OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Microbiology is 25. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation	139
Activity, delivery, and diversity of Type VI secretion effectors	99
Biogenesis and discharge of the rhoptries: Key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa	61
The structure and mechanism of the bacterial type II secretion system	57
TonB‐dependent transporters in the Bacteroidetes: Unique domain structures and potential functions	51
Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes	50
Friends or enemies? The complicated relationship between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus	46
The PfAP2‐G2 transcription factor is a critical regulator of gametocyte maturation	44
Precision‐cut lung slices: A powerful ex vivo model to investigate respiratory infectious diseases	39
Mycobacteria–host interactions in human bronchiolar airway organoids	35
Class A PBPs: It is time to rethink traditional paradigms	34
Significance of fucose in intestinal health and disease	32
Linking nutrient sensing and gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum blood‐stage parasites	32
ActS activates peptidoglycan amidases during outer membrane stress in Escherichia coli	31
Competence pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae are highly dynamic structures that retract to promote DNA uptake	30
Geobacter sulfurreducens inner membrane cytochrome CbcBA controls electron transfer and growth yield near the energetic limit of respiration	30
Bacterial type VII secretion: An important player in host‐microbe and microbe‐microbe interactions	30
KH domain proteins: Another family of bacterial RNA matchmakers?	29
Plasmodium sporozoites on the move: Switching from cell traversal to productive invasion of hepatocytes	28
Seizing control: How dense granule effector proteins enable Toxoplasma to take charge	28
Organization of peptidoglycan synthesis in nodes and separate rings at different stages of cell division of Streptococcus pneumoniae	26
The active repertoire of Escherichia coli peptidoglycan amidases varies with physiochemical environment	26
Molecular interactions between the intestinal microbiota and the host	26
Signals triggering prophage induction in the gut microbiota	25
The fungal RABOME: RAB GTPases acting in the endocytic and exocytic pathways of Aspergillus nidulans (with excursions to other filamentous fungi)	25