OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virus Evolution is 27. 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
Unveiling the RNA virus landscape of Cotesia chilonis : geographic distribution, diversity, and potential roles in parasitoid–host interactions	131
Experimental evolution of the host range dynamics in two isolates of potato virus Y	108
A single early introduction governed viral diversity in the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Hungary	104
Evolution of a novel engineered tripartite viral genome of a torradovirus	103
Human immunodeficiency virus dynamics in secondary lymphoid tissues and the evolution of cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutants	97
High pathogenic avian influenza A(H5) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b in Europe—Why trends of virus evolution are more difficult to predict	91
Correction to: Quantifying the value of viral genomics when inferring who infected whom in the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea	72
Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history	64
Intrahost evolution leading to distinct lineages in the upper and lower respiratory tracts during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection	61
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints	59
Plant biosecurity threats detected using metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contents	51
Deciphering the evolutionary landscape of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus across East Asia	48
Community-level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing population immunity during the second year of the pandemic	47
Phylogeographic evaluation of the effectiveness of Canadian travel restrictions in reducing SARS-CoV-2 variant importations and burden	44
Impact and mitigation of sampling bias to determine viral spread: Evaluating discrete phylogeography through CTMC modeling and structured coalescent model approximations	38
Host replacement dynamics shape virulence and genome evolution in a plant RNA virus	37
Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink	35
A systematic review on Nipah virus: global molecular epidemiology and medical countermeasures development	32
Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein	32
Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe	30
Diverse patterns of intra-host genetic diversity in chronically infected SARS-CoV-2 patients	30
Cryptic transmission and novel introduction of Dengue 1 and 2 genotypes in Colombia	29
Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 and epistatic emergence of the KP.3 variant	29
F1ALA: ultrafast and memory-efficient ancestral lineage annotation applied to the huge SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny	29
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya	29

EvoLaps 2: Advanced phylogeographic visualization	29
Characterizing a century of genetic diversity and contemporary antigenic diversity of N1 neuraminidase in influenza A virus from North American swine	29
A 1.5-Mb continuous endogenous viral region in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis	27