OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSphere is 26. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Comprehensive analysis of repetitive extragenic palindrome sequences identified in bacteria and archaea using a new web-based tool, RepRanger	88
Vaborbactam increases meropenem susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates displaying MexXY and AmpC upregulation	75
Natural Competence in the Filamentous, Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis fritschii PCC 6912	47
A dual-mechanism antimicrobial peptide with antimutagenic activity targets the replisome and induces cell envelope stress	42
Deep metagenomic characterization of the gut virome in pregnant women with preeclampsia	42
Association between Pregestational Vaginal Dysbiosis and Incident Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Risk: a Nested Case-Control Study	38
Taxonomic and functional assembly cues enrich the endophytic tobacco microbiota across epiphytic compartments	38
Control of Human Anelloviruses by Cytosine to Uracil Genome Editing	36
Neutrophil prime unique transcriptional responses in intestinal organoids during infection with nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovars	36
Phylogenetic lineage dynamics of global parainfluenza virus type 3 post-COVID-19 pandemic	36
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	35
Large-Scale Evaluation of a Rapid Fully Automated Analysis Platform to Detect and Refute Outbreaks Based on MRSA Genome Comparisons	33
Human Milk Oligosaccharides versus Streptococcus: How a Human-Made Natural Product Protects Us from Pathogens	33
The GATA-like transcription factor Gat201 determines alkaline-restricted growth in Cryptococcus neoformans	33
Structural determination of Rickettsia lipid A without chemical extraction confirms shorter acyl chains in later-evolving spotted fever group pathogens	32
mSphere of Influence: Pertussis Vaccination and Antibodies in Mothers and Infants	31
Comparison of O-specific polysaccharide responses in patients following infection with Vibrio cholerae O139 versus vaccination with a bivalent (O1/O139) oral killed chol	31
Virus species names have been standardized; virus names remain unchanged	30
miR-451a Regulates Neuronal Apoptosis by Modulating 14-3-3ζ-JNK Axis upon Flaviviral Infection	30
Preceding Host History of Conjugative Resistance Plasmids Affects Intra- and Interspecific Transfer Potential from Biofilm	29
The Cwr1 protein kinase localizes to the plasma membrane and mediates resistance to cell wall stress in Candida albicans	29
Metatranscriptomic analysis of common mosquito vector species in the Canadian Prairies	28
Engineered Methylobacterium extorquens grows well on methoxylated aromatics due to its formaldehyde metabolism and stress response	28
Comparative genomic and phenotypic analysis of potential beneficial properties of Bifidobacterium adolescentis	27
ALIBY: ALFA Nanobody-Based Toolkit for Imaging and Biochemistry in Yeast	27

Virulent Brucella nosferati infecting Desmodus rotundus has emerging potential due to the broad foraging range of its bat host for humans	26
Endosymbiosis in trypanosomatids: the bacterium regulates the intermediate and oxidative metabolism of the host cell	26
Dynamics and quantitative contribution of the aminoglycoside 6′- N -acetyltransferase type Ib to amikacin resistance	26
Single-spore germination analyses reveal that calcium released during Clostridioides difficile germination functions in a feedforward loop	26
Straining to define a healthy microbiome	26