OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 51. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Microbial electrosynthesis from CO2: forever a promise?	234
Renewable methanol and formate as microbial feedstocks	201
The potential of remote sensing and artificial intelligence as tools to improve the resilience of agriculture production systems	187
Enhancing phytoremediation of soils polluted with heavy metals	123
Biotechnological upcycling of plastic waste and other non-conventional feedstocks in a circular economy	122
Pollution to products: recycling of ‘above ground’ carbon by gas fermentation	119
Machine learning applications in systems metabolic engineering	116
Principles for designing an optimal mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine	102
Recent advances in modular co-culture engineering for synthesis of natural products	96
Design and application of oncolytic viruses for cancer immunotherapy	85
T-cell repertoire analysis and metrics of diversity and clonality	80
The future of phage biocontrol in integrated plant protection for sustainable crop production	79
Metagenomic tools in microbial ecology research	78
Unlocking the next generation of phage therapy: the key is in the receptors	76
Large-scale production of enzymes for biotechnology uses	75
Engineering probiotics for therapeutic applications: recent examples and translational outlook	75
Enhancing phage therapy through synthetic biology and genome engineering	72
Microfluidic systems for cancer diagnostics	71
Marine collagen scaffolds in tissue engineering	69
Biotechnological perspectives on algae: a viable option for next generation biofuels	69
Cross-linking/mass spectrometry to get a closer view on protein interaction networks	64
Microbial production of polyunsaturated fatty acids — high-value ingredients for aquafeed, superfoods, and pharmaceuticals	64
Harnessing atmospheric nitrogen for cereal crop production	63
Sensing the unreachable: challenges and opportunities in biofilm detection	62
Advances in microphysiological blood-brain barrier (BBB) models towards drug delivery	62

Mixed carbon substrates: a necessary nuisance or a missed opportunity?	62
Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for human diseases	61
Microbial production of extremolytes — high-value active ingredients for nutrition, health care, and well-being	61
Microfluidic cultivation and analysis tools for interaction studies of microbial co-cultures	60
Network inference in systems biology: recent developments, challenges, and applications	60
Metabolic specialization in itaconic acid production: a tale of two fungi	59
Implantable brain machine interfaces: first-in-human studies, technology challenges and trends	59
Technoeconomic analysis for biofuels and bioproducts	59
Glutathione and its precursors in cancer	59
Formate dehydrogenases for CO2 utilization	58
Advances in single cell Raman spectroscopy technologies for biological and environmental applications	58
Trade-offs between gene expression, growth and phenotypic diversity in microbial populations	57
New-to-nature chemistry from old protein machinery: carbene and nitrene transferases	57
Recent advances in understanding the ecophysiology of enhanced biological phosphorus removal	56
Transcription factor-based biosensors: a molecular-guided approach for natural product engineering	56
Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells	55
Bispecific antibodies in cancer immunotherapy	55
Synthetic microbial consortia for small molecule production	55
Chain elongators, friends, and foes	53
Single-cell metabolomics: where are we and where are we going?	53
RNA-based fluorescent biosensors for live cell imaging of small molecules and RNAs	53
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	52
Synthetic co-cultures: novel avenues for bio-based processes	52
Current status of pan-genome analysis for pathogenic bacteria	51
Overview of dietary assessment methods for measuring intakes of foods, beverages, and dietary supplements in research studies	51
Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations	51
Microalgae based production of single-cell protein	51