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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Corrigendum to “Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 75 (2022) 102685]133
Tumor lipid metabolism: a mechanistic link between diet and cancer progression125
How much could improving photosynthesis increase crop yields? A call for systems-level perspectives to guide engineering strategies122
Systems biology-based analysis of cell-free systems121
Bioelectrosynthesis systems118
Cell-free technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production111
The journey of a lifetime — development of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine104
Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence103
Anaerobic microbial methanol utilization as a one-carbon feedstock102
Creating value from purple phototrophic bacteria via single-cell protein production98
The osteo-angiogenic signaling crosstalk for bone regeneration: harmony out of complexity97
Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts95
Applications of artificial intelligence to enzyme and pathway design for metabolic engineering90
Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications89
Leveraging rAAV bioprocess understanding and next generation bioanalytics development78
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Bridging the gap — biomimetic design of bioelectronic interfaces72
A molecular assessment of the practical potential of DNA-based computation71
Whole-plant phenotypic engineering: moving beyond ratios for multi-objective optimization of nutrient use efficiency68
Recent advances, opportunities and challenges in cybergenetic identification and control of biomolecular networks64
Deep learning in regulatory genomics: from identification to design63
Coupling chemistry and biology for the synthesis of advanced bioproducts58
Single-cell analysis opens a goldmine for plant functional studies58
Emerging technologies for genetic control systems in cellular therapies56
Microfluidics meets cell-free systems: from molecular engineering to synthetic cells56
Innovations and trends in antibody repertoire analysis56
Lighting the way: recent developments and applications in molecular optogenetics55
Genetically encoded elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles for drug delivery55
Molecular methods for high-throughput, multiplexed, and automated genome editing in prokaryotes and eukaryotes55
Engineered T cells and macrophages: two arms to seize solid tumors54
The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering53
Biocatalytic cascade transformations for the synthesis of C-nucleosides and N-nucleoside analogs52
Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules51
Machine learning to navigate fitness landscapes for protein engineering51
Perspectives for self-driving labs in synthetic biology49
Using genome and transcriptome analysis to elucidate biosynthetic pathways49
Strategies for engineering domesticated and undomesticated human microbes49
2-hydroxyglutarate rides the cancer-immunity cycle49
Multifaceted metabolic role of infections in the tumor microenvironment49
Engineering of the genetic code48
Dietary microalgae on poultry meat and eggs: explained versus unexplained effects47
Mass spectrometry imaging methods for visualizing tumor heterogeneity47
Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast47
Matching diverse feedstocks to conversion processes for the future bioeconomy46
Editorial overview: Biotechnological insights of marine and terrestrial microbiome46
Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology46
Toolboxes for plant systems biology research46
Tissue engineering in the agri-food industry: current status, socio-economic overview and regulatory compliance46
Advancing in vivo reprogramming with synthetic biology46
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Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability45
Plant synthetic biology as a tool to help eliminate hidden hunger45
Sourcing DNA parts for synthetic biology applications in plants43
Corrigendum to: “Design, construction, and application of noncanonical redox cofactor infrastructures” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 84 (2023) 103019]43
Synthetic biology approaches for dynamic CHO cell engineering43
Low-cost, point-of-care biomarker quantification43
Building trust in automated experimentation: uncertainty quantification in the era of high-throughput biolabs43
The potential of amoeba-based processes for natural product syntheses42
Single-cell omics analysis with genome-scale metabolic modeling42
Impact of anthropogenic contamination on glacier surface biota42
Editorial overview: Pioneering innovations in food biotechnology42
Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms42
Editorial overview: Emerging routes to sustainable energy capture and conversion into value-added products42
Pathway engineering for the biosynthesis of psychedelics41
Metabolic and cellular engineering for the production of natural products40
Synthetic apomixis: the beginning of a new era40
Molecules to medicine: advances in metabolomics for natural product drug discovery40
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Biochemical production with microbial bioelectrochemical systems39
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Matchmaking at the cell surface using bispecifics to put cells on their best behavior39
Editorial overview: Nanobiotechnology for immunoengineering39
Complexity of subcellular metabolism: strategies for compartment-specific profiling38
Understanding and harnessing the complexity of interspecies interactions in acetogenic mixotrophic co-cultures38
Engineered methane biocatalysis: strategies to assimilate methane for chemical production38
Synthetic mRNA – emerging new class of drug for tissue regeneration37
The aging tumor metabolic microenvironment37
Programmable synthetic biology tools for developing microbial cell factories37
Potential use of microbial engineering in single-cell protein production37
Operation at thermophilic temperatures: an underestimated asset for gas fermentation processes37
What’s new in single-cell proteomics37
Next-generation biological vector platforms for in vivo delivery of genome editing agents36
Synthetic fuels: what are they and where do they come from?36
Extracellular vesicles as therapeutics for inflammation and infection36
Strategies and opportunities for engineering antifungal peptides for therapeutic applications36
Antigen-specific nanomedicines for the treatment of autoimmune disease: target cell types, mechanisms and outcomes35
Bridging the gender gap in autoimmunity with T-cell–targeted biomaterials35
Targeting ripening regulators to develop fruit with high quality and extended shelf life35
Machine learning for predicting phenotype from genotype and environment34
De novo domestication: retrace the history of agriculture to design future crops34
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Optimizing the value of bioinks and robotics to advance in vivo bioprinting33
Strategies for uncovering stable isotope tracing patterns between cell populations33
Engineering bacterial warriors: harnessing microbes to modulate animal physiology33
Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria33
Inhalable mRNA vaccines for respiratory diseases: a roadmap33
Challenges and future perspectives for high-throughput chimeric antigen receptor T cell discovery33
Can digital twin efforts shape microorganism-based alternative food?32
Beyond vancomycin: recent advances in the modification, reengineering, production and discovery of improved glycopeptide antibiotics to tackle multidrug-resistant bacteria32
Microbiological food safety considerations in shelf-life extension of fresh fruits and vegetables32
Biohybrid approaches to interface with the nervous system: the best of both worlds32
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Cell-free synthesis of industrial chemicals and biofuels from carbon feedstocks31
Recent innovations in cannabinoid chemistry, biology, and biosynthesis31
Analytical tools for unravelling the metabolism of gas-fermenting Clostridia31
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An integrated eco-evolutionary framework to predict population-level responses of climate-sensitive pathogens30
Senescent cells in tissue engineering30
Editorial overview: Tissue, cell, and pathway engineering30
Biologics-based degraders — an expanding toolkit for targeted-protein degradation30
Corrigendum to “Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells” [Curr Opin Biotechnol 66 (2020) 236-245]30
Achieving net zero CO2 emission in the biobased production of reduced platform chemicals using defined co-feeding of methanol30
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats tools for plant metabolic engineering: achievements and perspectives30
Decoding dissolved information: environmental DNA sequencing at global scale to monitor a changing ocean29
Engineering plant–microbe communication for plant nutrient use efficiency29
Quantitative and analytical tools to analyze the spatiotemporal population dynamics of microbial consortia29
Genetic and process engineering for polyhydroxyalkanoate production from pre- and post-consumer food waste29
Advances in engineering substrate scope of Pseudomonas cell factories29
In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment29
Advances in engineering and optimization of transcription factor-based biosensors for plug-and-play small molecule detection29
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
Division of labor for substrate utilization in natural and synthetic microbial communities28
General framework for enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system toward carbon dioxide conversion28
Progress and challenges in the translation of cancer nanomedicines28
Engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptor-T cells: recent breakthroughs and remaining challenges in design and screening of novel chimeric antigen receptor variants28
Two in one: the emerging concept of bifunctional antibodies27
Sustainability in food-waste reduction biotechnology: a critical review27
Mycotoxin risks are lower in biotech corn27
Recent advances in microbial synthesis of polyphenols26
Advances in engineering algae for biofuel production26
Recent advances in microbial production of rare sugars and steviols26
Computational models in systems biology: standards, dissemination, and best practices26
Engineering bacteria for cancer immunotherapy26
Integrating bioprinting and optogenetic technologies for precision plant tissue engineering26
Carbon recycling with synthetic CO2 fixation pathways26
Force in numbers: high-throughput screening approaches to unlock microbial transport26
Pleiotropy, a feature or a bug? Toward co-ordinating plant growth, development, and environmental responses through engineering plant hormone signaling25
Eubacterium limosum as a biocatalyst for sustainable methanol bioconversion25
Understanding methanol metabolism through systems biology: advances and future perspectives25
Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics25
Proteomics insights into the fungal-mediated bioremediation of environmental contaminants25
Cytochromes P450 in the biocatalytic valorization of lignin25
Biomolecular feedback controllers: from theory to applications25
Path to zero emission of nitrous oxide in sewage treatment: is nitrification controllable or avoidable?25
Combining enzyme and metabolic engineering for microbial supply of therapeutic phytochemicals24
Approaches for a more microbiologically and chemically safe dried fruit supply chain24
Engineering organoids as cerebral disease models24
Cell-free enzyme cascades — application and transition from development to industrial implementation24
Cellobiose dehydrogenase in biofuel cells24
Building mutational bridges between carbohydrate-active enzymes24
Getting better all the time — recent progress in the development of CRISPR/Cas-based tools for plant genome engineering24
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances24
Drugging the microbiome and bacterial live biotherapeutic consortium production23
Optogenetics in medicine: innovations and therapeutic applications23
The double life of CRISPR–Cas1323
Anaerobic microbial core for municipal wastewater treatment — the sustainable platform for resource recovery23
Designed dietary fibers: engineering carbohydrate structure for precision modulation of the human gut microbiome23
SgRNA engineering for improved genome editing and expanded functional assays23
Engineering microbial consortia with rationally designed cellular interactions23
Architectures of emerging biofoundry platforms for synthetic biology23
Continuous biomanufacturing with microbes — upstream progresses and challenges23
Industrial potential of the enzymatic synthesis of nucleoside analogs: existing challenges and perspectives23
Window of sustainable bioprocess operation: towards merging environmental sustainability assessment and process operation at early-stage bioprocess development22
Microalgal and bacterial auxin biosynthesis: implications for algal biotechnology22
Machine learning in wastewater: opportunities and challenges — “not everything is a nail!”22
Microbial production of chemicals driven by CRISPR-Cas systems22
Technologies for the discovery of G protein–coupled receptor–targeting biologics22
Recent advances in the biological depolymerization and upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate22
Editorial overview: Phosphate Special Issue22
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