OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSphere 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Post-COVID mRNA-vaccine IgG4 shift: worrisome?	113
Serological Analysis Identifies Consequential B Cell Epitopes on the Flexible Linker and C-Terminus of Decorin Binding Protein A (DbpA) from Borrelia burgdorferi	88
mSphere of Influence: an Army Marching on Its Stomach—Malaria Parasites Sense and Subvert Host Nutrition	79
Human Milk Oligosaccharides versus Streptococcus: How a Human-Made Natural Product Protects Us from Pathogens	77
Strain-limited biofilm regulation through the Brg1-Rme1 circuit in Candida albicans	63
Small RNA CjNC110 regulates the activated methyl cycle to enable optimal chicken colonization by Campylobacter jejuni	63
Dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis alters the proportion and composition of replicating gut bacteria	59
mSphere of Influence: Seeking the unseen fungi in tumors	51
mSphere of Influence: High-throughput screens to rapidly assign function to microbial genes	50
Emerging themes in microbial stress response and mechanistic insights: key findings from the fall 2024 ASM Theobald Smith Society meeting	49
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Prevalence among Industrial Livestock Operation Workers and Nearby Community Residents, North Carolina, 2021 to 2022	47
The complete genome sequence of the crayfish pathogen Candidatus Paracoxiella cheracis n.g. n.sp. provides insight into pathogenesis and the phylogeny of the Coxiellacea	45
mSphere of Influence: Discovering New Layers of Complexity in the Immune System	44
mSphere of Influence: Surface Sensing in Biofilm Formation	44
Alinity m, a Random-Access System, for Hepatitis B Virus DNA Quantification in Plasma and Whole Blood Collected on Dried Blood Spots	43
Comparative Study of the Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress between Two Types of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Tokyo 172	42
Cecal Microbial Succession and Its Apparent Association with Nutrient Metabolism in Broiler Chickens	40
mSphere of Influence: Pertussis Vaccination and Antibodies in Mothers and Infants	40
A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in Plasmodium Identifies Unique Biology	39
Lsr2 and Its Novel Paralogue Mediate the Adjustment of Mycobacterium smegmatis to Unfavorable Environmental Conditions	37
mSphere of Influence: There’s More to (a Pathogen’s) Life than Growing Fast	37
Circular Whole-Transcriptome Amplification (cWTA) and mNGS Screening Enhanced by a Group Testing Algorithm (mEGA) Enable High-Throughput and Comprehensive Virus Identification	37
Population Dynamics of Escherichia coli Causing Bloodstream Infections over Extended Time Periods	36
Both Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans Accumulate Greater Biomass in Dual-Species Biofilms under Flow	35
Structural determination of Rickettsia lipid A without chemical extraction confirms shorter acyl chains in later-evolving spotted fever group pathogens	34

Synergistic horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes and transposons in the infant gut microbial genome	34
Resistance, mechanism, and fitness cost of specific bacteriophages for Pseudomonas aeruginosa	33
Quantifying Neutralizing Antibodies in Patients with COVID-19 by a Two-Variable Generalized Additive Model	32
The Fashion Industry Needs Microbiology: Opportunities and Challenges	31
Simultaneous Single-Cell Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing of Termite Hindgut Protists Reveals Metabolic and Evolutionary Traits of Their Endosymbionts	30
CRISPR/dCas9-Mediated Gene Silencing in Two Plant Fungal Pathogens	30
Inhibition of Streptococcus pyogenes biofilm by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus	30