OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mBio is 52. 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
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	162
Engineering T-Cell Resistance to HIV-1 Infection via Knock-In of Peptides from the Heptad Repeat 2 Domain of gp41	135
The Globular C1q Receptor Is Required for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling during Candida albicans Infection	124
Mac1-Dependent Copper Sensing Promotes Histoplasma Adaptation to the Phagosome during Adaptive Immunity	114
SARS-CoV-2 infectivity can be modulated through bacterial grooming of the glycocalyx	111
Chlamydia trachomatis exploits sphingolipid metabolic pathways during infection of phagocytes	111
Phenotypic and transcriptional changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during alphavirus encephalitis in mice	110
Characterization of non-standard viral genomes during arenavirus infections identifies prominent S RNA intergenic region deletions	106
Dysregulated pulmonary inflammatory responses exacerbate the outcome of secondary aspergillosis following influenza	100
CRISPR-Cas9 high-throughput screening to study drug resistance in Leishmania infantum	92
Cellular endosomal potassium ion flux regulates arenavirus uncoating during virus entry	89
Cellular SLC35B4 promotes internalization during influenza A virus entry	84
Metabolic Promiscuity of an Orphan Small Alarmone Hydrolase Facilitates Bacterial Environmental Adaptation	84
A Histoplasma capsulatum Lipid Metabolic Map Identifies Antifungal Targets	82
Amplicon sequencing and culture-dependent approaches reveal core bacterial endophytes aiding freezing stress tolerance in alpine Rosaceae plants	82
Spatiotemporal Variations in Antarctic Protistan Communities Highlight Phytoplankton Diversity and Seasonal Dominance by a Novel Cryptophyte Lineage	75
Type III interferon drives pathogenicity to Staphylococcus aureus via the airway epithelium	74
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi uses two type 3 secretion systems to replicate in human macrophages and colonize humanized mice	74
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure and Interactions of the Human Cytomegalovirus gHgLgO Trimer with Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha	72
Multivalent Interactions Drive the Toxoplasma AC9:AC10:ERK7 Complex To Concentrate ERK7 in the Apical Cap	72
Selective expression of Pneumocystis antigens in different patients during a suspected outbreak of Pneumocystis pneumonia	71
The Potential Role of Passive Antibody-Based Therapies as Treatments for Monkeypox	69
Evidence for Quinol Oxidation Activity of ImoA, a Novel NapC/NirT Family Protein from the Neutrophilic Fe(II)-Oxidizing Bacterium Sideroxydans lithotrophicus ES-1	69
Mrs4 loss of function in fungi during adaptation to the cystic fibrosis lung	68
Differential adenine methylation analysis reveals increased variability in 6mA in the absence of methyl-directed mismatch repair	68

Structural insights into the molecular mechanism of high-level ceftazidime–avibactam resistance conferred by CMY-185	67
Short-range C-signaling restricts cheating behavior during Myxococcus xanthus development	67
Non-disruptive matrix turnover is a conserved feature of biofilm aggregate growth in paradigm pathogenic species	65
Mechanism of Microbial Metabolite Leupeptin in the Treatment of COVID-19 by Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs	65
The same but different: impact of animal facility sanitary status on a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	64
A Single Dose of Anti-HBsAg Antibody-Encoding mRNA-LNPs Suppressed HBsAg Expression: a Potential Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection	62
Role of the Yersinia pestis phospholipase D (Ymt) in the initial aggregation step of biofilm formation in the flea	62
Synechococcus elongatus Argonaute reduces natural transformation efficiency and provides immunity against exogenous plasmids	62
Key fungal coinfections: epidemiology, mechanisms of pathogenesis, and beyond	60
The robustness of porin-cytochrome gene clusters from Geobacter metallireducens in extracellular electron transfer	59
On the virome’s hidden diversity: lessons from RHDV	59
CD9 co-operation with syndecan-1 is required for a major staphylococcal adhesion pathway	58
Multiple variables influence the finely calibrated antioxidant defenses of Clostridioides difficile	58
A DOT1B/Ribonuclease H2 Protein Complex Is Involved in R-Loop Processing, Genomic Integrity, and Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei	57
Revisiting an IgG Fc Loss-of-Function Experiment: the Role of Complement in HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody b12 Activity	57
Large diversity in the O-chain biosynthetic cluster within populations of Pelagibacterales	57
A Combination of Receptor-Binding Domain and N-Terminal Domain Neutralizing Antibodies Limits the Generation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Neutralization-Escape Mutants	56
T Cell-Specific STAT1 Expression Promotes Lytic Replication and Supports the Establishment of Gammaherpesvirus Latent Reservoir in Splenic B Cells	55
Impact of Polymicrobial Infection on Fitness of Streptococcus gordonii In Vivo	55
Global Annotation, Expression Analysis, and Stability of Candidate sRNAs in Group B Streptococcus	54
Nothing about Us without Us: the Roles of Diverse Stakeholders in Scientific Publishing	53
RNA toehold switch-based reporter assay to assess bacterial uptake of antisense oligomers	53
Ubiquitination of acetyltransferase Gcn5 contributes to fungal virulence in Fusarium graminearum	53
Leveraging biotin-based proximity labeling to identify cellular factors governing early alphaherpesvirus infection	53
Identification of determinants that allow maintenance of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii	52
Resistance to oxyimino-cephalosporins conferred by an alternative mechanism of hydrolysis by the Acinetobacter -derived cephalosporinase-33 (ADC-33), a class C β-lactama	52
Depleting Cationic Lipids Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance Drives Adaptive Lipid Remodeling in Enterococcus faecalis	52