OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 48. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	169
Editorial Board	149
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	134
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock	115
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	111
Bacterial degradation of emerging aromatic pollutants and integrated strategies for sustainable healthy agro-ecosystem	105
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	100
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	97
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	95
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	91
Spatial enzyme assembly for microbial pharmaceutical synthesis	89
Cytochrome P450-mediated structural diversification of diketopiperazine alkaloids	83
Advances in synthetic microbial consortia for improved production of biochemicals and biofuels	80
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	79
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	72
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	72
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	69
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	69
Editorial Board	68
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	67
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	65
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	65
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	65
Editorial Board	61
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	60

Expanding the catalytic repertoire of C–C bond–forming pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent enzymes for noncanonical amino acid formation	60
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	59
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	58
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	58
Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for the production of fatty acid-derived biofuels	57
Molecular methods for high-throughput, multiplexed, and automated genome editing in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	57
Strategies and challenges for synthetic apomixis	57
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	57
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	57
Microfluidics meets cell-free systems: from molecular engineering to synthetic cells	56
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	55
Engineering of the genetic code	54
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	54
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	53
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	52
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	51
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	51
Photoprotective-based strategies to enhance crop yield under fluctuating light conditions	50
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	50
Deciphering the guanidine code: from core metabolism to biosynthesis of its derivatives	50
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	49
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	49
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	48
Strategies for engineering domesticated and undomesticated human microbes	48
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance	48