OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Reviews in Biotechnology is 19. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in AP2/ERF super-family transcription factors in plant	261
Antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents: opportunities and challenges	227
Microbial degradation of tetracycline in the aquatic environment: a review	127
Valorization of fruits and vegetable wastes and by-products to produce natural pigments	124
Can omics deliver temperature resilient ready-to-grow crops?	117
Biotechnological basis of microbial consortia for the removal of pesticides from the environment	109
Drought stress-induced physiological mechanisms, signaling pathways and molecular response of chloroplasts in common vegetable crops	103
Strategies for antimicrobial peptide coatings on medical devices: a review and regulatory science perspective	88
Smart reprograming of plants against salinity stress using modern biotechnological tools	88
Plants endophytes: unveiling hidden agenda for bioprospecting toward sustainable agriculture	83
Silicon in mitigation of abiotic stress-induced oxidative damage in plants	83
Aluminum toxicity and aluminum stress-induced physiological tolerance responses in higher plants	76
Scaffolds for the manufacture of cultured meat	73
Diatoms as cell factories for high-value products: chrysolaminarin, eicosapentaenoic acid, and fucoxanthin	70
Biotechnological applications of Bacillus licheniformis	68
State-of-the-art exosome loading and functionalization techniques for enhanced therapeutics: a review	66
Insights into phenolic compounds from microalgae: structural variety and complex beneficial activities from health to nutraceutics	62
Plant response to silver nanoparticles: a critical review	62
Microalgae culture quality indicators: a review	51
Microbial production of gamma-aminobutyric acid: applications, state-of-the-art achievements, and future perspectives	49
Developments in the study and applications of bacterial transformations of selenium species	47
Advances in laccase-triggered anabolism for biotechnology applications	45
Priority-based multiple products from microalgae: review on techniques and strategies	42
Bacillus subtilis natto as a potential probiotic in animal nutrition	42
Characterization of glycosylation in monoclonal antibodies and its importance in therapeutic antibody development	42

Enzymatic regeneration and conservation of ATP: challenges and opportunities	42
DNA barcoding: a modern age tool for detection of adulteration in food	41
Enzyme producing insect gut microbes: an unexplored biotechnological aspect	40
Potential use of fungal-bacterial co-cultures for the removal of organic pollutants	40
Silver, copper and copper oxide nanoparticles in the fight against human viruses: progress and perspectives	40
Biotechnological potential of Beauveria bassiana as a source of novel biocatalysts and metabolites	39
Co-culturing microbial consortia: approaches for applications in biomanufacturing and bioprocessing	39
An overview of fungal biopolymers: bioemulsifiers and biosurfactants compounds production	38
Nitrilase: a promising biocatalyst in industrial applications for green chemistry	38
Improvement, scaling-up, and downstream analysis of exosome production	38
Bioactive components from Moringa oleifera seeds: production, functionalities and applications – a critical review	36
Regulation of carotenoid degradation and production of apocarotenoids in natural and engineered organisms	36
Current commercial dPCR platforms: technology and market review	36
Theanine metabolism and transport in tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.): advances and perspectives	35
Rhizosphere assisted bioengineering approaches for the mitigation of petroleum hydrocarbons contamination in soil	35
Degradation of organic pollutants by intimately coupling photocatalytic materials with microbes: a review	34
Dissolution and processing of silk fibroin for materials science	33
Microbial synthesis of violacein pigment and its potential applications	33
Biological and biorational management of blast diseases in cereals caused by Magnaporthe oryzae	33
Colors of life: a review on fungal pigments	33
Efficient heterologous expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes in microorganisms for the biosynthesis of natural products	32
Solid-phase denitrification for water remediation: processes, limitations, and new aspects	32
Escherichia coli as an antibody expression host for the production of diagnostic proteins: significance and expression	31
Advances in production of high-value lipids by oleaginous yeasts	31
Alginate degrading enzymes: an updated comprehensive review of the structure, catalytic mechanism, modification method and applications of alginate lyases	31
Pigments from Antarctic bacteria and their biotechnological applications	29
Engineering microalgae: transition from empirical design to programmable cells	28
Bacillus subtilis as a robust host for biochemical production utilizing biomass	28
Kluyveromyces marxianus: a potential biocatalyst of renewable chemicals and lignocellulosic ethanol production	28
Yarrowia lipolytica as a biorefinery platform for effluents and solid wastes valorization – challenges and opportunities	27
Stability testing in monoclonal antibodies	27
Marine algal flavonoids and phlorotannins; an intriguing frontier of biofunctional secondary metabolites	26
Synthetic scaffolds for 3D cell cultures and organoids: applications in regenerative medicine	26
Enzyme embedded microfluidic paper-based analytic device (μPAD): a comprehensive review	26
Proteomics for abiotic stresses in legumes: present status and future directions	26
The revolution of PDMS microfluidics in cellular biology	25
Amylases from thermophilic bacteria: structure and function relationship	25
Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for terpenoids production: advances and perspectives	25
Biofilm formation in xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms	24
Molecular pharming to support human life on the moon, mars, and beyond	24
Cold stress regulates accumulation of flavonoids and terpenoids in plants by phytohormone, transcription process, functional enzyme, and epigenetics	24
Bioactive natural derivatives of phthalate ester	24
Metabolic engineering strategies for sesquiterpene production in microorganism	24
Sustainability of biodegradable plastics: a review on social, economic, and environmental factors	24
Evaluation of animal- and plant-based lipidic waste in anaerobic digestion: kinetics of long-chain fatty acids degradation	23
Biomedical applications of the peptide decorated gold nanoparticles	23
Advances in sustainable approaches utilizing orange peel waste to produce highly value-added bioproducts	22
Production, properties, and applications of fructosyltransferase: a current appraisal	22
Microalgae harvesting techniques: updates and recent technological interventions	21
Recent trends in nanomaterial-based signal amplification in electrochemical aptasensors	21

The challenges of using NAD⁺-dependent formate dehydrogenases for CO₂conversion	21
Neurodegenerative disorders management: state-of-art and prospects of nano-biotechnology	20
Biomolecules of mushroom: a recipe of human wellness	20
Advances in biological production of acetoin: a comprehensive overview	19
Physiological effects, biosynthesis, and derivatization of key human milk tetrasaccharides, lacto-N-tetraose, and lacto-N-neotetraose	19
Cold atmospheric plasma as an interface biotechnology for enhancing surgical implants	19