OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Accounts of Chemical Research is 30. 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
Issue Editorial Masthead	385
The Contributions HBCUs Continue to Make in Maintaining the Nation’s Prominence in Science and Technology	364
Issue Publication Information	275
Issue Editorial Masthead	261
Intermediate Control: Unlocking Hitherto Unknown Reactivity and Selectivity in N-Conjugated Allenes and Alkynes	255
Nanoscale Structure and Interfacial Electrochemical Reactivity of Moiré-Engineered Atomic Layers	255
Thermodynamics and Modeling of Collective Effects in the Organic Ligand Shell of Colloidal Quantum Dots	233
Issue Publication Information	232
Heterogeneous Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysts: Rational Structure Design and Mechanistic Elucidation Based on Intrinsic Properties of Supports	229
van der Waals Epitaxy of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films on Atomically Thin Graphene Templates for Optoelectronic Applications	227
2D Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks: Defined Synthesis and Tailor-Made Functions	222
Dispersion Interactions in Asymmetric Induction for Constructing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers	221
Collective Behaviors of Magnetic Active Matter: Recent Progress toward Reconfigurable, Adaptive, and Multifunctional Swarming Micro/Nanorobots	215
Considering the Influence of Polymer–Catalyst Interactions on the Chemical Microenvironment of Electrocatalysts for the CO₂ Reduction Reaction	208
Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Molecules: Development of Strategies and Skeletons	203
Issue Editorial Masthead	198
How Droplets Can Accelerate Reactions─Coacervate Protocells as Catalytic Microcompartments	198
Well-Defined Supported ZnO_x Species: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Performance in Nonoxidative Dehydrogenation of C₃–C₄ Alkanes	197
Solvent Effects on Ultrafast Photochemical Pathways	190
Molecules that Generate Fingerprints: A New Class of Fluorescent Sensors for Chemical Biology, Medical Diagnosis, and Cryptography	184
Issue Publication Information	174
Issue Editorial Masthead	173
Spectrally Silent Protein Reaction Dynamics Revealed by Time-Resolved Thermodynamics and Diffusion Techniques	167
Two-Dimensional Electrolyte Design: Broadening the Horizons of Functional Electrolytes in Lithium Batteries	166
Lost in Condensation: Poly-, Cyclo-, and Ultraphosphates	157

Physicochemical Methods for the Structuring and Assembly of MOF Crystals	155
Phenanthroline Catalysis in Stereoselective 1,2-cis Glycosylations	155
Adenosine Deaminase Acting on RNA (ADAR) Enzymes: A Journey from Weird to Wondrous	152
Organic Semiconductor–Organism Interfaces for Augmenting Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis	150
Dispersion Interactions in Condensed Phases and inside Molecular Containers	146
Issue Editorial Masthead	145
Issue Editorial Masthead	145
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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Allosteric Effectors for Hemoglobin	141
Traversing Excitonic and Ionic Landscapes: Reduced-Dimensionality-Inspired Design of Organometal Halide Semiconductors for Energy Applications	141
Issue Editorial Masthead	141
Reaction Templates: Bridging Synthesis Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence	140
Rational Construction of Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks (2D c-MOFs) for Electronics and Beyond	139
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Issue Editorial Masthead	134
Copper-Based Nanomaterials for Fine-Pitch Interconnects in Microelectronics	129
Engineering the Interfacing of Molecules with 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Enhanced Multifunctional Electronics	127
Issue Editorial Masthead	127
Quantification, Exchange, and Removal of Surface Ligands on Noble-Metal Nanocrystals	125
Harnessing Nature’s Molecular Recognition Capabilities to Map and Study RNA Modifications	123
Quantum Dots: A Promising Fluorescent Label for Probing Virus Trafficking	122
Femtosecond X-ray Liquidography Visualizes Wavepacket Trajectories in Multidimensional Nuclear Coordinates for a Bimolecular Reaction	120
Chiral Posttranslational Modification to Lysine ε-Amino Groups	119
Issue Editorial Masthead	118
Liquids in Vacuum: A Contradiction that Launched a Thousand Experiments	117
Heterometallic Clusters with Uranium–Metal Bonds Supported by Double-Layer Nitrogen–Phosphorus Ligands	116
Coordination-Delayed-Hydrolysis Method for the Synthesis and Structural Modulation of Titanium-Oxo Clusters	114
Issue Publication Information	114
Applications of Low-Valent Transition Metalates: Development of a Reactive Noncarbonyl Rhenium(I) Anion	114
Issue Editorial Masthead	113
Issue Editorial Masthead	112
Issue Publication Information	112
Discipline-Based Diversity Research in Chemistry	111
Modulating RNA with Chemical Modifications	110
Issue Publication Information	110
Porous Metal Phosphonate Frameworks: Construction and Physical Properties	109
Pinpointing Conditions for a Metabolic Origin of Life: Underlying Mechanisms and the Role of Coenzymes	109
Issue Publication Information	107
An NMR Spectroscopy View on London Dispersion in Catalysis: Detection, Quantification, and Application in Ion Pair and Transition Metal Catalysis	103
Toward Gigahertz Photodetection with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides	103
Functionally Active Synthetic α-Helical Pores	102
Cluster-in-Molecule Local Correlation Method for Dispersion Interactions in Large Systems and Periodic Systems	101
Issue Editorial Masthead	101
From Macrocycles to Quantum Rings: Does Aromaticity Have a Size Limit?	99
Influence of Steric and Dispersion Interactions on the Thermochemistry of Crowded (Fluoro)alkyl Compounds	99
Data Science Meets Physical Organic Chemistry	98
Exploiting Albumin as a Versatile Carrier for Cancer Theranostics	98

Advancing Plasmon-Induced Selectivity in Chemical Transformations with Optically Coupled Transmission Electron Microscopy	98
The Pauli Repulsion-Lowering Concept in Catalysis	97
Photoexcitation-Induced Assembly: A Bottom-Up Physical Strategy for Driving Molecular Motion and Phase Evolution	96
Issue Editorial Masthead	96
Issue Publication Information	95
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Candidate for Catalyst during Water-Oxidation Reaction in the Presence of Manganese Compounds, from Nanosized Particles to Impurities: Sleep with One Eye Open	93
Integrative Approach to Probe Alternative Redox Mechanisms in RNA Modifications	93
The Impact of Ligand Carboxylates on Electrocatalyzed Water Oxidation	92
Native Mass Spectrometry and Nucleic Acid G-Quadruplex Biophysics: Advancing Hand in Hand	92
Issue Publication Information	91
Issue Editorial Masthead	90
NAC-TDDFT: Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Nonadiabatic Couplings	89
Insights into Electrocatalyst Transformations Studied in Real Time with Electrochemical Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy	89
Issue Publication Information	89
Atomic-Resolution Cryogenic Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy for Quantum Materials	87
In Situ Studies of Arylboronic Acids/Esters and R₃SiCF₃ Reagents: Kinetics, Speciation, and Dysfunction at the Carbanion–Ate Interface	87
From Precision Colloidal Hybrid Materials to Advanced Functional Assemblies	85
Role of Suprathermal Chemistry on the Evolution of Carbon Oxides and Organics within Interstellar and Cometary Ices	85
Iron-Sensitized Solar Cells (FeSSCs)	85
One Decade of Computational Studies on Single-Atom Alloys: Is In Silico Design within Reach?	84
Controlling the Structure and Function of Protein Thin Films through Amyloid-like Aggregation	83
Dinitrogen Activation and Functionalization Affording Chromium Diazenido and Hydrazido Complexes	83
Enhancing Biocatalysis: Metal–Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Enzyme Hosts	83
Molecular Recognition Driven Bioinspired Directional Supramolecular Assembly of Amphiphilic (Macro)molecules and Proteins	82
Metalloporphyrins as Catalytic Models for Studying Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions	82
Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT) Catalysis: Harnessing Simple Cerium Catalysts for Selective Functionalization of Inert C–H and C–C Bonds	82
Electrostatic Interactions in Asymmetric Organocatalysis	81
What It Takes to Compute Highly Accurate Rovibrational Line Lists for Use in Astrochemistry	81
Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal σ-Borane/Borate Complexes	81
Advancing Chelation Strategies for Large Metal Ions for Nuclear Medicine Applications	81
Issue Editorial Masthead	80
Tuning Interfacial Chemistry to Direct the Electrosynthesis of Metal Oxide Semiconductors	80
Unique Functions and Applications of Rigid Dendrimers Featuring Radial Aromatic Chains	80
Development of CRISPR/Cas Delivery Systems for In Vivo Precision Genome Editing	80
Atropisomers: Synthesis, Analysis, and Applications	79
A Specific Guide for Metalloenzyme Designers: Introduction and Evolution of Metal-Coordination Spheres Embedded in Protein Environments	78
Carbon Dioxide Reduction: A Bioinspired Catalysis Approach	77
Quasiclassical Direct Dynamics Trajectory Simulations of Organometallic Reactions	77
Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Both Sides of the Schrödinger Equation	77
Single-Molecule Mechanochemical Sensing	76
The Pyrazinacenes	75
Molecular Face-Rotating Polyhedra: Chiral Cages Inspired by Mathematics	75
Absolute Electronic Energetics and Quantitative Work Functions of Liquids from Photoelectron Spectroscopy	73
Active Site Fluxional Restructuring as a New Paradigm in Triggering Reaction Activity for Nanocluster Catalysis	72
Paramagnetic Effects in NMR Spectroscopy of Transition-Metal Complexes: Principles and Chemical Concepts	72
Nonequilibrium Scattering/Evaporation Dynamics at the Gas–Liquid Interface: Wetted Wheels, Self-Assembled Monolayers, and Liquid Microjets	72
Hunting for the Intermolecular Diels–Alderase	71
Bismuth-Based Metal Clusters─From Molecular Aesthetics to Contemporary Materials Science	70
Ethanol in Aqueous Solution Studied by Microjet Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theory	70
Surface-Initiated Zerovalent Metal-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization (SI-Mt⁰CRP) for Brush Engineering	70
Potential of Functionalized Polyolefins in a Sustainable Polymer Economy: Synthetic Strategies and Applications	69
Characterization of Pairs of Toxic and Nontoxic Misfolded Protein Oligomers Elucidates the Structural Determinants of Oligomer Toxicity in Protein Misfolding Diseases	69
Spinodal Decomposition-Driven Structural Hierarchy of Mesoporous Inorganic Materials for Energy Applications	69
Metal-Free Organic Phosphors toward Fast and Efficient Room-Temperature Phosphorescence	68
Transformations of Ionic Nanocrystals via Full and Partial Ion Exchange Reactions	68
Galvanic Replacement Synthesis of Metal Nanostructures: Bridging the Gap between Chemical and Electrochemical Approaches	68
Metal–Ligand Interactions and Their Roles in Controlling Nanoparticle Formation and Functions	67
Unique Phosphorus-Based Avenues for the Tuning of Functional Materials	66
Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products: More Than a Race for Molecular Summits	66
Natural Product Synthesis through the Lens of Informatics	66
Recognition-Encoded Synthetic Information Molecules	66
Expansive Quantum Mechanical Exploration of Chemical Reaction Paths	66
Toward Accurate Photoluminescence Nanothermometry Using Rare-Earth Doped Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications	66
Asymmetric Synthesis of Fluoro, Fluoromethyl, Difluoromethyl, and Trifluoromethylcyclopropanes	65
A Paradigm Shift in Catalysis: Electro- and Photomediated Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions	65
Strategies toward the Difunctionalizations of Enamide Derivatives for Synthesizing α,β-Substituted Amines	65
Uncovering the Nature of Active Sites during Electrocatalytic Reactions by In Situ Synchrotron-Based Spectroscopic Techniques	65
Combining Excellent Selectivity with Broad Target Scope: Biosensing with Arrayed Deep Cavitand Hosts	64
Base-Resolution Sequencing Methods for Whole-Transcriptome Quantification of mRNA Modifications	64
Chemistry Informer Libraries: Conception, Early Experience, and Role in the Future of Cheminformatics	64
Nanoscaled Oxygen Carrier-Driven Chemical Looping for Carbon Neutrality: Opportunities and Challenges	63
Solution-Based Group 14 Zintl Anions: New Frontiers and Discoveries	63
Electrochemical Gelation of Metal Chalcogenide Quantum Dots: Applications in Gas Sensing and Photocatalysis	63
Issue Publication Information	62
Chemical Versatility in Catalysis and Inhibition of the Class IIb Histone Deacetylases	62
Superlattice Assembly for Empowering Metal Nanoclusters	61
Nickel-Catalyzed Functionalization Reactions Involving C–H Bond Activation via an Amidate-Promoted Strategy and Its Extension to the Activation of C–F, C–O, C–S, and C–CN Bonds	61
Chemical Strategies for the Detection and Elimination of Senescent Cells	61
Ratiometric Optical and Photoacoustic Imaging In Vivo in the Second Near-Infrared Window	60

Biosensors for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis	60
Accelerated Development of a COVID-19 Lateral Flow Test in an Academic Setting: Lessons Learned	60
Issue Publication Information	60
Resistive Gas Sensors Based on 2D TMDs and MXenes	60
Complex Composites Built through Freezing	60
Engineering Li Metal Anode for Garnet-Based Solid-State Batteries	59
Alkaline Water Electrolysis for Green Hydrogen Production	59
Real-Time Visualizing Nucleation and Growth of Electrodes for Post-Lithium-Ion Batteries	59
Difluoromethylthiolator: A Toolbox of Reagents for Difluoromethylthiolation	59
Catalytic Conversion of Lignin into Valuable Chemicals: Full Utilization of Aromatic Nuclei and Side Chains	59
Ultrahigh-Throughput Experimentation for Information-Rich Chemical Synthesis	59
Predicting Molecular Photochemistry Using Machine-Learning-Enhanced Quantum Dynamics Simulations	59
Chemistry of Lipid Nanoparticles for RNA Delivery	59
Toward the Use of Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase for Methane Bioconversion Applications	58
Structural Regulation of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Catalysis	58
Multifunctional Photo-Cross-Linking Probes: From Target Protein Searching to Imaging Applications	58
Porous Single Crystals at the Macroscale: From Growth to Application	58
Engineering Catalyst–Electrolyte Microenvironments to Optimize the Activity and Selectivity for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ on Cu and Ag	57
Space Exploration of Metal–Organic Frameworks in the Mesopore Regime	57
Oxidative and Reductive Manipulation of C1 Resources by Bio-Inspired Molecular Catalysts to Produce Value-Added Chemicals	57
How to Build a Metalloenzyme: Lessons from a Protein-Based Model of Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthase	57
2D Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks: Defined Synthesis and Tailor-Made Functions	57
A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B–H Functionalization of o-Carboranes	56
Ynamide Coupling Reagents: Origin and Advances	56
n-Type Organic and Polymeric Semiconductors Based on Bithiophene Imide Derivatives	56
The Future of Ligand Engineering in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals	56
Soft Chemistry of Hard Materials: Low-Temperature Pathways to Bulk and Nanostructured Layered Metal Borides	56
Two-Dimensional Nanofluidic Membranes toward Harvesting Salinity Gradient Power	55
Time and Pot Economy in Total Synthesis	55
Pushing the Boundaries of Multicomponent Alloy Nanostructures: Hybrid Approach of Liquid Phase Separation and Selective Leaching Processes	55
Chemo-Enzymatic Modification of the 5′ Cap To Study mRNAs	55
Development and Evolution of Energetic Cocrystals	55
Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica: Discovery, Synthesis, Formation Mechanism, Catalysis, and CO₂ Capture–Conversion	55
Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Carboxylation and Amidation Reactions	54
Discovery and Surprises with Cyclizations, Cycloadditions, Fragmentations, and Rearrangements in Complex Settings	54
Two-Dimensional π-Conjugated Frameworks as a Model System to Unveil a Multielectron-Transfer-Based Energy Storage Mechanism	54
Fluorescence-Activating and Absorption-Shifting Tags for Advanced Imaging and Biosensing	54
Watson–Crick versus Hoogsteen Base Pairs: Chemical Strategy to Encode and Express Genetic Information in Life	54
Breaking Barriers in Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Imaging Using 100 kHz Amplified Yb-Laser Systems	53
Determinants of Superselectivity─Practical Concepts for Application in Biology and Medicine	53
Predicting the Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Responses of Organic Materials: The Role of Dynamics	53
A New Paradigm in Enantioselective Cobalt Catalysis: Cationic Cobalt(I) Catalysts for Heterodimerization, Cycloaddition, and Hydrofunctionalization Reactions of Olefins	53
Chelation-Assisted Iron-Catalyzed C–H Activations: Scope and Mechanism	53
Electroinduced Surfactant Self-Assembly Driven to Vertical Growth of Oriented Mesoporous Films	53
Asymmetric Catalytic Rearrangements with α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds	52
A New Paradigm in Pincer Iridium Chemistry: PCN Complexes for (De)Hydrogenation Catalysis and Beyond	52
Biopyrrin Pigments: From Heme Metabolites to Redox-Active Ligands and Luminescent Radicals	52
Porous Crystalline Materials Based on Tetrathiafulvalene and Its Analogues: Assembly, Charge Transfer, and Applications	52
Integrative Chemical Biology Approaches to Deciphering the Histone Code: A Problem-Driven Journey	52
Interfacial Colloidal Self-Assembly for Functional Materials	52
Heme Detoxification in the Malaria Parasite: A Target for Antimalarial Drug Development	51
Electron Transport over 2D Molecular Materials and Assemblies	51
Chemical Probes to Control and Visualize Lipid Metabolism in the Brain	51
Making 2D Materials Sparkle in Energy Storage via Assembly	51
Polydiketoenamines for a Circular Plastics Economy	50
Anion-Coordination-Driven Assembly	50
Local Polarity-Induced Assembly of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials	50
Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence: From Material Design to Applications	50
Theories for Electrolyte Effects in CO₂ Electroreduction	50
Chiral-at-Ruthenium Catalysts for Nitrene-Mediated Asymmetric C–H Functionalizations	50
Combining Chemical Protein Synthesis and Random Nonstandard Peptides Integrated Discovery for Modulating Biological Processes	50
Tuning the Electronic Properties of Main-Group Species by N-Heterocyclic Vinyl (NHV) Scaffolds	50
Diversity and Tailorability of Photoelectrochemical Properties of Carbon Dots	50
Catalytic Reactions Directed by a Structurally Well-Defined Aminomethyl Cyclopalladated Complex	50
Achieving Efficient n-Doping of Conjugated Polymers by Molecular Dopants	49
Plasmon-Driven Chemistry on Mono- and Bimetallic Nanostructures	49
Expanding the Rare-Earth Metal BINOLate Catalytic Multitool beyond Enantioselective Organic Synthesis	49
SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Drug Design, Assay Development, and Drug Resistance Studies	48
Photochemical Methods Applied to DNA Encoded Library (DEL) Synthesis	48
Facile Assembly of Modular-Type Phosphines for Tackling Modern Arylation Processes	48
Demystifying the Chemical Ordering of Multimetallic Nanoparticles	48
How Do Metalloproteins Tame the Fenton Reaction and Utilize •OH Radicals in Constructive Manners?	47
Photobiocatalysis for Abiological Transformations	47
Zeolite Fixed Metal Nanoparticles: New Perspective in Catalysis	47
Radical Pathway Glycosylation Empowered by Bench-Stable Glycosyl Donors	47
Rational Design of T-Cell- and B-Cell-Based Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines	47
Carbon Shell on Active Nanocatalyst for Stable Electrocatalysis	47
Exploiting Heavier Organochalcogen Compounds in Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropane Chemistry	46
Making ATRP More Practical: Oxygen Tolerance	46
Anti-Kasha Fluorescence in Molecular Entities: Central Role of Electron–Vibrational Coupling	46
High-Throughput Raman Flow Cytometry and Beyond	46
Nanocatalyzed Hydrogen Isotope Exchange	46
Hydrated Anions: From Clusters to Bulk Solution with Quasi-Chemical Theory	46
Development of Multimodal Machine Learning Potentials: Toward a Physics-Aware Artificial Intelligence	46
Enzyme-Laden Bioactive Hydrogel for Biocatalytic Monitoring and Regulation	45
Understanding Discrete Growth in Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Nanoplatelets and Magic-Sized Clusters	45
Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Unveiling the Chemistry behind Different Facets	44
Current Strategies for Modulating Aβ Aggregation with Multifunctional Agents	44
Design, Exploitation, and Rational Improvements of Diazirine-Based Universal Polymer Crosslinkers	44
Exploring Present and Future Directions in Nano-Enhanced Optoelectronic Neuromodulation	44
Insulin Stabilization Designs for Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy and Accessibility	44
Induced Aggregation, Solvent Regulation, and Supracluster Assembly of Aluminum Oxo Clusters	44
Small is Beautiful: Electronic Origin and Synthetic Evolution of Single-Benzene Fluorophores	43
Pressure-Regulated Excitonic Transitions in Emergent Metal Halides	43
Renewable Fuels and Chemical Recycling of Plastics via Hydrothermal Liquefaction	43