OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSphere is 28. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Comprehensive analysis of repetitive extragenic palindrome sequences identified in bacteria and archaea using a new web-based tool, RepRanger	151
Neutrophil prime unique transcriptional responses in intestinal organoids during infection with nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovars	67
Large-Scale Evaluation of a Rapid Fully Automated Analysis Platform to Detect and Refute Outbreaks Based on MRSA Genome Comparisons	59
Structural determination of Rickettsia lipid A without chemical extraction confirms shorter acyl chains in later-evolving spotted fever group pathogens	55
mSphere of Influence: Pertussis Vaccination and Antibodies in Mothers and Infants	42
Comparison of O-specific polysaccharide responses in patients following infection with Vibrio cholerae O139 versus vaccination with a bivalent (O1/O139) oral killed chol	41
Vaborbactam increases meropenem susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates displaying MexXY and AmpC upregulation	40
Comparative genomic and phenotypic analysis of potential beneficial properties of Bifidobacterium adolescentis	40
A dual-mechanism antimicrobial peptide with antimutagenic activity targets the replisome and induces cell envelope stress	39
Natural Competence in the Filamentous, Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis fritschii PCC 6912	39
Preceding Host History of Conjugative Resistance Plasmids Affects Intra- and Interspecific Transfer Potential from Biofilm	38
The Cwr1 protein kinase localizes to the plasma membrane and mediates resistance to cell wall stress in Candida albicans	38
PUPpy: a primer design pipeline for substrain-level microbial detection and absolute quantification	38
Phylogenetic lineage dynamics of global parainfluenza virus type 3 post-COVID-19 pandemic	38
Type I-E* CRISPR-Cas of Klebsiella pneumoniae upregulates bacterial virulence by targeting endogenous histidine utilization system	37
Toward a deeper understanding of dengue: novel method for quantification and isolation of envelope protein epitope-specific antibodies	36
Association between Pregestational Vaginal Dysbiosis and Incident Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Risk: a Nested Case-Control Study	35
miR-451a Regulates Neuronal Apoptosis by Modulating 14-3-3ζ-JNK Axis upon Flaviviral Infection	34
Dynamics and quantitative contribution of the aminoglycoside 6′- N -acetyltransferase type Ib to amikacin resistance	33
CTG clade-specific proteins of the RSC chromatin-remodeling complex regulate cell cycle progression of a critical priority fungal pathogen, Candida albicans	32
Single-spore germination analyses reveal that calcium released during Clostridioides difficile germination functions in a feedforward loop	31
Biological Microbial Interactions from Cooccurrence Networks in a High Mountain Lacustrine District	31
Deep metagenomic characterization of the gut virome in pregnant women with preeclampsia	30
The multidrug efflux pump regulator AcrR directly represses motility in Escherichia coli	29
Virulent Brucella nosferati infecting Desmodus rotundus has emerging potential due to the broad foraging range of its bat host for humans	29

Advanced genetic techniques in fungal pathogen research	29
Transcriptional and metabolic modeling analyses of developing Aspergillus fumigatus biofilms reveal metabolic shifts required for biofilm maturation	29
Mycothione reductase as a potential target in the fight against Mycobacterium abscessus infections	28