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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The spatial-temporal dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus infections across the east–west coasts of Australia during 2016–17	903
Genome-wide diversity of Zika virus: Exploring spatio-temporal dynamics to guide a new nomenclature proposal	112
The evolutionary dynamics and epidemiological history of hepatitis C virus genotype 6, including unique strains from the Li community of Hainan Island, China	100
Evolution of a novel engineered tripartite viral genome of a torradovirus	78
A single early introduction governed viral diversity in the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Hungary	78
Human immunodeficiency virus dynamics in secondary lymphoid tissues and the evolution of cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutants	70
Phycova — a tool for exploring covariates of pathogen spread	67
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	56
Uncovering the genetic diversity within the Aedes notoscriptus virome and isolation of new viruses from this highly urbanised and invasive mosquito	54
Molecular epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants virus emergence in critically endangered Mongolian saiga antelope and other wild ungulates	52
Correction to: Quantifying the value of viral genomics when inferring who infected whom in the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea	49
Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history	42
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints	39
Deciphering the evolutionary landscape of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus across East Asia	38
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus incursions of subtype H5N8, H5N5, H5N1, H5N4, and H5N3 in Germany during 2020-21	37
Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe	36
Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein	36
Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink	36
Intrahost evolution leading to distinct lineages in the upper and lower respiratory tracts during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection	35
Community-level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing population immunity during the second year of the pandemic	34
Diversity and transmission of Aleutian mink disease virus in feral and farmed American mink and native mustelids	31
Analyses of HIV proteases variants at the threshold of viability reveals relationships between processing efficiency and fitness	30
Effects of host and pathogenicity on mutation rates in avian influenza A viruses	29
Impact and mitigation of sampling bias to determine viral spread: Evaluating discrete phylogeography through CTMC modeling and structured coalescent model approximations	29
Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 and epistatic emergence of the KP.3 variant	28

The coevolutionary mosaic of bat betacoronavirus emergence risk	28
A systematic review on Nipah virus: global molecular epidemiology and medical countermeasures development	28
Widespread occurrence and diverse origins of polintoviruses influence lineage-specific genome dynamics in stony corals	27
Molecular epidemiology, evolution, and transmission dynamics of raccoon rabies virus in Connecticut	27
Spatial and temporal coevolution of N2 neuraminidase and H1 and H3 hemagglutinin genes of influenza A virus in US swine	27
Evolution of exploitation and replication of giant viruses and virophages	27