biofilms	66
The dynamics of microbiome and virome in migratory birds of southwest China	65

Alternate-day fasting ameliorates α-synuclein pathology and suppresses inflammation via the gut-brain axis in an MPTP-induced subacute mouse model of Parkinson’s disease	65
Microbiota-host crosstalk: the role of short-term dietary restriction in neurological and metabolic dysregulation	65
Colonization with ubiquitous protist Blastocystis ST1 ameliorates DSS-induced colitis and promotes beneficial microbiota and immune outcomes	63
Beyond the matrix: rethinking antibiotic tolerance in CF biofilms using 3D models	62
Simulation of catalase-dependent tolerance of microbial biofilm to hydrogen peroxide with a biofilm computer model	62
The impact of antioxidant-ciprofloxacin combinations on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	61
Native microbiome dominates over host factors in shaping the probiotic genetic evolution in the gut	59
Secreted nucleases reclaim extracellular DNA during biofilm development	58
Diffusion-based mechanism explains spatial organization in cross-feeding biofilms	58
Enzymes-enhanced antibiotic therapy reduces biofilms to undetectable levels in an implant-associated infection model	57
pH regulates gut bacterial tryptophan metabolism	56
Ex vivo intestinal permeability assay (X-IPA) for tracking barrier function dynamics	55
Harnessing vaginal inflammation and microbiome: a machine learning model for predicting IVF success	55
The gut microbiota modulate locomotion via vagus-dependent glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling	53
Donor-recipient specificity and age-dependency in fecal microbiota therapy and probiotic resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms	53
Host specificity and cophylogeny in the “animal-gut bacteria-phage” tripartite system	52
Social demographics determinants for resistome and microbiome variation of a multiethnic community in Southern Malaysia	52
Protecting the piglet gut microbiota against ETEC-mediated post-weaning diarrhoea using specific binding proteins	52
Clostridium difficile-derived membrane vesicles promote fetal growth restriction via inhibiting trophoblast motility through PPARγ/RXRα/ANGPTL4 axis	50
ToxR is a c-di-GMP binding protein that modulates surface-associated behaviour in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	49
Prokaryotic evolution shapes specialized communities in long term engineered pit mud ecosystem	49
Modulation of gut microbiota and its metabolite Equol by Huaier granule suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma via the gut-liver axis	49
Adaptation of a methanogen to Fe0 corrosion via direct contact	49
PGPR-mediated enhancement of soil nutrients, rhizosphere microbial ecology, and plant growth: a review	49