OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 45. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	311
Editorial Board	254
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	206
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics	195
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock	116
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	115
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	105
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	103
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	99
Bioelectrosynthesis systems	97
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	95
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	93
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	92
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	90
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering	89
Circadian rhythms and meal timing: impact on energy balance and body weight	89
Editorial Board	85
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	85
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development	82
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	81
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	80
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	72
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	70
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces	65
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	63

Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	63
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	62
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	61
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	61
Engineering the plant microbiota in the context of the theory of ecological communities	61
Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations	59
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	54
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	52
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery	52
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	52
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	51
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	50
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	50
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	50
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	49
Regulatory roles of microRNAs in insect pests: prospective targets for insect pest control	47
Engineering of the genetic code	47
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	46
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	46
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	45
Contemporary aquaculture: implications for human nutrition	45