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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Tosoviridae 2023	256
Transcriptional dynamics during Heliothis zea nudivirus 1 infection in an ovarian cell line from Helicoverpa zea	173
Diverse microviruses circulating in invertebrates within a lake ecosystem	148
Arginyltransferase 1 (ATE1)-mediated proteasomal degradation of viral haemagglutinin protein: a unique host defence mechanism	141
Mutational analysis reveals a novel role for hepatitis C virus NS5A domain I in cyclophilin-dependent genome replication	138
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	111
Out-of-sync evolutionary patterns and mutual interplay of major and minor capsid proteins in norovirus GII.2	98
WIV, a protein domain found in a wide number of arthropod viruses, which probably facilitates infection	94
Strain development of A/H1N1pdm09 candidate vaccine viruses for the 2021–22 northern hemisphere influenza season	77
Validation of an antigenic site targeted by monoclonal antibodies against Puumala virus	60
Role of ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in budded virus egress and GP64 surface distribution in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus	60
Molecular characterization of a novel partitivirus with four segments isolated from Fusarium solani, the causal agent of citrus root rot	59
Evaluation of pandemic potential of the genotype 4 (G4) swine influenza virus using ex vivo and in vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract	55
Establishment of a novel minigenome system for the identification of drugs targeting Nipah virus replication	54
Digoxin is a potent inhibitor of Bunyamwera virus infection in cell culture	54
VP24 matrix proteins of eight filoviruses downregulate innate immune response by inhibiting the interferon-induced pathway	54
Estimating prevalence of Enterovirus D111 in human and non-human primate populations using cross-sectional serology	50
Limited potexvirus diversity in eastern Gulf of Mexico seagrass meadows	48
H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza viruses replicate in differentiated bovine airway epithelial cells cultured at air-liquid interface	45
The saga to monitor and control norovirus: the rise of GII.17	38
A high frequency of detection of koala retrovirus fragments in Victorian koalas suggests historic integration of KoRV	36
The EMCV protein 2B* is required for efficient cell lysis via both caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways during infection	34
Conserved and distinct expression of circular RNAs in commercially used Marek’s disease vaccine viruses	30
Analysis of the genome of grapevine red blotch virus and related grabloviruses indicates diversification prior to the arrival of Vitis vinifera in North America	29
Disruption of the cGAS/STING axis does not impair sensing of MVA in BHK21 cells	24

Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee, 2025	24
A temperature-dependent virus-binding assay reveals the presence of neutralizing antibodies in human cytomegalovirus gB vaccine recipients’ sera	23
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bromoviridae 2025	22
Nanobodies in the limelight: Multifunctional tools in the fight against viruses	20
Membrane architects: how positive-strand RNA viruses restructure the cell	20
Genetic diversity, recombination and cross-species transmission of a waterbird gammacoronavirus in the wild	19
A structural and functional analysis of opal stop codon translational readthrough during Chikungunya virus replication	18
A Coxsackievirus B1-mediated nonlytic Extracellular Vesicle-to-cell mechanism of virus transmission and its possible control through modulation of EV release	17
Two murine cytomegalovirus microRNAs target the major viral immediate early 3 gene	17
Structure and its transformation of elliptical nege-like virus Tanay virus	17
Abnormal prion protein, infectivity and neurofilament light-chain in blood of macaques with experimental variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	17
History and classification of Aigai virus (formerly Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus genotype VI)	17
A reverse genetics system for human rotavirus G2P[4]	16
Coronaviruses in wild rodent and eulipotyphlan small mammals: a review of diversity, ecological implications and surveillance considerations	16
Embracing the heterogeneity of natural viruses in mouse studies	14
The impact of pre-existing immunity on the emergence of within-host immune-escape mutations in Omicron lineages	14
cds46, a highly variable carp edema virus gene	14
A link between severe hepatitis in children and adenovirus 41 and adeno-associated virus 2 infections	14
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Secoviridae 2022	14
The parapoxvirus Orf virus ORF116 gene encodes an antagonist of the interferon response	14
Multiple RNA virus matrix proteins interact with SLD5 to manipulate host cell cycle	13
Optimization of the pseudoparticle system for standardized assessments of neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C virus	13
The health of influenza surveillance and pandemic preparedness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic	13
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Tulasviridae 2023	13
In silico method for predicting infectious strains of influenza A virus from its genome and protein sequences	12
Longitudinal detection of prion shedding in nasal secretions of CWD-infected white-tailed deer	12
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sunviridae 2023	12
Characterization of a mammalian orthoreovirus isolated from the large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus, in Indonesia	12
An aegerolysin-like protein from Heliothis virescens ascovirus 3h (HvAV-3h) shows immune suppression and antibacterial activity	11
Immunogenicity, safety and duration of protection afforded by chikungunya virus vaccines undergoing human clinical trials	11
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sphaerolipoviridae 2023	11
Cytoplasmic domain of CM2 is involved in the replication of influenza C virus	11
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Jingchuvirales 2023	11
Guidance for creating individual and batch latinized binomial virus species names	11
Pigeons exhibit low susceptibility and poor transmission capacity for H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza virus	11
Alternating anti-prion regimens reduce combination drug resistance but do not further extend survival in scrapie-infected mice	11
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Phasmaviridae 2024	10
Erratum: Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Fungal and Protist Viruses Subcommittee, 2025	10
Genetic and antigenic characterization of two diarrhoeic dominant rotavirus A genotypes G3P[12] and G14P[12] circulating in the global equine population	10
U-73122, a phospholipase C inhibitor, impairs lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus virion infectivity	10
Erratum: An enterovirus strain isolated from diabetic child belongs to a genetic subcluster of echovirus 11, but is also neutralised with monotypic antisera to coxsackievirus A9	10
Evolution of the coronavirus spike protein in the full-length genome and defective viral genome under diverse selection pressures	10
Bourbon virus, a newly discovered zoonotic thogotovirus	10
Molecular genetic analyses of the N, NSm and NSs genes of a local population of Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae reveal purifying selection in crops in the southeastern USA	10
Betasatellite-encoded βC1 protein regulates helper virus accumulation by interfering with the ATP hydrolysis activity of geminivirus-encoded replication initiator protein	9
H5N1 2.3.4.4b: a review of mammalian adaptations and risk of pandemic emergence	9
Identification and characterization of bisbenzimide compounds that inhibit human cytomegalovirus replication	9
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	9
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Lispiviridae 2023	9
Selection and T-cell antigenicity of synthetic long peptides derived from SARS-CoV-2	9

Therapeutic efficacy of JNJ-49214698, an RSV fusion inhibitor, in RSV-infected neonatal lambs	9
Comparative syncytia formation dynamics of coronavirus MHV-A59 and pneumovirus hRSV A2 and incorporation into improved kinetic virus replication models	9
Genomic characterization of viruses associated with the parasitoid Anagyrus vladimiri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)	9
New viruses of Cladosporium sp. expand considerably the taxonomic structure of Gammapartitivirus genus	9
Suppression of innate immunity by the vaccinia virus protein N1 promotes skin microbiota expansion and increased immune infiltration following vaccination	9
Multi-phenotype analysis for enhanced classification of 11 herpes simplex virus 1 strains	8
Robust polyfunctional CD8+ and CD4+ T cell responses in HLA-A*0201/DR1 transgenic mice following vaccination with modified vaccinia virus Ankara-based vaccines delivering Lassa virus glycoprotein or n	8
Downregulation of KLF5 by EBER1 via the ERK signaling pathway in EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells: implications for latent EBV infection	8
Characterization of human cytomegalovirus infection dynamics in human microglia	8
Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)	8
From North to South: transmission dynamics of H1N1pdm09 swine influenza A viruses in Italy	8
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Amnoonviridae 2023	8
Isolation and passaging of reptarenaviruses utilizing cultured snake cells suggest tissue tropism and restrictions in segment reassortment	8
MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 membrane proteins are modified with polylactosamine chains	8
Cytoplasmic retention of dengue virus capsid protein by metformin impairing nuclear transport	8
Binomial names for virus species: the rediscovery of an old idea	8
Transmission dynamics and pathogenesis differ between pheasants and partridges infected with clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses	8
The role of sand flies as vectors of viruses other than phleboviruses	8
Forty-nine metagenomic-assembled genomes from an aquatic virome expand Caudoviricetes by 45 potential new families and the newly uncovered Gossevirus of Bamfordvirae	8
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Coronaviridae 2023	7
Cytokine-independent induction of LGP2/DHX58 in viral infection	7
Inhibition of human cytomegalovirus replication by valaciclovir	7
The identification of a novel interaction site for the human immunodeficiency virus capsid on nucleoporin 153	7
Rotavirus exploits SREBP pathway for hyper lipid biogenesis during replication	7
Viruses of free-roaming and hunting dogs in Uganda show elevated prevalence, richness and abundance across a gradient of contact with wildlife	7
Plasma after both SARS-CoV-2 boosted vaccination and COVID-19 potently neutralizes BQ.1.1 and XBB.1	7
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Burkina Faso can transmit the chikungunya virus and Zika virus of the African lineage, but not the Zika virus of the Asian lineage	7
Pseudorabies virus infection induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in suspension-cultured BHK-21 cells	7
Red knots in Europe: a dead end host species or a new niche for highly pathogenic avian influenza?	7
lncRNA EDAL restricts rabies lyssavirus replication in a cell-specific and infection route-dependent manner	7
Haplotype determination of the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus by Nanopore sequencing and linkage of single nucleotide variants	7
Inhibition of phosphodiesterase 12 results in antiviral activity against several RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2	7
Non-canonical nematode endogenous retroviruses resulting from RNA virus glycoprotein gene capture by a metavirus	7
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Qinviridae 2023	7
A variety of highly divergent eukaryotic ssDNA viruses in sera of pigs	7
Early in vivo transcriptome of Trichoplusia ni ascovirus core genes	7
Diagnosis and analysis of unexplained cases of childhood encephalitis in Australia using metatranscriptomic sequencing	7
Cell culture co- and superinfection experiments suggest that transmission during captivity contributes to the presence of reptarenavirus S and L segment swarms in boid inclusion body disease-positive	7
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Cruliviridae 2023	7
Sarbecoviruses of British horseshoe bats; sequence variation and epidemiology	7
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Potyviridae 2022	6
Mechanisms of bunyavirus morphogenesis and egress	6
Genome-wide identification of lncRNAs associated with viral infection in Spodoptera frugiperda	6
Decoding huge phage diversity: a taxonomic classification of Lak megaphages	6
HCMV US2 co-opts TRC8 to degrade the endoplasmic reticulum-resident protein LMAN2L	6
CD137 costimulation is associated with reduced herpetic stromal keratitis and with developing normal CD8+ T cells in trigeminal ganglia	6
Molecular characterisation of a novel avian rotavirus A strain detected from a gull species (Larus sp.)	6
Sex-dependent impairment of antibody responses to tick-borne encephalitis virus vaccination and infection in obese mice	6
A novel tamanavirus (Flaviviridae) of the European common frog (Rana temporaria) from the UK	6
Drug screening identified that handelin inhibits feline calicivirus infection by inhibiting HSP70 expression in vitro	6
Eilat virus (EILV) causes superinfection exclusion against West Nile virus (WNV) in a strain-specific manner in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes	6
Characterisation of the virome of Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of bluetongue virus in Australia	6
Swine IFI6 confers antiviral effects against Japanese encephalitis virus in vitro and in vivo	6
Visualising Viruses	6
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Geminiviridae 2021	6
Chikungunya virus produced by a persistently infected mosquito cell line comprises a shorter genome and is non-infectious to mammalian cells	6
Activities of endogenous APOBEC3s and uracil-DNA-glycosylase affect the hypermutation frequency of hepatitis B virus cccDNA	6
Repression of the major immediate early promoter of human cytomegalovirus allows transcription from an alternate promoter	6
The architecture of membrane structures involved in hepatitis C virus genome replication revealed under close-to-native conditions by cryo-electron tomography	6
Smallpox vaccination campaigns resulted in age-associated population cross-immunity against monkeypox virus	6
ASPP2 binds to hepatitis C virus NS5A protein via an SH3 domain/PxxP motif-mediated interaction and potentiates infection	6
BALB/c mice challenged with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 β variant cause pathophysiological and neurological changes within the lungs and brains	6
Message in a bottle: mRNA vaccination for influenza	6
Differential and defective transcription of koala retrovirus indicates the complexity of host and virus evolution	6