OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology is 70. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Metabolomics in bacterial infections	598
Intranasal trivalent candidate vaccine elicits broad humoral and cellular immunity against pneumococcal pneumonia	271
Identification and characterization of a Relish-type NF-κB, DvRelish, in Dermacentor variabilis in response to Rickettsia rickettsii infection	257
Clinical characteristics, risk factors and prognosis of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in patients with different states of immune function: a retrospective study	218
Utility of Borrelia-specific IgM and IgG antibody titer determinations during a 12-year period – results from a clinical laboratory in Northern Sweden	217
Encephalitis and myositis caused by Trachipleistophora hominis diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing—a case report	212
Kinetics of the serological response up to one year after tularemia	191
Development and validation of a diagnostic model for tuberculous meningitis based on laboratory data	188
Comparative effectiveness and safety of vancomycin versus linezolid for the treatment of central nervous system infections: a meta-analysis	158
A highly divergent sample from a nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 lineage in a patient with long-term COVID-19	150
Editorial: Gut virome and human health	148
Editorial: Unveiling host-pathogen interactions: insights into animal cellular immunity and novel diagnostics	144
The Role of the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in Aberrant Intracellular Ca2+ in Cardiomyocytes of Chagas-Infected Rodents	139
Editorial: Microbiota in tumors: is it a new hope for treatment?	132
Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of halogenated phenylboronic acids against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi	130
Comprehensive characterization of ERV-K (HML-8) in the chimpanzee genome revealed less genomic activity than humans	129
AUF-1 knockdown in mice undermines gut microbial butyrate-driven hypocholesterolemia through AUF-1–Dicer-1–mir-122 hierarchy	128
Novel virulence factor Cba induces antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of Streptococcus suis Serotype 9 infection in a mouse model	127
Editorial: The application of OMICS technologies to interrogate host-virus interactions	123
Chloroquine induces eryptosis in P. falciparum-infected red blood cells and the release of extracellular vesicles with a unique protein profile	121
Effectiveness and safety of integrase strand transfer inhibitors in Spain: a prospective real-world study	118
Research of childhood tuberculosis in suspected populations by molecular methods: A multicenter study in China	118
Gut microbiota’s influence on erysipelas: evidence from a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis	115
Epidemiological and characteristic differences of hypervirulent and classical Klebsiella pneumoniae: a clinical and genomic study in Southern China during the COVID-19 pandemic	111
Streptococcal peptides and their roles in host-microbe interactions	111

The epitranscriptome of Vero cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 assessed by direct RNA sequencing reveals m6A pattern changes and DRACH motif biases in viral and cellular RNAs	110
Analysis of Gut Microbiota Signature and Microbe-Disease Progression Associations in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy	110
Effect of Ducrosia anethifolia methanol extract against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms on excision wound in diabetic mice	109
Clinical research advances of isavuconazole in the treatment of invasive fungal diseases	108
Editorial: Impact of landscape and feeding on the bees’ gut microbiome shaping and pathogens development	107
Indole-3-carboxamide alleviates LPS-induced endometritis through suppressing ferroptosis and inflammation via regulating Aryl hydrocarbon receptor	106
Characterization of Naegleria fowleri from two human cases: insights into its excretion/secretion products	105
A novel YGGT family protein is localized in the apicoplast and is essential for the organelle inheritance	104
Programmed cell death in Helicobacter pylori infection and related gastric cancer	103
“Upcycling” known molecules and targets for drug-resistant TB	102
The accuracy of heparin-binding protein and interleukin-6 in predicting prognosis of severe pneumonia with sepsis patients	102
Pioglitazone, a Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Agonist, Downregulates the Inflammatory Response in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients Without Interfering in Leishmania braziliensis Killing	101
Editorial: Advances in bacteriophage research & development with therapeutic applications	98
Editorial: Bacterial population heterogeneity, stress response and antibiotic tolerance	98
Toxoplasma gondii infection inhibits invasion and migration of human extravillous trophoblasts through dysregulation of FOXO1- and FOXO3a-dependent and -independent mechanisms	95
Betrixaban is a broad anti-virus inhibitor by activating innate immunity	90
Investigating potential links between gut microbiome, clinical parameters, and mortality in long-living male patients receiving multi-drug therapy	89
Investigations of microbiota composition and neuroactive pathways in association with symptoms of stress and depression in a cohort of healthy women	88
Impact of m6A demethylase (ALKBH5, FTO) genetic polymorphism and expression levels on the development of pulmonary tuberculosis	88
Integrated transcriptomic analysis reveals miRNA-hub mRNA-TF interactions and key regulatory targets in STEC infected intestinal epithelial cells	88
Machine learning-based prediction model for chronic brucellosis: a multi-feature approach using clinical and laboratory data	87
Asparaginase-like protein 1 and human endogenous retroviruses link immune and gene dysregulation in dementia	86
Case report: An occult hepatitis B virus infection reactivation in an HIV/HCV coinfected patient during an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome	85
Gut microbiome is associated with metabolic syndrome accompanied by elevated gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in men	85
Molecular characterization and pathogenicity study of a highly pathogenic strain of chicken anemia virus that emerged in China	84
Development of primer-probe sets to rapidly distinguish single nucleotide polymorphisms in SARS-CoV-2 lineages	83
Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for pneumonia - associated bloodstream infections	82
Phylogenetic and mutational analysis of H10N3 avian influenza A virus in China: potential threats to human health	82
Corrigendum: The first molecular genotyping of Naegleria fowleri causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Thailand with epidemiology and clinical case reviews	81
Corrigendum: Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Portuguese environmental Legionella isolates	80
Corrigendum: Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine on the treatment of diarrhea by regulating intestinal microbiota and its metabolites based on renal-intestinal axis	79
Correction: Evaluation of a novel Aspergillus IgG lateral flow assay for the diagnosis of non-neutropenic patients with acute and subacute invasive aspergillosis	78
Correction: Characterization of gut microbiota signatures in Indian preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis: a shotgun metagenomic approach	77
Risk factors for colonization with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and Clostridioides difficile in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) residents: the evidence from 27 facilities in a high end	77
Differential regulation of Shigella Spa47 ATPase activity by a native C-terminal product of Spa33	77
Potential Implications of the Lung Microbiota in Patients with Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	75
Correction: Innate immune role of IL-6 in influenza a virus pathogenesis	75
Puf4 -mediated oxidative stress virulence attenuation in Cryptococcus neoformans	75
Identification of compounds with activity against Trypanosoma cruzi within a collection of synthetic nucleoside analogs	74
Virome analysis of an ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus revealing potential evolutionary implications	74
The cooperation between orf virus and Staphylococcus aureus leads to intractable lesions in skin infection	74
cAMP-independent Crp homolog adds to the multi-layer regulatory network in Porphyromonas gingivalis	71
Effect of natural products on host cell autophagy induced by Influenza A virus infection	70
Evolutionary Relationships Between Dysregulated Genes in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Oral Microbiota	70
Investigation of drug resistance of caries-related streptococci to antimicrobial peptide GH12	70