OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSystems is 39. 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
Announcing the mSystems special collection on microbial dormancy	108
Regulatory networks of FUR and NtcA are intertwined by transcriptional regulators, two-component systems, serine/threonine kinases, and sigma factors in Anabaena sp. PCC	101
MetaProClust-MS1: an MS1 Profiling Approach for Large-Scale Microbiome Screening	95
A simple BLASTn-based approach generates novel insights into the regulation and biological function of type I toxin-antitoxins	83
A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR)	80
Carbapenem triggers dissemination of chromosomally integrated carbapenemase genes via conjugative plasmids in Escherichia coli	76
Diverse non-canonical electron bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases of separate evolutionary origins in Hydrogenedentota	73
A multi-omics analysis unveils functional and regulatory links between hydroxybenzene and aromatic amino acid metabolism in Candida albicans	69
In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nano	66
Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes	66
Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype	65
Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users	63
Microbial Diversity and Interaction Specificity in Kombucha Tea Fermentations	62
Deciphering the antigen specificities of antibodies by clustering their complementarity determining region sequences	61
Unraveling proteomic chaos by independent component analysis—ClpX proficiency promotes the iron and oxygen limitation responses of Staphylococcus aureus	61
Reduced glutathione levels in Enterococcus faecalis trigger metabolic and transcriptional compensatory adjustments during iron exposure	56
Metabolomic profiling of Burkholderia thailandensis infection of airway epithelial cells provides insights into potential therapeutic targets	55
Gut microbiota contribute to high-altitude adaptation in tree sparrows	54
Investigating the gut bacteria structure and function of hibernating bats through 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and culturomics	54
Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses	53
Abrogation of SOS mutagenesis by the E. coli OxyR oxidative stress response	53
Mucin alleviates colonic barrier dysfunction by promoting spermine accumulation through enhanced arginine metabolism in Limosilactobacillus mucosae	53
The chicken gut virome: spatial structuring and extensive diversity of 19,778 viral populations	49
Unraveling the disease pyramid: the role of environmental micro-eukaryotes in amphibian resistance to the deadly fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	47
Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles	47

Dissecting the genetic features and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 88: a global perspective	45
Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Highlight Virulence and Host Adaptation Favoring the Success of Epidemic Clones	44
STENSL: Microbial Source Tracking with ENvironment SeLection	44
Visualizing the pH in Escherichia coli Colonies via the Sensor Protein mCherryEA Allows High-Throughput Screening of Mutant Libraries	44
The functional small RNA interactome reveals targets for the vancomycin-responsive sRNA RsaOI in vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus	44
Dispersal shapes compositional and functional diversity in aquatic microbial communities	43
Uncharacterized and lineage-specific accessory genes within the Proteus mirabilis pan-genome landscape	43
Sodium butyrate facilitates CRHR2 expression to alleviate HPA axis hyperactivity in autism-like rats induced by prenatal lipopolysaccharides through histone deacetylase inhibition	42
PhoPQ-mediated lipopolysaccharide modification governs intrinsic resistance to tetracycline and glycylcycline antibiotics in Escherichia coli	41
Disturbance–diversity relationships of microbial communities change based on growth substrate	41
Natural Green Spaces, Sensitization to Allergens, and the Role of Gut Microbiota during Infancy	40
Clade-specific long-read sequencing increases the accuracy and specificity of the gyrB phylogenetic marker gene	40
Sepsis-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Mediates the Susceptibility to Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy in Mice	40
Insights into the metabolic specificities of pathogenic strains from the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex	39
Cultured Bacteria Provide Insight into the Functional Potential of the Coral-Associated Microbiome	39
Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence	39
A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus	39