OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PeerJ is 46. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The timing mega-study: comparing a range of experiment generators, both lab-based and online	235
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the mental health status of undergraduate medical students in a COVID-19 treating medical college: a prospective longitudinal study	221
Computational analysis of microRNA-mediated interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infection	136
BACPHLIP: predicting bacteriophage lifestyle from conserved protein domains	115
Improved normalization of species count data in ecology by scaling with ranked subsampling (SRS): application to microbial communities	113
`partR2`: partitioning R² in generalized linear mixed models	112
Computational bioacoustics with deep learning: a review and roadmap	105
Comparing multiple comparisons: practical guidance for choosing the best multiple comparisons test	101
Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2 etiologic agent of global pandemic COVID-19: an in silico approach	99
Transfection types, methods and strategies: a technical review	95
Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture	80
Deep learning prediction of likelihood of ICU admission and mortality in COVID-19 patients using clinical variables	79
Air transportation, population density and temperature predict the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil	77
Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics	77
No one-size-fits-all solution to clean GBIF	76
Shannon diversity index: a call to replace the original Shannon’s formula with unbiased estimator in the population genetics studies	74
Plastic additives: challenges in ecotox hazard assessment	68
A comparison of COVID-19, SARS and MERS	67
Potential role of cellular miRNAs in coronavirus-host interplay	67
Utilization of brewery wastes in food industry	66
A potential role for Galectin-3 inhibitors in the treatment of COVID-19	65
Effectiveness of topical antibiotics in treating corals affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease	63
Upper-room ultraviolet air disinfection might help to reduce COVID-19 transmission in buildings: a feasibility study	62
Effects of biodegradable plastic film mulching on soil microbial communities in two agroecosystems	60
Identifying potential threats to soil biodiversity	60

Predicting CoVID-19 community mortality risk using machine learning and development of an online prognostic tool	59
Purpureocillium lilacinum and Metarhizium marquandii as plant growth-promoting fungi	59
A game-theoretic model of Monkeypox to assess vaccination strategies	59
eDNAir: proof of concept that animal DNA can be collected from air sampling	58
Current and future trends in socio-economic, demographic and governance factors affecting global primate conservation	56
Assessment of activities of daily living in patients post COVID-19: a systematic review	56
Melatonin improves the germination rate of cotton seeds under drought stress by opening pores in the seed coat	55
Perils and pitfalls of mixed-effects regression models in biology	55
The role of m6A-related genes in the prognosis and immune microenvironment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma	55
Altered gut microbiota associated with symptom severity in schizophrenia	54
Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and clinical education of dental students about COVID-19 pandemic	52
Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation	51
Drought stress strengthens the link between chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic traits	50
RdRp mutations are associated with SARS-CoV-2 genome evolution	49
Combined application of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer improves rice yield, microbial activity and N-metabolism in a pot experiment	49
Identification of novel mutations in RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of SARS-CoV-2 and their implications on its protein structure	49
Recent advances in biochar application for water and wastewater treatment: a review	48
Global expansion of COVID-19 pandemic is driven by population size and airport connections	48
Publication rate and citation counts for preprints released during the COVID-19 pandemic: the good, the bad and the ugly	48
Evolution ofWolbachiamutualism and reproductive parasitism: insight from two novel strains that co-infect cat fleas	46
Endosymbiotic adaptations in three new bacterial species associated with Dictyostelium discoideum: Paraburkholderia agricolaris sp. nov., Paraburkholderia hayleyella sp. nov., and	46
Syncmers are more sensitive than minimizers for selecting conserved k‑mers in biological sequences	46
Positive selection within the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses independent of impact on protein function	46