Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Papers
(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Biotechnology is 21. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board259
Editorial Board201
Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]120
Stem cells characterization: OMICS reinforcing analytics120
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems110
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies108
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock102
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts97
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression97
Bioelectrosynthesis systems93
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity90
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence90
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production87
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine86
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering83
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production78
Editorial Board66
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation65
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks65
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery63
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors63
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering60
Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces58
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts55
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics54
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design53
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development52
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies51
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency51
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis51
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast50
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications50
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle50
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies50
Engineering of the genetic code48
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs47
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects47
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules47
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways46
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity45
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment45
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering44
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology44
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance42
Editorial overview: Biotechnological insights of marine and terrestrial microbiome42
Toolboxes for plant systems biology research42
Editorial Board42
Advancing in vivo reprogramming with synthetic biology41
Matching diverse feedstocks to conversion processes for the future bioeconomy41
Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger41
Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology41
Corrigendum to: “Design, construction, and application of noncanonical redox cofactor infrastructures” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 84 (2023) 103019]40
Anaerobic fluorescent reporters for cell identification, microbial cell biology and high-throughput screening of microbiota and genomic libraries40
The potential of amoeba-based processes for natural product syntheses40
Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability40
Analytics of host cell proteins (HCPs): lessons from biopharmaceutical mAb analysis for Gene therapy products40
Sourcing DNA parts for synthetic biology applications in plants39
Editorial overview: Emerging routes to sustainable energy capture and conversion into value-added products39
Redox as a bioprocess parameter: analytical redox quantification in biological therapeutic production39
Single-cell omics analysis with genome-scale metabolic modeling38
Synthetic biology approaches for dynamic CHO cell engineering38
Metabolic and cellular engineering for the production of natural products38
Synthetic apomixis: the beginning of a new era37
Low-cost, point-of-care biomarker quantification37
Pathway engineering for the biosynthesis of psychedelics37
Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms37
Editorial overview: Pioneering innovations in food biotechnology37
Editorial Board36
Biochemical production with microbial bioelectrochemical systems36
Editorial overview: Nanobiotechnology for immunoengineering36
Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota36
Matchmaking at the cell surface using bispecifics to put cells on their best behavior35
Complexity of subcellular metabolism: strategies for compartment-specific profiling35
Antigen-specific nanomedicines for the treatment of autoimmune disease: target cell types, mechanisms and outcomes35
Synthetic fuels: what are they and where do they come from?35
Targeting ripening regulators to develop fruit with high quality and extended shelf life35
Engineered methane biocatalysis: strategies to assimilate methane for chemical production35
Synthetic mRNA – emerging new class of drug for tissue regeneration35
What’s new in single-cell proteomics35
The aging tumor metabolic microenvironment35
Editorial Board35
Extracellular vesicles as therapeutics for inflammation and infection34
Understanding and harnessing the complexity of interspecies interactions in acetogenic mixotrophic co-cultures34
Next-generation biological vector platforms for in vivo delivery of genome editing agents33
Operation at thermophilic temperatures: an underestimated asset for gas fermentation processes33
Potential use of microbial engineering in single-cell protein production33
Strategies and opportunities for engineering antifungal peptides for therapeutic applications33
Programmable synthetic biology tools for developing microbial cell factories33
Bridging the gender gap in autoimmunity with T-cell–targeted biomaterials32
Strategies for uncovering stable isotope tracing patterns between cell populations32
Beyond vancomycin: recent advances in the modification, reengineering, production and discovery of improved glycopeptide antibiotics to tackle multidrug-resistant bacteria32
Editorial Board32
Challenges and future perspectives for high-throughput chimeric antigen receptor T cell discovery32
Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria32
Can digital twin efforts shape microorganism-based alternative food?31
Engineering bacterial warriors: harnessing microbes to modulate animal physiology31
De novo domestication: retrace the history of agriculture to design future crops31
Biohybrid approaches to interface with the nervous system: the best of both worlds31
Analytical tools for unravelling the metabolism of gas-fermenting Clostridia31
Optimizing the value of bioinks and robotics to advance in vivo bioprinting31
Editorial Board30
Machine learning for predicting phenotype from genotype and environment30
Practical monitoring technologies for cells and substrates in biomanufacturing30
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell, and pathway engineering30
Microbiological food safety considerations in shelf-life extension of fresh fruits and vegetables30
Inhalable mRNA vaccines for respiratory diseases: a roadmap30
Corrigendum to “Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 66 (2020) 236-245]29
Senescent cells in tissue engineering29
Cell-free synthesis of industrial chemicals and biofuels from carbon feedstocks29
Editorial Board29
Quantitative and analytical tools to analyze the spatiotemporal population dynamics of microbial consortia29
Sustainability in food-waste reduction biotechnology: a critical review28
Two in one: the emerging concept of bifunctional antibodies28
Genetic and process engineering for polyhydroxyalkanoate production from pre- and post-consumer food waste28
In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment28
Engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptor-T cells: recent breakthroughs and remaining challenges in design and screening of novel chimeric antigen receptor variants28
Progress and challenges in the translation of cancer nanomedicines28
Mycotoxin risks are lower in biotech corn28
Advances in engineering substrate scope of Pseudomonas cell factories27
General framework for enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system toward carbon dioxide conversion27
Searching for the optimal microbial factory: high-throughput biosensors and analytical techniques for screening small molecules27
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats tools for plant metabolic engineering: achievements and perspectives27
Biologics-based degraders — an expanding toolkit for targeted-protein degradation27
An integrated eco-evolutionary framework to predict population-level responses of climate-sensitive pathogens26
Decoding dissolved information: environmental DNA sequencing at global scale to monitor a changing ocean26
Engineering plant–microbe communication for plant nutrient use efficiency26
Advances in engineering and optimization of transcription factor-based biosensors for plug-and-play small molecule detection26
Achieving net zero CO2 emission in the biobased production of reduced platform chemicals using defined co-feeding of methanol25
Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation25
Integrating bioprinting and optogenetic technologies for precision plant tissue engineering25
Division of labor for substrate utilization in natural and synthetic microbial communities25
Proteomics insights into the fungal-mediated bioremediation of environmental contaminants25
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?24
Advances in engineering algae for biofuel production24
Computational models in systems biology: standards, dissemination, and best practices24
Hitting the sweet spot with capillary electrophoresis: advances in N-glycomics and glycoproteomics24
Engineering bacteria for cancer immunotherapy24
Recent advances in microbial synthesis of polyphenols24
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
In vivo 2H/13C flux analysis in metabolism research23
Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics23
Engineering organoids as cerebral disease models23
Getting better all the time — recent progress in the development of CRISPR/Cas-based tools for plant genome engineering23
Drugging the microbiome and bacterial live biotherapeutic consortium production23
Anaerobic microbial core for municipal wastewater treatment — the sustainable platform for resource recovery23
Cytochromes P450 in the biocatalytic valorization of lignin23
Combining enzyme and metabolic engineering for microbial supply of therapeutic phytochemicals23
Cellobiose dehydrogenase in biofuel cells23
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances23
Editorial Board22
Continuous biomanufacturing with microbes — upstream progresses and challenges22
Biomolecular feedback controllers: from theory to applications22
Approaches for a more microbiologically and chemically safe dried fruit supply chain22
Cell-free enzyme cascades — application and transition from development to industrial implementation22
Building mutational bridges between carbohydrate-active enzymes22
Engineering microbial consortia with rationally designed cellular interactions22
Pleiotropy, a feature or a bug? Toward co-ordinating plant growth, development, and environmental responses through engineering plant hormone signaling22
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell and pathway engineering: bioinspired, biomimetic and hybrid neural interfaces21
Editorial overview: Phosphate Special Issue21
The double life of CRISPR–Cas1321
Optogenetics in medicine: innovations and therapeutic applications21
Window of sustainable bioprocess operation: towards merging environmental sustainability assessment and process operation at early-stage bioprocess development21
Filamentous fungi for future functional food and feed21
Machine learning in wastewater: opportunities and challenges — “not everything is a nail!”21
Technologies for the discovery of G protein–coupled receptor–targeting biologics21
Antimicrobial polymeric biomaterials based on synthetic, nanotechnology, and biotechnological approaches21
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