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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3543
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost	1188
Schistosomes go single cell	1186
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	1087
Viruses on the move	1056
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	1045
Viral spillback	933
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	766
Sticky Candida auris	738
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	622
Gut–brain axis in ageing	607
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health	596
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	571
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	546
The soil plastisphere	519
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	517
Designer viral receptors	501
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	479
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	476
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	466
Taking the jump to humans	445
Indirect intervention	431
The intruders that stole the master key	411
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	385
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy	366

Pioneering microbiome engineering	361
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	349
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	336
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	326
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	313
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	308
Bacteria like it soft	297
Phages get snappy	295
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	287
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	279
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications	265
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	263
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	259
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	256
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	253
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	246
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	240
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	230
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	222
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	218
Defending against plasmids	214
A molecular decoy for phage defence	210
Fitting into your niche	205
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	204
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	204
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation	192
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	188
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	185
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	182
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	179
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	177
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	176
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	175
A manipulating pair	173
Outgrowing antibiotic action	162
PrEPping the skin	159
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	158
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	155
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	154
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	152
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	151
A soothing bite for chikungunya	148
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	143
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	138
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	134
A transcription factor that links domains	132
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	128
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils	128
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	127
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	127

Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	126
In tandem towards resistance	123
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	123
H. pylori evolution during disease	122
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	120
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	120
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	117
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance	111
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	111
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	110
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	108
Spreading out of the lung	105
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	101
Off to a new host	99
The rising mpox crisis	98
Bee-saving symbionts	97
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	96
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	94
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease	94
Capturing glycans	91
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	90
Reviving colistin	89
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	86
A tale of two codes	84
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers	84
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	80
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	79
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	78
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	77
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	76
Recording the gut transit	75
Preventing programmed destruction	74
Mapping the microbiome milieu	73
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	72
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	68
Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems	68
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	67
Quality MAGnified	66
Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system	65
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	64
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	63
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	62
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	61
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	58
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	56
Long-term control of HIV	55
Chemotaxis in the ocean	53
Settling with the motion	51
Bioplastic builders	49
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	48
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	48
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	47
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	47
Splitting the population in the gut	46
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	46
Microbiome shift in degrading soil	45
Reverse vaccinology 3.0	43
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	42
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	42
A potential new player in gastric cancer	41
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	41
Testing fast with uRAST	40
Unravelling the genome of giants	40
Gut phages fuel food addiction	39
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	37
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut	37
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife	37