OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Oral Microbiology is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Current concepts in the pathogenesis of periodontitis: from symbiosis to dysbiosis	61
Periodontal tissues are targets for Sars-Cov-2: a post-mortem study	60
Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 oral infection in the host microbiota	59
Fusobacteria modulate oral carcinogenesis and promote cancer progression	59
Prevotella species as oral residents and infectious agents with potential impact on systemic conditions	44
The interplay between oral microbiota, gut microbiota and systematic diseases	33
Fusobacterium nucleatum and its associated systemic diseases: epidemiologic studies and possible mechanisms	31
Subgingival microbiota in a population with and without cognitive dysfunction	29
Salivary bacterial shifts in oral leukoplakia resemble the dysbiotic oral cancer bacteriome	29
Performance of at-home self-collected saliva and nasal-oropharyngeal swabs in the surveillance of COVID-19	27
Salivette, a relevant saliva sampling device for SARS-CoV-2 detection	25
The role of oral microbiome in periodontitis under diabetes mellitus	22
Tetracycline and multidrug resistance in the oral microbiota: differences between healthy subjects and patients with periodontitis in Spain	21
Comparisons of oral, intestinal, and pancreatic bacterial microbiomes in patients with pancreatic cancer and other gastrointestinal diseases	20
Mycotic infections – mucormycosis and oral candidiasis associated with Covid-19: a significant and challenging association	20
Role of Enterococcus faecalis in refractory apical periodontitis: from pathogenicity to host cell response	20
The oral microbiome in alcohol use disorder: a longitudinal analysis during inpatient treatment	20
Dental caries and their microbiomes in children: what do we do now?	19
Anti-biofilm activities of coumarin as quorum sensing inhibitor for Porphyromonas gingivalis	19
The bacterial microbiome and metabolome in caries progression and arrest	18
Cetylpyridinium chloride promotes disaggregation of SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles	18
Streptococcus mutans-associated bacteria in dental plaque of severe early childhood caries	17
Effects of green tea extract epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on oral disease-associated microbes: a review	16
Molecular subgroup of periodontitis revealed by integrated analysis of the microbiome and metabolome in a cross-sectional observational study	16
Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide induced RIPK3/MLKL-mediated necroptosis of oral epithelial cells and the further regulation in macrophage activation	16

Oral microbiome in down syndrome and its implications on oral health	15
Microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4 promoted activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in periodontitis	15
Inflammatory response of gut, spleen, and liver in mice induced by orally administeredPorphyromonas gingivalis	14
Nicotinamide could reduce growth and cariogenic virulence of Streptococcus mutans	14
Distribution and antibiotic-resistance of different Staphylococcus species identified by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MA	14
Analysis of oral microbiome in glaucoma patients using machine learning prediction models	14
Relationship between sucrose concentration and bacteria proportion in a multispecies biofilm	13
Microbiome profiles of non-responding and responding paired periodontitis sites within the same participants following non-surgical treatment	13
Comparative analysis of the oral microbiome of burning mouth syndrome patients	13
Citizen-science based study of the oral microbiome in Cystic fibrosis and matched controls reveals major differences in diversity and abundance of bacterial and fungal species	13
Regulatory mechanisms of exopolysaccharide synthesis and biofilm formation in Streptococcus mutans	13
Differences in the oral and intestinal microbiotas in pregnant women varying in periodontitis and gestational diabetes mellitus conditions	12
Assessing the drug resistance profiles of oral probiotic lozenges	11
Aerosols modification with H ₂ O ₂ reduces airborne contamination by dental handpieces	11
Enterococcus faecalis shifts macrophage polarization toward M1-like phenotype with an altered cytokine profile	11
Inhibition of biofilm formation and virulence factors of cariogenic oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans by natural flavonoid phloretin	11
Arginine-induced metabolomic perturbation in Streptococcus mutans	11
Gram-negative quorum sensing signalling enhances biofilm formation and virulence traits in gram-positive pathogen Enterococcus faecalis	11
Bacterial contamination of forehead skin and surgical mask in aerosol-producing dental treatment	11
Porphyromonas gingivalis laboratory strains and clinical isolates exhibit different distribution of cell surface and secreted gingipains	10
Tongue microbiome in children with autism spectrum disorder	10
Microbial characteristics across different tongue coating types in a healthy population	10
Entamoeba gingivalis : epidemiology, genetic diversity and association with oral microbiota signatures in North Eastern Tanzania	10
Prevalence, diversity and transferability of the Tn 916 -Tn 1545 family ICE in oral streptococci	10
Nanoparticle carrier co-delivery of complementary antibiofilm drugs abrogates dual species cariogenic biofilm formation in vitro	10
Mechanisms of Porphyromonas gingivalis to translocate over the oral mucosa and other tissue barriers	10
Breastmilk influences development and composition of the oral microbiome	9
Maturation of the oral microbiota during primary teeth eruption: a longitudinal, preliminary study	9
Diversity of site-specific microbes of occlusal and proximal lesions in severe- early childhood caries (S-ECC)	9
Development of antibacterial composite resin containing chitosan/fluoride microparticles as pit and fissure sealant to prevent caries	9
Targeting cariogenic pathogens and promoting competitiveness of commensal bacteria with a novel pH-responsive antimicrobial peptide	9
Antimicrobial activities of a small molecule compound II-6s against oral streptococci	9
Profuse diversity and acidogenicity of the candida -biome of deep carious lesions of Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC)	9
Trans-cinnamaldehyde loaded chitosan based nanocapsules display antibacterial and antibiofilm effects against cavity-causing Streptococcus mutans	8
Porphyromonas, Treponema , and Mogibacterium promote IL8/IFNγ/TNFα-based pro-inflammation in patients with medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw	8
Novel lactotransferrin-derived synthetic peptides suppress cariogenic bacteria in vitro and arrest dental caries in vivo	8
Clonal evolution of Candida albicans, Candida glabrata and Candida dubliniensis at oral niche level in health and disease	8
Dual transcriptome of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans interplay in biofilms	8
Mapping bacterial diversity and metabolic functionality of the human respiratory tract microbiome	8
Newly identified pathogens in periodontitis: evidence from an association and an elimination study	8
Activation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and CD4⁺ T cell differentiation by outer membrane vesicles of periodontal pathogens	8
Potential prebiotic substrates modulate composition, metabolism, virulence and inflammatory potential of an in vitro multi-species oral biofilm	8
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry of saliva samples as a prognostic tool for COVID-19	8
Recombinant bacteriophage T4 Rnl1 impacts Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation	8
Global transcriptional response of oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines to health-associated oral bacteria - an in vitro study	8
The predictive power of saliva electrolytes exceeds that of saliva microbiomes in diagnosing early childhood caries	8
Feasibility of oral microbiome profiles associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma	7
Neutrophils exhibit an individual response to different oral bacterial biofilms	7
The suppression effect of SCH-79797 on Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation	7
Evaluation of possible biomarkers for caries risk in children 6 to 12 years of age	7

Candida albicans Bgl2p, Ecm33p, and Als1p proteins are involved in adhesion to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite	7
Characterization of the oral microbiome of children with type 1 diabetes in the acute and chronic phases	7
Dysbiotic human oral microbiota alters systemic metabolism via modulation of gut microbiota in germ-free mice	7
Mode of killing determines the necrotrophic response of oral bacteria	7
Antagonistic interaction between two key endodontic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum	7
Porphyromonas gingivalis-Helicobacter pylori co-incubation enhances Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence and increases migration of infected human oral keratinocytes	6
In vitro and in vivo anti-Candida activity of citral in combination with fluconazole	6
A genomic sequence of the type II-A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated system in Mycoplasma salivarium strain ATCC 29803	6
Low prevalence of multi-resistant bacteria in undergraduate dental students; an observational case-control multi-centre study in Europe	6
VBNC, previously unrecognized in the life cycle of Porphyromonas gingivalis?	6
Genomic characterization of four Escherichia coli strains isolated from oral lichen planus biopsies	6
Lack of direct association between oral mucosal lesions and SARS-CoV- 2 in a cohort of patients hospitalised with COVID-19	6
Metataxonomic and metaproteomic profiling of the oral microbiome in oral lichen planus - a pilot study	6
Anti-biofilm studies of synthetic imidazolium salts on dental biofilm in vitro	6
Human periodontitis-associated salivary microbiome affects the immune response of diabetic mice	6
Campylobacter concisus upregulates PD-L1 mRNA expression in IFN-γ sensitized intestinal epithelial cells and induces cell death in esophageal epithelial cells	5
Potential oral probiotic Lactobacillus pentosus MJM60383 inhibits Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation by inhibiting sucrose decomposition	5
Proteomic response in Streptococcus gordonii DL1 biofilm cells during attachment to salivary MUC5B	5
Functional signatures of ex-vivo dental caries onset	5
Interaction between microorganisms and dental material surfaces: general concepts and research progress	5
Global proteomics of fibroblast cells treated with bacterial cyclic dinucleotides, c-di-GMP and c-di-AMP	5
Enrichment of sulphate-reducers and depletion of butyrate-producers may be hyperglycaemia signatures in the diabetic oral microbiome	5
Growth of Porphyromonas gingivalis on human serum albumin triggers programmed cell death	5
Saliva microbiome alterations in dental fluorosis population	5
Quantification of torque teno virus (TTV) DNA in saliva and plasma samples in patients at short time before and after kidney transplantation	5
Cross-comparison of microbiota in the oropharynx, hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and their adjacent tissues through quantitative microbiome profiling	5
Changes in the oral and nasal microbiota in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea	5
Ratiometric imaging of extracellular pH in Streptococcus mutans biofilms exposed to different flow velocities and saliva film thicknesses	5
Manipulating the diseased oral microbiome: the power of probiotics and prebiotics	5
Site-specialization of human oral Gemella species	5
Short-term sugar stress induces compositional changes and loss of diversity of the supragingival microbiota	5
Parkinson’s disease alters the composition of subgingival microbiome	5
Short- term effect of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri consumption on the salivary microbiome profile of subjects undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances	4
Exploring the biomedical potential of a novel modified glass ionomer cement against the pandrug-resistant oral pathogen Candida albicans SYN-01	4
High iron-mediated increased oral fungal burden, oral-to-gut transmission, and changes to pathogenicity of Candida albicans in oropharyngeal candidiasis	4
A small molecule II-6s inhibits Enterococcus faecalis biofilms	4
Thermoresponsive sol–gel containing probiotic’s cell free supernatant for dental caries prophylaxis	4
Altered composition of the oral microbiome in integrin beta 6-deficient mouse	4
Smoking, tooth loss and oral hygiene practices have significant and site-specific impacts on the microbiome of oral mucosal surfaces: a cross-sectional study	4
Oral microbiome in older adults with mild cognitive impairment	4
Profile of the oral microbiota from preconception to the third trimester of pregnancy and its association with oral hygiene practices	4
Maintaining oral health for a hundred years and more? - An analysis of microbial and salivary factors in a cohort of centenarians	4
Porphyromonas gingivalis diffusible signaling molecules enhance Fusobacterium nucleatum biofilm formation via gene expr	4
A mouthwash formulated with o-cymen-5-ol and zinc chloride specifically targets potential pathogens without impairing the native oral microbiome in healthy individuals	4
Application of fluoride disturbs plaque microecology and promotes remineralization of enamel initial caries	4
Oral microbiomes of patients with infective endocarditis (IE): a comparative pilot study of IE patients, patients at risk for IE and healthy controls	4
Characterization of pathogenic microbiome on removable prostheses with different levels of cleanliness using 2bRAD-M metagenomic sequencing	4
Impact of different oral treatments on the composition of the supragingival plaque microbiome	4