OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Virology is 30. 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
Interactions Between Commensal Microbes and Mosquito-Borne Viruses	125
Reflections on a Career in Plant Virology: A Chip Floating on a Stream	90
Small-Molecule Inhibition of Viral Fusion Glycoproteins	82
Interaction of Viruses with the Insect Intestine	79
Citrus Tristeza Virus: From Pathogen to Panacea	78
Understanding the Complex Phage-Host Interactions in Biofilm Communities	76
Rift Valley Fever Virus Encephalitis: Viral and Host Determinants of Pathogenesis	76
Abortive Infection of Animal Cells: What Goes Wrong	75
Influenza: Searching for Pandemic Origins	74
Block the Spread: Barriers to Transmission of Influenza Viruses	73
A Mammalian Cell's Guide on How to Process a Bacteriophage	72
A Hitchhiker's Guide Through the Cell: The World According to the Capsids of Alphaherpesviruses	69
Viruses and Metabolism: The Effects of Viral Infections and Viral Insulins on Host Metabolism	61
The Ends Dictate the Means: Promoter Switching in Herpesvirus Gene Expression	56
Structure and Role of O-Linked Glycans in Viral Envelope Proteins	56
Controlling Much? Viral Control of Host Chromatin Dynamics	55
Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling in Phage Defense and Counter-Defense	54
Conquering the Host: Determinants of Pathogenesis Learned from Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68	53
A Structural Perspective on the Alphavirus Life Cycle	50
Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Reviews	50
Quantitative Temporal Viromics	49
Viral G Protein–Coupled Receptors Encoded by β- and γ-Herpesviruses	47
In Memoriam: Michael M. Goodin (1967–2020)	47
Poxvirus Host-Range Determinants: SAMD9/9L and Beyond	45
Structural and Functional Insights into Viral Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting	43

SEA-PHAGES and SEA-GENES: Advancing Virology and Science Education	41
Historical Perspective on the Discovery of the Quasispecies Concept	36
New Insights into Chikungunya Virus Infection and Pathogenesis	34
Grapevine Red Blotch Disease: A Threat to the Grape and Wine Industries	31
Seeing Biomolecular Condensates Through the Lens of Viruses	30