OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Microbiology is 86. 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
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir	561
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission	362
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis	354
Gene–drug potency screening in M. tuberculosis	268
Author Correction: DART takes aim at community editing	254
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent	245
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi	241
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health	239
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival	237
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage	200
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound	200
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation	193
Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides	193
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion	190
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes	188
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions	182
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses	171
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division	169
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan	166
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus	166
Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters	156
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes	155
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape	152
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression	148
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains	148

Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces	148
Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network	147
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species	145
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist	142
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration	139
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia	136
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria	135
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING	135
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults	130
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research	129
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody	128
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia	126
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome	126
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis	125
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways	125
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production	124
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome	124
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success	124
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria	124
Prioritizing mentorship	122
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome	121
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents	120
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis	120
Publisher Correction: Breastfeeding promotes bifidobacterial immunomodulatory metabolites	120
Regulators unite to enable plant entry	120
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	114
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites	113
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis	109
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration	109
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection	108
Neutralization mechanism of a human antibody with pan-coronavirus reactivity including SARS-CoV-2	106
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment	105
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein	104
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut	104
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis	103
Publisher Correction: Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis	102
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments	102
SARS and synapses	101
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	101
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants	100
Publisher Correction: 2021 in review	99
Using animation to mediate scientific discourse	98
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates	97
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection	97
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life	97
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science	97
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher	96
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study	96
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces pro-fibrotic and pro-thrombotic foam cell formation	94
Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes	94

CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state	94
Increased small particle aerosol transmission of B.1.1.7 compared with SARS-CoV-2 lineage A in vivo	91
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission	91
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer	91
Self-assembling viral histones are evolutionary intermediates between archaeal and eukaryotic nucleosomes	90
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance	90
Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss	89
Therapeutics for COVID-19	89
Clinical implications of preterm infant gut microbiome development	89
Dynamic diel proteome and daytime nitrogenase activity supports buoyancy in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium	89
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria	88
Connecting microbiome and menopause for healthy ageing	86