OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 30. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3158
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost	1000
Schistosomes go single cell	963
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	959
Viruses on the move	870
Gut–brain axis in ageing	845
Sticky Candida auris	814
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	801
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	770
Viral spillback	767
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	733
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	624
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	618
The soil plastisphere	499
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	498
Designer viral receptors	477
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	466
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	439
Pioneering microbiome engineering	431
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	411
Taking the jump to humans	408
Indirect intervention	406
The intruders that stole the master key	402
The endosymbiotic box of protective tricks	393
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	379

Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	376
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	374
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	360
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	357
Microbiome-based therapeutics	344
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	339
Satellite RNA takes flight	330
Bacteria like it soft	309
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	308
Phages get snappy	306
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	285
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	278
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	278
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	269
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	258
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	256
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	238
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	235
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	224
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	221
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	215
Bottleneck and spread of Treponema pallidum	214
Defending against plasmids	210
A molecular decoy for phage defence	205
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	204
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity	202
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	199
Fitting into your niche	187
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	187
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	183
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	166
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	166
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	160
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	157
A manipulating pair	152
Outgrowing antibiotic action	152
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	147
PrEPping the skin	147
Decisions, decisions…	144
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	144
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	140
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	137
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	136
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	133
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	131
A soothing bite for chikungunya	131
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	130
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	129
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	126
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	125

Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	125
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	120
Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways	120
In tandem towards resistance	120
H. pylori evolution during disease	119
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	116
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	114
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	111
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	111
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	110
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	107
Spreading out of the lung	104
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	104
The rising mpox crisis	100
Off to a new host	100
A tale of two codes	97
Bee-saving symbionts	93
Capturing glycans	92
Overcoming supply issues	88
Reviving colistin	86
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	85
Novel metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors	85
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	82
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers	82
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	74
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	73
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	73
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	72
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	71
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	67
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	67
Recording the gut transit	67
The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis	67
Microbiome cartography	66
Preventing programmed destruction	66
Mapping the microbiome milieu	66
Quality MAGnified	66
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	65
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	65
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	63
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	63
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	60
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	57
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	57
Gradients and consequences of heterogeneity in biofilms	57
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	57
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	57
Chemotaxis in the ocean	56
Long-term control of HIV	56
Microbiome shift in degrading soil	56
Busy symbionts during hibernation	54
Settling with the motion	53
Novel C. difficile toxin receptor	53
Wolbachia likes it hot	52
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	49
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	49
Bioplastic builders	49
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	47
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	45
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	44
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	43
Evasion of plant immunity by microbial pathogens	43
The branches of the tree of life	42
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	42
A potential new player in gastric cancer	41
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	41
Unravelling the genome of giants	38
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	33
Gut phages fuel food addiction	33
Testing fast with uRAST	33
Gut microbiota and depression	32
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife	31
Oomycete plant pathogens: biology, pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	30
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut	30