OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Microbiology is 84. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Synthetic biology for combating leishmaniasis	722
Enhanced treatment of landfill leachate by biochar-based aerobic denitrifying bacteria functional microbial materials: Preparation and performance	587
Corrigendum: Combined effects of host genetics and diet on porcine intestinal fungi and their pathogenic genes	475
Aniline-induced production of aniline-containing polyketides and related bicyclic polyketides by the Yellow River wetland-derived fungus Talaromyces funiculosus	376
Characterization of Rosculus vilicus sp. nov., a rhizarian amoeba interacting with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis	345
Quorum sensing regulates heteroresistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	320
Morphological and Spatial Heterogeneity of Microbial Communities in Pilot-Scale Autotrophic Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge System Treating Coal to Ethylene Glycol Wastewater	271
Suppression of Aspergillus fumigatus Germination by Neutrophils Is Enhanced by Endothelial-Derived CSF3 Production	243
Metabolomics combined with intestinal microbiota reveals the mechanism of compound Qilian tablets against diabetic retinopathy	240
Corrigendum: Understanding the burden of antibiotic resistance: a decade of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in Italian intensive care units	238
A study on L-threonine and L-serine uptake in Escherichia coli K-12	233
Unravelling copper effect on the production of varietal thiols during Colombard and Gros Manseng grape juices fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae	214
A pilot study suggests the correspondence between SAR202 bacteria and dissolved organic matter in the late stage of a year-long microcosm incubation	214
Different characteristics of the soil in marmot habitats might be one of the factors that influcting Yersinia pestis prevalent in which than pikas	213
Activities of aztreonam in combination with several novel β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor combinations against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains coproducing KPC and NDM	198
AGRAMP: machine learning models for predicting antimicrobial peptides against phytopathogenic bacteria	198
Comparative analysis of the leprosy detection rate regarding its clinical spectrum through PCR using the 16S rRNA gene: a scientometrics and meta-analysis	193
Screening and evaluation of skin potential probiotic from high-altitude Tibetans to repair ultraviolet radiation damage	190
Virus-specific Dicer-substrate siRNA swarms inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in TMPRSS2-expressing Vero E6 cells	189
Editorial: Biotechnological Applications of Yeasts in Beverages and Food: From Fermentation to Innovation	178
Corrigendum: Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Isolates From Necrotic Wheat Leaf Lesions Caused by Xanthomonas translucens, and Description of Three Putative Novel Species, Sphingomonas albertensis sp.	172
Comprehensive effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on cynomolgus macaques across various fecal conditions	157
Inhibitory effect and underlying mechanism of cinnamon and clove essential oils on Botryosphaeria dothidea and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing rots in postharvest bagging-free apple fruits	157
Non-structure protein ORF1ab (NSP8) in SARS-CoV-2 contains potential γδT cell epitopes	152
Soil mycobiomes in native European aspen forests and hybrid aspen plantations have a similar fungal richness but different compositions, mainly driven by edaphic and floristic factors	152

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates and virulence gene expression in poultry farms in Jos, Nigeria	151
Hyperlipidaemia treatment and gut microbiology	150
Editorial: Microbial regulatory mechanisms in remediation of industrial wastewater and contaminated soils	147
Editorial: Morels: physiology, genetics, and interactions with the environment	144
Global research trends on the associations between the microbiota and lung cancer: a visualization bibliometric analysis (2008–2023)	141
Antimicrobial resistance and genetic diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from different clinical sources in horses	140
Editorial: Microbial advances towards sustainable environment: Microbiome structure & integrated technologies	139
Risk Factors of Patients With Diarrhea for Having Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection	133
Mycobiome structure does not affect field litter decomposition in Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations	128
Protective effect of chicken yolk antibody Y against Campylobacter jejuni induced diarrhea in cats	126
Editorial: Women in infectious agents and disease: 2023	125
Editorial: The effect of mycobiomes on health of forest trees	124
Feeding systems influence the rumen resistome in yaks by changing the microbiome	118
Editorial: Extremozymes: characteristics, structure, protein engineering and applications	118
Editorial: Cellular nanomotion as a new signature of life	118
Fate of in vitro cultured Mycobacterium abscessus populations when exposed to moxifloxacin	113
The composition and function of the gut microbiota of Francois’ langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) depend on the environment and diet	111
Phosducin-like protein PoPlp1 impacts cellulase and amylase expression and development in Penicillium oxalicum via the G protein–cAMP signaling pathway	110
The biogeography of gastrointestinal mucosal microbiota of beef cattle at harvest	110
Development and evaluation of two rapid lateral flow assays for on-site detection of African swine fever virus	110
Identification and molecular detection of the pathogen of Phalaenopsis leaf yellowing through genome analysis	109
Application of transposon insertion site sequencing method in the exploration of gene function in microalgae	109
Genomic surveillance of genes encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to monitor for emerging variants on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea	107
Genomic and Biocontrol Potential of the Crude Lipopeptide by Streptomyces bikiniensis HD-087 Against Magnaporthe oryzae	106
Loss of submerged macrophytes in shallow lakes alters bacterial and archaeal community structures, and reduces their co-occurrence networks connectivity and complexity	105
Dynamic Phycobilin Pigment Variations in Diazotrophic and Non-diazotrophic Cyanobacteria Batch Cultures Under Different Initial Nitrogen Concentrations	105
Gut microbiota assemblages of generalist predators are driven by local- and landscape-scale factors	105
Combined transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses reveal the molecular mechanism of heat tolerance in Pichia kudriavzevii	103
Response of serum biochemical profile, antioxidant enzymes, and gut microbiota to dietary Hong-bailanshen supplementation in horses	103
Nourishing neonatal piglets with synthetic milk and Lactobacillus sp. at birth highly modifies the gut microbial communities at the post-weaning stage	103
Profiling of small RNAs derived from tomato brown rugose fruit virus in infected Solanum lycopersicum plants by deep sequencing	103
Transcriptional factor OmpR positively regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis in Serratia marcescens FZSF02 by binding with the promoter of the prodigiosin cluster	100
Editorial: Plants surviving in extreme environment: harnessing soil-plant–microbial relationship to enhance crop health and productivity	98
Editorial: Extreme environmental microbial products: Structures, functions, biosynthesis	98
Gut microbiota and the “gut-liver-kidney axis” theory: from mechanisms to therapeutics	98
Cell entry of bovine respiratory syncytial virus through clathrin-mediated endocytosis is regulated by PI3K-Akt and Src-JNK pathways	96
Corrigendum: Improvement of antioxidant activity and active ingredient of Dendrobium officinale via microbial fermentation	96
Evaluation and validation of extensive growth and growth boundary models for mesophilic and psychrotolerant Bacillus cereus in dairy products (Part 2)	96
Development and evaluation of a rapid RPA/CRISPR-based detection of Francisella tularensis	94
Structural and biochemical elucidation of class I hybrid cluster protein natively extracted from a marine methanogenic archaeon	93
A global bibliometric and visualized analysis of bacterial biofilm eradication from 2012 to 2022	92
Evolutionary engineering and molecular characterization of cobalt-resistant Rhodobacter sphaeroides	91
Genetic Characteristics of Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Coronavirus: Identification of Naturally Occurring Mutations Between 1970 and 2015	91
Symbiotic microbial population composition of Apolygus lucorum under temperature and pesticide pressures	90
Multi-gene phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Bannoa with the addition of three new species from central China	90
Exploiting the roles of nitrogen sources for HEA increment in Cordyceps cicadae	89
Positive effects of molybdenum on the biomineralization process on the surface of low-alloy steel catalyzed by Bacillus subtilis	89
Effects of ciprofloxacin on bacterial abundance and enrichments in samples taken from the sea surface microlayer and underlying waters in the southern North Sea	88
Correction: Identification, functional analysis, and clinical applications of defective viral genomes	88
Taxonomic and functional diversity of alkali-tolerant bacteria enriched from the Taklimakan Desert	88

Interactions between halotolerant nitrogen-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under saline stress	87
Phenotypic and transcriptional characterization of F. tularensis LVS during transition into a viable but non-culturable state	86
Identification of novel anti-amoebic pharmacophores from kinase inhibitor chemotypes	85
Modeled energetics of bacterial communities in ancient subzero brines	85
Impact of fasting and refeeding on immune markers, hepatic gene expression, and gut microbiota in geese: insights into metabolic regulation and gut-liver interactions	84
The Zinc-Finger protein ZCCHC3 inhibits LINE-1 retrotransposition	84
Bacterial communities associated with ambrosia beetles: current knowledge and existing gaps	84
Toxic Factors of Lead and Cadmium Fit in the Ecological Risk Assessment for Microorganisms	84
Ethyl lauroyl arginate: An update on the antimicrobial potential and application in the food systems: a review	84