OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is 41. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Gene horizontal transfers and functional diversity negatively correlated with bacterial taxonomic diversity along a nitrogen gradient	226
An in vitro fermentation model to study the impact of bacteriophages targeting Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli on the colonic microbiota	218
Neutralization of ionic interactions by dextran-based single-chain nanoparticles improves tobramycin diffusion into a mature biofilm	131
Pharmacodynamics of interspecies interactions in polymicrobial infections	110
Iron limitation-induced endophytic Ammoniphilus assemblage promotes root apoplastic iron remobilization by attenuation of salicylic acid pathways	109
Evolution of genotypic and phenotypic diversity in multispecies biofilms	107
Targeted metabolomics reveals bioactive inflammatory mediators from gut into blood circulation in children with NAFLD	92
In situ monitoring of Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri biofilm formation via real-time infrared spectroscopy	89
Lactobacillus plantarum L168 improves hyperoxia-induced pulmonary inflammation and hypoalveolarization in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	88
Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum	79
In silico identification of two peptides with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	77
Chinese gut microbiota and its associations with staple food type, ethnicity, and urbanization	74
Akkermansia muciniphila inhibited the periodontitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum	73
Early microbial markers of periodontal and cardiometabolic diseases in ORIGINS	63
Dual-functionality of Nocardiopsis alba B57 in biocontrol and plant growth: a metabolomic approach to agricultural sustainability	59
Diverse polysaccharide production and biofilm formation abilities of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae	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
Plasticity of the gut microbiome of golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in response to seasonal variation in diet	58
Bacteria contribute exopolysaccharides to an algal-bacterial joint extracellular matrix	57
Author Correction: Altered oral and gut microbiota and its association with SARS-CoV-2 viral load in COVID-19 patients during hospitalization	55
Fusobacterium nucleatum is enriched in invasive biofilms in colorectal cancer	55
The dynamics of microbiome and virome in migratory birds of southwest China	53
The gut microbiota modulate locomotion via vagus-dependent glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling	53
Native microbiome dominates over host factors in shaping the probiotic genetic evolution in the gut	52
Harnessing vaginal inflammation and microbiome: a machine learning model for predicting IVF success	52

Diffusion-based mechanism explains spatial organization in cross-feeding biofilms	51
Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA	51
Ex vivo intestinal permeability assay (X-IPA) for tracking barrier function dynamics	49
Simulation of catalase-dependent tolerance of microbial biofilm to hydrogen peroxide with a biofilm computer model	49
Colonization with ubiquitous protist Blastocystis ST1 ameliorates DSS-induced colitis and promotes beneficial microbiota and immune outcomes	48
Donor-recipient specificity and age-dependency in fecal microbiota therapy and probiotic resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms	47
Protecting the piglet gut microbiota against ETEC-mediated post-weaning diarrhoea using specific binding proteins	47
Secreted nucleases reclaim extracellular DNA during biofilm development	45
The impact of antioxidant-ciprofloxacin combinations on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	45
Gut microbes modulate the effects of the flavonoid quercetin on atherosclerosis	42
Adaptation of a methanogen to Fe0 corrosion via direct contact	42
Social demographics determinants for resistome and microbiome variation of a multiethnic community in Southern Malaysia	42
Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities	42
Clostridium difficile-derived membrane vesicles promote fetal growth restriction via inhibiting trophoblast motility through PPARγ/RXRα/ANGPTL4 axis	42
Impact of a multi-strain L. crispatus-based vaginal synbiotic on the vaginal microbiome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial	41
The skin microbiome stratifies patients with cutaneous T cell lymphoma and determines event-free survival	41
Large-scale metagenomic assembly provide new insights into the genetic evolution of gut microbiomes in plateau ungulates	41
Host specificity and cophylogeny in the “animal-gut bacteria-phage” tripartite system	41