OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mBio is 54. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Genome Sequencing of Sewage Detects Regionally Prevalent SARS-CoV-2 Variants	279
Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA, Antibodies, and Neutralizing Capacity in Milk Produced by Women with COVID-19	200
Comorbidities in SARS-CoV-2 Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	187
The Impact of Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Mutations and Variants on COVID-19 Vaccines	135
Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing of Nasopharyngeal Specimens Collected from Confirmed and Suspect COVID-19 Patients	130
Fusobacterium nucleatum Secretes Outer Membrane Vesicles and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation	127
Intracellular Density of Wolbachia Is Mediated by Host Autophagy and the Bacterial Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Gene cifB in a Cell Type-De	112
Antimicrobial Peptides: a New Frontier in Antifungal Therapy	108
Environmental Isolation of Candida auris from the Coastal Wetlands of Andaman Islands, India	103
SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 Disrupts Bidirectional Nucleocytoplasmic Transport through Interactions with Rae1 and Nup98	100
The TMPRSS2 Inhibitor Nafamostat Reduces SARS-CoV-2 Pulmonary Infection in Mouse Models of COVID-19	98
Genome-Wide Analysis of Experimentally Evolved Candida auris Reveals Multiple Novel Mechanisms of Multidrug Resistance	94
Drosophila Antimicrobial Peptides and Lysozymes Regulate Gut Microbiota Composition and Abundance	92
Has Epizootic Become Enzootic? Evidence for a Fundamental Change in the Infection Dynamics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Europe, 2021	86
Molecular Architecture of Early Dissemination and Massive Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus in a Major Metropolitan Area	85
Signatures of COVID-19 Severity and Immune Response in the Respiratory Tract Microbiome	83
Ancient Gene Capture and Recent Gene Loss Shape the Evolution of Orthopoxvirus-Host Interaction Genes	83
Recombinant ACE2 Expression Is Required for SARS-CoV-2 To Infect Primary Human Endothelial Cells and Induce Inflammatory and Procoagulative Responses	82
TnCentral: a Prokaryotic Transposable Element Database and Web Portal for Transposon Analysis	78
Novel Mycoviruses Discovered in the Mycovirome of a Necrotrophic Fungus	77
Long-Term Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection of In Vitro Cultured Polarized Human Airway Epithelium	76
Preserve a Voucher Specimen! The Critical Need for Integrating Natural History Collections in Infectious Disease Studies	75
Defensive Properties of Mucin Glycoproteins during Respiratory Infections—Relevance for SARS-CoV-2	75
Microbes and Climate Change: a Research Prospectus for the Future	73
SARS-CoV-2 Nsp5 Demonstrates Two Distinct Mechanisms Targeting RIG-I and MAVS To Evade the Innate Immune Response	73

The Substitutions L50F, E166A, and L167F in SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Are Selected by a Protease Inhibitor In Vitro and Confer Resistance To Nirmatrelvir	72
Environmental Candida auris and the Global Warming Emergence Hypothesis	71
The Principles of Antibody Therapy for Infectious Diseases with Relevance for COVID-19	71
Sex Differences in Lung Imaging and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses in a COVID-19 Golden Syrian Hamster Model	71
Toward a Phage Cocktail for Tuberculosis: Susceptibility and Tuberculocidal Action of Mycobacteriophages against Diverse Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains	71
Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity among Human Isolates of Akkermansia muciniphila	70
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Severity Is Linked to Superior Humoral Immunity against the Spike	69
5-Aminosalicylic Acid Ameliorates Colitis and Checks Dysbiotic Escherichia coli Expansion by Activating PPAR-γ Signaling in the Intestinal Epithelium	66
Evolution of Antibiotic Tolerance Shapes Resistance Development in Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections	65
MGF360-9L Is a Major Virulence Factor Associated with the African Swine Fever Virus by Antagonizing the JAK/STAT Signaling Pathway	65
Methyltransferase-like 3 Modulates Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 RNA N6-Methyladenosine Modification and Replication	65
Evolution, Mode of Transmission, and Mutational Landscape of Newly Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants	64
Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Mediated by the IgG Receptors FcγRIIA and FcγRIIIA but Does Not Contribute to Aberrant Cytokine Production by Macrophages	62
Galectin-9, a Player in Cytokine Release Syndrome and a Surrogate Diagnostic Biomarker in SARS-CoV-2 Infection	62
Phage-Plasmids Spread Antibiotic Resistance Genes through Infection and Lysogenic Conversion	61
Markers of Polyfunctional SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Convalescent Plasma	61
Convalescent-Phase Sera and Vaccine-Elicited Antibodies Largely Maintain Neutralizing Titer against Global SARS-CoV-2 Variant Spikes	61
Do an Altered Gut Microbiota and an Associated Leaky Gut Affect COVID-19 Severity?	60
Stapled Peptides Based on Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) Potently Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Vitro	59
Analysis of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Titers of Recovered COVID-19 Patients	58
Plastic-Degrading Potential across the Global Microbiome Correlates with Recent Pollution Trends	58
SARS-CoV-2 Variants Increase Kinetic Stability of Open Spike Conformations as an Evolutionary Strategy	57
Successional Stages in Infant Gut Microbiota Maturation	57
Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from Geobacter sulfurreducens	57
The Functional Significance of Bacterial Predators	56
Acyl-Coenzyme A Synthetase Long-Chain Family Member 4 Is Involved in Viral Replication Organelle Formation and Facilitates Virus Replication via Ferroptosis	56
Introduction of Two Prolines and Removal of the Polybasic Cleavage Site Lead to Higher Efficacy of a Recombinant Spike-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in the Mouse Model	55
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Proteins in Cell Entry: Control Elements in the Amino-Terminal Domains	54
Persister Escherichia coli Cells Have a Lower Intracellular pH than Susceptible Cells but Maintain Their pH in Response to Antibiotic Treatment	54