OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSystems is 38. 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
Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users	169
A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR)	95
Comparative Genomics of Cyclic di-GMP Metabolism and Chemosensory Pathways in Shewanella algae Strains: Novel Bacterial Sensory Domains and Functional Insights into Lifestyle Regulation	90
Dispersal shapes compositional and functional diversity in aquatic microbial communities	84
Uncharacterized and lineage-specific accessory genes within the Proteus mirabilis pan-genome landscape	75
Announcing the mSystems special collection on microbial dormancy	74
Regulatory networks of FUR and NtcA are intertwined by transcriptional regulators, two-component systems, serine/threonine kinases, and sigma factors in Anabaena sp. PCC	67
Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes	65
Sodium butyrate facilitates CRHR2 expression to alleviate HPA axis hyperactivity in autism-like rats induced by prenatal lipopolysaccharides through histone deacetylase inhibition	64
MetaProClust-MS1: an MS1 Profiling Approach for Large-Scale Microbiome Screening	60
A simple BLASTn-based approach generates novel insights into the regulation and biological function of type I toxin-antitoxins	60
Metabolomic profiling of Burkholderia thailandensis infection of airway epithelial cells provides insights into potential therapeutic targets	60
A multi-omics analysis unveils functional and regulatory links between hydroxybenzene and aromatic amino acid metabolism in Candida albicans	58
In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nano	57
Gut microbiota contribute to high-altitude adaptation in tree sparrows	55
Disturbance–diversity relationships of microbial communities change based on growth substrate	52
Genome-Scale Modeling Specifies the Metabolic Capabilities of Rhizophagus irregularis	51
Clade-specific long-read sequencing increases the accuracy and specificity of the gyrB phylogenetic marker gene	50
Visualizing the pH in Escherichia coli Colonies via the Sensor Protein mCherryEA Allows High-Throughput Screening of Mutant Libraries	48
Investigating the gut bacteria structure and function of hibernating bats through 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and culturomics	48
Insights into Adaptive Mechanisms of Extreme Acidophiles Based on Quorum Sensing/Quenching-Related Proteins	48
Carbapenem triggers dissemination of chromosomally integrated carbapenemase genes via conjugative plasmids in Escherichia coli	47
Diverse non-canonical electron bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases of separate evolutionary origins in Hydrogenedentota	47
Insights into the metabolic specificities of pathogenic strains from the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex	46
The functional small RNA interactome reveals targets for the vancomycin-responsive sRNA RsaOI in vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus	45

Unraveling proteomic chaos by independent component analysis—ClpX proficiency promotes the iron and oxygen limitation responses of Staphylococcus aureus	44
Dissecting the genetic features and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 88: a global perspective	42
Reduced glutathione levels in Enterococcus faecalis trigger metabolic and transcriptional compensatory adjustments during iron exposure	42
Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles	41
Unraveling the disease pyramid: the role of environmental micro-eukaryotes in amphibian resistance to the deadly fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	40
Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype	39
Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses	39
Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence	39
Probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis M8 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus M9 prevent high blood pressure via modulating the gut microbiota composit	39
An Elemental Diet Enriched in Amino Acids Alters the Gut Microbial Community and Prevents Colonic Mucus Degradation in Mice with Colitis	39
STENSL: Microbial Source Tracking with ENvironment SeLection	39
Seasonality and longer-term development generate temporal dynamics in the Populus microbiome	39
A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus	38
Sepsis-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Mediates the Susceptibility to Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy in Mice	38
Cultured Bacteria Provide Insight into the Functional Potential of the Coral-Associated Microbiome	38