OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSystems is 39. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Gut Metabolites Are More Predictive of Disease and Cohoused States than Gut Bacterial Features in a Polycystic Ovary Syndrome-Like Mouse Model	154
Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes	95
Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users	88
Natural Green Spaces, Sensitization to Allergens, and the Role of Gut Microbiota during Infancy	84
Mucin alleviates colonic barrier dysfunction by promoting spermine accumulation through enhanced arginine metabolism in Limosilactobacillus mucosae	75
More Than Just a Spearhead: Diverse Functions of PAAR for Assembly and Delivery of Toxins of the Contractile Injection Systems	72
Comparative Genomics of Cyclic di-GMP Metabolism and Chemosensory Pathways in Shewanella algae Strains: Novel Bacterial Sensory Domains and Functional Insights into Lifestyle Regulation	72
Clade-specific long-read sequencing increases the accuracy and specificity of the gyrB phylogenetic marker gene	69
Ancient Metagenomic Studies: Considerations for the Wider Scientific Community	68
Deciphering the antigen specificities of antibodies by clustering their complementarity determining region sequences	65
Probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis M8 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus M9 prevent high blood pressure via modulating the gut microbiota composit	64
Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Highlight Virulence and Host Adaptation Favoring the Success of Epidemic Clones	61
Dispersal shapes compositional and functional diversity in aquatic microbial communities	58
An Elemental Diet Enriched in Amino Acids Alters the Gut Microbial Community and Prevents Colonic Mucus Degradation in Mice with Colitis	57
A simple BLASTn-based approach generates novel insights into the regulation and biological function of type I toxin-antitoxins	55
Uncharacterized and lineage-specific accessory genes within the Proteus mirabilis pan-genome landscape	54
The functional small RNA interactome reveals targets for the vancomycin-responsive sRNA RsaOI in vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus	53
Investigating the gut bacteria structure and function of hibernating bats through 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and culturomics	52
PhoPQ-mediated lipopolysaccharide modification governs intrinsic resistance to tetracycline and glycylcycline antibiotics in Escherichia coli	51
Announcing the mSystems special collection on microbial dormancy	50
Diverse non-canonical electron bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases of separate evolutionary origins in Hydrogenedentota	50
Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence	49
Disturbance–diversity relationships of microbial communities change based on growth substrate	49
Genome-Scale Modeling Specifies the Metabolic Capabilities of Rhizophagus irregularis	49
Visualizing the pH in Escherichia coli Colonies via the Sensor Protein mCherryEA Allows High-Throughput Screening of Mutant Libraries	45

Carbapenem triggers dissemination of chromosomally integrated carbapenemase genes via conjugative plasmids in Escherichia coli	45
Dissecting the genetic features and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 88: a global perspective	44
Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses	44
Microbial Diversity and Interaction Specificity in Kombucha Tea Fermentations	43
In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nano	42
A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR)	42
Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype	41
STENSL: Microbial Source Tracking with ENvironment SeLection	40
Gut microbiota contribute to high-altitude adaptation in tree sparrows	40
Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles	40
Seasonality and longer-term development generate temporal dynamics in the Populus microbiome	40
Insights into Adaptive Mechanisms of Extreme Acidophiles Based on Quorum Sensing/Quenching-Related Proteins	40
A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus	39
Regulatory networks of FUR and NtcA are intertwined by transcriptional regulators, two-component systems, serine/threonine kinases, and sigma factors in Anabaena sp. PCC	39