OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 47. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	292
Editorial Board	233
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	180
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	174
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics	117
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	108
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	105
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	101
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	99
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	96
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	92
Circadian rhythms and meal timing: impact on energy balance and body weight	91
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering	88
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	87
Bioelectrosynthesis systems	86
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	85
Editorial Board	82
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	81
Engineering the plant microbiota in the context of the theory of ecological communities	78
Engineering of new-to-nature ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products	78
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	77
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development	76
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	74
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces	74
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	72

Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	70
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	68
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	67
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	63
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	63
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	61
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	61
Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations	59
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery	59
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	58
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	56
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	56
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	56
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	55
Engineering of the genetic code	52
Regulatory roles of microRNAs in insect pests: prospective targets for insect pest control	52
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	51
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	51
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	51
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	51
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	48
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	47
Contemporary aquaculture: implications for human nutrition	47