OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is 43. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
In silico identification of two peptides with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	232
Neutralization of ionic interactions by dextran-based single-chain nanoparticles improves tobramycin diffusion into a mature biofilm	223
Evolution of genotypic and phenotypic diversity in multispecies biofilms	137
Iron limitation-induced endophytic Ammoniphilus assemblage promotes root apoplastic iron remobilization by attenuation of salicylic acid pathways	115
Targeted metabolomics reveals bioactive inflammatory mediators from gut into blood circulation in children with NAFLD	115
Plasticity of the gut microbiome of golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in response to seasonal variation in diet	112
Lactobacillus plantarum L168 improves hyperoxia-induced pulmonary inflammation and hypoalveolarization in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	94
Dual-functionality of Nocardiopsis alba B57 in biocontrol and plant growth: a metabolomic approach to agricultural sustainability	94
An in vitro fermentation model to study the impact of bacteriophages targeting Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli on the colonic microbiota	84
Gene horizontal transfers and functional diversity negatively correlated with bacterial taxonomic diversity along a nitrogen gradient	77
Diverse polysaccharide production and biofilm formation abilities of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae	76
Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum	70
Early microbial markers of periodontal and cardiometabolic diseases in ORIGINS	66
In situ monitoring of Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri biofilm formation via real-time infrared spectroscopy	66
Pharmacodynamics of interspecies interactions in polymicrobial infections	63
Bacteria contribute exopolysaccharides to an algal-bacterial joint extracellular matrix	61
Akkermansia muciniphila inhibited the periodontitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum	61
Fusobacterium nucleatum is enriched in invasive biofilms in colorectal cancer	58
One-year supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 counteracts a degradation of gut microbiota in older women with low bone mineral density	58
Colonization with ubiquitous protist Blastocystis ST1 ameliorates DSS-induced colitis and promotes beneficial microbiota and immune outcomes	57
The gut microbiota modulate locomotion via vagus-dependent glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling	55
The dynamics of microbiome and virome in migratory birds of southwest China	54
Ex vivo intestinal permeability assay (X-IPA) for tracking barrier function dynamics	53
Donor-recipient specificity and age-dependency in fecal microbiota therapy and probiotic resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms	53
Simulation of catalase-dependent tolerance of microbial biofilm to hydrogen peroxide with a biofilm computer model	52

Secreted nucleases reclaim extracellular DNA during biofilm development	51
Author Correction: Altered oral and gut microbiota and its association with SARS-CoV-2 viral load in COVID-19 patients during hospitalization	51
Protecting the piglet gut microbiota against ETEC-mediated post-weaning diarrhoea using specific binding proteins	49
Diffusion-based mechanism explains spatial organization in cross-feeding biofilms	49
Harnessing vaginal inflammation and microbiome: a machine learning model for predicting IVF success	48
Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA	47
Native microbiome dominates over host factors in shaping the probiotic genetic evolution in the gut	47
Social demographics determinants for resistome and microbiome variation of a multiethnic community in Southern Malaysia	46
Clostridium difficile-derived membrane vesicles promote fetal growth restriction via inhibiting trophoblast motility through PPARγ/RXRα/ANGPTL4 axis	46
The impact of antioxidant-ciprofloxacin combinations on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	46
Gut microbes modulate the effects of the flavonoid quercetin on atherosclerosis	45
Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities	45
Adaptation and phenotypic diversification of Bacillus thuringiensis biofilm are accompanied by fuzzy spreader morphotypes	44
Citizen-science reveals changes in the oral microbiome in Spain through age and lifestyle factors	44
The skin microbiome stratifies patients with cutaneous T cell lymphoma and determines event-free survival	44
ToxR is a c-di-GMP binding protein that modulates surface-associated behaviour in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	44
Adaptation of a methanogen to Fe0 corrosion via direct contact	43
Impact of a multi-strain L. crispatus-based vaginal synbiotic on the vaginal microbiome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial	43