OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biotechnology for Biofuels is 35. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Waste biorefinery towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy: a solution to global issues	221
Recent advances in the valorization of plant biomass	164
Depolymerization and conversion of lignin to value-added bioproducts by microbial and enzymatic catalysis	152
Bioprospecting of microbial strains for biofuel production: metabolic engineering, applications, and challenges	134
Recent advances in understanding the effects of lignin structural characteristics on enzymatic hydrolysis	125
Optimization of biogas yield from lignocellulosic materials with different pretreatment methods: a review	104
The current status, challenges and prospects of using biomass energy in Ethiopia	90
Understanding the effects of different residual lignin fractions in acid-pretreated bamboo residues on its enzymatic digestibility	79
Approaches to genetic tool development for rapid domestication of non-model microorganisms	78
An overview to process design, simulation and sustainability evaluation of biodiesel production	75
Unraveling the roles of the reductant and free copper ions in LPMO kinetics	70
Coupling azo dye degradation and biodiesel production by manganese-dependent peroxidase producing oleaginous yeasts isolated from wood-feeding termite gut symbionts	62
Membranes for bioethanol production by pervaporation	62
Towards sustainable production and utilization of plant-biomass-based nanomaterials: a review and analysis of recent developments	59
Identification of the major fermentation inhibitors of recombinant 2G yeasts in diverse lignocellulose hydrolysates	57
Bacterial alginate metabolism: an important pathway for bioconversion of brown algae	52
Removal of fermentation inhibitors from pre-hydrolysis liquor using polystyrene divinylbenzene resin	50
Investigation of carbon and energy metabolic mechanism of mixotrophy in Chromochloris zofingiensis	49
Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose to itaconic acid by a co-culture of Trichoderma reesei and Ustilago maydis	48
Enzymatic degradation of maize shoots: monitoring of chemical and physical changes reveals different saccharification behaviors	44
Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for thermoresistance and enhanced erythritol productivity	44
Current and future advances in fluorescence-based visualization of plant cell wall components and cell wall biosynthetic machineries	43
Microbial lipid production from crude glycerol and hemicellulosic hydrolysate with oleaginous yeasts	43
Oleaginous yeasts respond differently to carbon sources present in lignocellulose hydrolysate	42
A novel recyclable furoic acid-assisted pretreatment for sugarcane bagasse biorefinery in co-production of xylooligosaccharides and glucose	42

Production of the biocommodities butanol and acetone from methanol with fluorescent FAST-tagged proteins using metabolically engineered strains of Eubacterium limosum	41
Harnessing microbial wealth for lignocellulose biomass valorization through secretomics: a review	40
Enhanced lignin biodegradation by consortium of white rot fungi: microbial synergistic effects and product mapping	40
Techno-economic evaluation of microalgae high-density liquid fuel production at 12 international locations	40
Enhanced xylitol production using non-detoxified xylose rich pre-hydrolysate from sugarcane bagasse by newly isolated Pichia fermentans	40
Further engineering of R. toruloides for the production of terpenes from lignocellulosic biomass	38
Evaluation of acidogenesis products’ effect on biogas production performed with metagenomics and isotopic approaches	37
Organosolv pretreatment assisted by carbocation scavenger to mitigate surface barrier effect of lignin for improving biomass saccharification and utilization	37
CRISPR-mediated multigene integration enables Shikimate pathway refactoring for enhanced 2-phenylethanol biosynthesis in Kluyveromyces marxianus	36
Enhancement of polyhydroxyalkanoate production by co-feeding lignin derivatives with glycerol in Pseudomonas putida KT2440	36
LACCASE14 is required for the deposition of guaiacyl lignin and affects cell wall digestibility in poplar	35
The oleaginous astaxanthin-producing alga Chromochloris zofingiensis: potential from production to an emerging model for studying lipid metabolism and carotenogenesis	35