Nature Reviews Microbiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 95. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Adapting to host life3078
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost2077
Schistosomes go single cell958
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response932
Viruses on the move916
Gut–brain axis in ageing840
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites800
Clostridioides difficile toxins: mechanisms of action and antitoxin therapeutics797
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry776
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges741
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching722
Viral spillback694
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface612
Sticky Candida auris601
The soil plastisphere595
Microbial diversity in extreme environments481
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic476
Designer viral receptors453
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour452
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry435
Pioneering microbiome engineering419
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive416
Taking the jump to humans392
Indirect intervention380
The intruders that stole the master key377
The endosymbiotic box of protective tricks368
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation363
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2361
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection359
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics358
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges351
Microbiome-based therapeutics345
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application329
Satellite RNA takes flight327
Bacteria like it soft303
Phages get snappy300
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages295
Microbial adaptability in changing environments292
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance278
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics277
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance261
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications260
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors254
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction249
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis240
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections233
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects224
Anti-defence islands in plasmids215
Bottleneck and spread of Treponema pallidum211
Defending against plasmids207
A molecular decoy for phage defence206
Fitting into your niche199
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities198
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development196
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs195
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world194
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns193
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity178
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases173
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes169
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy155
A manipulating pair154
Outgrowing antibiotic action153
PrEPping the skin152
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity145
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory144
Decisions, decisions…141
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments139
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria137
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance135
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi134
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs133
Intelligent bacteria for IBD129
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection126
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens125
Whisperings from not so silent mutations125
Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways124
A soothing bite for chikungunya122
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses121
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation120
In tandem towards resistance119
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance116
H. pylori evolution during disease116
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world111
From B to Z in the matrix111
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods111
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere108
The microbial carbon pump and climate change104
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis103
Cross-kingdom defence proteins102
Spreading out of the lung102
Off to a new host100
The rising mpox crisis99
Motor-powered trafficking95
A tale of two codes95
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