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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolution of a novel engineered tripartite viral genome of a torradovirus	124
Human immunodeficiency virus dynamics in secondary lymphoid tissues and the evolution of cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutants	114
Phycova — a tool for exploring covariates of pathogen spread	86
Uncovering the genetic diversity within the Aedes notoscriptus virome and isolation of new viruses from this highly urbanised and invasive mosquito	84
A single early introduction governed viral diversity in the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Hungary	81
Genome-wide diversity of Zika virus: Exploring spatio-temporal dynamics to guide a new nomenclature proposal	76
The evolutionary dynamics and epidemiological history of hepatitis C virus genotype 6, including unique strains from the Li community of Hainan Island, China	65
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	62
A systematic review on Nipah virus: global molecular epidemiology and medical countermeasures development	56
Diverse patterns of intra-host genetic diversity in chronically infected SARS-CoV-2 patients	55
Effects of host and pathogenicity on mutation rates in avian influenza A viruses	46
Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 and epistatic emergence of the KP.3 variant	45
Host replacement dynamics shape virulence and genome evolution in a plant RNA virus	43
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus incursions of subtype H5N8, H5N5, H5N1, H5N4, and H5N3 in Germany during 2020-21	42
Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein	42
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints	40
Analyses of HIV proteases variants at the threshold of viability reveals relationships between processing efficiency and fitness	36
Correction to: Quantifying the value of viral genomics when inferring who infected whom in the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea	32
Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history	32
Impact and mitigation of sampling bias to determine viral spread: Evaluating discrete phylogeography through CTMC modeling and structured coalescent model approximations	32
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya	32
Intrahost evolution leading to distinct lineages in the upper and lower respiratory tracts during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection	31
Community-level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing population immunity during the second year of the pandemic	31
Deciphering the evolutionary landscape of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus across East Asia	31
Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink	31

Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe	30
Evolution of a globally unique SARS-CoV-2 Spike E484T monoclonal antibody escape mutation in a persistently infected, immunocompromised individual	29
The coevolutionary mosaic of bat betacoronavirus emergence risk	27
Virome release of an invasive exotic plant species in southern France	27
Evolution of exploitation and replication of giant viruses and virophages	27
Non-structural genes of novel lemur adenoviruses reveal codivergence of virus and host	27
Model design for nonparametric phylodynamic inference and applications to pathogen surveillance	27
Widespread occurrence and diverse origins of polintoviruses influence lineage-specific genome dynamics in stony corals	27