OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSphere is 39. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Effectiveness of Face Masks in Preventing Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2	247
Increasing Temperature and Relative Humidity Accelerates Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on Surfaces	230
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	180
COVID-19: Knowns, Unknowns, and Questions	103
Primer, Pipelines, Parameters: Issues in 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing	89
COVID-19 Hyperinflammation: What about Neutrophils?	84
Daily Vaginal Microbiota Fluctuations Associated with Natural Hormonal Cycle, Contraceptives, Diet, and Exercise	72
New Insights and Enhanced Human Norovirus Cultivation in Human Intestinal Enteroids	65
Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients Can Contaminate Their Surroundings: an Environment Sampling Study	64
Candida auris Forms High-Burden Biofilms in Skin Niche Conditions and on Porcine Skin	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	61
Amplicon Sequence Variants Artificially Split Bacterial Genomes into Separate Clusters	59
COVID-19: an Immunopathological View	57
Distinct Fecal and Plasma Metabolites in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Modulation after Microbiota Transfer Therapy	55
Emergence of Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Escape Variants in an Immunocompromised Host Undergoing Convalescent Plasma Treatment	54
Clinical Characteristics and Immune Injury Mechanisms in 71 Patients with COVID-19	54
First Report of bla _VIM-4 - and mcr-9 -Coharboring Enterobacter Species Isolated fro	54
Competitive SARS-CoV-2 Serology Reveals Most Antibodies Targeting the Spike Receptor-Binding Domain Compete for ACE2 Binding	52
Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of a Potential Smallpox Therapeutic, Brincidofovir, in a Lethal Monkeypox Virus Animal Model	51
COVID-19: Learning from Lessons To Guide Treatment and Prevention Interventions	51
Insights into the Host Range, Genetic Diversity, and Geographical Distribution of Jingmenviruses	50
The Association between Insertion Sequences and Antibiotic Resistance Genes	50
Dolosigranulum pigrum Cooperation and Competition in Human Nasal Microbiota	49
No to Neocosmospora : Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium	49
Long-Term Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Patient with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	48

Discovery of Bat Coronaviruses through Surveillance and Probe Capture-Based Next-Generation Sequencing	48
Environmental Consortium Containing Pseudomonas and Bacillus Species Synergistically Degrades Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic	47
Development and Clinical Application of a Rapid and Sensitive Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection	46
Influences of Ingredients and Bakers on the Bacteria and Fungi in Sourdough Starters and Bread	43
The Fungal Microbiome Is an Important Component of Vineyard Ecosystems and Correlates with Regional Distinctiveness of Wine	43
Gut Microbiomes of the Eastern Oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) and the Blue Mussel ( Mytilus edulis ): Temporal Variation and the Influen	42
Anterior Nares Diversity and Pathobionts Represent Sinus Microbiome in Chronic Rhinosinusitis	42
Assessing the Variation within the Oral Microbiome of Healthy Adults	41
Extracellular Vesicles from Aspergillus flavus Induce M1 Polarization In Vitro	41
The Galleria mellonella Infection Model Does Not Accurately Differentiate between Hypervirulent and Classical Klebsiella pneumoniae	40
Tracking of Antibiotic Resistance Transfer and Rapid Plasmid Evolution in a Hospital Setting by Nanopore Sequencing	40
No Consistent Evidence for Microbiota in Murine Placental and Fetal Tissues	40
Daily Viral Kinetics and Innate and Adaptive Immune Response Assessment in COVID-19: a Case Series	40
Age-Related Variation of Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Different Body Habitats across the Young, Elderly, and Centenarians in Sardinia	39
Pseudohyphal Growth of the Emerging Pathogen Candida auris Is Triggered by Genotoxic Stress through the S Phase Checkpoint	39