OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Microbiology is 46. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story	547
Advisory Board and Contents	343
Subscription and Copyright Information	295
A sweet story from Phytophthora-soybean interaction	154
Phenotypic plasticity through disposable genetic adaptation in ciliates	143
Aerobic marine bacteria can use H2 for growth	142
Advisory Board and Contents	118
Cryptococcus neoformans: plant–microbe interactions and ecology	111
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins	110
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research	89
Azotobacter vinelandii	81
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium	80
Features and algorithms: facilitating investigation of secreted effectors in Gram-negative bacteria	79
Vertical and horizontal quorum-sensing-based multicellular communications	78
Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury	74
Biofilms vs. cities and humans vs. aliens – a tale of reproducibility in biofilms	73
Advisory Board and Contents	69
Advisory Board and Contents	68
Subscription and Copyright Information	67
Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol	67
Sleeping monsters: chronic infections in COVID-19 pathogenesis	66
Subscription and Copyright Information	64
Microbiota and Us: Of Playing Hosts and Hosting (Inter)plays	64
Microbial redox coenzyme engineering and applications in biosynthesis	63
Subscription and Copyright Information	62

Microbes guide corals looking to find a home	60
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria	59
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori	58
Emerging Role for MAIT Cells in Control of Antimicrobial Resistance	57
Advisory Board and Contents	57
Trichoderma reesei	56
Cell-free DNA: a promising biomarker in infectious diseases	56
Subscription and Copyright Information	56
Copper Handling in the Salmonella Cell Envelope and Its Impact on Virulence	55
Navigating during the Pandemic: Dialogues across Career Stages	54
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context	54
Subscription and Copyright Information	53
Host Delipidation Mediated by Bacterial Effectors	53
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity	52
Subscription and Copyright Information	52
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Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy	51
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses	50
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’	50
Subscription and Copyright Information	46
Balancing act: counteracting adverse drug effects on the microbiome	46
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems	46
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean	46
Enigmatic evolution of microbial nitrogen fixation: insights from Earth’s past	46