Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Papers
(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 22. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board262
Editorial Board211
Bioelectrosynthesis systems126
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]121
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence116
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression115
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production106
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics104
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production99
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts96
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity95
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock94
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine90
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies89
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering85
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems82
Editorial Board71
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation70
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks68
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors66
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications64
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts63
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering60
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces58
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics56
Editorial Board54
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis53
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design53
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies53
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency53
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies53
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery52
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development52
Engineering of the genetic code51
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects50
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules50
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways49
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs48
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment47
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle46
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity45
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering45
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast45
Editorial Board44
Editorial overview: Biotechnological insights of marine and terrestrial microbiome44
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology44
Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger44
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance43
Toolboxes for plant systems biology research43
Analytics of host cell proteins (HCPs): lessons from biopharmaceutical mAb analysis for Gene therapy products43
Anaerobic fluorescent reporters for cell identification, microbial cell biology and high-throughput screening of microbiota and genomic libraries42
Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability42
Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology42
Corrigendum to: “Design, construction, and application of noncanonical redox cofactor infrastructures” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 84 (2023) 103019]41
Editorial overview: Emerging routes to sustainable energy capture and conversion into value-added products41
Advancing in vivo reprogramming with synthetic biology41
The potential of amoeba-based processes for natural product syntheses41
Matching diverse feedstocks to conversion processes for the future bioeconomy41
Single-cell omics analysis with genome-scale metabolic modeling40
Metabolic and cellular engineering for the production of natural products40
Synthetic apomixis: the beginning of a new era40
Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota40
Sourcing DNA parts for synthetic biology applications in plants40
Biochemical production with microbial bioelectrochemical systems39
Pathway engineering for the biosynthesis of psychedelics39
Editorial overview: Pioneering innovations in food biotechnology39
Synthetic biology approaches for dynamic CHO cell engineering38
Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms38
Low-cost, point-of-care biomarker quantification38
Redox as a bioprocess parameter: analytical redox quantification in biological therapeutic production38
Editorial Board37
Editorial overview: Nanobiotechnology for immunoengineering37
Engineered methane biocatalysis: strategies to assimilate methane for chemical production37
Editorial Board37
Synthetic mRNA – emerging new class of drug for tissue regeneration37
Antigen-specific nanomedicines for the treatment of autoimmune disease: target cell types, mechanisms and outcomes36
Next-generation biological vector platforms for in vivo delivery of genome editing agents36
Extracellular vesicles as therapeutics for inflammation and infection36
Targeting ripening regulators to develop fruit with high quality and extended shelf life36
Understanding and harnessing the complexity of interspecies interactions in acetogenic mixotrophic co-cultures36
Strategies and opportunities for engineering antifungal peptides for therapeutic applications36
Potential use of microbial engineering in single-cell protein production35
Matchmaking at the cell surface using bispecifics to put cells on their best behavior35
The aging tumor metabolic microenvironment35
What’s new in single-cell proteomics35
Operation at thermophilic temperatures: an underestimated asset for gas fermentation processes35
Complexity of subcellular metabolism: strategies for compartment-specific profiling34
Strategies for uncovering stable isotope tracing patterns between cell populations34
Programmable synthetic biology tools for developing microbial cell factories34
Synthetic fuels: what are they and where do they come from?34
Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria34
Editorial Board34
Beyond vancomycin: recent advances in the modification, reengineering, production and discovery of improved glycopeptide antibiotics to tackle multidrug-resistant bacteria33
Editorial Board33
Bridging the gender gap in autoimmunity with T-cell–targeted biomaterials32
Can digital twin efforts shape microorganism-based alternative food?32
Biohybrid approaches to interface with the nervous system: the best of both worlds32
De novo domestication: retrace the history of agriculture to design future crops32
Optimizing the value of bioinks and robotics to advance in vivo bioprinting32
Challenges and future perspectives for high-throughput chimeric antigen receptor T cell discovery32
Microbiological food safety considerations in shelf-life extension of fresh fruits and vegetables32
Engineering bacterial warriors: harnessing microbes to modulate animal physiology32
Engineering plant–microbe communication for plant nutrient use efficiency31
Machine learning for predicting phenotype from genotype and environment31
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell, and pathway engineering31
Inhalable mRNA vaccines for respiratory diseases: a roadmap31
An integrated eco-evolutionary framework to predict population-level responses of climate-sensitive pathogens31
Practical monitoring technologies for cells and substrates in biomanufacturing31
Analytical tools for unravelling the metabolism of gas-fermenting Clostridia31
Editorial Board31
Decoding dissolved information: environmental DNA sequencing at global scale to monitor a changing ocean30
Quantitative and analytical tools to analyze the spatiotemporal population dynamics of microbial consortia30
Corrigendum to “Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 66 (2020) 236-245]29
Progress and challenges in the translation of cancer nanomedicines29
Two in one: the emerging concept of bifunctional antibodies29
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats tools for plant metabolic engineering: achievements and perspectives29
Biologics-based degraders — an expanding toolkit for targeted-protein degradation28
Sustainability in food-waste reduction biotechnology: a critical review28
General framework for enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system toward carbon dioxide conversion28
Advances in engineering substrate scope of Pseudomonas cell factories28
Mycotoxin risks are lower in biotech corn28
Searching for the optimal microbial factory: high-throughput biosensors and analytical techniques for screening small molecules28
Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation28
Engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptor-T cells: recent breakthroughs and remaining challenges in design and screening of novel chimeric antigen receptor variants27
Cell-free synthesis of industrial chemicals and biofuels from carbon feedstocks27
Advances in engineering and optimization of transcription factor-based biosensors for plug-and-play small molecule detection27
Senescent cells in tissue engineering27
Division of labor for substrate utilization in natural and synthetic microbial communities26
Hitting the sweet spot with capillary electrophoresis: advances in N-glycomics and glycoproteomics26
Achieving net zero CO2 emission in the biobased production of reduced platform chemicals using defined co-feeding of methanol26
In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment26
Genetic and process engineering for polyhydroxyalkanoate production from pre- and post-consumer food waste26
Proteomics insights into the fungal-mediated bioremediation of environmental contaminants25
Computational models in systems biology: standards, dissemination, and best practices25
Force in numbers: high-throughput screening approaches to unlock microbial transport25
Recent advances in microbial production of rare sugars and steviols25
Path to zero emission of nitrous oxide in sewage treatment: is nitrification controllable or avoidable?25
Recent advances in microbial synthesis of polyphenols25
Advances in engineering algae for biofuel production25
Integrating bioprinting and optogenetic technologies for precision plant tissue engineering25
Chemical speciation of trace metals in mammalian cell culture media: looking under the hood to boost cellular performance and product quality24
Carbon recycling with synthetic CO2 fixation pathways24
Engineering organoids as cerebral disease models24
Combining enzyme and metabolic engineering for microbial supply of therapeutic phytochemicals24
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances24
Engineering bacteria for cancer immunotherapy24
Drugging the microbiome and bacterial live biotherapeutic consortium production24
Cellobiose dehydrogenase in biofuel cells24
Biomolecular feedback controllers: from theory to applications23
Pleiotropy, a feature or a bug? Toward co-ordinating plant growth, development, and environmental responses through engineering plant hormone signaling23
Cell-free enzyme cascades — application and transition from development to industrial implementation23
Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics23
Approaches for a more microbiologically and chemically safe dried fruit supply chain23
Cytochromes P450 in the biocatalytic valorization of lignin23
Engineering microbial consortia with rationally designed cellular interactions23
Anaerobic microbial core for municipal wastewater treatment — the sustainable platform for resource recovery23
In vivo 2H/13C flux analysis in metabolism research23
Continuous biomanufacturing with microbes — upstream progresses and challenges23
Microbial production of chemicals driven by CRISPR-Cas systems22
Building mutational bridges between carbohydrate-active enzymes22
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell and pathway engineering: bioinspired, biomimetic and hybrid neural interfaces22
Window of sustainable bioprocess operation: towards merging environmental sustainability assessment and process operation at early-stage bioprocess development22
Machine learning in wastewater: opportunities and challenges — “not everything is a nail!”22
Getting better all the time — recent progress in the development of CRISPR/Cas-based tools for plant genome engineering22
Editorial overview: Phosphate Special Issue22
Antimicrobial polymeric biomaterials based on synthetic, nanotechnology, and biotechnological approaches22
Time to integrate biotechnological approaches into fish gut microbiome research22
Editorial Board22
Technologies for the discovery of G protein–coupled receptor–targeting biologics22
Optogenetics in medicine: innovations and therapeutic applications22
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