OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Microbiology is 45. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial overview: Fungal diversity: Now for something completely different	121
Editorial Board	117
Editorial overview: Antibiotics special issue	116
Citrobacter rodentium(ϕStx2dact), a murine infection model for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli	106
Convergence in domesticated fungi used for cheese and dry-cured meat maturation: beneficial traits, genomic mechanisms, and degeneration	97
PhoU: a multifaceted regulator in microbial signaling and homeostasis	84
The mycobiome: interactions with host and implications in diseases	77
Genetic mechanisms governing sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile	75
Vertebrate and invertebrate animal infection models of Candida auris pathogenicity	72
Seizing the moment: now is the time for integrated global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater environments	71
Genetic and environmental factors shape the host response to Helicobacter hepaticus: insights into IBD pathogenesis	69
In vivo studies on Citrobacter rodentium and host cell death pathways	68
Innovative approaches in the discovery of terpenoid natural products	68
Commensal inter-bacterial interactions shaping the microbiota	68
Renal implications of coronavirus disease 2019: insights into viral tropism and clinical outcomes	68
Editorial overview: Unraveling microbiome complexity	66
Citrobacter rodentium infection at the gut–brain axis interface	63
Molecular basis of synchronous replication of malaria parasites in the blood stage	62
Editorial Board	61
Function of autophagy genes in innate immune defense against mucosal pathogens	61
Ca2+-calmodulin signalling at the host-pathogen interface	61
Fungus–insect interactions beyond bilateral regimes: the importance and strategy to outcompete host ectomicrobiomes by fungal parasites	59
Insights into Alphaproteobacterial regulators of cell envelope remodeling	58
The impact of the host microbiota on Candida albicans infection	56
Crosstalk between (p)ppGpp and other nucleotide second messengers	55

Co-opting bacterial viruses for DNA exchange: structure and regulation of gene transfer agents	54
Increasing the PACE of characterising novel transporters by functional genomics	53
Manipulation of host cell plasma membranes by intracellular bacterial pathogens	53
Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	53
Control of bacterial second messenger signaling and motility by heme-based direct oxygen-sensing proteins	53
Fungal effectors: past, present, and future	50
Editorial overview: Human fungal pathogens: An increasing threat	49
Advances in regulation of homeostasis through chromatin modifications by airway commensals	49
Assembly of the exosporium layer in Clostridioides difficile spores	48
Bottlenecks and opportunities in antibiotic discovery against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	48
Neuroinvasion and neurotropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	48
Defining the expanding mechanisms of phage-mediated activation of bacterial immunity	48
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells mediate host defense against attaching and effacing pathogens	47
Innovative and potential treatments for fungal central nervous system infections	47
Soterobionts: disease-preventing microorganisms and proposed strategies to facilitate their discovery	47
Editorial Board	46
Antifungal drug-resistance mechanisms in Candida biofilms	46
Connecting microbial community assembly and function	46
Editorial overview: Bacterial microcompartments to the fore as metabolism is put in its place	46
Activation of complement-like antiparasitic responses in Anopheles mosquitoes	45