OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Infectious Diseases 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
Rapid Enzymatic Detection of Shiga-Toxin-Producing E. coli Using Fluorescence-Labeled Oligonucleotide Substrates	87
Implications of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Metabolic Adaptability on Drug Discovery and Development	86
1,3-Diarylpyrazolyl-acylsulfonamides Target HadAB/BC Complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	84
Role of Macrophage PIST Protein in Regulating Leishmania major Infection	82
Cholesterol-Dependent Membrane Deformation by Metastable Viral Capsids Facilitates Entry	68
Virulence and Adhesion of the Treponema pallidum Nichols Strain Simultaneously Decrease in a Continuous-Infection New Zealand White Rabbit Model	68
Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Impairs Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Barrier Function via the PI3K/Akt-Nrf2 Pathway	64
Mutagenesis-Guided Target Identification Reveals the Protein-Binding Domain of Nsp14 in Coronaviruses as the Target of a Labdane-Oxindole Compound	64
Heterogeneity and Compositional Diversities of Campylobacter jejuni Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) Drive Multiple Cellular Uptake Processes	56
Phenotypic Landscape of Immune Cells in Sepsis: Insights from High-Dimensional Mass Cytometry	54
Mitophagy Activation Targeting PINK1 Is an Effective Treatment to Inhibit Zika Virus Replication	51
Tea Tree Oil Nanoemulsion Potentiates Antibiotics against Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli	50
Students Against Superbugs (SAS) Africa	47
Transferring Microclusters of P. aeruginosa Biofilms to the Air–Liquid Interface of Bronchial Epithelial Cells for Repeated Deposition of Aerosolized Tobramycin	44
MptpB Inhibitor Improves the Action of Antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterium avium Infections	43
Protein O-Fucosyltransferase Is Required for the Efficient Invasion of Hepatocytes by Plasmodium berghei Sporozoites	41
Biochemical and Cellular Characterization of the Function of Fluorophosphonate-Binding Hydrolase H (FphH) in Staphylococcus aureus Support a Role in Bacterial Stress Response	41
Analyses of the Antibiofilm Activity of o-Phenanthroline Monohydrate against Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus and the Mechanisms Underlying These Effects	41
Cytoplasmic Delivery of an Antibiotic, Trimethoprim, with a Simple Bidentate Catechol Analog as a Siderophore Mimetic	39
Issue Publication Information	38
Poly(l-ornithine)-Grafted Zinc Phthalocyanines as Dual-Functional Antimicrobial Agents with Intrinsic Membrane Damage and Photothermal Ablation Capacity	37
Issue Editorial Masthead	35
Smart Wound Dressing with Real-Time Colorimetric Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection	35
Contact Dynamics of Cytoadhering Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes in Flow	34
Starved of ACTION: A Critical Look at the Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plans of African Countries	33

Enhanced Antimicrobial Screening Sensitivity Enabled the Identification of an Ultrashort Peptide KR-8 for Engineering of LL-37mini to Combat Drug-Resistant Pathogens	33
Treponema pallidum Protein TpF1 Inhibits Migration by Impairing Actin Polymerization via Toll-Like Receptor 4/PI3K/AKT in Microglia	32
Restricted Rotational Flexibility of the C5α-Methyl-Substituted Carbapenem NA-1-157 Leads to Potent Inhibition of the GES-5 Carbapenemase	32
Efficient Synthesis of Clovibactin and Its Analogues: Promoting the Discovery of More Potent Antibiotics via Multiple Screenings	31
Chitosan-Coated Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit Adherence and Biofilm Formation of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli	31
From Magic Bullet to Magic Bomb: Reductive Bioactivation of Antiparasitic Agents	30