OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Virology is 27. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Interactions Between Commensal Microbes and Mosquito-Borne Viruses	122
Reflections on a Career in Plant Virology: A Chip Floating on a Stream	86
Small-Molecule Inhibition of Viral Fusion Glycoproteins	79
Rift Valley Fever Virus Encephalitis: Viral and Host Determinants of Pathogenesis	79
Citrus Tristeza Virus: From Pathogen to Panacea	76
Interaction of Viruses with the Insect Intestine	75
Understanding the Complex Phage-Host Interactions in Biofilm Communities	73
Abortive Infection of Animal Cells: What Goes Wrong	72
A Hitchhiker's Guide Through the Cell: The World According to the Capsids of Alphaherpesviruses	72
Block the Spread: Barriers to Transmission of Influenza Viruses	71
Influenza: Searching for Pandemic Origins	71
Viruses and Metabolism: The Effects of Viral Infections and Viral Insulins on Host Metabolism	66
A Mammalian Cell's Guide on How to Process a Bacteriophage	59
The Ends Dictate the Means: Promoter Switching in Herpesvirus Gene Expression	56
Controlling Much? Viral Control of Host Chromatin Dynamics	54
Structure and Role of O-Linked Glycans in Viral Envelope Proteins	54
Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling in Phage Defense and Counter-Defense	53
Conquering the Host: Determinants of Pathogenesis Learned from Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68	52
Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Reviews	48
Quantitative Temporal Viromics	47
A Structural Perspective on the Alphavirus Life Cycle	47
In Memoriam: Michael M. Goodin (1967–2020)	46
Viral G Protein–Coupled Receptors Encoded by β- and γ-Herpesviruses	45
Poxvirus Host-Range Determinants: SAMD9/9L and Beyond	44
Structural and Functional Insights into Viral Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting	43

New Insights into Chikungunya Virus Infection and Pathogenesis	41
Historical Perspective on the Discovery of the Quasispecies Concept	36
SEA-PHAGES and SEA-GENES: Advancing Virology and Science Education	34
Natural Selection, Intracellular Bottlenecks of Virus Populations, and Viral Superinfection Exclusion	30
Understanding the Impacts of Bacteriophage Viruses: From Laboratory Evolution to Natural Ecosystems	30
Seeing Biomolecular Condensates Through the Lens of Viruses	27
Grapevine Red Blotch Disease: A Threat to the Grape and Wine Industries	27
Bacteriophage ICP1: A Persistent Predator of Vibrio cholerae	27