OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Virology is 40. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Midnolin inhibits coronavirus proliferation by degrading viral proteins	184
p38MAPK- and GSK3-Mediated Phosphorylation of Snakehead Vesiculovirus Phosphoprotein at Threonine 160 Facilitates Viral Replication	150
Elucidating the molecular properties and anti-mycobacterial activity of cysteine peptidase domain of D29 mycobacteriophage endolysin	122
RetS Regulates Phage Infection in Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Modulating the GacS/GacA Two-Component System	94
Repression of Memo1, a Novel Target of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E7, Increases Cell Proliferation in Cervical Cancer Cells	89
DLG1 promotes the antiviral innate immune response by inhibiting p62-mediated autophagic degradation of IKKε	82
OASL suppresses infectious bursal disease virus replication by targeting VP2 for degrading through the autophagy pathway	80
Reverse Genetic Assessment of the Roles Played by the Spike Protein and ORF3 in Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Pathogenicity	77
Sirt1 Negatively Regulates Cellular Antiviral Responses by Preventing the Cytoplasmic Translocation of Interferon-Inducible Protein 16 in Human Cells	73
Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse	71
Replication-deficient whole-virus vaccines against cytomegalovirus induce protective immunity in a guinea pig congenital infection model	70
Molecular Determinants of Mouse Adaptation of Rat Hepacivirus	63
TARDBP Inhibits Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Replication through Degrading Viral Nucleocapsid Protein and Activating Type I Interferon Signaling	63
Changes in the chikungunya virus E1 glycoprotein domain II and hinge influence E2 conformation, infectivity, and virus-receptor interactions	62
Expression of a Phage-Encoded Gp21 Protein Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa against Phage Infection	61
Truncation of the Cytoplasmic Tail of Equine Infectious Anemia Virus Increases Virion Production by Improving Env Cleavage and Plasma Membrane Localization	57
Role of African Swine Fever Virus Proteins EP153R and EP402R in Reducing Viral Persistence in Blood and Virulence in Pigs Infected with BeninΔDP148R	57
Lactate-lactylation-HSPA6 axis promotes PRRSV replication by impairing IFN-β production	56
MmuPV1 E7 promotes phenotypes associated with “high-risk” HPV infection in mouse keratinocytes	54
Crystal Structures of Flavivirus NS5 Guanylyltransferase Reveal a GMP-Arginine Adduct	54
The M2 Gene Is a Determinant of Reovirus-Induced Myocarditis	53
Correction for Goonawardane et al., “Identification of Host Factors Differentially Induced by Clinically Diverse Strains of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus”	53
Characterization of the Attachment of Three New Coliphages onto the Ferrichrome Transporter FhuA	52
Unraveling the cross-talk between a highly virulent PEDV strain and the host via single-cell transcriptomic analysis	52
How structural biology has changed our understanding of icosahedral viruses	51

The Human Liver-Expressed Lectin CD302 Restricts Hepatitis C Virus Infection	50
Editorial Board	49
Heterologous prime-boost immunization induces protection against dengue virus infection in cynomolgus macaques	49
Rapid production of recombinant rotaviruses by overexpression of NSP2 and NSP5 genes with modified nucleotide sequences	49
Erratum for Barbosa Bomfim et al., “CGRP inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of bronchial epithelial cells, and its pulmonary levels correlate with viral clearance in critical COVID-19 patients”	49
Reanalysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data does not support herpes simplex virus 1 latency in non-neuronal ganglionic cells in mice	49
FeLIX is a restriction factor for mammalian retrovirus infection	48
Correction for Sharp et al., “Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of Chimpanzees”	46
Tethered release of the pseudorabies virus deubiquitinase from the capsid promotes enzymatic activity	44
Recognizing the Top 25 Peer Reviewers in 2022 for the Journal of Virology	44
Deciphering the adsorption machinery of Deep-Blue and Vp4, two myophages targeting members of the Bacillus cereus group	43
Correction for Elsayed et al., “Intrastructural Help: Harnessing T Helper Cells Induced by Licensed Vaccines for Improvement of HIV Env Antibody Responses to Virus-Like Particle Vaccines”	42
Editorial Board	42
MicroRNA 573 Rescues Endothelial Dysfunction during Dengue Virus Infection under PPARγ Regulation	41
Enforced Dimerization of CD45 by the Adenovirus E3/49K Protein Inhibits T Cell Receptor Signaling	41
Endogenous Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) siRNA Transcription May Interfere with Exogenous FeLV Infection	40
Multiple-Site SUMOylation of FMDV 3C Protease and Its Negative Role in Viral Replication	40