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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	159
Editorial Board	148
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	134
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	110
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	109
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	105
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	96
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	93
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	91
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	91
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock	87
Bacterial degradation of emerging aromatic pollutants and integrated strategies for sustainable healthy agro-ecosystem	78
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	75
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	75
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	69
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	68
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	67
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	67
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	66
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	65
Editorial Board	65
Editorial Board	63
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	62
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	59
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	59

Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	57
Expanding the catalytic repertoire of C–C bond–forming pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent enzymes for noncanonical amino acid formation	57
Microfluidics meets cell-free systems: from molecular engineering to synthetic cells	57
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	57
Strategies and challenges for synthetic apomixis	56
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	56
Molecular methods for high-throughput, multiplexed, and automated genome editing in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	56
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	55
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	55
Photoprotective-based strategies to enhance crop yield under fluctuating light conditions	54
Strategies for engineering domesticated and undomesticated human microbes	53
Deciphering the guanidine code: from core metabolism to biosynthesis of its derivatives	53
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	51
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	51
Engineering of the genetic code	51
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	50
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	49
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	49
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	48
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	48
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance	48
Editorial Board	47