OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mBio is 50. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Short-range C-signaling restricts cheating behavior during Myxococcus xanthus development	179
An exciting future for microbial molecular biology and physiology	171
Nothing about Us without Us: the Roles of Diverse Stakeholders in Scientific Publishing	162
Staphylococcus aureus delta toxin modulates both extracellular membrane vesicle biogenesis and amyloid formation	155
Selective expression of Pneumocystis antigens in different patients during a suspected outbreak of Pneumocystis pneumonia	148
Environmental Stability of Enveloped Viruses Is Impacted by Initial Volume and Evaporation Kinetics of Droplets	142
A pangenomic atlas reveals eco-evolutionary dynamics that shape type VI secretion systems in plant-pathogenic Ralstonia	131
Resistance to oxyimino-cephalosporins conferred by an alternative mechanism of hydrolysis by the Acinetobacter -derived cephalosporinase-33 (ADC-33), a class C β-lactama	126
Structural insights into the molecular mechanism of high-level ceftazidime–avibactam resistance conferred by CMY-185	117
Unsaturated fatty acid perturbation combats emerging triazole antifungal resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus	110
The same but different: impact of animal facility sanitary status on a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	109
A gut commensal bacterium promotes black soldier fly larval growth and development partly via modulation of intestinal protein metabolism	107
A20 restricted PDCoV release through negative regulation of PANoptosis	107
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi uses two type 3 secretion systems to replicate in human macrophages and colonize humanized mice	98
Identification of determinants that allow maintenance of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii	94
The E3 ligase TRIM22 restricts SARS-CoV-2 replication by promoting proteasomal degradation of NSP8	91
mGem: Extracellular vesicles in Leishmania —secret messengers driving infection and disease	91
The Potential Role of Passive Antibody-Based Therapies as Treatments for Monkeypox	89
Variations in candidalysin amino acid sequence influence toxicity and host responses	81
The Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial transporter ABCB7L is essential for the biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur cluster proteins and cytosolic translation	80
Requirement of microtubules for secretion of a micronemal protein CpTSP4 in the invasive stage of the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum	77
Differential adenine methylation analysis reveals increased variability in 6mA in the absence of methyl-directed mismatch repair	77
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	75
Bayesian estimation of HIV acquisition dates for prevention trials	73
Synechococcus elongatus Argonaute reduces natural transformation efficiency and provides immunity against exogenous plasmids	73

Genome-wide quantification of polycistronic transcription in Leishmania major	70
The New SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Their Epidemiological Impact in Mexico	69
Multiple variables influence the finely calibrated antioxidant defenses of Clostridioides difficile	69
Erratum for Dilucca et al., “Guanylate-Binding Protein-Dependent Noncanonical Inflammasome Activation Prevents Burkholderia thailandensis-Induced Multinucleated Giant Cell Formation”	68
A Single Dose of Anti-HBsAg Antibody-Encoding mRNA-LNPs Suppressed HBsAg Expression: a Potential Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection	65
CotG Mediates Spore Surface Permeability in Bacillus subtilis	65
RNA toehold switch-based reporter assay to assess bacterial uptake of antisense oligomers	63
Emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains from the novel oral polio vaccine in the Central African Republic	60
Evidence for Quinol Oxidation Activity of ImoA, a Novel NapC/NirT Family Protein from the Neutrophilic Fe(II)-Oxidizing Bacterium Sideroxydans lithotrophicus ES-1	60
Not gently down the stream: flow induces amyloid bonding in environmental and pathological fungal biofilms	60
Salmonella Induces the cGAS-STING-Dependent Type I Interferon Response in Murine Macrophages by Triggering mtDNA Release	57
Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and compensation in SARS-CoV-2 main protease: the interplay between E166 and L50	57
Inbred SJL mice recapitulate human resistance to Cryptococcus infection due to differential immune activation	56
Phenotypic and transcriptional changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during alphavirus encephalitis in mice	56
Ligand-displaying Escherichia coli cells and minicells for programmable delivery of toxic payloads via type IV secretion systems	54
Deep Divergence and Genomic Diversification of Gut Symbionts of Neotropical Stingless Bees	54
Depleting Cationic Lipids Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance Drives Adaptive Lipid Remodeling in Enterococcus faecalis	54
The robustness of porin-cytochrome gene clusters from Geobacter metallireducens in extracellular electron transfer	54
Key fungal coinfections: epidemiology, mechanisms of pathogenesis, and beyond	54
Spatial-temporal genome analysis and its application for the prediction of functional systems in bacteria and archaea	53
Dysregulated pulmonary inflammatory responses exacerbate the outcome of secondary aspergillosis following influenza	53
Metabolic Promiscuity of an Orphan Small Alarmone Hydrolase Facilitates Bacterial Environmental Adaptation	52
Cellular SLC35B4 promotes internalization during influenza A virus entry	51
Longitudinal profiling of the intestinal microbiome in children with cystic fibrosis treated with elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor	51
Confidence-based prediction of antibiotic resistance at the patient level	51
Amplicon sequencing and culture-dependent approaches reveal core bacterial endophytes aiding freezing stress tolerance in alpine Rosaceae plants	50
A protease-precursor system drives synergistic antagonism in haloarchaea	50