OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbial Pathogenesis is 38. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The pro-inflammatory cytokines in COVID-19 pathogenesis: What goes wrong?	223
An updated and comprehensive review of the antiviral potential of essential oils and their chemical constituents with special focus on their mechanism of action against various influenza and coronavir	136
The critical role of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in human health: An overview	135
The interplay between inflammatory pathways and COVID-19: A critical review on pathogenesis and therapeutic options	121
Insect-fungal-interactions: A detailed review on entomopathogenic fungi pathogenicity to combat insect pests	116
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2; Consequences in structure, function, and pathogenicity of the virus	101
Variation and succession of microbial communities under the conditions of persistent heavy metal and their survival mechanism	97
Immunopathological similarities between COVID-19 and influenza: Investigating the consequences of Co-infection	93
Plant based natural products as potential ecofriendly and safer biopesticides: A comprehensive overview of their advantages over conventional pesticides, limitations and regulatory aspects	90
Structural and functional insights into non-structural proteins of coronaviruses	83
ACE2 and TMPRSS2 polymorphisms in various diseases with special reference to its impact on COVID-19 disease	80
Emerging resistance mechanisms for 4 types of common anti-MRSA antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus: A comprehensive review	75
Microbial co-infections in COVID-19: Associated microbiota and underlying mechanisms of pathogenesis	74
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus: Molecular mechanisms of attenuation and vaccines	71
Contribution of STAT3 to the pathogenesis of COVID-19	68
The role of bacterial ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in pathogenesis and virulence: Therapeutic and vaccine potential	67
Emergent crisis of antibiotic resistance: A silent pandemic threat to 21st century	67
Dysbiosis of gut microbiota in patients with esophageal cancer	60
Synergistic effect of two antimicrobial peptides, Nisin and P10 with conventional antibiotics against extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and colistin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa i	52
Expression of RND efflux pumps mediated antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains	51
Alterations of gut microbiota and metabolome with Parkinson's disease	50
Unique mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants' non-spike proteins: Potential impacts on viral pathogenesis and host immune evasion	50
Gut flora and metabolism are altered in epilepsy and partially restored after ketogenic diets	49
Promising role of defensins peptides as therapeutics to combat against viral infection	48
Genetic basis of molecular mechanisms in β-lactam resistant gram-negative bacteria	46

In-silico design of a multivalent epitope-based vaccine against Candida auris	46
Plant growth promoting and antifungal asset of indigenous rhizobacteria secluded from saffron (Crocus sativus L.) rhizosphere	46
Host metabolic reprogramming in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systems biology approach	45
Polystyrene nano/microplastics induce microbiota dysbiosis, oxidative damage, and innate immune disruption in zebrafish	43
A holistic review on Cryptococcus neoformans	43
Immunoinformatics designed T cell multi epitope dengue peptide vaccine derived from non structural proteome	42
The role of HPV gene expression and selected cellular MiRNAs in lung cancer development	40
Antifungal evaluation of fengycin isoforms isolated from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens PPL against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici	40
Global prevalence of norovirus in cases of acute gastroenteritis from 1997 to 2021: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	40
Antioxidant and antibacterial study of 10 flavonoids revealed rutin as a potential antibiofilm agent in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from hospitalized patients	39
To resist and persist: Important factors in the pathogenesis of Bacteroides fragilis	39
Distribution of invasive fungal infections: Molecular epidemiology, etiology, clinical conditions, diagnosis and risk factors: A 3-year experience with 490 patients under intensive care	38
Coinfections of Aeromonas spp., Enterococcus faecalis, and Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from farmed Nile tilapia and African catfish in Egypt, with an emphasis on poor water quality	38