OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biotechnology for Biofuels is 31. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Co-production of hydrogen and ethyl acetate in Escherichia coli	221
QTL mapping of a Brazilian bioethanol strain links the cell wall protein-encoding gene GAS1 to low pH tolerance in S. cerevisiae	164
Effect of solid loading on the behaviour of pectin-degrading enzymes	152
An appraisal on enablers for enhancement of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel production facilities using the interpretative structural modeling approach	125
A novel nanoemulsion-based microalgal growth medium for enhanced biomass production	104
Development of a consortium-based microbial agent beneficial to composting of distilled grain waste for Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation	100
Hydrolysis pattern analysis of xylem tissues of woody plants pretreated with hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid: rapid saccharification of softwood for economical bioconversion	79
Eukaryotic translation factor eIF5A contributes to acetic acid tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via transcriptional factor Ume6p	75
Revealing two important tryptophan residues with completely different roles in a dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Irpex lacteus F17	62
Application of electric potential improves ethanol production from xylose by active sludge	62
CAZyme prediction in ascomycetous yeast genomes guides discovery of novel xylanolytic species with diverse capacities for hemicellulose hydrolysis	59
Microbial lipid production from crude glycerol and hemicellulosic hydrolysate with oleaginous yeasts	52
Oleaginous yeasts respond differently to carbon sources present in lignocellulose hydrolysate	49
Establishment of a resource recycling strategy by optimizing isobutanol production in engineered cyanobacteria using high salinity stress	43
Synthetic biology toolkit for engineering Cupriviadus necator H16 as a platform for CO2 valorization	43
The current status, challenges and prospects of using biomass energy in Ethiopia	42
Assessing the sweet sorghum-based ethanol potential on saline–alkali land with DSSAT model and LCA approach	42
Development and characterization of efficient xylose utilization strains of Zymomonas mobilis	41
Biodiesel production from alternative raw materials using a heterogeneous low ordered biosilicified enzyme as biocatalyst	40
Towards an ideotype for food-fuel dual-purpose wheat in Argentina with focus on biogas production	40
Synthesis, antibiotic structure–activity relationships, and cellulose dissolution studies of new room-temperature ionic liquids derived from lignin	40
Saccharide analysis of onion outer epidermal walls	38
Enhancement of biohydrogen production rate in Rhodospirillum rubrum by a dynamic CO-feeding strategy using dark fermentation	37
Mitigation of deleterious phenotypes in chloroplast-engineered plants accumulating high levels of foreign proteins	37
A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield	35

Extracellular riboflavin induces anaerobic biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis	35
Engineering the substrate binding site of the hyperthermostable archaeal endo-β-1,4-galactanase from Ignisphaera aggregans	34
ATP and NADPH engineering of Escherichia coli to improve the production of 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid using CRISPRi	32
Synergistic effects of multiple enzymes from industrial Aspergillus niger strain O1 on starch saccharification	32
Conversion of organosolv pretreated hardwood biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by combining enzymatic hydrolysis and isomerization with homogeneous catalysis	32
CRISPRi screens reveal genes modulating yeast growth in lignocellulose hydrolysate	31
Comparison of methodologies used to determine aromatic lignin unit ratios in lignocellulosic biomass	31