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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Announcing the mSystems special collection on microbial dormancy	117
MetaProClust-MS1: an MS1 Profiling Approach for Large-Scale Microbiome Screening	105
Diverse non-canonical electron bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases of separate evolutionary origins in Hydrogenedentota	90
In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nano	84
Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes	79
Dissecting the genetic features and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 88: a global perspective	73
Investigating the gut bacteria structure and function of hibernating bats through 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and culturomics	73
STENSL: Microbial Source Tracking with ENvironment SeLection	71
The functional small RNA interactome reveals targets for the vancomycin-responsive sRNA RsaOI in vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus	68
PhoPQ-mediated lipopolysaccharide modification governs intrinsic resistance to tetracycline and glycylcycline antibiotics in Escherichia coli	67
Natural Green Spaces, Sensitization to Allergens, and the Role of Gut Microbiota during Infancy	65
Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Highlight Virulence and Host Adaptation Favoring the Success of Epidemic Clones	60
Insights into the metabolic specificities of pathogenic strains from the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex	58
A simple BLASTn-based approach generates novel insights into the regulation and biological function of type I toxin-antitoxins	58
Seasonality and longer-term development generate temporal dynamics in the Populus microbiome	57
Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users	57
Carbapenem triggers dissemination of chromosomally integrated carbapenemase genes via conjugative plasmids in Escherichia coli	53
Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence	53
Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses	49
Clade-specific long-read sequencing increases the accuracy and specificity of the gyrB phylogenetic marker gene	49
Deciphering the antigen specificities of antibodies by clustering their complementarity determining region sequences	48
Cultured Bacteria Provide Insight into the Functional Potential of the Coral-Associated Microbiome	48
Dispersal shapes compositional and functional diversity in aquatic microbial communities	47
Sodium butyrate facilitates CRHR2 expression to alleviate HPA axis hyperactivity in autism-like rats induced by prenatal lipopolysaccharides through histone deacetylase inhibition	47
Mucin alleviates colonic barrier dysfunction by promoting spermine accumulation through enhanced arginine metabolism in Limosilactobacillus mucosae	47

Uncharacterized and lineage-specific accessory genes within the Proteus mirabilis pan-genome landscape	45
A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus	45
An Elemental Diet Enriched in Amino Acids Alters the Gut Microbial Community and Prevents Colonic Mucus Degradation in Mice with Colitis	43
Probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis M8 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus M9 prevent high blood pressure via modulating the gut microbiota composit	43
Disturbance–diversity relationships of microbial communities change based on growth substrate	42
Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles	42
Gut microbiota contribute to high-altitude adaptation in tree sparrows	42
Regulatory networks of FUR and NtcA are intertwined by transcriptional regulators, two-component systems, serine/threonine kinases, and sigma factors in Anabaena	42
A multi-omics analysis unveils functional and regulatory links between hydroxybenzene and aromatic amino acid metabolism in Candida albicans	41
Reduced glutathione levels in Enterococcus faecalis trigger metabolic and transcriptional compensatory adjustments during iron exposure	41
Metagenomic polymorphic toxin effector and immunity profiling predicts microbiome development and disease-related dysbiosis	41
Navigating complexity: key considerations for studying fungal-bacterial interactions	40
Unraveling the disease pyramid: the role of environmental micro-eukaryotes in amphibian resistance to the deadly fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	40
Abrogation of SOS mutagenesis by the E. coli OxyR oxidative stress response	40
Unraveling proteomic chaos by independent component analysis—ClpX proficiency promotes the iron and oxygen limitation responses of Staphylococcus aureus	39