OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Viruses-Basel is 65. 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
Special Issue “Advances in Rabies Research”	286
Comparative Analysis of Two Zika Virus Isolates in a Rhesus Macaque Pregnancy Model	170
The Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Element of Hepatitis B Virus: From Discovery to Therapy	166
Early Highly Pathogenic Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection Induces Necroptosis in Immune Cells of Peripheral Lymphoid Organs	164
Cellular Sensors and Viral Countermeasures: A Molecular Arms Race between Host and SARS-CoV-2	164
Human Melanoma and Glioblastoma Cells Express Cathepsins Supporting Reovirus Moscow Strain Infection	153
Genomic Constellation of Human Rotavirus G8 Strains in Brazil over a 13-Year Period: Detection of the Novel Bovine-like G8P[8] Strains with the DS-1-like Backbone	153
Viral and Host Factors Regulating HIV-1 Envelope Protein Trafficking and Particle Incorporation	149
Mechanism of Viral Suppression among HIV Elite Controllers and Long-Term Nonprogressors in Nigeria and South Africa	142
Delving into the Aftermath of a Disease-Associated Near-Extinction Event: A Five-Year Study of a Serpentovirus (Nidovirus) in a Critically Endangered Turtle Population	135
Evidence from Outcomes: Gender-Neutral 2vHPV Vaccination at Moderate Coverage Drives Rapid Depletion of HPV16/18 Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Women	134
A More Rapid Method for Culturing LUHMES-Derived Neurons Provides Greater Cell Numbers and Facilitates Studies of Multiple Viruses	131
The Role of Lebanon in the COVID-19 Butterfly Effect: The B.1.398 Example	128
Neutralizing Antibody Response to Sarbecovirus Is Delayed in Sequential Heterologous Immunization	124
Pathobiology of Cutaneous Manifestations Associated with COVID-19 and Their Management	123
Prevalence and Spectrum of HIV-1 Resistance Mutations in the Siberian Federal District	122
Monitoring the Establishment of VOC Gamma in Minas Gerais, Brazil: A Retrospective Epidemiological and Genomic Surveillance Study	116
Comparing In Vitro Faecal Fermentation Methods as Surrogates for Phage Therapy Application	113
Intramuscular [18F]F-FDG Administration for Successful PET Imaging of Golden Hamsters in a Maximum Containment Laboratory Setting	113
Longitudinal Dynamics of HPV16 Antibodies in Saliva and Serum among Pregnant Women	112
Computational and Experimental Approaches to Study the RNA Secondary Structures of RNA Viruses	111
Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1-Related Diseases May Constitute a Threat to the Elimination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, by 2030, in Gabon, Central Africa	111
The Usefulness of the C2HEST Risk Score in Predicting Clinical Outcomes among Hospitalized Subjects with COVID-19 and Coronary Artery Disease	108
Matrix-Encoding Gene Diversity of 624 Influenza A/H3N2 Genomes Does Not Show Association with Impaired Viral Detection by Commercialized qPCR Assays	106
Immune-Cell-Based Therapy for COVID-19: Current Status	106

Rapid System to Detect Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Swabs	104
Specific Nucleotides in the Common Region of the Begomovirus Tomato Rugose Mosaic Virus (ToRMV) Are Responsible for the Negative Interference over Tomato Severe Rugose Virus (ToSRV) in Mixed Infection	104
Kinetics of Abnormal Prion Protein in Blood of Transgenic Mice Experimentally Infected by Multiple Routes with the Agent of Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease	102
Clinical and Biomarker Profile Responses to Rehabilitation Treatment in Patients with Long COVID Characterized by Chronic Fatigue	100
Pseudorabies Virus Mutants Lacking US9 Are Defective in Cytoplasmic Assembly and Sorting of Virus Particles into Axons and Not in Axonal Transport	99
Twenty Years of Collaboration to Sort out Phage Mu Replication and Its Dependence on the Mu Central Gyrase Binding Site	99
Neutral Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Coinfection on the Recombination-Driven Evolution of Endemic HCoV-OC43	98
Genetic and Antigenic Diversity of Bubaline alphaherpesvirus 1	96
Expression and Localization of a New Parvovirus-Derived Protein in the Guinea Pig	93
Integrated Analysis of the 2022 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Lineage Replacement Dynamics in Connecticut, US	92
Hepatitis B Hospitalizations in Brazil: Temporal and Regional Patterns from 2008 to 2023	89
Caulobacter Strains Code for Novel Restriction Endonucleases That Protect Them from Bacteriophage Infections	89
Nuclear Accumulation of Bm65 Aggregate Is Blocked by Mutations in the Nuclear Export Sequence of Bm65	87
Immunogenicity and Safety Results of a Randomized, Three-Arm, Phase IV Clinical Trial of Concomitant Administration of Typhoid Vi Conjugate Vaccine with Measles and Rubella Vaccine in Healthy Infants	86
Peste des Petits Ruminants Vaccine: Criteria for Assessing Its Thermotolerance	83
Molecular Characterization of Emerging and Uncommon Enteroviruses C104, C105, and C109 in Respiratory Samples from Maryland, USA, 2018–2024	83
Presence of Alphacoronavirus in Tree- and Crevice-Dwelling Bats from Portugal	83
Emerging Viral Infections in Pregnancy: What’s New in 2022?	82
Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus Antigens in Lymphoma Tissues. Comment on Beatty et al. Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus and Lymphoma. Viruses 2023, 15, 2294	82
Adjustment of Immunosuppressants to Facilitate Anti-COVID-19 Antibody Production after mRNA Vaccination in Liver Transplant Recipients	81
Semi-Covariance Coefficient Analysis of Spike Proteins from SARS-CoV-2 and Its Variants Omicron, BA.5, EG.5, and JN.1 for Viral Infectivity, Virulence and Immune Escape	79
Utility of ISARIC 4C Mortality Score, Vaccination History, and Anti-S Antibody Titre in Predicting Risk of Severe COVID-19	79
Gender-Responsive Design of Bacteriophage Products to Enhance Adoption by Chicken Keepers in Kenya	78
SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant N Gene Mutations Reduce Sensitivity to the TaqPath COVID-19 Multiplex Molecular Diagnostic Assay	77
Alpha and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Adaptation in an Upper Respiratory Tract Model	76
Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Viral and Bacterial Coinfections in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents Aged under 18 Years with COVID-19 during the Omicron Wave in Russia	75
Antibody Response Induced by BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 in a Cohort of Healthcare Workers	75
Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiling of Rabbit Kidney Cells Infected with Equine Herpesvirus 8	75
New Circulating Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Asturias During the Period (2022–2024)	71
Mounting Evidence for an Expanded Host Range of Influenza B Viruses	71
Lineage B Genotype III of Dengue Virus Serotype 3 (DENV-3III_B) Is Responsible for Dengue Outbreak in Dire Dawa City, Ethiopia, 2023	70
Spatiotemporal Distribution and Host–Vector Dynamics of Japanese Encephalitis Virus	68
Mathematical Modeling Suggests That Monocyte Activity May Drive Sex Disparities during Influenza Infection	67
Variability in the Clinical Course of COVID-19 in a Retrospective Analysis of a Large Real-World Database	67
Influence of Physicochemical Factors on Adsorption of Ten Shigella flexneri Phages	67
Comparison of West Nile Virus Disease in Humans and Horses: Exploiting Similarities for Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance	66
Immune Priming of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) to Induce Resistance to Ostreid herpesvirus 1: Comparison of Infectious and Inactivated OsHV-1 with Poly I:C	66
Prediction of Clinical Trajectory in HCV-Related ACLD after SVR: Role of Liver Stiffness in a 5-Years Prospective Study	66
Inovirus-Encoded Peptides Induce Specific Toxicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	65
New Bacteriophage Pseudomonas Phage Ka2 from a Tributary Stream of Lake Baikal	65
MiR-181a Negatively Regulates Claudin-3 to Facilitate Lateolabrax maculatus Iridovirus Replication in Lateolabrax maculatus Astroglia Cells	65
Phage Therapy as a Rescue Treatment for Recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bentall Infection	65