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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	268
Editorial Board	217
Editorial Board	132
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	125
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	119
Bioelectrosynthesis systems	117
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	116
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	107
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	102
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering	98
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock	97
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	96
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	95
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	92
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	90
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	88
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	74
Editorial Board	72
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development	71
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	68
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	67
Editorial Board	63
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces	62
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	60
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	56

Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	55
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	55
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	55
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	54
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	54
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery	54
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	53
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	53
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	52
Engineering of the genetic code	51
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	50
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	50
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	48
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	48
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	47
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	46
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	46
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	46
Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability	45
Editorial overview: Biotechnological insights of marine and terrestrial microbiome	45
Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology	45
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance	45