OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is 40. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Neutralization of ionic interactions by dextran-based single-chain nanoparticles improves tobramycin diffusion into a mature biofilm	222
Diverse polysaccharide production and biofilm formation abilities of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae	211
Early microbial markers of periodontal and cardiometabolic diseases in ORIGINS	167
Akkermansia muciniphila inhibited the periodontitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum	127
An in vitro fermentation model to study the impact of bacteriophages targeting Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli on the colonic microbiota	104
Gene horizontal transfers and functional diversity negatively correlated with bacterial taxonomic diversity along a nitrogen gradient	100
Bacteria contribute exopolysaccharides to an algal-bacterial joint extracellular matrix	97
Pharmacodynamics of interspecies interactions in polymicrobial infections	87
Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum	85
One-year supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 counteracts a degradation of gut microbiota in older women with low bone mineral density	84
Iron limitation-induced endophytic Ammoniphilus assemblage promotes root apoplastic iron remobilization by attenuation of salicylic acid pathways	77
In situ monitoring of Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri biofilm formation via real-time infrared spectroscopy	77
Evolution of genotypic and phenotypic diversity in multispecies biofilms	74
Targeted metabolomics reveals bioactive inflammatory mediators from gut into blood circulation in children with NAFLD	71
Fusobacterium nucleatum is enriched in invasive biofilms in colorectal cancer	61
Lactobacillus plantarum L168 improves hyperoxia-induced pulmonary inflammation and hypoalveolarization in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	57
In silico identification of two peptides with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	57
Chinese gut microbiota and its associations with staple food type, ethnicity, and urbanization	57
The dynamics of microbiome and virome in migratory birds of southwest China	53
Author Correction: Altered oral and gut microbiota and its association with SARS-CoV-2 viral load in COVID-19 patients during hospitalization	53
Harnessing vaginal inflammation and microbiome: a machine learning model for predicting IVF success	52
The gut microbiota modulate locomotion via vagus-dependent glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling	52
Native microbiome dominates over host factors in shaping the probiotic genetic evolution in the gut	51
Diffusion-based mechanism explains spatial organization in cross-feeding biofilms	50
Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA	49

Ex vivo intestinal permeability assay (X-IPA) for tracking barrier function dynamics	49
Secreted nucleases reclaim extracellular DNA during biofilm development	49
Colonization with ubiquitous protist Blastocystis ST1 ameliorates DSS-induced colitis and promotes beneficial microbiota and immune outcomes	48
Simulation of catalase-dependent tolerance of microbial biofilm to hydrogen peroxide with a biofilm computer model	48
Donor-recipient specificity and age-dependency in fecal microbiota therapy and probiotic resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms	47
The impact of antioxidant-ciprofloxacin combinations on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	46
Protecting the piglet gut microbiota against ETEC-mediated post-weaning diarrhoea using specific binding proteins	46
Social demographics determinants for resistome and microbiome variation of a multiethnic community in Southern Malaysia	45
Clostridium difficile-derived membrane vesicles promote fetal growth restriction via inhibiting trophoblast motility through PPARγ/RXRα/ANGPTL4 axis	45
Alternating magnetic fields and antibiotics eradicate biofilm on metal in a synergistic fashion	43
ToxR is a c-di-GMP binding protein that modulates surface-associated behaviour in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	41
Gut microbes modulate the effects of the flavonoid quercetin on atherosclerosis	41
Host specificity and cophylogeny in the “animal-gut bacteria-phage” tripartite system	41
Interaction between tissue-dwelling helminth and the gut microbiota drives mucosal immunoregulation	41
Citizen-science reveals changes in the oral microbiome in Spain through age and lifestyle factors	41
Adaptation and phenotypic diversification of Bacillus thuringiensis biofilm are accompanied by fuzzy spreader morphotypes	40