OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Infectious Diseases is 32. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Rapid Enzymatic Detection of Shiga-Toxin-Producing E. coli Using Fluorescence-Labeled Oligonucleotide Substrates	158
Issue Editorial Masthead	113
Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Impairs Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Barrier Function via the PI3K/Akt-Nrf2 Pathway	108
Antibiotic Repurposing: Conjugation of the Gram-Positive Only Peptide Antibiotic Bacitracin to a Bis-Catechol Siderophore Mimetic Imparts Potent Activity against Multi-Drug Resistant	99
Protein O-Fucosyltransferase Is Required for the Efficient Invasion of Hepatocytes by Plasmodium berghei Sporozoites	92
Smart Wound Dressing with Real-Time Colorimetric Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection	81
Enhanced Antimicrobial Screening Sensitivity Enabled the Identification of an Ultrashort Peptide KR-8 for Engineering of LL-37mini to Combat Drug-Resistant Pathogens	77
The Quorum Sensing-Controlled Competence Regulon Drives H ₂ O ₂ Production in	77
Biochemical and Cellular Characterization of the Function of Fluorophosphonate-Binding Hydrolase H (FphH) in Staphylococcus aureus Support a Role in Bacterial Stress Response	72
Contact Dynamics of Cytoadhering Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes in Flow	69
Issue Publication Information	66
Analyses of the Antibiofilm Activity of o-Phenanthroline Monohydrate against Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus and the Mechanisms Underlying These Effects	64
MptpB Inhibitor Improves the Action of Antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterium avium Infections	48
Mitophagy Activation Targeting PINK1 Is an Effective Treatment to Inhibit Zika Virus Replication	45
Starved of ACTION: A Critical Look at the Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plans of African Countries	43
Efficient Synthesis of Clovibactin and Its Analogues: Promoting the Discovery of More Potent Antibiotics via Multiple Screenings	42
Chitosan-Coated Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit Adherence and Biofilm Formation of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli	40
Restricted Rotational Flexibility of the C5α-Methyl-Substituted Carbapenem NA-1-157 Leads to Potent Inhibition of the GES-5 Carbapenemase	40
Phenotypic Landscape of Immune Cells in Sepsis: Insights from High-Dimensional Mass Cytometry	39
Mutagenesis-Guided Target Identification Reveals the Protein-Binding Domain of Nsp14 in Coronaviruses as the Target of a Labdane-Oxindole Compound	38
Treponema pallidum Protein TpF1 Inhibits Migration by Impairing Actin Polymerization via Toll-Like Receptor 4/PI3K/AKT in Microglia	36
Correction to “Antifungal Efficacy of 3D-Cultured Palatal Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Secreted Factors against Candida albicans ”	36
Correction to “Serotype-Specific Regulation of Dengue Virus NS5 Protein Subcellular Localization”	34
1,3-Diarylpyrazolyl-acylsulfonamides Target HadAB/BC Complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	34
DNA Aptamers Mediated Inhibition of Pathogenic Erm42 Enzyme Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance	34

Role of Macrophage PIST Protein in Regulating Leishmania major Infection	33
Teichoic Acids Play a Key Role in the Antibacterial Activity of Big Defensins against Staphylococcus aureus	33
Virulence and Adhesion of the Treponema pallidum Nichols Strain Simultaneously Decrease in a Continuous-Infection New Zealand White Rabbit Model	33
High-Throughput Profiling of Bacterial Glycans: Evolving Microarray Technologies and Applications	33
Heterogeneity and Compositional Diversities of Campylobacter jejuni Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) Drive Multiple Cellular Uptake Processes	32
Deciphering the Role of pafBC in Mycobacteriophage Resistance and Biofilm Formation	32
Students Against Superbugs (SAS) Africa	32