OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Retrovirology is 5. 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
Partial waivers: PEPFAR’s 2025 funding suspension and the looming HIV/AIDS catastrophe in Sub-Saharan Africa	109
HERVK-mediated regulation of neighboring genes: implications for breast cancer prognosis	45
The KT Jeang retrovirology prize 2025: Carine Van Lint	45
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to create nonhuman primate models for studying stem cell therapies for HIV infection	38
A gut check: understanding the interplay of the gastrointestinal microbiome and the developing immune system towards the goal of pediatric HIV remission	27
HIV-1 subtype C Nef-mediated SERINC5 down-regulation significantly contributes to overall Nef activity	21
HIV-1 infection of renal epithelial cells: 30 years of evidence from transgenic animal models, human studies and in vitro experiments	21
The KT Jeang retrovirology prize 2023: Thumbi Ndung’u	17
Functional dissection of the prototype foamy virus glycoprotein heparan sulfate binding site	17
Pericyte infection by HIV-1: a fatal attraction	17
The chemokine receptor CCR5: multi-faceted hook for HIV-1	15
Intestinal endothelial cells increase HIV infection and latency in resting and activated CD4 + T cells, particularly affecting CCR6 + CD4 + T cells	14
Opposing roles of CLK SR kinases in controlling HIV-1 gene expression and latency	12
Unveiling the dynamics: understanding the current scenario and drivers of HIV epidemiology in Pakistan	12
Transmitted/founder SHIV.D replicates in the brain, causes neuropathogenesis, and persists on combination antiretroviral therapy in rhesus macaques	12
HIV infection of non-classical cells in the brain	11
Transcriptome mining reveals diversity and evolution of circulating and endogenous amphibian retroviruses	11
Innate immune regulation in HIV latency models	10
A clinical review of HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) for the prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infection	10
Comparative analysis of retroviral Gag-host cell interactions: focus on the nuclear interactome	9
Intra-pol proviral open region of HTLV-1 controls the transcription from both long terminal repeats	8
Defective HIV-1 genomes and their potential impact on HIV pathogenesis	8
Drug resistance and genetic transmission characteristics of HIV-1 CRF55_01B in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Henan Province, China	8
Declining trend of HTLV-1 among organ/ tissue donors in Iranian Tissue Bank between 2014–2021	8
The KT Jeang retrovirology prize 2024: Walther Mothes	8

Dysregulation of the tumor suppressor Menin and its target Bach2 in HTLV-1 infection	7
A complex network of transcription factors and epigenetic regulators involved in bovine leukemia virus transcriptional regulation	7
Shared and unique patterns of autonomous human endogenous retrovirus loci transcriptomes in CD14 + monocytes from individuals with physical trauma or infection with COVID-19	7
A large population sample of African HIV genomes from the 1980s reveals a reduction in subtype D over time associated with propensity for CXCR4 tropism	7
The key amino acid sites 199–205, 269, 319, 321 and 324 of ALV-K env contribute to the weaker replication capacity of ALV-K than ALV-A	7
Human betaretrovirus (HBRV), homologous to mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), and human breast cancer: a significant epidemiological association	7
Therapeutic efficacy of albuvirtide-based antiretroviral therapy in people living with HIV who have low-level viremia and non-AIDS-defining malignancies: two case reports	7
Correction: Analysis of PERV-C superinfection resistance using HA-tagged viruses	6
Retroviral foamy virus gag induces parkin-dependent mitophagy	6
A detailed analysis of F-MuLV- and SFFV-infected cells in Friend virus-infected mice reveals the contribution of both F-MuLV- and SFFV-infected cells to the interleukin-10 host response	6
Robin A. Weiss FRS (1940-2026)	6
HTLV-1 Japanese subgroup in Brazil: phylogenetic and migratory history	5
Editorial Expression of Concern: Exceptional molecular and coreceptor-requirement properties of molecular clones isolated from an human immunodeficiency virus Type-1 subtype C infection	5
Interview with a Retrovirologist: Wibke Bayer in conversation with Hung Fan	5
Biomolecular condensates: insights into early and late steps of the HIV-1 replication cycle	5
Analysis of PERV-C superinfection resistance using HA-tagged viruses	5