OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 90. 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
SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape	2815
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations	1728
Antibiotic resistance in the environment	1127
Infectious disease in an era of global change	758
SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis	551
Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses	513
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	502
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2	476
Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health	472
Tolerance and resistance of microbial biofilms	460
Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry	416
Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited	400
An evolving view on biogeochemical cycling of iron	393
Prevotella diversity, niches and interactions with the human host	337
The human virome: assembly, composition and host interactions	323
Horizontal gene transfer and adaptive evolution in bacteria	319
Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for therapeutic development	315
Pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus in the immunocompromised host	304
Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms	299
Interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments	286
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	285
Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease	284
Soil microbiomes and one health	279
The role of vaccines in combatting antimicrobial resistance	278
Microbial volatile organic compounds in intra-kingdom and inter-kingdom interactions	273

The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space	264
Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation and social interactions	263
SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness	263
Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis	262
Beyond horizontal gene transfer: the role of plasmids in bacterial evolution	253
Priority effects in microbiome assembly	245
Skeletal infections: microbial pathogenesis, immunity and clinical management	242
The stringent response and physiological roles of (pp)pGpp in bacteria	235
Biology and evolution of bacterial toxin–antitoxin systems	229
Influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2: pathogenesis and host responses in the respiratory tract	222
Nutritional immunity: the battle for nutrient metals at the host–pathogen interface	221
Microbial diversity in extreme environments	219
Bacterial motility: machinery and mechanisms	218
Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome	216
Microbiome-based therapeutics	212
Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in microbiome investigations	211
Anti-tuberculosis treatment strategies and drug development: challenges and priorities	205
Infections at the maternal–fetal interface: an overview of pathogenesis and defence	202
Staphylococcus aureus host interactions and adaptation	200
The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins	197
The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts	196
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	191
Evasion of plant immunity by microbial pathogens	181
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis	181
Examining horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities	179
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease	175
Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook	173
Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite–mutualist continuum	173
SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies	172
Human papillomaviruses: diversity, infection and host interactions	170
Microbial production of advanced biofuels	162
Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane	154
Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: complexity provides opportunities	151
Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles	148
Trichoderma: a multipurpose, plant-beneficial microorganism for eco-sustainable agriculture	144
The WHO fungal priority pathogens list as a game-changer	141
Salmonella Typhimurium and inflammation: a pathogen-centric affair	141
When anaerobes encounter oxygen: mechanisms of oxygen toxicity, tolerance and defence	136
Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats	129
Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats	129
Architecture of bacterial respiratory chains	128
The highly diverse antiphage defence systems of bacteria	127
The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change	127
Microbially mediated metal corrosion	125
Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system	125
The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties	123
The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis	119
Gradients and consequences of heterogeneity in biofilms	116
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community respiratory virus activity	113
Influenza lineage extinction during the COVID-19 pandemic?	104

Architecture of the dynamic fungal cell wall	103
Host specificity of the gut microbiome	103
Revisiting the rules of life for viruses of microorganisms	102
The gut–liver axis and gut microbiota in health and liver disease	102
Multimodal interactions of drugs, natural compounds and pollutants with the gut microbiota	101
Diversity and evolution of the animal virome	101
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity	99
Structural biology of CRISPR–Cas immunity and genome editing enzymes	98
Microbiota succession throughout life from the cradle to the grave	96
Microbiota-mediated colonization resistance: mechanisms and regulation	95
Staphylococcus epidermidis and its dual lifestyle in skin health and infection	94
Marine biofilms: diversity, interactions and biofouling	94
Cells within cells: Rickettsiales and the obligate intracellular bacterial lifestyle	92
Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	92
Towards SARS-CoV-2 serotypes?	90