OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Microbiology is 85. 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
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir	552
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission	353
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis	349
Author Correction: MX2-mediated innate immunity against HIV-1 is regulated by serine phosphorylation	346
Gene–drug potency screening in M. tuberculosis	259
Author Correction: DART takes aim at community editing	254
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent	238
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi	234
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health	227
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody	226
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage	196
Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces	191
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes	191
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation	189
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria	183
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains	178
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults	168
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division	163
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses	162
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING	161
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species	161
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus	155
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions	150
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival	147
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound	146

Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides	144
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes	144
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion	144
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression	140
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research	138
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape	137
Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters	133
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration	133
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist	132
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan	129
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome	126
Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network	125
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia	123
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia	122
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis	121
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways	120
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis	119
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success	118
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria	118
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome	118
Publisher Correction: Fungal biology: Fungal spores are future-proofed	117
Prioritizing mentorship	117
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production	117
Regulators unite to enable plant entry	115
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents	114
Publisher Correction: Breastfeeding promotes bifidobacterial immunomodulatory metabolites	114
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	113
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome	108
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein	106
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis	106
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment	105
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites	104
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection	104
Identification of Tse8 as a Type VI secretion system toxin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that targets the bacterial transamidosome to inhibit protein synthesis in prey cells	102
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut	102
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis	102
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration	102
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments	101
Neutralization mechanism of a human antibody with pan-coronavirus reactivity including SARS-CoV-2	98
Publisher Correction: Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis	97
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants	96
SARS and synapses	96
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	96
Using animation to mediate scientific discourse	95
Publisher Correction: 2021 in review	95
Dynamic diel proteome and daytime nitrogenase activity supports buoyancy in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium	94
Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles	94
CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state	93
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer	93
Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia	93

Therapeutics for COVID-19	92
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection	90
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria	89
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science	89
Increased small particle aerosol transmission of B.1.1.7 compared with SARS-CoV-2 lineage A in vivo	88
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission	88
Connecting microbiome and menopause for healthy ageing	88
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life	87
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates	87
Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes	86
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance	85
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study	85
Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut	85
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher	85