OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virus Evolution is 28. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolution of a novel engineered tripartite viral genome of a torradovirus	132
A single early introduction governed viral diversity in the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Hungary	120
Genome-wide diversity of Zika virus: Exploring spatio-temporal dynamics to guide a new nomenclature proposal	92
The evolutionary dynamics and epidemiological history of hepatitis C virus genotype 6, including unique strains from the Li community of Hainan Island, China	90
Phycova — a tool for exploring covariates of pathogen spread	80
Human immunodeficiency virus dynamics in secondary lymphoid tissues and the evolution of cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutants	79
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	72
Correction to: Quantifying the value of viral genomics when inferring who infected whom in the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea	63
Host replacement dynamics shape virulence and genome evolution in a plant RNA virus	61
Effects of host and pathogenicity on mutation rates in avian influenza A viruses	51
Evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 increases during zoonotic infection of farmed mink	49
Plant biosecurity threats detected using metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contents	48
Community-level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing population immunity during the second year of the pandemic	46
Phylogeographic evaluation of the effectiveness of Canadian travel restrictions in reducing SARS-CoV-2 variant importations and burden	46
Analyses of HIV proteases variants at the threshold of viability reveals relationships between processing efficiency and fitness	46
Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history	44
A systematic review on Nipah virus: global molecular epidemiology and medical countermeasures development	36
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus incursions of subtype H5N8, H5N5, H5N1, H5N4, and H5N3 in Germany during 2020-21	35
Diverse patterns of intra-host genetic diversity in chronically infected SARS-CoV-2 patients	35
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya	34
Intrahost evolution leading to distinct lineages in the upper and lower respiratory tracts during SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection	34
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints	33
Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 and epistatic emergence of the KP.3 variant	33
Impact and mitigation of sampling bias to determine viral spread: Evaluating discrete phylogeography through CTMC modeling and structured coalescent model approximations	33
Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe	30

Deciphering the evolutionary landscape of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus across East Asia	30
Evolution of exploitation and replication of giant viruses and virophages	30
Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein	30
Non-structural genes of novel lemur adenoviruses reveal codivergence of virus and host	28