OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Virology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	59
Colonization of peripheral ganglia by herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2	55
The enigmatic roles of Anelloviridae and Redondoviridae in humans	43
Transmission patterns of hepatitis E virus	40
A novel antiviral strategy by disrupting the equilibrium of virus-host calcium homeostasis	39
Adenoviral-vectored next-generation respiratory mucosal vaccines against COVID-19	35
Inhaled aerosol viral-vectored vaccines against tuberculosis	34
Hepatitis-B virus: replication cycle, targets, and antiviral approaches	32
Editorial Board	29
Editorial overview: Viral pathogenesis	27
Intercellular highways of viral spread: tunneling nanotubes and extracellular vesicles at the maternal–fetal interface	24
Human placental models for studying viral infections	24
Editorial Board	24
Viral–host interactions during splicing and nuclear export of influenza virus mRNAs	24
The two faces of oligoadenylate synthetase-like: effective antiviral protein and negative regulator of innate immunity	23
Paramyxoviruses from bats: changes in receptor specificity and their role in host adaptation	23
Editorial Board	22
A review of broadly protective monoclonal antibodies to treat Ebola virus disease	22
A complex immune communication between eicosanoids and pulmonary macrophages	22
Retasking of canonical antiviral factors into proviral effectors	21
Blood virome research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: challenges and opportunities	21
Hemagglutinin stability as a key determinant of influenza A virus transmission via air	21
Role of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine immunogenicity	21
Human organoid models to study coronavirus infections of the respiratory tract	20
Does arbovirus emergence in humans require adaptation to domestic mosquitoes?	19

Tissue-resident memory T cells in protective immunity to influenza virus	19
Modeling zoonotic and vector-borne viruses	18
Oncogenic Animal Herpesviruses	18
State-of-the-art in oncolytic virotherapy using adenoviruses other than the commonly applied adenovirus type 5	17
Role of the viral polymerase during adaptation of influenza A viruses to new hosts	17
Diagnosis and monitoring of virus-associated cancer using cell-free DNA	17
MEK inhibitors as novel host-targeted antivirals with a dual-benefit mode of action against hyperinflammatory respiratory viral diseases	17
Nucleoside analogs for management of respiratory virus infections: mechanism of action and clinical efficacy	16
Nexus of virus and brain: recent advances in flavivirus and enterovirus neuro-infection	16
MicroRNA-mediated control of Epstein–Barr virus infection and potential diagnostic and therapeutic implications	16
Deimmunization of flagellin adjuvant for clinical application	16
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus NSs: a multifaceted viral protein in host–virus interactions	15
Sequence variability of the K1 gene in Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and its role in pathogenesis	15
Broadly neutralizing antibodies against COVID-19	13
Editorial Board	13
Antigenic evolution of SARS coronavirus 2	13
Editorial Board	13
Early signaling pathways in virus-infected cells	12
Human autoantibodies against type I interferons in severe viral disease	11
Bacteriophage T4 as a nanovehicle for delivery of genes and therapeutics into human cells	11
Editorial overview: Special issue on phage therapy	11
Editorial overview: Anti-viral strategies: Human antibody immune response and antibody-based therapy against viruses	10
Structural insights into hepatitis C virus neutralization	10
Editorial overview: Virus structure and expression	10
Antiviral restriction factors of bats: the front line of a critical reservoir of zoonotic viruses	10
Predisposition to viral infection of the fetus and neonate	9
Editorial Board	9
Lying low-chromatin insulation in persistent DNA virus infection	9
Advances in the treatment of HTLV-1-associated adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma	9
Editorial overview: Antiviral Strategies and Counter Measures (2025)	8
Koala retrovirus and neoplasia: correlation and underlying mechanisms	8
Clinical and mechanistic insights into Brucella and viral co-infection	8
Editorial Board	7
Editorial Board	7
Editorial overview: Viruses and cancer — challenges, breakthroughs, and future directions	7
The role of human lipoproteins for hepatitis C virus persistence	7
Host-targeted antivirals as broad-spectrum inhibitors of respiratory viruses	7
The more the merrier? Gene duplications in the coevolution of primate lentiviruses with their hosts	7
Therapeutic approaches to Epstein–Barr virus cancers	7
Editorial Board	6
New directions in the multifunctionality of RNA viruses: insights from the rabies virus P-protein	6
A comparative review of adenovirus A12 and C5 oncogenes	6
Bridging the gap: ex vivo human skin explants for mechanistic studies of arboviruses	6
Ex vivo culture models to study viral infections of the liver	5
Pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 in nonhuman primates	5
Mechanisms of mucosal immunity at the female reproductive tract involved in defense against HIV infection	5
Beyond the liver: the broadened tissue tropism of hepatitis E virus	5
Viral determinants influencing intra- and intercellular communication in cytomegalovirus infection	5