OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Emerging Microbes & Infections is 49. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Effective phage cocktail to combat the rising incidence of extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 16	346
Immune reconstruction effectiveness of combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 CRF01_AE cluster 1 and 2 infected individuals	321
Characterization and distribution of HIV-infected cells in semen	317
A nasal omicron vaccine booster elicits potent neutralizing antibody response against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants	200
Intrahepatic transcriptomics reveals gene signatures in chronic hepatitis B patients responded to interferon therapy	157
Human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis shows marked pro-inflammatory biomarker and tissue immunoactivation during the course of disease	149
Population genomics of emerging Elizabethkingia anophelis pathogens reveals potential outbreak and rapid global dissemination	146
Geriatric risk and protective factors for serious COVID-19 outcomes among older adults in Shanghai Omicron wave	138
Identification of three conserved linear B cell epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	132
Pulmonary lesions following inoculation with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 (B.1.1.529) variant in Syrian golden hamsters	126
Concurrent pigeon paramyxovirus-1 and Acinetobacter baumannii infection in a fatal case of pneumonia	118
Correction	117
Deep immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing depicts a comprehensive atlas of spike-specific antibody lineages shared among COVID-19 convalescents	114
Emergence and ongoing outbreak of ST80 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Guangdong province, China from 2021 to 2023: a multicenter, time-series and genomic e	112
Genetic variation and evolutionary characteristics of Echovirus 11: new variant within genotype D5 associated with neonatal death found in China	98
Automatic identification of clinically important Aspergillus species by artificial intelligence-based image recognition: proof-of-concept study	89
A functional approach to analyze the genetic basis for differences in virulence of monkeypox virus clades	87
Phylogenetic landscape of Monkeypox Virus (MPV) during the early outbreak in New York City, 2022	80
An attenuated African swine fever virus expressing the E2 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus protects pigs against challenge of both viruses	74
Leaderless foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O did not cause clinical disease and failed to establish a persistent infection in cattle	73
Impaired potency of neutralizing antibodies against cell–cell fusion mediated by SARS-CoV-2	73
Risk assessment of the newly emerged H7N9 avian influenza viruses	72
Epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of H9N2 avian influenza virus in Bangladesh	71
Prevalence and treatment outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection among older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an area with intermediate tuberculosis burden	71
Development of an oral gut-targeted rabies virus-like particles (RVLPs) vaccine with mucosal immune adjuvant LTB via delivering of localized-release microparticles	70

Disulfide-stabilized trimeric hemagglutinin ectodomains provide enhanced heterologous influenza protection	68
Reverse genetics-derived cattle H5N1 virus from Clade 2.3.4.4b shows enhanced systemic infectivity and pathogenicity than an older Clade 1 H5N1 virus in BALB/c mice	68
Novel digital droplet inverse PCR assay shows that natural clearance of hepatitis B infection is associated with fewer viral integrations	66
Poor virus-specific T-cell responses early after tick-borne encephalitis virus infection correlate with disease severity	65
Time-resolved scRNA-seq reveals transcription dynamics of polarized macrophages with influenza A virus infection and antigen presentation to T cells	64
Structural insights into alterations in the substrate spectrum of serine-β-lactamase OXA-10 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by single amino acid substitutions	61
Viral diversity in wild and urban rodents of Yunnan Province, China	61
Two novel human coronavirus OC43 genotypes circulating in hospitalized children with pneumonia in China	61
Molecular genetics and epidemiological characteristics of HIV-1 epidemic strains in various sexual risk behaviour groups in developed Eastern China, 2017–2020	57
Metabolomic analysis reveals potential biomarkers and the underlying pathogenesis involved in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia	57
Hemagglutinin glycosylation pattern-specific effects: implications for the fitness of H9.4.2.5-branched H9N2 avian influenza viruses	57
Cell membrane-anchored anti-HIV single-chain antibodies and bifunctional inhibitors targeting the gp41 fusion protein: new strategies for HIV gene therapy	56
The Protection of Naturally Acquired Antibodies Against Subsequent SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	56
Airway acidification impaired host defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection by promoting type 1 interferon β response	54
Monkeypox virus emerges from the shadow of its more infamous cousin: family biology matters	53
Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 infection in unvaccinated hospitalized children: comparison to influenza and parainfluenza infections	52
Identification of β4GALNT2 as an anti-hPIV3 factor through genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening	52
Omicron variant showed lower neutralizing sensitivity than other SARS-CoV-2 variants to immune sera elicited by vaccines after boost	52
One HA stalk topping multiple heads as a novel influenza vaccine	51
Amugulang virus, a novel hantavirus harboured by small rodents in Hulunbuir, China	51
Non-neutralizing monoclonal antibody targeting VP2 EF loop of Coxsackievirus A16 can protect mice from lethal attack via Fc-dependent effector mechanism	50
An mpox quadrivalent mRNA vaccine elicits sustained and protective immunity in mice against lethal vaccinia virus challenge	50
Fatal dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a patient with non-HIV CD4 lymphocytopenia	49
Characterizing the dynamics of BCR repertoire from repeated influenza vaccination	49