OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Microbiology is 87. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria	1538
Antimicrobial Peptides: Classification, Design, Application and Research Progress in Multiple Fields	663
Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms	505
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Toxicity, and Remediation Approaches	486
Geographic and Genomic Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations	461
Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics	415
Beyond Risk: Bacterial Biofilms and Their Regulating Approaches	375
Recent Understanding of Soil Acidobacteria and Their Ecological Significance: A Critical Review	317
Pandemics Throughout History	314
Microbial Degradation and Valorization of Plastic Wastes	285
Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Biological Tools for the Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Plants	279
Impact of Vaccines; Health, Economic and Social Perspectives	277
Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the “Roseobacter Clade” Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae	265
Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes by Filamentous Fungi Inducers of Resistance: Trichoderma, Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi	225
Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as “Probiotic” in Foods and Dietary Supplements	212
Natural Anti-biofilm Agents: Strategies to Control Biofilm-Forming Pathogens	206
Inhibitory Effects of Linear Lipopeptides From a Marine Bacillus subtilis on the Wheat Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum	200
Review: Lessons Learned From Clinical Trials Using Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs)	188
Phylotaxogenomics for the Reappraisal of the Genus Roseomonas With the Creation of Six New Genera	181
Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera	169
The Demand for New Antibiotics: Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanoparticles, and Combinatorial Therapies as Future Strategies in Antibacterial Agent Design	160
Applications of Machine Learning in Human Microbiome Studies: A Review on Feature Selection, Biomarker Identification, Disease Prediction and Treatment	151
Metabolic Hydrogen Flows in Rumen Fermentation: Principles and Possibilities of Interventions	147
Current status of pesticide effects on environment, human health and it’s eco-friendly management as bioremediation: A comprehensive review	145
The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Diseases: The Role of Macrophages	144

Bacterial Biofilm Inhibition: A Focused Review on Recent Therapeutic Strategies for Combating the Biofilm Mediated Infections	144
Nitrogen Fixing Azotobacter Species as Potential Soil Biological Enhancers for Crop Nutrition and Yield Stability	134
Modulation of Plant Defense System in Response to Microbial Interactions	133
MicroRNA Biomarkers for Infectious Diseases: From Basic Research to Biosensing	133
Anti-biofilm and Antibacterial Activities of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by the Reducing Activity of Phytoconstituents Present in the Indian Medicinal Plants	128
Regional-Scale In-Depth Analysis of Soil Fungal Diversity Reveals Strong pH and Plant Species Effects in Northern Europe	125
Mechanistic Insights of the Interaction of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) With Plant Roots Toward Enhancing Plant Productivity by Alleviating Salinity Stress	125
Oral Microbiome and SARS-CoV-2: Beware of Lung Co-infection	125
Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Animal Manure – Consequences of Its Application in Agriculture	124
An Overview on Fecal Branched Short-Chain Fatty Acids Along Human Life and as Related With Body Mass Index: Associated Dietary and Anthropometric Factors	124
The EcoCyc Database in 2021	124
Revisiting Plant–Microbe Interactions and Microbial Consortia Application for Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture: A Review	119
Microbiologically-Synthesized Nanoparticles and Their Role in Silencing the Biofilm Signaling Cascade	117
Insights Into the Microbial Degradation and Biochemical Mechanisms of Neonicotinoids	116
Innovative Strategies Toward the Disassembly of the EPS Matrix in Bacterial Biofilms	114
Microbial Interactions Within Multiple-Strain Biological Control Agents Impact Soil-Borne Plant Disease	113
Interpretations of Environmental Microbial Community Studies Are Biased by the Selected 16S rRNA (Gene) Amplicon Sequencing Pipeline	111
Anti-spike, Anti-nucleocapsid and Neutralizing Antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 Inpatients and Asymptomatic Individuals	111
Novel Odoribacter splanchnicus Strain and Its Outer Membrane Vesicles Exert Immunoregulatory Effects in vitro	111
Research Progress on Phytopathogenic Fungi and Their Role as Biocontrol Agents	109
A Primary Physiological Role of Toxin/Antitoxin Systems Is Phage Inhibition	108
The DNA Damage Inducible SOS Response Is a Key Player in the Generation of Bacterial Persister Cells and Population Wide Tolerance	108
Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles: Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities, Biocompatibility, and Analyses of Surface-Attached Proteins	108
Quinolines-Based SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro and RdRp Inhibitors and Spike-RBD-ACE2 Inhibitor for Drug-Repurposing Against COVID-19: An in silico Analysis	107
Regulatory Mechanisms and Promising Applications of Quorum Sensing-Inhibiting Agents in Control of Bacterial Biofilm Formation	106
Microbiome Composition and Function in Aquatic Vertebrates: Small Organisms Making Big Impacts on Aquatic Animal Health	105
Evolution of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Their Adaptation to the Human Lung Environment	103
Antibacterial Properties of Organosulfur Compounds of Garlic (Allium sativum)	102
Mink, SARS-CoV-2, and the Human-Animal Interface	102
Modes of Action of Microbial Biocontrol in the Phyllosphere	102
Naringin Attenuates High Fat Diet Induced Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Gut Bacterial Dysbiosis in Mice	101
Alternative Strategies for Microbial Remediation of Pollutants via Synthetic Biology	101
D- and Unnatural Amino Acid Substituted Antimicrobial Peptides With Improved Proteolytic Resistance and Their Proteolytic Degradation Characteristics	100
Dynamics of Insect–Microbiome Interaction Influence Host and Microbial Symbiont	99
Microalgal Metallothioneins and Phytochelatins and Their Potential Use in Bioremediation	98
Exopolysaccharides as Antimicrobial Agents: Mechanism and Spectrum of Activity	97
Reactive Oxygen Species in Pathogen Clearance: The Killing Mechanisms, the Adaption Response, and the Side Effects	97
Efficient, Rapid, and Sensitive Detection of Plant RNA Viruses With One-Pot RT-RPA–CRISPR/Cas12a Assay	96
Positive Selection of ORF1ab, ORF3a, and ORF8 Genes Drives the Early Evolutionary Trends of SARS-CoV-2 During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic	95
The Potential Intermediate Hosts for SARS-CoV-2	94
The Effects of Nutrition on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Cats and Dogs: Impact on Health and Disease	94
Combined Stochastic and Deterministic Processes Drive Community Assembly of Anaerobic Microbiomes During Granule Flotation	93
Futuristic Non-antibiotic Therapies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance: A Review	92
Gut Microbiome Influences the Efficacy of PD-1 Antibody Immunotherapy on MSS-Type Colorectal Cancer via Metabolic Pathway	92
GABA Production by Human Intestinal Bacteroides spp.: Prevalence, Regulation, and Role in Acid Stress Tolerance	92
Mobile Carbapenemase Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	92
Isolation and Characterization of Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria With Multiple Phosphorus Sources Utilizing Capability and Their Potential for Lead Immobilization in Soil	91
Food Safety During and After the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic	91
Rhodobacterales and Rhizobiales Are Associated With Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and Its Suspected Sources of Transmission	91
Potential of Salt Tolerant PGPR in Growth and Yield Augmentation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Saline Conditions	90

Animal Models for COVID-19: Hamsters, Mouse, Ferret, Mink, Tree Shrew, and Non-human Primates	89
Understanding How Microorganisms Respond to Acid pH Is Central to Their Control and Successful Exploitation	89
Microbe to Microbiome: A Paradigm Shift in the Application of Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture	89
The Core Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Raised on Low-Bioburden Diets	89
Main Clinical Features of COVID-19 and Potential Prognostic and Therapeutic Value of the Microbiota in SARS-CoV-2 Infections	89
Exploring the Animal Waste Resistome: The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Through the Use of Livestock Manure	88
Oral Microbiome Dysbiosis Is Associated With Symptoms Severity and Local Immune/Inflammatory Response in COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study	88
Circulating Levels of the Short-Chain Fatty Acid Acetate Mediate the Effect of the Gut Microbiome on Visceral Fat	87
Clinical Validation of Two Recombinase-Based Isothermal Amplification Assays (RPA/RAA) for the Rapid Detection of African Swine Fever Virus	87
Berry Polyphenols and Fibers Modulate Distinct Microbial Metabolic Functions and Gut Microbiota Enterotype-Like Clustering in Obese Mice	87
Microbial Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolases: Current and Future Perspectives	87
Desert Microbes for Boosting Sustainable Agriculture in Extreme Environments	87
Outer Membrane Vesicles of Gram-Negative Bacteria: An Outlook on Biogenesis	87