OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Emerging Microbes & Infections 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Emergence and ongoing outbreak of ST80 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Guangdong province, China from 2021 to 2023: a multicenter, time-series and genomic e	356
Disulfide-stabilized trimeric hemagglutinin ectodomains provide enhanced heterologous influenza protection	322
Leaderless foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O did not cause clinical disease and failed to establish a persistent infection in cattle	231
Characterization and distribution of HIV-infected cells in semen	178
Human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis shows marked pro-inflammatory biomarker and tissue immunoactivation during the course of disease	175
Identification of three conserved linear B cell epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	154
Hemagglutinin glycosylation pattern-specific effects: implications for the fitness of H9.4.2.5-branched H9N2 avian influenza viruses	153
Genetic variation and evolutionary characteristics of Echovirus 11: new variant within genotype D5 associated with neonatal death found in China	145
Impaired potency of neutralizing antibodies against cell–cell fusion mediated by SARS-CoV-2	144
A nasal omicron vaccine booster elicits potent neutralizing antibody response against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants	141
Developing accessible and affordable tests to support mpox immunosurveillance and vaccine studies	125
Prevalence and treatment outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection among older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an area with intermediate tuberculosis burden	123
Alert on imported fungal infection: the first report of tinea capitis due to Microsporum audouinii in China	112
Efficient airborne transmission of influenza D virus in ferret models and serological evidence of human exposure in Northeast China	107
An attenuated African swine fever virus expressing the E2 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus protects pigs against challenge of both viruses	105
Correction	102
Reverse genetics-derived cattle H5N1 virus from Clade 2.3.4.4b shows enhanced systemic infectivity and pathogenicity than an older Clade 1 H5N1 virus in BALB/c mice	98
Pulmonary lesions following inoculation with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 (B.1.1.529) variant in Syrian golden hamsters	96
Intrahepatic transcriptomics reveals gene signatures in chronic hepatitis B patients responded to interferon therapy	93
Poor virus-specific T-cell responses early after tick-borne encephalitis virus infection correlate with disease severity	87
Phylogenetic landscape of Monkeypox Virus (MPV) during the early outbreak in New York City, 2022	80
Automatic identification of clinically important Aspergillus species by artificial intelligence-based image recognition: proof-of-concept study	78
Population genomics of emerging Elizabethkingia anophelis pathogens reveals potential outbreak and rapid global dissemination	78
Novel digital droplet inverse PCR assay shows that natural clearance of hepatitis B infection is associated with fewer viral integrations	77
Structural insights into alterations in the substrate spectrum of serine-β-lactamase OXA-10 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by single amino acid substitutions	77

Time-resolved scRNA-seq reveals transcription dynamics of polarized macrophages with influenza A virus infection and antigen presentation to T cells	77
Two novel human coronavirus OC43 genotypes circulating in hospitalized children with pneumonia in China	75
Development of an oral gut-targeted rabies virus-like particles (RVLPs) vaccine with mucosal immune adjuvant LTB via delivering of localized-release microparticles	73
Epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of H9N2 avian influenza virus in Bangladesh	73
Geriatric risk and protective factors for serious COVID-19 outcomes among older adults in Shanghai Omicron wave	70
Deep immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing depicts a comprehensive atlas of spike-specific antibody lineages shared among COVID-19 convalescents	69
Concurrent pigeon paramyxovirus-1 and Acinetobacter baumannii infection in a fatal case of pneumonia	66
Correction	65
Effective phage cocktail to combat the rising incidence of extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 16	64
Risk assessment of the newly emerged H7N9 avian influenza viruses	64
Metabolomic analysis reveals potential biomarkers and the underlying pathogenesis involved in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia	64
Viral diversity in wild and urban rodents of Yunnan Province, China	64
A functional approach to analyze the genetic basis for differences in virulence of monkeypox virus clades	63
Response to the letter to the editor: Lansoprazole interferes with fungal respiration and acts synergistically with amphotericin B against multidrug-resistant Candida auris	62
Amugulang virus, a novel hantavirus harboured by small rodents in Hulunbuir, China	62
One HA stalk topping multiple heads as a novel influenza vaccine	60
H7N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Mozambique, 2023	59
Novel Rickettsia spp. in two common overwintering North American songbirds	59
Airway acidification impaired host defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection by promoting type 1 interferon β response	59
Differences in Genetic Diversity between Early Isolates of Yellow Fever Virus Genotypes	57
First report of Candida auris in Guangdong, China: clinical and microbiological characteristics of 7 episodes of candidemia	57
Disruption of influenza A virus transmission in gene-edited pigs	54
Clinical features of a fatal case of acute encephalitis associated with a novel influenza H3N2 recombinant virus possessing human-origin H7N9 internal genes: a descriptive study	54
Q fever transmission mediated by ticks	54
Gene-modified genotype II live attenuated African swine fever virus induces cross-protection against genotype I but not against genotype IX	54
Dengue virus and lipid metabolism: unravelling the interplay for future therapeutic approaches	53
Identification of β4GALNT2 as an anti-hPIV3 factor through genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening	53
Porin deficiency or plasmid copy number increase mediated carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli resistance evolution	52
Enhanced variant neutralization through glycan masking of SARS-CoV-2 XBB1.5 RBD	52
A single mutation at position 214 of influenza B hemagglutinin enhances cross-neutralization	52