OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Reviews in Biotechnology is 19. 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
Valorization of fruits and vegetable wastes and by-products to produce natural pigments	156
Drought stress-induced physiological mechanisms, signaling pathways and molecular response of chloroplasts in common vegetable crops	141
Biotechnological basis of microbial consortia for the removal of pesticides from the environment	126
Can omics deliver temperature resilient ready-to-grow crops?	126
Silicon in mitigation of abiotic stress-induced oxidative damage in plants	105
Smart reprograming of plants against salinity stress using modern biotechnological tools	101
Scaffolds for the manufacture of cultured meat	96
Aluminum toxicity and aluminum stress-induced physiological tolerance responses in higher plants	92
Biotechnological applications of Bacillus licheniformis	85
Insights into phenolic compounds from microalgae: structural variety and complex beneficial activities from health to nutraceutics	71
Microalgae culture quality indicators: a review	65
Plant response to silver nanoparticles: a critical review	65
Microbial production of gamma-aminobutyric acid: applications, state-of-the-art achievements, and future perspectives	58
Potential use of fungal-bacterial co-cultures for the removal of organic pollutants	58
Co-culturing microbial consortia: approaches for applications in biomanufacturing and bioprocessing	55
Advances in laccase-triggered anabolism for biotechnology applications	54
Bacillus subtilis natto as a potential probiotic in animal nutrition	53
Characterization of glycosylation in monoclonal antibodies and its importance in therapeutic antibody development	53
DNA barcoding: a modern age tool for detection of adulteration in food	51
Enzyme producing insect gut microbes: an unexplored biotechnological aspect	49
Bioactive components from Moringa oleifera seeds: production, functionalities and applications – a critical review	47
Cold stress regulates accumulation of flavonoids and terpenoids in plants by phytohormone, transcription process, functional enzyme, and epigenetics	47
Silver, copper and copper oxide nanoparticles in the fight against human viruses: progress and perspectives	44
Theanine metabolism and transport in tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.): advances and perspectives	43
Rhizosphere assisted bioengineering approaches for the mitigation of petroleum hydrocarbons contamination in soil	43

Current commercial dPCR platforms: technology and market review	42
Regulation of carotenoid degradation and production of apocarotenoids in natural and engineered organisms	40
Efficient heterologous expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes in microorganisms for the biosynthesis of natural products	40
Alginate degrading enzymes: an updated comprehensive review of the structure, catalytic mechanism, modification method and applications of alginate lyases	40
Dissolution and processing of silk fibroin for materials science	40
Colors of life: a review on fungal pigments	39
Degradation of organic pollutants by intimately coupling photocatalytic materials with microbes: a review	38
Biological and biorational management of blast diseases in cereals caused by Magnaporthe oryzae	38
Microbial synthesis of violacein pigment and its potential applications	37
Escherichia coli as an antibody expression host for the production of diagnostic proteins: significance and expression	35
Advances in production of high-value lipids by oleaginous yeasts	35
Kluyveromyces marxianus: a potential biocatalyst of renewable chemicals and lignocellulosic ethanol production	32
Pigments from Antarctic bacteria and their biotechnological applications	32
Proteomics for abiotic stresses in legumes: present status and future directions	32
Stability testing in monoclonal antibodies	32
Enzyme embedded microfluidic paper-based analytic device (μPAD): a comprehensive review	31
Bacillus subtilis as a robust host for biochemical production utilizing biomass	31
Yarrowia lipolytica as a biorefinery platform for effluents and solid wastes valorization – challenges and opportunities	31
Metabolic engineering strategies for sesquiterpene production in microorganism	31
The revolution of PDMS microfluidics in cellular biology	31
Marine algal flavonoids and phlorotannins; an intriguing frontier of biofunctional secondary metabolites	30
Synthetic scaffolds for 3D cell cultures and organoids: applications in regenerative medicine	30
Engineering microalgae: transition from empirical design to programmable cells	29
Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for terpenoids production: advances and perspectives	29
Amylases from thermophilic bacteria: structure and function relationship	29
Advances in sustainable approaches utilizing orange peel waste to produce highly value-added bioproducts	28
Biofilm formation in xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms	28
How do freshwater microalgae and cyanobacteria respond to antibiotics?	27
Cross-linked enzyme aggregates immobilization: preparation, characterization, and applications	27
Sustainability of biodegradable plastics: a review on social, economic, and environmental factors	26
Biomedical applications of the peptide decorated gold nanoparticles	26
Advances in biological production of acetoin: a comprehensive overview	26
Production, properties, and applications of fructosyltransferase: a current appraisal	24
Molecular pharming to support human life on the moon, mars, and beyond	24
Advanced diagnostic methods for identification of bacterial foodborne pathogens: contemporary and upcoming challenges	24
Recent trends in nanomaterial-based signal amplification in electrochemical aptasensors	24
Neurodegenerative disorders management: state-of-art and prospects of nano-biotechnology	24
Microalgae harvesting techniques: updates and recent technological interventions	23
Liamocins biosynthesis, its regulation in Aureobasidium spp., and their bioactivities	23
Catalytic function, mechanism, and application of plant acyltransferases	23
Perfusion culture of Chinese Hamster Ovary cells for bioprocessing applications	23
The challenges of using NAD⁺-dependent formate dehydrogenases for CO₂conversion	22
Cold atmospheric plasma as an interface biotechnology for enhancing surgical implants	22
2Gs and plant architecture: breaking grain yield ceiling through breeding approaches for next wave of revolution in rice ( Oryza sativa L.)	22
Isothermal nucleic acid amplification technology for rapid detection of virus	22
Physiological effects, biosynthesis, and derivatization of key human milk tetrasaccharides, lacto-N-tetraose, and lacto-N-neotetraose	21
Wheat germ lipase: isolation, purification and applications	21
Biomolecules of mushroom: a recipe of human wellness	21
Polyhydroxyalkanoates biopolymers toward decarbonizing economy and sustainable future	21
Membrane bioreactors for syngas permeation and fermentation	20

Deciphering the role of miRNA in reprogramming plant responses to drought stress	20
Recent development of phenyllactic acid: physicochemical properties, biotechnological production strategies and applications	20
Recent advances in droplet microfluidics for enzyme and cell factory engineering	19
Strategies for tailoring pH performances of glycoside hydrolases	19
Microcarrier-based stem cell bioprocessing: GMP-grade culture challenges and future trends for regenerative medicine	19
Plant phospholipase D: novel structure, regulatory mechanism, and multifaceted functions with biotechnological application	19
Current trends in solid tannery waste management	19
Response mechanisms to acid stress of acid-resistant bacteria and biotechnological applications in the food industry	19
Emerging trends in high-solids enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic feedstocks for developing an efficient and industrially deployable sugar platform	19
Bioproduction of l- and d-lactic acids: advances and trends in microbial strain application and engineering	19
Microbial surfactants in nanotechnology: recent trends and applications	19
Redox metabolism for improving whole-cell P450-catalysed terpenoid biosynthesis	19
Biological nitrogen removal from stormwater in bioretention cells: a critical review	19
Enzyme hybrid nanoflowers and enzyme@metal–organic frameworks composites: fascinating hybrid nanobiocatalysts	19