OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Letters in Applied Microbiology is 20. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Applications of metallic nanomaterials for the treatment of water	140
Bioleaching of tellurium from mine tailings by indigenous Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans	61
Violacein and its antifungal activity: comments and potentialities	55
Efficacy of empiric antibiotic treatment of late-onset neonatal sepsis caused by Enterobacteriaceae: A systematic review	46
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The rise of novel antimicrobials	44
Biological control of problematic bacterial populations causing foaming in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants—phage therapy and beyond	42
ERIC-PCR-based molecular typing of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from houseflies (Musca domestica) in the environment of milk and meat shops	41
Uncovering the structure and function of specialist bacterial lineages in environments routinely exposed to explosives	37
Antimicrobial resistance, biofilm production and invasion of mammary epithelial cells by Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus mundtii strains isolated from bovine subclinical mastitis in Brazil	29
Evaluating the impact of ultraviolet C exposure conditions on coliphage MS2 inactivation on surfaces	27
Phenotypic and genotypic approach to characterize a Trueperella pecoris strain isolated from necrotic vestibulitis of a camel (Camelus dromedarius)	26
Chemical, radiological and microbiological characterization of a drinking water source: a case study	25
Window seals as a source of yeast contamination	24
A novel bactericidal small molecule, STK-35, and its derivative, STK-66, as antibacterial agents against Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria in vitro and in vivo	22
Bacteriophage therapy of human-restricted Salmonella species—a study in a surrogate bacterial and animal model	21
Wild capybaras as reservoir of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in urban Amazonian Region	21
Antibiotic resistance and virulence factor gene profile of A. hydrophila isolated from carp (Cyprinidae) suspected with hemorrhagic septicemia in Gilan, Iran	21
Diversity and functions of microbes in surface sediments under heavy metal pollution of western Chaohu Lake	21
Yeasts from Iranian traditional milk kefir samples: isolation, molecular identification and their potential probiotic properties	20