OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Microbiology is 26. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation	115
Copper tolerance in bacteria requires the activation of multiple accessory pathways	109
Activity, delivery, and diversity of Type VI secretion effectors	85
Combatting the evolution of antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans	72
One or two membranes? Diderm Firmicutes challenge the Gram‐positive/Gram‐negative divide	67
A holin/peptidoglycan hydrolase‐dependent protein secretion system	56
Biogenesis and discharge of the rhoptries: Key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa	52
BacStalk: A comprehensive and interactive image analysis software tool for bacterial cell biology	50
Ecogenetics of antibiotic resistance in Listeria monocytogenes	48
The structure and mechanism of the bacterial type II secretion system	46
TonB‐dependent transporters in the Bacteroidetes: Unique domain structures and potential functions	40
Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes	38
Structure and function of Listeria teichoic acids and their implications	37
Friends or enemies? The complicated relationship between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus	37
Dissemination and conservation of cadmium and arsenic resistance determinants in Listeria and other Gram‐positive bacteria	36
A NanoLuc luciferase‐based assay enabling the real‐time analysis of protein secretion and injection by bacterial type III secretion systems	34
The PfAP2‐G2 transcription factor is a critical regulator of gametocyte maturation	32
Uncovering small membrane proteins in pathogenic bacteria: Regulatory functions and therapeutic potential	30
On the possible ecological roles of antimicrobials	29
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is under global metabolic control by P_II signaling	29
An RNA biology perspective on species‐specific programmable RNA antibiotics	29
Sulfane Sulfur is an intrinsic signal activating MexR‐regulated antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	28
Mycobacteria–host interactions in human bronchiolar airway organoids	28
Significance of fucose in intestinal health and disease	27
Seizing control: How dense granule effector proteins enable Toxoplasma to take charge	27

Precision‐cut lung slices: A powerful ex vivo model to investigate respiratory infectious diseases	27
Class A PBPs: It is time to rethink traditional paradigms	26
Competence pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae are highly dynamic structures that retract to promote DNA uptake	26