OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is 42. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Detection technologies and recent developments in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection	217
Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics: Safe options for next-generation therapeutics	156
The potential of Akkermansia muciniphila in inflammatory bowel disease	106
Production of bioactive plant secondary metabolites through in vitro technologies—status and outlook	96
A next-generation probiotic: Akkermansia muciniphila ameliorates chronic stress–induced depressive-like behavior in mice by regulating gut microbiota and metabolites	91
Bacillus as a source of phytohormones for use in agriculture	79
Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation – part A	71
Progress in bioleaching: part B, applications of microbial processes by the minerals industries	70
Biosynthesis and regulation of anthocyanin pathway genes	69
Biofilm formation and inhibition mediated by bacterial quorum sensing	67
Synthesis, biomedical applications, and toxicity of CuO nanoparticles	66
Biogenesis of silver nanoparticles to treat cancer, diabetes, and microbial infections: a mechanistic overview	63
Current status on the biodegradability of acrylic polymers: microorganisms, enzymes and metabolic pathways involved	61
Echinocandins: structural diversity, biosynthesis, and development of antimycotics	58
Engineering of the unfolded protein response pathway in Pichia pastoris: enhancing production of secreted recombinant proteins	58
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19: the never-ending story	58
Inhalation monoclonal antibody therapy: a new way to treat and manage respiratory infections	58
Edible mushroom industry in China: current state and perspectives	57
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae	56
Campylobacter sp.: Pathogenicity factors and prevention methods—new molecular targets for innovative antivirulence drugs?	55
Anaerobic biodegradation of phenol in wastewater treatment: achievements and limits	53
Emerging role of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in colorectal cancer	51
Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to the long-term monoculture of grapevine	51
Thermostability engineering of industrial enzymes through structure modification	48
The “beauty in the beast”—the multiple uses of Priestia megaterium in biotechnology	48

Characterization and function of membrane vesicles in Gram-positive bacteria	46
One-pot platform for rapid detecting virus utilizing recombinase polymerase amplification and CRISPR/Cas12a	46
Hairy root culture technology: applications, constraints and prospect	46
The interaction of Akkermansia muciniphila with host-derived substances, bacteria and diets	45
Gut microbiome analysis as a predictive marker for the gastric cancer patients	45
Biological activity of oxadiazole and thiadiazole derivatives	45
Streptomycetes as platform for biotechnological production processes of drugs	45
L-asparaginase production review: bioprocess design and biochemical characteristics	45
Fungal secondary metabolites in food and pharmaceuticals in the era of multi-omics	45
Living with sulfonamides: a diverse range of mechanisms observed in bacteria	45
Ligilactobacillus salivarius functionalities, applications, and manufacturing challenges	44
Novel mycosynthesis of Co3O4, CuO, Fe3O4, NiO, and ZnO nanoparticles by the endophytic Aspergillus terreus and evaluation of their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities	44
The periodic table of fermented foods: limitations and opportunities	43
Antifungal mechanism of 1-nonanol against Aspergillus flavus growth revealed by metabolomic analyses	42
Modeling and optimizing callus growth and development in Cannabis sativa using random forest and support vector machine in combination with a genetic algorithm	42
New insights in pectinase production development and industrial applications	42
Biodegradation of fipronil: current state of mechanisms of biodegradation and future perspectives	42