OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology is 24. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Microbial electro-fermentation for synthesis of chemicals and biofuels driven by bi-directional extracellular electron transfer	65
Glycosyltransferases: Mining, engineering and applications in biosynthesis of glycosylated plant natural products	56
Development of synthetic biology tools to engineer Pichia pastoris as a chassis for the production of natural products	55
Association between the nasopharyngeal microbiome and metabolome in patients with COVID-19	51
Optimization of microbial cell factories for astaxanthin production: Biosynthesis and regulations, engineering strategies and fermentation optimization strategies	46
Advances in engineered Bacillus subtilis biofilms and spores, and their applications in bioremediation, biocatalysis, and biomaterials	45
Methodologies for preparation of prokaryotic extracts for cell-free expression systems	43
Bioengineering bacterial encapsulin nanocompartments as targeted drug delivery system	41
Complex peptide natural products: Biosynthetic principles, challenges and opportunities for pathway engineering	36
Systematic optimization of the yeast cell factory for sustainable and high efficiency production of bioactive ginsenoside compound K	34
CRISPR base editing and prime editing: DSB and template-free editing systems for bacteria and plants	34
Melatonin biosynthesis pathways in nature and its production in engineered microorganisms	34
Screening neutral sites for metabolic engineering of methylotrophic yeast Ogataea polymorpha	33
PCPD: Plant cytochrome P450 database and web-based tools for structural construction and ligand docking	32
Emerging biosensors in detection of natural products	31
Chemical modifications of proteins and their applications in metalloenzyme studies	30
Strategies to increase tolerance and robustness of industrial microorganisms	30
Advances on systems metabolic engineering of Bacillus subtilis as a chassis cell	30
Comparison of gut microbiota in autism spectrum disorders and neurotypical boys in China: A case-control study	29
Expanding application of CRISPR-Cas9 system in microorganisms	28
Engineering and characterization of dehalogenase enzymes from Delftia acidovorans in bioremediation of perfluorinated compounds	28
Using recombinant adhesive proteins as durable and green flame-retardant coatings	28
Rationally optimized generation of integrated Escherichia coli with stable and high yield lycopene biosynthesis from heterologous mevalonate (MVA) and lycopene expression pathways	25
Biodegradation of aromatic pollutants meets synthetic biology	24