OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology is 67. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Metabolomics in bacterial infections	681
Intranasal trivalent candidate vaccine elicits broad humoral and cellular immunity against pneumococcal pneumonia	296
Identification and characterization of a Relish-type NF-κB, DvRelish, in Dermacentor variabilis in response to Rickettsia rickettsii infection	203
Utility of Borrelia-specific IgM and IgG antibody titer determinations during a 12-year period – results from a clinical laboratory in Northern Sweden	173
Encephalitis and myositis caused by Trachipleistophora hominis diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing—a case report	167
Kinetics of the serological response up to one year after tularemia	164
Development and validation of a diagnostic model for tuberculous meningitis based on laboratory data	155
Comparative effectiveness and safety of vancomycin versus linezolid for the treatment of central nervous system infections: a meta-analysis	151
Editorial: Microbiota in tumors: is it a new hope for treatment?	149
Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of halogenated phenylboronic acids against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi	139
Comprehensive characterization of ERV-K (HML-8) in the chimpanzee genome revealed less genomic activity than humans	138
AUF-1 knockdown in mice undermines gut microbial butyrate-driven hypocholesterolemia through AUF-1–Dicer-1–mir-122 hierarchy	135
Research of childhood tuberculosis in suspected populations by molecular methods: A multicenter study in China	130
Chloroquine induces eryptosis in P. falciparum-infected red blood cells and the release of extracellular vesicles with a unique protein profile	130
Gut microbiota’s influence on erysipelas: evidence from a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis	127
Epidemiological and characteristic differences of hypervirulent and classical Klebsiella pneumoniae: a clinical and genomic study in Southern China during the COVID-19 pandemic	122
The epitranscriptome of Vero cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 assessed by direct RNA sequencing reveals m6A pattern changes and DRACH motif biases in viral and cellular RNAs	120
Effect of Ducrosia anethifolia methanol extract against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms on excision wound in diabetic mice	119
Indole-3-carboxamide alleviates LPS-induced endometritis through suppressing ferroptosis and inflammation via regulating Aryl hydrocarbon receptor	119
Editorial: Impact of landscape and feeding on the bees’ gut microbiome shaping and pathogens development	119
A novel YGGT family protein is localized in the apicoplast and is essential for the organelle inheritance	118
Editorial: Bacterial population heterogeneity, stress response and antibiotic tolerance	116
“Upcycling” known molecules and targets for drug-resistant TB	116
Toxoplasma gondii infection inhibits invasion and migration of human extravillous trophoblasts through dysregulation of FOXO1- and FOXO3a-dependent and -independent mechanisms	114
Integrated transcriptomic analysis reveals miRNA-hub mRNA-TF interactions and key regulatory targets in STEC infected intestinal epithelial cells	111

Asparaginase-like protein 1 and human endogenous retroviruses link immune and gene dysregulation in dementia	110
Molecular characterization and pathogenicity study of a highly pathogenic strain of chicken anemia virus that emerged in China	108
Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for pneumonia - associated bloodstream infections	107
Corrigendum: The first molecular genotyping of Naegleria fowleri causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Thailand with epidemiology and clinical case reviews	106
Corrigendum: Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Portuguese environmental Legionella isolates	103
Corrigendum: Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine on the treatment of diarrhea by regulating intestinal microbiota and its metabolites based on renal-intestinal axis	98
Correction: Evaluation of a novel Aspergillus IgG lateral flow assay for the diagnosis of non-neutropenic patients with acute and subacute invasive aspergillosis	97
Correction: Characterization of gut microbiota signatures in Indian preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis: a shotgun metagenomic approach	96
Differential regulation of Shigella Spa47 ATPase activity by a native C-terminal product of Spa33	95
Correction: Innate immune role of IL-6 in influenza a virus pathogenesis	94
cAMP-independent Crp homolog adds to the multi-layer regulatory network in Porphyromonas gingivalis	94
Effect of natural products on host cell autophagy induced by Influenza A virus infection	93
Assessing the disease burden of lower respiratory infections attributable to particulate matter pollution: trends from 1990 to 2021 and projections for 2022-2050	92
Endometrial microbiome during early pregnancy among women with and without chronic endometritis: a pilot study	92
Clinical characteristics of patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a seven-year follow-up study conducted in a certain tertiary hospital in Beijing	91
Metagenomics enables parallel detection of 176 clinically relevant targets from faecal samples	90
Viral RNA persistence and long-term consequences following acute infection with Risk Group 4 zoonotic viruses	88
A rare sugar, allose, inhibits the development of Plasmodium parasites in the Anopheles mosquito independently of midgut microbiota	85
Alterations of the skin microbiome in HIV infection with pruritus	84
Leishmania infantum infecting the carnivore Nasua nasua from urban forest fragments in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazilian Midwest	84
Salivary Microbiome Profile of Diabetes and Periodontitis in a Chinese Population	83
First genome assembly and annotation of Sanghuangporus weigelae uncovers its medicinal functions, metabolic pathways, and evolution	82
Comparison of gut microbiota in male MAFLD patients with varying liver stiffness	81
Reduced gut microbial diversity characterized by decreased Bacteroides is associated with vasovagal syncope in children	80
Editorial: Innovative approaches to preventing and treating biofilm-associated infections	80
Development of a predictive model integrating urogenital pathogens and inflammatory markers for human papillomavirus infection	79
Short-term pegylated interferon alpha in chronic HBV patients with ultra-low HBsAg: a retrospective study	78
Editorial: Advances in ruminant viruses	78
Local and systemic host responses to influenza and concurrent or sequential SARS-CoV-2 infection	77
Concentrations of uremic bacterial metabolites in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome	76
Microorganism changes in the gut of Apis mellifera surviving for the long term in Camellia oleifera forests	74
Targeted and untargeted metabolomics uncovering the effects of Jiawei Ermiao Granule on patients with persistent HPV infection	72
Correction: Standardization of 16S rRNA gene sequencing using nanopore long read sequencing technology for clinical diagnosis of culture negative infections	71
Deletion of dltD gene modulates biofilm matrix and acid metabolism to attenuate Streptococcus mutans cariogenicity	71
Correction: Sars-Cov-2 spike protein and plasma from COVID-19 patients induce extracellular traps by myeloid-derived suppressor cells	71
Effect of walnut leaves on oxidative stress caused by murine cerebral malaria	70
Anti-viral drug discovery against monkeypox and smallpox infection by natural curcumin derivatives: A Computational drug design approach	70
Two decades of global research on tetanus vaccines and tetanus immunoglobulins: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and integrative review (2000–2025)	69
Epidemiology of hand, foot, and mouth disease and the genetic characteristics of Coxsackievirus A16 in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China from 2010 to 2021	69
Disrupted gut microbiota promotes the progression of chronic kidney disease in 5/6 nephrectomy mice by Bacillus pumilus gavage	68
Identification of microbiological factors associated with periodontal health disparities	67
Broad-spectrum humanized monoclonal neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the Omicron variant	67