OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Reviews in Microbiology is 11. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Neuroinflammation-mediated relationship between oral microbiome and neurodegenerative diseases	172
Dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes in plasmids and bacteriophages	67
Helicobacter pylori infection: from standard to alternative treatment strategies	60
Male-specific bacteriophages and their potential on combating the spreading of T4SS-bearing antimicrobial resistance plasmids	60
TREM-2: friend or foe in infectious diseases?	58
The cross-talk between mucormycosis, steroids and diabetes mellitus amidst the global contagion of COVID-19	43
Salmonella in eggs and egg-laying chickens: pathways to effective control	43
Paving the way forward: Escherichia coli bacteriophages in a One Health approach	43
Engineered probiotics as live biotherapeutics for diagnosis and treatment of human diseases	41
Host and bacterial lipid metabolism during tuberculosis infections: possibilities to synergise host- and bacteria-directed therapies	40
Antimicrobial peptides as promising antibiotic adjuvants to combat drug-resistant pathogens	38
Biosynthesis, regulation, and biological significance of fumonisins in fungi: current status and prospects	37
Antibiotic heteroresistance: an important factor in the failure of Helicobacter Pylori eradication	35
Outer membrane proteins and vesicles as promising vaccine candidates against Vibrio spp. infections	34
Relevance of organ(s)-on-a-chip systems to the investigation of food-gut microbiota-host interactions	31
Bile acid–gut microbiota crosstalk in irritable bowel syndrome	29
Targeting bioinformatics tools to study the dissemination and spread of antibiotic resistant genes in the environment and clinical settings	29
LysR-type transcriptional regulators: state of the art	29
Exploring halophilic environments as a source of new antibiotics	28
Vibrio cholerae virulence and its suppression through the quorum-sensing system	28
Interplay between Clostridioides difficile infection, host immunity, and metabolism: a comprehensive review	27
The crosstalk between gut microbiota and microbiota-derived metabolites in hepatocellular carcinoma	25
The microbiome and precision oncology: an emerging paradigm in anticancer therapy	25
Emerging cellular and molecular interactions between the lung microbiota and lung diseases	24
Advances in the applications of Bacteriophages and phage products against food-contaminating bacteria	24

Polyamine as a microenvironment factor in resistance to antibiotics	23
Bacterial vaginosis: advancing insights into microbial dysbiosis	23
Probiotics for pancreatic β-cell function: from possible mechanism of action to assessment of effectiveness	22
Endophytic fungi-bioinspired nanoparticles potential to control infectious disease	22
Building up a clinical microbiota profiling: a quality framework proposal	22
The diffusible signaling factor family in microbial signaling: a current perspective	21
The role of single and mixed biofilms in Clostridioides difficile infection and strategies for prevention and inhibition	21
Phage-bacterial evolutionary interactions: experimental models and complications	19
Emergence of persister cells in Staphylococcus aureus : calculated or fortuitous move?	19
Biotherapeutic potential of gut microbiota-derived indole-3-acetic acid	18
Emerging strategies to target virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory infections	18
Microbial persisters and host: recent advances and future perspectives	17
Ureaplasma infections: update on epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and pathogenesis	17
Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : mechanisms and emerging treatment	17
Ocular surface microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the high prevalence of dry eye disease in diabetic patients	16
Current types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec ) in clinically relevant coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CoNS) species	16
Microbial biosynthesis of nucleos(t)ide analogs: applications, and engineering optimization	15
Advances in mining and expressing microbial biosynthetic gene clusters	15
Bacillusspore-forming probiotics: benefits with concerns?	14
Quorum sensing in biofilms: a key mechanism to target in ecotoxicological studies	14
Porphyromonas gingivalis and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease	13
The role of the probiotic Akkermansia muciniphila in brain functions: insights underpinning therapeutic potential	13
Review on computer-assisted biosynthetic capacities elucidation to assess metabolic interactions and communication within microbial communities	13
Aspergilli series Versicolores: importance of species identification in the clinical setting	12
Community dynamics of subgingival microbiome in periodontitis and targets for microbiome modulation therapy	12
The crosstalk between SUMOylation and immune system in host-pathogen interactions	12
Mechanisms underlying the effects, and clinical applications, of oral microbiota in lung cancer: current challenges and prospects	12
The potential for bacteriophages and prophage elements in fighting and preventing the gonorrhea	11
Genetic basis of antibiotic resistance in bovine mastitis and its possible implications for human and ecological health	11
Bdellovibrio and like organisms: current understanding and knowledge gaps of the smallest cellular hunters of the microbial world	11
Current and novel therapies for management of Acinetobacter baumannii -associated pneumonia	11
Insights into the molecular basis of c-di-GMP signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	11