OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 48. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	281
Editorial Board	226
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]	135
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression	131
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock	127
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies	123
Bioelectrosynthesis systems	122
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production	116
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production	107
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts	107
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems	106
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity	100
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering	95
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence	95
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine	93
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications	82
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics	81
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors	78
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis	76
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation	72
Editorial Board	70
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development	66
Editorial Board	65
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts	64
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency	62

Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies	60
Microfluidics meets cell-free systems: from molecular engineering to synthetic cells	57
Molecular methods for high-throughput, multiplexed, and automated genome editing in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	57
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks	57
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery	56
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design	56
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules	55
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies	55
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering	55
Engineering of the genetic code	55
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways	52
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast	52
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering	51
Strategies for engineering domesticated and undomesticated human microbes	51
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs	50
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle	49
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects	49
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment	49
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology	49
Matching diverse feedstocks to conversion processes for the future bioeconomy	48
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance	48
Building trust in automated experimentation: uncertainty quantification in the era of high-throughput biolabs	48
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity	48
Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability	48
Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger	48