OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSphere is 40. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Effectiveness of Face Masks in Preventing Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2	275
Increasing Temperature and Relative Humidity Accelerates Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on Surfaces	246
Rampant C→U Hypermutation in the Genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses: Causes and Consequences for Their Short- and Long-Term Evolutionary Trajectories	187
Primer, Pipelines, Parameters: Issues in 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing	133
COVID-19: Knowns, Unknowns, and Questions	107
Daily Vaginal Microbiota Fluctuations Associated with Natural Hormonal Cycle, Contraceptives, Diet, and Exercise	87
COVID-19 Hyperinflammation: What about Neutrophils?	85
New Insights and Enhanced Human Norovirus Cultivation in Human Intestinal Enteroids	76
Amplicon Sequence Variants Artificially Split Bacterial Genomes into Separate Clusters	73
Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients Can Contaminate Their Surroundings: an Environment Sampling Study	69
Distinct Fecal and Plasma Metabolites in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Modulation after Microbiota Transfer Therapy	64
Bacterial and Eukaryotic Small-Subunit Amplicon Data Do Not Provide a Quantitative Picture of Microbial Communities, but They Are Reliable in the Context of Ecological Interpretations	62
Emergence of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Escape Variants in an Immunocompromised Host Undergoing Convalescent Plasma Treatment	61
COVID-19: an Immunopathological View	61
Dolosigranulum pigrum Cooperation and Competition in Human Nasal Microbiota	60
Clinical Characteristics and Immune Injury Mechanisms in 71 Patients with COVID-19	60
Long-Term Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Patient with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	60
Environmental Consortium Containing Pseudomonas and Bacillus Species Synergistically Degrades Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic	60
Competitive SARS-CoV-2 Serology Reveals Most Antibodies Targeting the Spike Receptor-Binding Domain Compete for ACE2 Binding	58
The Association between Insertion Sequences and Antibiotic Resistance Genes	58
Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of a Potential Smallpox Therapeutic, Brincidofovir, in a Lethal Monkeypox Virus Animal Model	55
No to Neocosmospora : Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium	55
COVID-19: Learning from Lessons To Guide Treatment and Prevention Interventions	54
The Fungal Microbiome Is an Important Component of Vineyard Ecosystems and Correlates with Regional Distinctiveness of Wine	52
Muribaculaceae Genomes Assembled from Metagenomes Suggest Genetic Drivers of Differential Response to Acarbose Treatment in Mice	51

Assessing the Variation within the Oral Microbiome of Healthy Adults	48
Direct Antibiotic Activity of Bacillibactin Broadens the Biocontrol Range of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MBI600	48
Tracking of Antibiotic Resistance Transfer and Rapid Plasmid Evolution in a Hospital Setting by Nanopore Sequencing	48
Development and Clinical Application of a Rapid and Sensitive Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection	47
Pseudohyphal Growth of the Emerging Pathogen Candida auris Is Triggered by Genotoxic Stress through the S Phase Checkpoint	46
Extracellular Vesicles from Aspergillus flavus Induce M1 Polarization In Vitro	44
Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal-Induced Outer Membrane Vesicles Enhance Biofilm Dispersion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	44
Candida auris Phenotypic Heterogeneity Determines Pathogenicity In Vitro	43
Daily Viral Kinetics and Innate and Adaptive Immune Response Assessment in COVID-19: a Case Series	43
Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Aspergillus fumigatus Protoplasts	42
The Diversity Outbred Mouse Population Is an Improved Animal Model of Vaccination against Tuberculosis That Reflects Heterogeneity of Protection	41
Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Middle East and North Africa Region	41
Temporal, Environmental, and Biological Drivers of the Mucosal Microbiome in a Wild Marine Fish, Scomber japonicus	41
Molecular Mechanisms of Phosphate Stress Activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing Systems	40
Horizontal Gene Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance from Acinetobacter baylyi to Escherichia coli on Lettuce and Subsequent Antibiotic Resistance Transmission to the Gut Microbiome	40
An Extensive Meta-Metagenomic Search Identifies SARS-CoV-2-Homologous Sequences in Pangolin Lung Viromes	40
Term Human Placental Trophoblasts Express SARS-CoV-2 Entry Factors ACE2, TMPRSS2, and Furin	40