OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 43. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	259
Editorial Board	201
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	120
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics	120
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	110
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	108
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock	102
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	97
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	97
Bioelectrosynthesis systems	93
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	90
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	90
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	87
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	86
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering	83
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	78
Editorial Board	66
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	65
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	65
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery	63
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	63
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	60
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces	58
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	55
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	54

Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	53
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development	52
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	51
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	51
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	51
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	50
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	50
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	50
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	50
Engineering of the genetic code	48
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	47
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	47
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	47
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	46
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	45
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	45
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	44
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	44