OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of General Virology is 6. 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
In memoriam - Jeffrey W Davies (1942–2021)	185
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Mymonaviridae 2022	138
Desmoglein-2 and COVID-19 complications: insights into its role as a biomarker, pathogenesis and clinical implications	117
An Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus-encoded microRNA, AcMNPV-miR-4, downregulates the expression of host gene alg-2	109
Peste des petits ruminants virus non-structural V and C proteins interact with the NF-κB p65 subunit and modulate pro-inflammatory cytokine gene induction	105
The host range restriction of bat-associated no-known-vector flaviviruses occurs post-entry	97
Bluetongue virus serotype 12 enters Australia – a further incursion of novel western lineage genome segments	97
Mouse cytomegalovirus lacking sgg1 shows reduced import into the salivary glands	92
Downregulation of endogenous nectin1 in human keratinocytes by herpes simplex virus 1 glycoprotein D excludes superinfection but does not affect NK cell function	81
Licorice extract inhibits porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in vitro and in vivo	70
Novel circular DNA virus identified in Opuntia discolor (Cactaceae) that codes for proteins with similarity to those of geminiviruses	64
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Tosoviridae 2023	62
Infectious droplet exposure is an inefficient route for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the ferret model	62
Metagenomic profiling of placental tissue suggests DNA virus infection of the placenta is rare	48
The infectivity of progeny adenovirus in the presence of neutralizing antibody	43
Suppression of innate immunity by the vaccinia virus protein N1 promotes skin microbiota expansion and increased immune infiltration following vaccination	42
Cyclooxygenase-2/prostaglandin E2 pathway regulates infectious bronchitis virus replication in avian macrophages	36
The coat protein of the ilarvirus prunus necrotic ringspot virus mediates long-distance movement	34
Neutralizing Ljungan virus antibodies in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes	34
Identification of protein interactions of grapevine fanleaf virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase during infection of Nicotiana benthamiana by affinity purification and tandem mass spectrometry	30
Development of a novel Macaque-Tropic HIV-1 adapted to cynomolgus macaques	30
Effect of immature tick-borne encephalitis virus particles on antiviral activity of 5-aminoisoxazole-3-carboxylic acid adamantylmethyl esters	29
Characterization of a novel reassortment Tibet orbivirus isolated from Culicoides spp. in Yunnan, PR China	28
Murine Ifit3 restricts the replication of Rabies virus both in vitro and in vivo	27
A review of reptile virus experimental infection studies	27

Mutational analysis reveals a novel role for hepatitis C virus NS5A domain I in cyclophilin-dependent genome replication	26
Elucidating the biological characteristics and pathogenicity of the highly virulent G2a porcine epidemic diarrhea virus	26
Local and systemic replicative fitness for viruses in specialist, generalist, and non-specialist interactions with salmonid hosts	26
Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)	26
Forty-nine metagenomic-assembled genomes from an aquatic virome expand Caudoviricetes by 45 potential new families and the newly uncovered Gossevirus of Bamfordvirae	24
Bovine papular stomatitis virus as a vaccine vector for cattle	24
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pospiviroidae	23
Mass mortality among colony-breeding seabirds in the German Wadden Sea in 2022 due to distinct genotypes of HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b	21
Replication and transmission of an influenza A(H3N2) virus harboring the polymerase acidic I38T substitution, in guinea pigs.	21
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus ubiquitin ligases downregulate cell surface expression of l-selectin	21
Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses reveal metabolic responses to TGEV infection in porcine intestinal epithelial cells	21
Optimized cell systems for the investigation of hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoproteins	20
MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 membrane proteins are modified with polylactosamine chains	20
Comparative analysis of virus pathogenicity and resistance-breaking between the P- and A-type from the beet necrotic yellow vein virus using infectious cDNA clones	20
Generation of a Bactrian camel hepatitis E virus by a reverse genetics system	19
Arginyltransferase 1 (ATE1)-mediated proteasomal degradation of viral haemagglutinin protein: a unique host defence mechanism	19
Oral administration of PEDV-dissolved Alg-CS gel induces high and sustained mucosal immunity in mice	19
Transmission dynamics and pathogenesis differ between pheasants and partridges infected with clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses	18
Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020–21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus	18
Structure and immunogenicity of the murine astrovirus capsid spike	18
Bluetongue virus in South America: current status based on phylogenetic analysis	17
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Amnoonviridae 2023	17
Zebrafish as an animal model for the antiviral RNA interference pathway	17
Equine herpesvirus 1 elicits a strong pro-inflammatory response in the brain of mice	16
SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission via the skin to oro-nasal route with the production of bioaerosols in the ferret model	16
Squash vein yellowing virus from California emerged in the Middle East via intragenic and intergeneric recombination events in the hypervariable potyvirus P1 and ipomovirus P1a genes	16
Identification and characterization of bisbenzimide compounds that inhibit human cytomegalovirus replication	15
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Filoviridae 2024	15
The role of sand flies as vectors of viruses other than phleboviruses	15
Molecular characterization of the first human G15 rotavirus strain of zoonotic origin from the bovine species	14
Population diversity of cassava mosaic begomoviruses increases over the course of serial vegetative propagation	14
Structural and functional characterization of siadenovirus core protein VII nuclear localization demonstrates the existence of multiple nuclear transport pathways	14
Recovery and genetic characterization of black queen cell virus	14
Advances in understanding of the innate immune response to human norovirus infection using organoid models	14
The human papillomavirus oncoproteins: a review of the host pathways targeted on the road to transformation	13
Modulation of cellular autophagy by genotype 1 hepatitis E virus ORF3 protein	13
Assessment of inactivation procedures for SARS-CoV-2	13
Nuclear localization of Zika virus NS5 contributes to suppression of type I interferon production and response	13
Role of N-linked glycosylation in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection	13
Systematic analysis of nuclear localization of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus proteins	13
African lineage 1a West Nile virus isolated from crocodiles exhibits low neuroinvasiveness in mice	12
Therapeutic efficacy of JNJ-49214698, an RSV fusion inhibitor, in RSV-infected neonatal lambs	12
Strain development of A/H1N1pdm09 candidate vaccine viruses for the 2021–22 northern hemisphere influenza season	12
Diverse microviruses circulating in invertebrates within a lake ecosystem	12
Emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses H5N1 and H5N5 in white-tailed eagles, 2021–2023	12
Human convalescent plasma protects K18-hACE2 mice against severe respiratory disease	12
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae 2024	12
Investigative study into whether an insect repellent has virucidal activity against SARS-CoV-2	12
Borna disease virus 1 impairs DNA double-strand break repair through the ATR/Chk1 signalling pathway, resulting in learning and memory impairment in rats	11
A highly discriminatory RNA strand-specific assay to facilitate analysis of the role of cis-acting elements in foot-and-mouth disease virus replication	11

Infection in asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 can interfere with the achievement of robust immunity on a population scale	11
Isolation and characterization of a novel rodent hepevirus in long-tailed dwarf hamsters (Cricetulus longicaudatus) in China	11
High prevalence of tryptophan-truncated S quasispecies in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients	10
The RNA virome of echinoderms	10
Combined computational and cellular screening identifies synergistic inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 by lenvatinib and remdesivir	10
Production of antigenically stable enterovirus A71 virus-like particles in Pichia pastoris as a vaccine candidate	10
Physiological magnesium concentrations increase fidelity of diverse reverse transcriptases from HIV-1, HIV-2, and foamy virus, but not MuLV or AMV	10
Hypoxia dampens innate immune signalling at early time points and increases Zika virus RNA levels in iPSC-derived macrophages	10
Role of env gene and LTR sequence in the pathogenesis of subgroup K avian leukosis virus	10
Genome-scale molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Middle Point orbiviruses from Australia	10
Insights into the human gut virome by sampling a population from the Indian subcontinent	9
Chloroquine and pyrimethamine inhibit the replication of human respiratory syncytial virus A	9
Transcriptome analysis of hepatoma cells transfected with Basal Core Promoter (BCP) and Pre-Core (PC) mutant hepatitis B virus full genome construct	9
Actin cytoskeleton remodeling disrupts physical barriers to infection and presents entry receptors to respiratory syncytial virus	9
Characterization of subclinical ZIKV infection in immune-competent guinea pigs and mice	9
Establishment of a novel minigenome system for the identification of drugs targeting Nipah virus replication	9
RNase L-activating 2′–5′ oligoadenylates bind ABCF1, ABCF3 and Decr-1	9
Validation of an antigenic site targeted by monoclonal antibodies against Puumala virus	9
Molecular characterization of a novel partitivirus with four segments isolated from Fusarium solani, the causal agent of citrus root rot	9
A dopamine antagonist, domperidone enhances the replication of an oncolytic adenovirus in human tumour cells	9
Heat shock protein 70, glutamate dehydrogenase, and angiotensin-converting enzyme of Bombyx mori mediate the cell attachment of Cypovirus 1	8
Retraction notice: Mosquito-borne arboviruses in Uganda: history, transmission and burden	8
Increased capsid oligomerization is deleterious to dengue virus particle production	8
Mice immunized with trimethyl chitosan nanoparticles containing DENV-2 envelope domain III elicit neutralizing antibodies with undetectable antibody-dependent enhancement activity	8
SARS-CoV-2 replicon for high-throughput antiviral screening	8
Encoding of a transgene in-frame with a Newcastle disease virus protein increases transgene expression and stability	8
Phosphorylation of the Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus polyhedron envelope protein plays an important role in the formation of the occlusion body envelope	8
Cell viability assay as a tool to study activity and inhibition of hepatitis C p7 channels	8
Non-canonical nematode endogenous retroviruses resulting from RNA virus glycoprotein gene capture by a metavirus	8
Estimating prevalence of Enterovirus D111 in human and non-human primate populations using cross-sectional serology	8
Replication and innate immune responses of two chikungunya virus genotypes in human monocyte-derived macrophages	8
Purification-induced damage to calicivirus particles at near-atomic resolution	8
Development and evaluation of a new non-competitive Luminex immunoassay detecting antibodies against human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16 and 18	8
Japanese encephalitis virus hijacks ER-associated degradation regulators for its replication	7
Evolutionary analysis and biological characterization of a novel alphabaculovirus isolated from Mythimna separata	7
Comparison of gut viral communities in diarrhoea and healthy dairy calves	7
Engineering aphid transmission of foxtail mosaic virus in the presence of potyvirus helper component proteinase through coat protein modifications	7
Digoxin is a potent inhibitor of Bunyamwera virus infection in cell culture	7
Limited potexvirus diversity in eastern Gulf of Mexico seagrass meadows	7
Virus-host coevolutionary analyses of an Alphabaculovirus with a wide host range	7
Characterization of Mayaro virus (strain BeAn343102) biology in vertebrate and invertebrate cellular backgrounds	7
A human adenovirus encoding IFN-γ can transduce Tasmanian devil facial tumour cells and upregulate MHC-I	7
TRIM56 overexpression restricts porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus replication in Marc-145 cells by enhancing TLR3-TRAF3-mediated IFN-β antiviral response	7
A conserved methyltransferase active site residue of Zika virus NS5 is required for the restriction of STING activation and interferon expression	7
Characterization of a dynamic self-replicating mammalian expression vector based on the circular ssDNA genome of beak and feather disease virus	6
Molecular and genomic characterization of a novel equine molluscum contagiosum-like virus	6
Out-of-sync evolutionary patterns and mutual interplay of major and minor capsid proteins in norovirus GII.2	6
The effect of pH on the structure of Bluetongue virus VP5	6
Investigating the effect of reduced temperatures on the efficacy of rhabdovirus-based viral vector platforms	6
Genetic and biological characterization of Newcastle disease viruses circulating in Bangladesh during 2010–2017: further genetic diversification of class II genotype XIII in Southcentral Asia	6
Multi-phenotype analysis for enhanced classification of 11 herpes simplex virus 1 strains	6
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ovaliviridae	6
Characterization of an avian rotavirus A strain isolated from a velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca): implication for the role of migratory birds in global spread of avian rotaviruses	6
Sarbecoviruses of British horseshoe bats; sequence variation and epidemiology	6
Retrospective screening of routine respiratory samples revealed undetected community transmission and missed intervention opportunities for SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom	6
Newly emerged genotypes of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza viruses in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan during winter 2020/21	6
Oropouche Virus: An Emerging Orthobunyavirus	6
Identification of miRNAs encoded by Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus	6
Molecular and clinical characterization of the equine-like G3 rotavirus that caused the first outbreak in Japan, 2016	6
Assessment of twelve echovirus virus-neutralisation assays in Europe: recommendations for harmonisation of non-polio enterovirus sero-surveillance studies	6
Viruses of free-roaming and hunting dogs in Uganda show elevated prevalence, richness and abundance across a gradient of contact with wildlife	6
Egress of non-enveloped enteric RNA viruses	6
Downregulation of KLF5 by EBER1 via the ERK signaling pathway in EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells: implications for latent EBV infection	6
High-throughput engineering of cytoplasmic- and nuclear-replicating large dsDNA viruses by CRISPR/Cas9	6
Inhibition of phosphodiesterase 12 results in antiviral activity against several RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2	6
Development of an in vitro homeostasis model between airway epithelial cells, bacteria and bacteriophages: a time-lapsed observation of cell viability and inflammatory response	6
WIV, a protein domain found in a wide number of arthropod viruses, which probably facilitates infection	6
Impact of the host immune response on the development of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy in horses	6
Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus strains detected in alpacas (Vicugna pacos) from Peru	6
Mutations within scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) protein domain 5 of porcine CD163 involved in infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRS)	6
Identification of a novel statovirus in a faecal sample from a calf with enteric disease	6
VP24 matrix proteins of eight filoviruses downregulate innate immune response by inhibiting the interferon-induced pathway	6