OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Virology is 34. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
How structural biology has changed our understanding of icosahedral viruses	102
Midnolin inhibits coronavirus proliferation by degrading viral proteins	97
Reverse Genetic Assessment of the Roles Played by the Spike Protein and ORF3 in Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Pathogenicity	80
PRMT5 Facilitates Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Replication through Arginine Methylation of VP1	73
From phenotype to receptor: validating physiological clustering of Escherichia coli phages through comprehensive receptor analysis	67
Lactate-lactylation-HSPA6 axis promotes PRRSV replication by impairing IFN-β production	65
Changes in the chikungunya virus E1 glycoprotein domain II and hinge influence E2 conformation, infectivity, and virus-receptor interactions	59
Recognizing the Top 25 Peer Reviewers in 2022 for the Journal of Virology	57
Molecular Determinants of Mouse Adaptation of Rat Hepacivirus	57
Tethered release of the pseudorabies virus deubiquitinase from the capsid promotes enzymatic activity	56
Editorial Board	54
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”	53
Correction for Goonawardane et al., “Identification of Host Factors Differentially Induced by Clinically Diverse Strains of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus”	51
Correction for Sharp et al., “Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of Chimpanzees”	51
MmuPV1 E7 promotes phenotypes associated with “high-risk” HPV infection in mouse keratinocytes	48
DEAD-box helicase gcDDX56 disrupts IRF3 nuclear import complex and promotes nuclear IRF3 degradation for enhancing GCRV replication	47
Rapid production of recombinant rotaviruses by overexpression of NSP2 and NSP5 genes with modified nucleotide sequences	47
Heterologous prime-boost immunization induces protection against dengue virus infection in cynomolgus macaques	44
TARDBP Inhibits Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Replication through Degrading Viral Nucleocapsid Protein and Activating Type I Interferon Signaling	43
Crystal Structures of Flavivirus NS5 Guanylyltransferase Reveal a GMP-Arginine Adduct	43
Anellovirus constraint from 2 to 6 months postpartum followed by betatorquevirus and gammatorquevirus dominance in serum and milk	42
Elucidating the molecular properties and anti-mycobacterial activity of cysteine peptidase domain of D29 mycobacteriophage endolysin	42
Dairy cattle herds mount a characteristic antibody response to highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses	41
Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse	41
Alphavirus-induced transcriptional and translational shutoffs play major roles in blocking the formation of stress granules	41

Unraveling the cross-talk between a highly virulent PEDV strain and the host via single-cell transcriptomic analysis	38
Multiple-Site SUMOylation of FMDV 3C Protease and Its Negative Role in Viral Replication	38
DLG1 promotes the antiviral innate immune response by inhibiting p62-mediated autophagic degradation of IKKε	36
Sirt1 Negatively Regulates Cellular Antiviral Responses by Preventing the Cytoplasmic Translocation of Interferon-Inducible Protein 16 in Human Cells	36
p38MAPK- and GSK3-Mediated Phosphorylation of Snakehead Vesiculovirus Phosphoprotein at Threonine 160 Facilitates Viral Replication	36
VILMIR is a trans -acting long noncoding RNA that enhances the host interferon response in human epithelial cells	35
KSHV genome harbors both constitutive and lytically induced enhancers	35
The Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) G Protein Enhances the Immune Responses to the RSV F Protein in an Enveloped Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Candidate	35
Enforced Dimerization of CD45 by the Adenovirus E3/49K Protein Inhibits T Cell Receptor Signaling	35
Replication-deficient whole-virus vaccines against cytomegalovirus induce protective immunity in a guinea pig congenital infection model	34
HIV-1 infection of genetically engineered iPSC-derived central nervous system-engrafted microglia in a humanized mouse model	34
V3 tip determinants of susceptibility to inhibition by CD4-mimetic compounds in natural clade A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins	34