OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mBio is 54. 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
Viral tropism is a cornerstone in the spread and spillover of avian influenza viruses	160
ACE-2-like enzymatic activity in COVID-19 convalescents with persistent pulmonary symptoms associated with immunoglobulin	128
Genome-wide quantification of polycistronic transcription in Leishmania major	124
Revisiting an IgG Fc Loss-of-Function Experiment: the Role of Complement in HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody b12 Activity	116
Longitudinal profiling of the intestinal microbiome in children with cystic fibrosis treated with elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor	112
A DOT1B/Ribonuclease H2 Protein Complex Is Involved in R-Loop Processing, Genomic Integrity, and Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei	110
Variations in candidalysin amino acid sequence influence toxicity and host responses	110
A Combination of Receptor-Binding Domain and N-Terminal Domain Neutralizing Antibodies Limits the Generation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Neutralization-Escape Mutants	103
T Cell-Specific STAT1 Expression Promotes Lytic Replication and Supports the Establishment of Gammaherpesvirus Latent Reservoir in Splenic B Cells	103
Impact of Polymicrobial Infection on Fitness of Streptococcus gordonii In Vivo	103
An exciting future for microbial molecular biology and physiology	101
Toxoplasma gondii GRA28 Is Required for Placenta-Specific Induction of the Regulatory Chemokine CCL22 in Human and Mouse	99
Global Annotation, Expression Analysis, and Stability of Candidate sRNAs in Group B Streptococcus	98
Posttranscriptional Regulation by Copper with a New Upstream Open Reading Frame	91
RNA toehold switch-based reporter assay to assess bacterial uptake of antisense oligomers	87
Nothing about Us without Us: the Roles of Diverse Stakeholders in Scientific Publishing	86
Leveraging biotin-based proximity labeling to identify cellular factors governing early alphaherpesvirus infection	83
Identification of determinants that allow maintenance of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii	81
Ubiquitination of acetyltransferase Gcn5 contributes to fungal virulence in Fusarium graminearum	81
Progression of ampC amplification during de novo amoxicillin resistance development in E. coli	80
Inactivated Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Variant-Specific Immunity in Children	80
Depleting Cationic Lipids Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance Drives Adaptive Lipid Remodeling in Enterococcus faecalis	74
A pangenomic atlas reveals eco-evolutionary dynamics that shape type VI secretion systems in plant-pathogenic Ralstonia	73
Resistance to oxyimino-cephalosporins conferred by an alternative mechanism of hydrolysis by the Acinetobacter -derived cephalosporinase-33 (ADC-33), a class C β-lactama	73
Staphylococcus aureus delta toxin modulates both extracellular membrane vesicle biogenesis and amyloid formation	72

Requirement of microtubules for secretion of a micronemal protein CpTSP4 in the invasive stage of the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum	72
Increased intracellular H ₂ S levels enhance iron uptake in Escherichia coli	70
HetF Protein Is a New Divisome Component in a Filamentous and Developmental Cyanobacterium	70
Campylobacter jejuni Triggers Signaling through Host Cell Focal Adhesions To Inhibit Cell Motility	69
The New SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Their Epidemiological Impact in Mexico	68
Erratum for Dilucca et al., “Guanylate-Binding Protein-Dependent Noncanonical Inflammasome Activation Prevents Burkholderia thailandensis-Induced Multinucleated Giant Cell Formation”	68
Unsaturated fatty acid perturbation combats emerging triazole antifungal resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus	68
A CRISPRi-based genetic resource to study essential Staphylococcus aureus genes	67
Dehydration-induced Ae-Aper50 regulates midgut infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes	67
Colicin-Mediated Transport of DNA through the Iron Transporter FepA	66
Tunicamycin Potentiates Antifungal Drug Tolerance via Aneuploidy in Candida albicans	66
Not gently down the stream: flow induces amyloid bonding in environmental and pathological fungal biofilms	66
Environmental Stability of Enveloped Viruses Is Impacted by Initial Volume and Evaporation Kinetics of Droplets	65
The Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial transporter ABCB7L is essential for the biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur cluster proteins and cytosolic translation	65
Cleavage-Polyadenylation Factor Cft1 and SPX Domain Proteins Are Agents of Inositol Pyrophosphate Toxicosis in Fission Yeast	64
Evolution towards Virulence in a Burkholderia Two-Component System	62
Highly Potent Host-Specific Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Paramyxovirus and Pneumovirus Replication with High Resistance Barrier	62
Fetal Loss in Pregnant Rabbits Infected with Genotype 3 Hepatitis E Virus Is Associated with Altered Inflammatory Responses, Enhanced Virus Replication, and Extrahepatic Virus Dissemination with Posit	61
The Globular C1q Receptor Is Required for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling during Candida albicans Infection	60
Engineering T-Cell Resistance to HIV-1 Infection via Knock-In of Peptides from the Heptad Repeat 2 Domain of gp41	60
Mac1-Dependent Copper Sensing Promotes Histoplasma Adaptation to the Phagosome during Adaptive Immunity	59
The E3 ligase TRIM22 restricts SARS-CoV-2 replication by promoting proteasomal degradation of NSP8	59
Chlamydia trachomatis exploits sphingolipid metabolic pathways during infection of phagocytes	58
SARS-CoV-2 infectivity can be modulated through bacterial grooming of the glycocalyx	57
Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and compensation in SARS-CoV-2 main protease: the interplay between E166 and L50	56
Cobalamin Riboswitches Are Broadly Sensitive to Corrinoid Cofactors to Enable an Efficient Gene Regulatory Strategy	56
Transcription Factor Repurposing Offers Insights into Evolution of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Regulation	55
Ligand-displaying Escherichia coli cells and minicells for programmable delivery of toxic payloads via type IV secretion systems	55
Analysis of justification for author order and gender bias in author order among those contributing equally	55
Co-administration of Favipiravir and the Remdesivir Metabolite GS-441524 Effectively Reduces SARS-CoV-2 Replication in the Lungs of the Syrian Hamster Model	54
Characterization of non-standard viral genomes during arenavirus infections identifies prominent S RNA intergenic region deletions	54
Dysregulated pulmonary inflammatory responses exacerbate the outcome of secondary aspergillosis following influenza	54
Phenotypic and transcriptional changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during alphavirus encephalitis in mice	54