OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is 32. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Blautia genus associated with visceral fat accumulation in adults 20–76 years of age	212
Analysis of microbial compositions: a review of normalization and differential abundance analysis	102
Altered oral and gut microbiota and its association with SARS-CoV-2 viral load in COVID-19 patients during hospitalization	97
Rapid microevolution of biofilm cells in response to antibiotics	81
Interactions of plasma-activated water with biofilms: inactivation, dispersal effects and mechanisms of action	70
Microbial predictors of healing and short-term effect of debridement on the microbiome of chronic wounds	70
Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge	67
Metagenomic analysis revealed the potential role of gut microbiome in gout	67
Metaproteomics characterizes human gut microbiome function in colorectal cancer	66
Seasonal dynamics of diet–gut microbiota interaction in adaptation of yaks to life at high altitude	62
Berberine attenuates choline-induced atherosclerosis by inhibiting trimethylamine and trimethylamine-N-oxide production via manipulating the gut microbiome	58
Three faces of biofilms: a microbial lifestyle, a nascent multicellular organism, and an incubator for diversity	58
Network analysis infers the wilt pathogen invasion associated with non-detrimental bacteria	55
Comparison of Japanese and Indian intestinal microbiota shows diet-dependent interaction between bacteria and fungi	55
Diversity, function and assembly of mangrove root-associated microbial communities at a continuous fine-scale	52
Host development overwhelms environmental dispersal in governing the ecological succession of zebrafish gut microbiota	50
The sources and transmission routes of microbial populations throughout a meat processing facility	50
Who put the film in biofilm? The migration of a term from wastewater engineering to medicine and beyond	47
Temporospatial shifts in the human gut microbiome and metabolome after gastric bypass surgery	47
Oral biofilms exposure to chlorhexidine results in altered microbial composition and metabolic profile	46
Shotgun sequencing of the vaginal microbiome reveals both a species and functional potential signature of preterm birth	42
Strong oral plaque microbiome signatures for dental implant diseases identified by strain-resolution metagenomics	41
Treatment with Anaerobutyricum soehngenii: a pilot study of safety and dose–response effects on glucose metabolism in human subjects with metabolic syndrome	41
Exposure of Salmonella biofilms to antibiotic concentrations rapidly selects resistance with collateral tradeoffs	40
The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms	40

Systematic analysis of gut microbiota in pregnant women and its correlations with individual heterogeneity	40
Parameters influencing the development of highly conductive and efficient biofilm during microbial electrosynthesis: the importance of applied potential and inorganic carbon source	40
Vaginal microbiota and human papillomavirus infection among young Swedish women	39
Metal ions weaken the hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance of Bacillus subtilis NCIB 3610 biofilms	37
Blue laser light inhibits biofilm formation in vitro and in vivo by inducing oxidative stress	36
The biofilm-associated surface protein Esp of Enterococcus faecalis forms amyloid-like fibers	36
Bacterial vaginosis and health-associated bacteria modulate the immunometabolic landscape in 3D model of human cervix	33
Polymicrobial periodontal disease triggers a wide radius of effect and unique virome	32