OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 37. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3603
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost	1217
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	1212
Viruses on the move	1106
Viral spillback	1099
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	1083
Gut–brain axis in ageing	971
Microorganisms lock up carbon in soil	787
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	775
Sticky Candida auris	660
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	641
Schistosomes go single cell	602
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health	580
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	535
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	528
The soil plastisphere	520
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	499
Designer viral receptors	490
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	488
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	455
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	446
Taking the jump to humans	422
Indirect intervention	394
The intruders that stole the master key	380
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	366

Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	361
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy	343
Pioneering microbiome engineering	340
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	319
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	311
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	309
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	306
Bacteria like it soft	299
Phages get snappy	298
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	276
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	276
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications	273
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	270
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	269
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	263
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	249
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	239
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	223
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	221
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	221
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	220
Defending against plasmids	214
A molecular decoy for phage defence	214
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	199
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	199
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	197
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	188
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	185
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	184
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation	182
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	176
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	173
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	171
A manipulating pair	166
Outgrowing antibiotic action	165
PrEPping the skin	164
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	161
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	157
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	154
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	153
A soothing bite for chikungunya	149
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	142
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	140
A transcription factor that links domains	139
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	139
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils	138
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	135
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	133
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	133
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	130

Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	126
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	123
In tandem towards resistance	121
H. pylori evolution during disease	121
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	120
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	115
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	114
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	111
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance	111
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	107
Spreading out of the lung	103
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	103
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	103
The rising mpox crisis	100
Off to a new host	100
Bee-saving symbionts	97
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	96
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	95
Reviving colistin	92
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	91
A tale of two codes	89
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	84
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	84
Streptomyces deploys an ancient toxin to feast on insects	84
Capturing glycans	83
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease	82
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers	81
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	79
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	78
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	76
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	76
Preventing programmed destruction	75
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	74
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	74
Mapping the microbiome milieu	74
Quality MAGnified	73
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	68
Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system	67
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	66
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	65
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	58
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	58
Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems	56
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	55
Long-term control of HIV	54
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	54
Settling with the motion	51
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	51
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	51
Bioplastic builders	51
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	49
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	49
Splitting the population in the gut	48
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	47
Reverse vaccinology 3.0	47
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	47
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	46
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	45
A potential new player in gastric cancer	44
Testing fast with uRAST	43
Unravelling the genome of giants	43
Gut phages fuel food addiction	41
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife	40
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	40
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut	40
Shigella sonnei: epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, resistance and host interactions	39
Insights into the assembly and regulation of the bacterial divisome	38
The aquatic plastisphere: ecology, pathogen dissemination and antimicrobial resistance	37
Pertussis vaccines, epidemiology and evolution	37