OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Emerging Microbes & Infections is 51. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

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	348
Pulmonary lesions following inoculation with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 (B.1.1.529) variant in Syrian golden hamsters	321
Concurrent pigeon paramyxovirus-1 and Acinetobacter baumannii infection in a fatal case of pneumonia	321
Alert on imported fungal infection: the first report of tinea capitis due to Microsporum audouinii in China	212
Development of an oral gut-targeted rabies virus-like particles (RVLPs) vaccine with mucosal immune adjuvant LTB via delivering of localized-release microparticles	165
Two novel human coronavirus OC43 genotypes circulating in hospitalized children with pneumonia in China	155
Disulfide-stabilized trimeric hemagglutinin ectodomains provide enhanced heterologous influenza protection	149
Structural insights into alterations in the substrate spectrum of serine-β-lactamase OXA-10 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by single amino acid substitutions	143
Correction	140
An attenuated African swine fever virus expressing the E2 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus protects pigs against challenge of both viruses	132
Impaired potency of neutralizing antibodies against cell–cell fusion mediated by SARS-CoV-2	127
Epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of H9N2 avian influenza virus in Bangladesh	120
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	116
Leaderless foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O did not cause clinical disease and failed to establish a persistent infection in cattle	112
A functional approach to analyze the genetic basis for differences in virulence of monkeypox virus clades	100
Human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis shows marked pro-inflammatory biomarker and tissue immunoactivation during the course of disease	95
Prevalence and treatment outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection among older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an area with intermediate tuberculosis burden	93
Effective phage cocktail to combat the rising incidence of extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 16	83
Automatic identification of clinically important Aspergillus species by artificial intelligence-based image recognition: proof-of-concept study	82
Identification of three conserved linear B cell epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	79
Viral diversity in wild and urban rodents of Yunnan Province, China	78
Intrahepatic transcriptomics reveals gene signatures in chronic hepatitis B patients responded to interferon therapy	76
Novel digital droplet inverse PCR assay shows that natural clearance of hepatitis B infection is associated with fewer viral integrations	75
Time-resolved scRNA-seq reveals transcription dynamics of polarized macrophages with influenza A virus infection and antigen presentation to T cells	75
Geriatric risk and protective factors for serious COVID-19 outcomes among older adults in Shanghai Omicron wave	73

Genetic variation and evolutionary characteristics of Echovirus 11: new variant within genotype D5 associated with neonatal death found in China	73
Deep immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing depicts a comprehensive atlas of spike-specific antibody lineages shared among COVID-19 convalescents	73
Characterization and distribution of HIV-infected cells in semen	72
A nasal omicron vaccine booster elicits potent neutralizing antibody response against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants	70
Population genomics of emerging Elizabethkingia anophelis pathogens reveals potential outbreak and rapid global dissemination	69
Poor virus-specific T-cell responses early after tick-borne encephalitis virus infection correlate with disease severity	64
Hemagglutinin glycosylation pattern-specific effects: implications for the fitness of H9.4.2.5-branched H9N2 avian influenza viruses	63
Immune reconstruction effectiveness of combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 CRF01_AE cluster 1 and 2 infected individuals	61
Phylogenetic landscape of Monkeypox Virus (MPV) during the early outbreak in New York City, 2022	59
Metabolomic analysis reveals potential biomarkers and the underlying pathogenesis involved in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia	59
Risk assessment of the newly emerged H7N9 avian influenza viruses	58
Amugulang virus, a novel hantavirus harboured by small rodents in Hulunbuir, China	57
Characterizing the dynamics of BCR repertoire from repeated influenza vaccination	57
Characterization of emerging H3N3 avian influenza viruses in poultry in China	57
Enhanced variant neutralization through glycan masking of SARS-CoV-2 XBB1.5 RBD	57
Fatal dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a patient with non-HIV CD4 lymphocytopenia	56
A single mutation at position 214 of influenza B hemagglutinin enhances cross-neutralization	56
Response to the letter to the editor: Lansoprazole interferes with fungal respiration and acts synergistically with amphotericin B against multidrug-resistant Candida auris	55
Genomic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses from Alaska during 2022 provides evidence for genotype-specific trends of spatiotemporal and interspecies dissemination	54
Small regulatory RNA RSaX28 promotes virulence by reinforcing the stability of RNAIII in community-associated ST398 clonotype Staphylococcus aureus	53
The Protection of Naturally Acquired Antibodies Against Subsequent SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	53
Gene-modified genotype II live attenuated African swine fever virus induces cross-protection against genotype I but not against genotype IX	53
Mpox virus Clade IIb infected Cynomolgus macaques via mimic natural infection routes closely resembled human mpox infection	53
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	52
Cell membrane-anchored anti-HIV single-chain antibodies and bifunctional inhibitors targeting the gp41 fusion protein: new strategies for HIV gene therapy	52
Identification of β4GALNT2 as an anti-hPIV3 factor through genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening	51
One HA stalk topping multiple heads as a novel influenza vaccine	51