OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virus Evolution is 26. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A single early introduction governed viral diversity in the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Hungary	131
Evolution of a novel engineered tripartite viral genome of a torradovirus	103
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	103
Unveiling the RNA virus landscape of Cotesia chilonis : geographic distribution, diversity, and potential roles in parasitoid–host interactions	100
Human immunodeficiency virus dynamics in secondary lymphoid tissues and the evolution of cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutants	94
Experimental evolution of the host range dynamics in two isolates of potato virus Y	90
Correction to: Quantifying the value of viral genomics when inferring who infected whom in the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea	70
Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink	64
Intrahost evolution leading to distinct lineages in the upper and lower respiratory tracts during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection	58
Deciphering the evolutionary landscape of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus across East Asia	58
Community-level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing population immunity during the second year of the pandemic	50
Phylogeographic evaluation of the effectiveness of Canadian travel restrictions in reducing SARS-CoV-2 variant importations and burden	45
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints	45
Host replacement dynamics shape virulence and genome evolution in a plant RNA virus	44
Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein	37
Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 and epistatic emergence of the KP.3 variant	37
Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history	34
Plant biosecurity threats detected using metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contents	32
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya	32
Diverse patterns of intra-host genetic diversity in chronically infected SARS-CoV-2 patients	29
Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe	29
Cryptic transmission and novel introduction of Dengue 1 and 2 genotypes in Colombia	28
A systematic review on Nipah virus: global molecular epidemiology and medical countermeasures development	28
The successive emergence of ERVL-MaLRs in primates	28
Impact and mitigation of sampling bias to determine viral spread: Evaluating discrete phylogeography through CTMC modeling and structured coalescent model approximations	28

Phylogenetic analysis of pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 detected in the British Isles between 1983 and 2023	27
EvoLaps 2: Advanced phylogeographic visualization	26
F1ALA: ultrafast and memory-efficient ancestral lineage annotation applied to the huge SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny	26