OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is 43. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Iron limitation-induced endophytic Ammoniphilus assemblage promotes root apoplastic iron remobilization by attenuation of salicylic acid pathways	256
Plasticity of the gut microbiome of golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in response to seasonal variation in diet	156
Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum	149
Dual-functionality of Nocardiopsis alba B57 in biocontrol and plant growth: a metabolomic approach to agricultural sustainability	127
An in vitro fermentation model to study the impact of bacteriophages targeting Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli on the colonic microbiota	125
Gene horizontal transfers and functional diversity negatively correlated with bacterial taxonomic diversity along a nitrogen gradient	107
In situ monitoring of Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri biofilm formation via real-time infrared spectroscopy	89
Fusobacterium nucleatum is enriched in invasive biofilms in colorectal cancer	89
Akkermansia muciniphila inhibited the periodontitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum	78
Diverse polysaccharide production and biofilm formation abilities of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae	77
Evolution of genotypic and phenotypic diversity in multispecies biofilms	72
Bacteria contribute exopolysaccharides to an algal-bacterial joint extracellular matrix	69
One-year supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 counteracts a degradation of gut microbiota in older women with low bone mineral density	68
Lactobacillus plantarum L168 improves hyperoxia-induced pulmonary inflammation and hypoalveolarization in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	67
Neutralization of ionic interactions by dextran-based single-chain nanoparticles improves tobramycin diffusion into a mature biofilm	66
Early microbial markers of periodontal and cardiometabolic diseases in ORIGINS	64
Pharmacodynamics of interspecies interactions in polymicrobial infections	64
Targeted metabolomics reveals bioactive inflammatory mediators from gut into blood circulation in children with NAFLD	64
In silico identification of two peptides with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	63
The dynamics of microbiome and virome in migratory birds of southwest China	61
Ex vivo intestinal permeability assay (X-IPA) for tracking barrier function dynamics	60
Harnessing vaginal inflammation and microbiome: a machine learning model for predicting IVF success	60
Simulation of catalase-dependent tolerance of microbial biofilm to hydrogen peroxide with a biofilm computer model	59
Microbiota-host crosstalk: the role of short-term dietary restriction in neurological and metabolic dysregulation	58
Beyond the matrix: rethinking antibiotic tolerance in CF biofilms using 3D models	57

Alternate-day fasting ameliorates α-synuclein pathology and suppresses inflammation via the gut-brain axis in an MPTP-induced subacute mouse model of Parkinson’s disease	57
Donor-recipient specificity and age-dependency in fecal microbiota therapy and probiotic resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms	56
Colonization with ubiquitous protist Blastocystis ST1 ameliorates DSS-induced colitis and promotes beneficial microbiota and immune outcomes	56
The impact of antioxidant-ciprofloxacin combinations on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	55
Native microbiome dominates over host factors in shaping the probiotic genetic evolution in the gut	54
Diffusion-based mechanism explains spatial organization in cross-feeding biofilms	54
Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA	53
Secreted nucleases reclaim extracellular DNA during biofilm development	53
Protecting the piglet gut microbiota against ETEC-mediated post-weaning diarrhoea using specific binding proteins	53
The gut microbiota modulate locomotion via vagus-dependent glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling	53
Clostridium difficile-derived membrane vesicles promote fetal growth restriction via inhibiting trophoblast motility through PPARγ/RXRα/ANGPTL4 axis	52
Social demographics determinants for resistome and microbiome variation of a multiethnic community in Southern Malaysia	52
Host specificity and cophylogeny in the “animal-gut bacteria-phage” tripartite system	51
Adaptation of a methanogen to Fe0 corrosion via direct contact	49
Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities	48
Impact of a multi-strain L. crispatus-based vaginal synbiotic on the vaginal microbiome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial	46
ToxR is a c-di-GMP binding protein that modulates surface-associated behaviour in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	46
Large-scale metagenomic assembly provide new insights into the genetic evolution of gut microbiomes in plateau ungulates	46
Citizen-science reveals changes in the oral microbiome in Spain through age and lifestyle factors	43
Integrative metagenomic and metabolomic analyses reveal the potential of gut microbiota to exacerbate acute pancreatitis	43