Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Papers
(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 23. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board281
Editorial Board226
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]135
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression131
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock127
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies123
Bioelectrosynthesis systems122
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production116
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production107
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts107
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems106
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity100
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence95
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering95
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine93
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications82
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics81
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors78
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis76
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation72
Editorial Board70
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development66
Editorial Board65
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts64
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency62
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies60
Molecular methods for high-throughput, multiplexed, and automated genome editing in prokaryotes and eukaryotes57
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks57
Microfluidics meets cell-free systems: from molecular engineering to synthetic cells57
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery56
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design56
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules55
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies55
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering55
Engineering of the genetic code55
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways52
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast52
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering51
Strategies for engineering domesticated and undomesticated human microbes51
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs50
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle49
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects49
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment49
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology49
Building trust in automated experimentation: uncertainty quantification in the era of high-throughput biolabs48
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity48
Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability48
Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger48
Matching diverse feedstocks to conversion processes for the future bioeconomy48
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance48
Editorial overview: Biotechnological insights of marine and terrestrial microbiome47
Editorial Board47
Toolboxes for plant systems biology research46
Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology45
Low-cost, point-of-care biomarker quantification44
Editorial overview: Pioneering innovations in food biotechnology44
Corrigendum to: “Design, construction, and application of noncanonical redox cofactor infrastructures” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 84 (2023) 103019]44
Synthetic biology approaches for dynamic CHO cell engineering44
Advancing in vivo reprogramming with synthetic biology44
Single-cell omics analysis with genome-scale metabolic modeling43
Pathway engineering for the biosynthesis of psychedelics43
Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms43
Editorial overview: Emerging routes to sustainable energy capture and conversion into value-added products43
The potential of amoeba-based processes for natural product syntheses42
Biochemical production with microbial bioelectrochemical systems41
Metabolic and cellular engineering for the production of natural products40
Molecules to medicine: advances in metabolomics for natural product drug discovery40
Sourcing DNA parts for synthetic biology applications in plants40
Synthetic apomixis: the beginning of a new era40
Editorial Board40
Editorial overview: Nanobiotechnology for immunoengineering40
Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota40
Editorial Board40
Understanding and harnessing the complexity of interspecies interactions in acetogenic mixotrophic co-cultures39
Synthetic mRNA – emerging new class of drug for tissue regeneration39
Operation at thermophilic temperatures: an underestimated asset for gas fermentation processes39
The aging tumor metabolic microenvironment39
Complexity of subcellular metabolism: strategies for compartment-specific profiling39
Engineered methane biocatalysis: strategies to assimilate methane for chemical production39
Strategies and opportunities for engineering antifungal peptides for therapeutic applications38
Targeting ripening regulators to develop fruit with high quality and extended shelf life38
Matchmaking at the cell surface using bispecifics to put cells on their best behavior38
Next-generation biological vector platforms for in vivo delivery of genome editing agents38
Programmable synthetic biology tools for developing microbial cell factories37
Synthetic fuels: what are they and where do they come from?37
What’s new in single-cell proteomics37
Antigen-specific nanomedicines for the treatment of autoimmune disease: target cell types, mechanisms and outcomes37
Potential use of microbial engineering in single-cell protein production36
Extracellular vesicles as therapeutics for inflammation and infection36
Bridging the gender gap in autoimmunity with T-cell–targeted biomaterials35
Editorial Board35
Beyond vancomycin: recent advances in the modification, reengineering, production and discovery of improved glycopeptide antibiotics to tackle multidrug-resistant bacteria34
Strategies for uncovering stable isotope tracing patterns between cell populations34
De novo domestication: retrace the history of agriculture to design future crops34
Challenges and future perspectives for high-throughput chimeric antigen receptor T cell discovery34
Optimizing the value of bioinks and robotics to advance in vivo bioprinting34
Editorial Board34
Engineering bacterial warriors: harnessing microbes to modulate animal physiology34
Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria33
Inhalable mRNA vaccines for respiratory diseases: a roadmap32
Machine learning for predicting phenotype from genotype and environment32
Analytical tools for unravelling the metabolism of gas-fermenting Clostridia32
Recent innovations in cannabinoid chemistry, biology, and biosynthesis32
Can digital twin efforts shape microorganism-based alternative food?31
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell, and pathway engineering31
Two in one: the emerging concept of bifunctional antibodies31
Quantitative and analytical tools to analyze the spatiotemporal population dynamics of microbial consortia31
Microbiological food safety considerations in shelf-life extension of fresh fruits and vegetables31
In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment31
Biologics-based degraders — an expanding toolkit for targeted-protein degradation31
Cell-free synthesis of industrial chemicals and biofuels from carbon feedstocks30
Achieving net zero CO2 emission in the biobased production of reduced platform chemicals using defined co-feeding of methanol30
Corrigendum to “Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 66 (2020) 236-245]30
Editorial Board30
An integrated eco-evolutionary framework to predict population-level responses of climate-sensitive pathogens30
Senescent cells in tissue engineering29
Genetic and process engineering for polyhydroxyalkanoate production from pre- and post-consumer food waste29
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats tools for plant metabolic engineering: achievements and perspectives29
Advances in engineering substrate scope of Pseudomonas cell factories29
Engineering plant–microbe communication for plant nutrient use efficiency29
Mycotoxin risks are lower in biotech corn29
Searching for the optimal microbial factory: high-throughput biosensors and analytical techniques for screening small molecules29
Progress and challenges in the translation of cancer nanomedicines29
Engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptor-T cells: recent breakthroughs and remaining challenges in design and screening of novel chimeric antigen receptor variants29
Advances in engineering and optimization of transcription factor-based biosensors for plug-and-play small molecule detection28
Division of labor for substrate utilization in natural and synthetic microbial communities28
Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation28
Decoding dissolved information: environmental DNA sequencing at global scale to monitor a changing ocean28
Sustainability in food-waste reduction biotechnology: a critical review28
Path to zero emission of nitrous oxide in sewage treatment: is nitrification controllable or avoidable?27
Recent advances in microbial synthesis of polyphenols27
General framework for enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system toward carbon dioxide conversion27
Understanding methanol metabolism through systems biology: advances and future perspectives26
Recent advances in microbial production of rare sugars and steviols26
Force in numbers: high-throughput screening approaches to unlock microbial transport26
Proteomics insights into the fungal-mediated bioremediation of environmental contaminants26
Integrating bioprinting and optogenetic technologies for precision plant tissue engineering26
Computational models in systems biology: standards, dissemination, and best practices26
Eubacterium limosum as a biocatalyst for sustainable methanol bioconversion26
Carbon recycling with synthetic CO2 fixation pathways26
Advances in engineering algae for biofuel production26
Cellobiose dehydrogenase in biofuel cells25
Cell-free enzyme cascades — application and transition from development to industrial implementation25
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances25
Combining enzyme and metabolic engineering for microbial supply of therapeutic phytochemicals25
Engineering organoids as cerebral disease models25
Engineering bacteria for cancer immunotherapy25
Continuous biomanufacturing with microbes — upstream progresses and challenges24
Engineering microbial consortia with rationally designed cellular interactions24
Getting better all the time — recent progress in the development of CRISPR/Cas-based tools for plant genome engineering24
Anaerobic microbial core for municipal wastewater treatment — the sustainable platform for resource recovery24
Approaches for a more microbiologically and chemically safe dried fruit supply chain24
Pleiotropy, a feature or a bug? Toward co-ordinating plant growth, development, and environmental responses through engineering plant hormone signaling24
Biomolecular feedback controllers: from theory to applications24
Building mutational bridges between carbohydrate-active enzymes24
Cytochromes P450 in the biocatalytic valorization of lignin24
Designed dietary fibers: engineering carbohydrate structure for precision modulation of the human gut microbiome24
Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics23
Architectures of emerging biofoundry platforms for synthetic biology23
Recent advances in the biological depolymerization and upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate23
Time to integrate biotechnological approaches into fish gut microbiome research23
Drugging the microbiome and bacterial live biotherapeutic consortium production23
Optogenetics in medicine: innovations and therapeutic applications23
Resolving misconceptions and constraints in growth-coupled bioproduction23
Editorial overview: Phosphate Special Issue23
SgRNA engineering for improved genome editing and expanded functional assays23
Antimicrobial polymeric biomaterials based on synthetic, nanotechnology, and biotechnological approaches23
The double life of CRISPR–Cas1323
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