Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Papers
(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 21. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board311
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Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]206
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics195
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock116
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production115
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production105
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems103
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression99
Bioelectrosynthesis systems97
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity95
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies93
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine92
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts90
Circadian rhythms and meal timing: impact on energy balance and body weight89
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering89
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence85
Editorial Board85
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development82
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors81
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation80
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks72
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications70
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces65
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts63
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies63
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies62
Engineering the plant microbiota in the context of the theory of ecological communities61
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics61
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency61
Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations59
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering54
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis52
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design52
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery52
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast51
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs50
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment50
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways50
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle49
Regulatory roles of microRNAs in insect pests: prospective targets for insect pest control47
Engineering of the genetic code47
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules46
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects46
Contemporary aquaculture: implications for human nutrition45
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology45
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering44
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity44
Editorial overview: Biotechnological insights of marine and terrestrial microbiome43
Editorial Board42
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Computational approaches to understanding nutrient metabolism and metabolic disorders42
Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability41
Toolboxes for plant systems biology research41
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance41
Anaerobic fluorescent reporters for cell identification, microbial cell biology and high-throughput screening of microbiota and genomic libraries41
Matching diverse feedstocks to conversion processes for the future bioeconomy40
Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger40
Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology40
Advancing in vivo reprogramming with synthetic biology40
The potential of amoeba-based processes for natural product syntheses39
Integration of omics data to unravel root microbiome recruitment39
Analytics of host cell proteins (HCPs): lessons from biopharmaceutical mAb analysis for Gene therapy products39
Redox as a bioprocess parameter: analytical redox quantification in biological therapeutic production38
Metabolic and cellular engineering for the production of natural products38
Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms38
Editorial overview: Emerging routes to sustainable energy capture and conversion into value-added products38
Sourcing DNA parts for synthetic biology applications in plants38
Corrigendum to: “Design, construction, and application of noncanonical redox cofactor infrastructures” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 84 (2023) 103019]38
Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota38
Single-cell omics analysis with genome-scale metabolic modeling38
Pathway engineering for the biosynthesis of psychedelics36
Synthetic biology approaches for dynamic CHO cell engineering36
Low-cost, point-of-care biomarker quantification36
Editorial overview: Pioneering innovations in food biotechnology36
Synthetic apomixis: the beginning of a new era36
Next-generation biological vector platforms for in vivo delivery of genome editing agents35
Operation at thermophilic temperatures: an underestimated asset for gas fermentation processes35
Biochemical production with microbial bioelectrochemical systems35
Complexity of subcellular metabolism: strategies for compartment-specific profiling35
Synthetic mRNA – emerging new class of drug for tissue regeneration35
Synthetic fuels: what are they and where do they come from?35
Editorial overview: Nanobiotechnology for immunoengineering35
Editorial Board35
Extracellular vesicles as therapeutics for inflammation and infection35
Overview of dietary assessment methods for measuring intakes of foods, beverages, and dietary supplements in research studies35
The aging tumor metabolic microenvironment35
Editorial Board34
Potential use of microbial engineering in single-cell protein production34
Strategies and opportunities for engineering antifungal peptides for therapeutic applications34
Antigen-specific nanomedicines for the treatment of autoimmune disease: target cell types, mechanisms and outcomes34
Matchmaking at the cell surface using bispecifics to put cells on their best behavior34
Programmable synthetic biology tools for developing microbial cell factories33
Understanding and harnessing the complexity of interspecies interactions in acetogenic mixotrophic co-cultures33
What’s new in single-cell proteomics33
Ketogenic regimens for acute neurotraumatic events33
Engineered methane biocatalysis: strategies to assimilate methane for chemical production33
Targeting ripening regulators to develop fruit with high quality and extended shelf life33
Editorial Board32
Editorial overview: Biotechnology to help understand and harness biotic interactions in plants32
Strategies for uncovering stable isotope tracing patterns between cell populations32
Engineering insect resistance using plant specialized metabolites32
Bridging the gender gap in autoimmunity with T-cell–targeted biomaterials31
Engineering bacterial warriors: harnessing microbes to modulate animal physiology31
Biohybrid approaches to interface with the nervous system: the best of both worlds31
Optimizing the value of bioinks and robotics to advance in vivo bioprinting31
Challenges and future perspectives for high-throughput chimeric antigen receptor T cell discovery31
Practical monitoring technologies for cells and substrates in biomanufacturing31
Avoidance of detrimental defense responses in beneficial plant–microbe interactions30
Beyond vancomycin: recent advances in the modification, reengineering, production and discovery of improved glycopeptide antibiotics to tackle multidrug-resistant bacteria30
Can digital twin efforts shape microorganism-based alternative food?30
De novo domestication: retrace the history of agriculture to design future crops30
Inhalable mRNA vaccines for respiratory diseases: a roadmap30
Life stage-dependent genetic traits as drivers of plant–herbivore interactions29
Analytical tools for unravelling the metabolism of gas-fermenting Clostridia29
Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria29
Editorial Board29
Machine learning for predicting phenotype from genotype and environment29
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell, and pathway engineering29
Microbiological food safety considerations in shelf-life extension of fresh fruits and vegetables29
Quantitative and analytical tools to analyze the spatiotemporal population dynamics of microbial consortia28
Senescent cells in tissue engineering28
Biologics-based degraders — an expanding toolkit for targeted-protein degradation28
An integrated eco-evolutionary framework to predict population-level responses of climate-sensitive pathogens28
Sustainability in food-waste reduction biotechnology: a critical review28
In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment28
Corrigendum to “Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 66 (2020) 236-245]27
Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation27
Mycotoxin risks are lower in biotech corn27
Engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptor-T cells: recent breakthroughs and remaining challenges in design and screening of novel chimeric antigen receptor variants27
Achieving net zero CO2 emission in the biobased production of reduced platform chemicals using defined co-feeding of methanol27
Advances in engineering substrate scope of Pseudomonas cell factories27
Two in one: the emerging concept of bifunctional antibodies27
Cell-free synthesis of industrial chemicals and biofuels from carbon feedstocks27
Engineering plant–microbe communication for plant nutrient use efficiency27
Division of labor for substrate utilization in natural and synthetic microbial communities27
General framework for enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system toward carbon dioxide conversion26
Decoding dissolved information: environmental DNA sequencing at global scale to monitor a changing ocean26
Genetic and process engineering for polyhydroxyalkanoate production from pre- and post-consumer food waste26
Advances in engineering and optimization of transcription factor-based biosensors for plug-and-play small molecule detection26
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats tools for plant metabolic engineering: achievements and perspectives26
Searching for the optimal microbial factory: high-throughput biosensors and analytical techniques for screening small molecules26
Recent advances in microbial production of rare sugars and steviols25
Advances in engineering algae for biofuel production25
Progress and challenges in the translation of cancer nanomedicines25
Recent advances in microbial synthesis of polyphenols25
Force in numbers: high-throughput screening approaches to unlock microbial transport25
Integrating bioprinting and optogenetic technologies for precision plant tissue engineering25
Computational models in systems biology: standards, dissemination, and best practices25
Engineering bacteria for cancer immunotherapy24
Carbon recycling with synthetic CO2 fixation pathways24
Hitting the sweet spot with capillary electrophoresis: advances in N-glycomics and glycoproteomics24
Proteomics insights into the fungal-mediated bioremediation of environmental contaminants24
Path to zero emission of nitrous oxide in sewage treatment: is nitrification controllable or avoidable?24
Chemical speciation of trace metals in mammalian cell culture media: looking under the hood to boost cellular performance and product quality24
Combining enzyme and metabolic engineering for microbial supply of therapeutic phytochemicals23
Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics23
Engineering microbial consortia with rationally designed cellular interactions23
Pleiotropy, a feature or a bug? Toward co-ordinating plant growth, development, and environmental responses through engineering plant hormone signaling23
Approaches for a more microbiologically and chemically safe dried fruit supply chain23
Drugging the microbiome and bacterial live biotherapeutic consortium production23
Cytochromes P450 in the biocatalytic valorization of lignin23
Getting better all the time — recent progress in the development of CRISPR/Cas-based tools for plant genome engineering23
RNAs — a new frontier in crop protection23
Continuous biomanufacturing with microbes — upstream progresses and challenges23
Editorial Board22
Building mutational bridges between carbohydrate-active enzymes22
Biomolecular feedback controllers: from theory to applications22
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances22
Cellobiose dehydrogenase in biofuel cells22
In vivo 2H/13C flux analysis in metabolism research22
Cell-free enzyme cascades — application and transition from development to industrial implementation22
Anaerobic microbial core for municipal wastewater treatment — the sustainable platform for resource recovery22
Engineering organoids as cerebral disease models22
Editorial overview: Phosphate Special Issue21
Window of sustainable bioprocess operation: towards merging environmental sustainability assessment and process operation at early-stage bioprocess development21
Filamentous fungi for future functional food and feed21
Optogenetics in medicine: innovations and therapeutic applications21
Recent advances in the biological depolymerization and upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate21
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell and pathway engineering: bioinspired, biomimetic and hybrid neural interfaces21
Technologies for the discovery of G protein–coupled receptor–targeting biologics21
Time to integrate biotechnological approaches into fish gut microbiome research21
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