OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 46. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	277
Editorial Board	219
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	175
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	166
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	115
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	104
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics	100
Bioelectrosynthesis systems	96
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	95
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	94
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	91
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	90
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	86
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering	83
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	83
Circadian rhythms and meal timing: impact on energy balance and body weight	82
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	79
Editorial Board	77
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	75
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development	75
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	75
Engineering of new-to-nature ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products	73
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	72
Engineering the plant microbiota in the context of the theory of ecological communities	71
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	69

The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	68
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	66
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	61
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces	61
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	59
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery	59
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	59
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	58
Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations	58
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	55
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	55
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	55
Engineering of the genetic code	53
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	51
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	51
Regulatory roles of microRNAs in insect pests: prospective targets for insect pest control	51
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	51
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	50
Contemporary aquaculture: implications for human nutrition	49
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	48
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	48
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	46