OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virus Evolution is 28. 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
Evolution of a novel engineered tripartite viral genome of a torradovirus	133
A single early introduction governed viral diversity in the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Hungary	123
The evolutionary dynamics and epidemiological history of hepatitis C virus genotype 6, including unique strains from the Li community of Hainan Island, China	94
Human immunodeficiency virus dynamics in secondary lymphoid tissues and the evolution of cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutants	93
Phycova — a tool for exploring covariates of pathogen spread	84
High pathogenic avian influenza A(H5) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b in Europe—Why trends of virus evolution are more difficult to predict	81
Genome-wide diversity of Zika virus: Exploring spatio-temporal dynamics to guide a new nomenclature proposal	77
Correction to: Quantifying the value of viral genomics when inferring who infected whom in the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea	63
Host replacement dynamics shape virulence and genome evolution in a plant RNA virus	62
Effects of host and pathogenicity on mutation rates in avian influenza A viruses	54
Community-level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing population immunity during the second year of the pandemic	52
Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history	50
Plant biosecurity threats detected using metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contents	46
Diverse patterns of intra-host genetic diversity in chronically infected SARS-CoV-2 patients	46
A systematic review on Nipah virus: global molecular epidemiology and medical countermeasures development	46
Phylogeographic evaluation of the effectiveness of Canadian travel restrictions in reducing SARS-CoV-2 variant importations and burden	40
Intrahost evolution leading to distinct lineages in the upper and lower respiratory tracts during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection	38
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya	37
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints	36
Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe	36
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus incursions of subtype H5N8, H5N5, H5N1, H5N4, and H5N3 in Germany during 2020-21	34
Impact and mitigation of sampling bias to determine viral spread: Evaluating discrete phylogeography through CTMC modeling and structured coalescent model approximations	34
Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 and epistatic emergence of the KP.3 variant	31
Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein	31
Deciphering the evolutionary landscape of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus across East Asia	30

Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink	30
Evolution of exploitation and replication of giant viruses and virophages	28
F1ALA: ultrafast and memory-efficient ancestral lineage annotation applied to the huge SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny	28