OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ISME Journal is 58. 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
Correction to: Integrated overview of stramenopile ecology, taxonomy, and heterotrophic origin	515
Co-cultivation rescues suicidal Paenibacillus amylolyticus swarms	188
SLC24A-mediated calcium exchange as an indispensable component of the diatom cell density-driven signaling pathway	180
Distinct transcriptomic strategies underlie differential heat tolerance in Symbiodiniaceae symbionts	164
Offensive role of the Bacillus extracellular matrix in driving metabolite-mediated dialog and adaptive strategies with the fungus	140
Aminolipids in bacterial membranes and the natural environment	139
Inositol phosphates as an overlooked phosphorous source in marine ecosystems	139
Rice gs3 allele and low-nitrogen conditions enrich rhizosphere microbiota that mitigate methane emissions and promote beneficial crop traits	137
Eco-evolutionary dynamics sustain a potent yet rare antibiotic gene cluster in Streptomyces	127
Increased genetic diversity loss and genetic differentiation in a model marine diatom adapted to ocean warming compared to high CO2	126
Pulsed, continuous or somewhere in between? Resource dynamics matter in the optimisation of microbial communities	118
Holocene and contemporary marine dinoflagellate community patterns predict expansion of generalist dinoflagellate blooms in warming oceans	116
Physiological and evolutionary contexts of a new symbiotic species from the nitrogen-recycling gut community of turtle ants	109
Warming mitigates root exudate-induced priming effects via changes to microbial biomass, community structure, and gene abundance	106
Plant and soil biodiversity sustain root mycorrhizal fungal richness under drought stress	105
Biotic interactions between benthic infauna and aerobic methanotrophs mediate methane fluxes from coastal sediments	100
Land use drives drug resistance in an airborne human fungal pathogen	96
Revisiting biocrystallization: purine crystalline inclusions are widespread in eukaryotes	91
Standardized and batch effect-independent technologies enable global collaboration in microbiome research	91
Rapid Adaptive Evolution of Oxylipin-Based Chemical Defence Against Algicidal Bacteria in a Bloom-Forming Diatom	88
Localized coevolution between microbial predator and prey alters community-wide gene expression and ecosystem function	86
Understanding prokaryotic adaptation through advanced DNA methylation detection techniques	85
Emergent antibiotic persistence in a spatially structured synthetic microbial mutualism	84
Bile acid metabolism dysregulation following Helicobacter pylori eradication promotes plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in the gut microbiome	84
Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions	83

Priority effects shape the structure of infant-type Bifidobacterium communities on human milk oligosaccharides	83
In vivo evolution of antimicrobial resistance in a biofilm model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection	79
Viral lysing can alleviate microbial nutrient limitations and accumulate recalcitrant dissolved organic matter components in soil	78
Microbial invasion of a toxic medium is facilitated by a resident community but inhibited as the community co-evolves	78
Sinking particles exporting diatoms and Hacrobia predict the magnitude of oceanic POC flux	77
Hyphosphere microorganisms facilitate hyphal spreading and root colonization of plant symbiotic fungus in ammonium-enriched soil	76
Resurrection of a diatom after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment	74
Novel order-level lineage of ammonia-oxidizing archaea widespread in marine and terrestrial environments	74
Genetic and species rearrangements in microbial consortia impact biodegradation potential	73
Transportome remodeling of a symbiotic microalga inside a planktonic host	73
Divergent molecular strategies drive evolutionary adaptation to competitive fitness in biofilm formation	69
Dynamics and activity of an ammonia-oxidizing archaea bloom in South San Francisco Bay	69
Hot moment of N2O emissions in seasonally frozen peatlands	68
Asgard ESCRT-III and VPS4 reveal conserved chromatin binding properties of the ESCRT machinery	68
Flavobacterial exudates disrupt cell cycle progression and metabolism of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana	68
Drug delivery dynamics dictate evolution of bacterial antibiotic responses	67
Diurnal transcriptional variation is reduced in a nitrogen-fixing diatom endosymbiont	67
Phyllosphere symbiont promotes plant growth through ACC deaminase production	66
Replicated life-history patterns and subsurface origins of the bacterial sister phyla Nitrospirota and Nitrospinota	65
Gut microbiota contribute to variations in honey bee foraging intensity	64
Dominance of phage particles carrying antibiotic resistance genes in the viromes of retail food sources	64
Laminarin stimulates single cell rates of sulfate reduction whereas oxygen inhibits transcriptomic activity in coastal marine sediment	64
Rapid resistance evolution against phage cocktails	63
Cryptochrome PtCPF1 regulates high temperature acclimation of marine diatoms through coordination of iron and phosphorus uptake	63
Bacterial type VI secretion system helps prevent cheating in microbial communities	63
Symbiont diversity within Loripes orbiculatus and the case for multiple hosts	62
Mutations in legume genes that influence symbiosis create a complex selective landscape for rhizobial symbionts	62
Long-term metagenomic insights into the roles of antiviral defense systems in stabilizing activated sludge bacterial communities	61
Climate change-related warming reduces thermal sensitivity and modifies metabolic activity of coastal benthic bacterial communities	61
Beneficial and detrimental fungi within the culturable mycobiome of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata	59
Fireworms are a reservoir and potential vector for coral-infecting apicomplexans	59
Colonization history of snow algae on Hawai‘i island	59
Metabolic potential of Nitrososphaera-associated clades	58