OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Chemical Reviews is 38. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications	1635
Promises and Challenges of Next-Generation “Beyond Li-ion” Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Grid Decarbonization	926
Recent Strategies to Develop Innovative Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy	864
Metallaphotoredox: The Merger of Photoredox and Transition Metal Catalysis	847
Single-Atom Catalysts across the Periodic Table	824
Metal–Organic Framework-Based Hierarchically Porous Materials: Synthesis and Applications	801
Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing	736
Electroceramics for High-Energy Density Capacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives	722
Machine Learning Force Fields	665
Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites	644
Borates: A Rich Source for Optical Materials	624
The 2D Halide Perovskite Rulebook: How the Spacer Influences Everything from the Structure to Optoelectronic Device Efficiency	612
Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers	602
Single-Atom Catalysts Based on the Metal–Oxide Interaction	600
Direct Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) for Aliphatic C–H Bonds Elaboration	600
Rechargeable Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage	580
Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties	574
Translational Applications of Hydrogels	550
Cooperative Coupling of Oxidative Organic Synthesis and Hydrogen Production over Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts	536
Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework Materials: Synthesis, Structures, Properties and Applications	533
Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Reactions	507
Gaussian Process Regression for Materials and Molecules	500
Power of Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies to Characterize Metal-Organic Frameworks and Investigate Their Interaction with Guest Molecules	474
Biomedicine Meets Fenton Chemistry	471
Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials	466

Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics	465
Lithium Metal Anodes with Nonaqueous Electrolytes	459
From Materials to Cell: State-of-the-Art and Prospective Technologies for Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Processing	454
Amyloid Oligomers: A Joint Experimental/Computational Perspective on Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	452
In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy	450
Metal–Organic Framework-Based Enzyme Biocomposites	442
Magnetically Driven Micro and Nanorobots	432
Visible Light-Induced Transition Metal Catalysis	429
Chemical Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Challenges, Advanced Methods, and Perspectives	427
Toward Active-Site Tailoring in Heterogeneous Catalysis by Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters with Crystallographic Structures	420
Electronic Textiles for Wearable Point-of-Care Systems	411
Theoretical Understandings of Graphene-based Metal Single-Atom Catalysts: Stability and Catalytic Performance	411
Technological Innovations in Photochemistry for Organic Synthesis: Flow Chemistry, High-Throughput Experimentation, Scale-up, and Photoelectrochemistry	402
Chiroptical Properties of Symmetric Double, Triple, and Multiple Helicenes	388
Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Chemistry and Quantum Materials Science	387
Liquid Crystals: Versatile Self-Organized Smart Soft Materials	385
Hierarchically Structured Zeolites: From Design to Application	383
Chiroptical Properties in Thin Films of π-Conjugated Systems	379
Polymeric Tissue Adhesives	377
Inkjet Bioprinting of Biomaterials	371
Combining Machine Learning and Computational Chemistry for Predictive Insights Into Chemical Systems	366
Photothermal Nanomaterials: A Powerful Light-to-Heat Converter	366
Four Generations of High-Dimensional Neural Network Potentials	363
Visible-to-NIR-Light Activated Release: From Small Molecules to Nanomaterials	362
Magnetic Skyrmion Materials	361
Aptamer-Based Detection of Circulating Targets for Precision Medicine	361
Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots	353
Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications	351
Design and Applications of Water-Soluble Coordination Cages	349
Optical Sensing and Imaging of pH Values: Spectroscopies, Materials, and Applications	345
Recent Advances in Heterocyclic Nanographenes and Other Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Compounds	342
Structural Transformation of Heterogeneous Materials for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction	335
Destruction of Metal–Organic Frameworks: Positive and Negative Aspects of Stability and Lability	333
Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices: From Design to Applications	331
Non-Noble Plasmonic Metal-Based Photocatalysts	330
Supramolecular Adhesive Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications	328
Noble-Metal Based Random Alloy and Intermetallic Nanocrystals: Syntheses and Applications	324
Recent Progress and Future Prospects on All-Organic Polymer Dielectrics for Energy Storage Capacitors	318
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp³)–H Bonds	309
Gold Nanorods: The Most Versatile Plasmonic Nanoparticles	308
Fe(II) Redox Chemistry in the Environment	300
Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Energy: Hydrogen and Methanol Economies, Fuels from Biomass, and Related Topics	297
Directed Evolution: Methodologies and Applications	297
Contact Electrification at the Liquid–Solid Interface	296
Electrochemical Oxidation Induced Selective C–C Bond Cleavage	295
Physics-Inspired Structural Representations for Molecules and Materials	294
Toolbox for Distal C–H Bond Functionalizations in Organic Molecules	294
2D Heterostructures for Ubiquitous Electronics and Optoelectronics: Principles, Opportunities, and Challenges	292
Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers	292
Self-Healing Injectable Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration	291

Lipids and Lipid Derivatives for RNA Delivery	287
Understanding the Electric Double-Layer Structure, Capacitance, and Charging Dynamics	287
The Use of Alternative Strategies for Enhanced Nanoparticle Delivery to Solid Tumors	286
Versatile Types of Inorganic/Organic NIR-IIa/IIb Fluorophores: From Strategic Design toward Molecular Imaging and Theranostics	283
Chemically Modified Biopolymers for the Formation of Biomedical Hydrogels	280
Emerging Electrochromic Materials and Devices for Future Displays	277
Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies	274
Applications of Halogen-Atom Transfer (XAT) for the Generation of Carbon Radicals in Synthetic Photochemistry and Photocatalysis	273
Photochemical and Electrochemical Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis	272
Recent Developments for the Deuterium and Tritium Labeling of Organic Molecules	267
Photons or Electrons? A Critical Comparison of Electrochemistry and Photoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	265
Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Directions of Bioelectrocatalysis	264
Cu(I)-Catalyzed Click Chemistry in Glycoscience and Their Diverse Applications	261
Ion Dissociation in Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Solutions	256
Chiral Metal–Organic Frameworks	255
Structures and General Transport Mechanisms by the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS)	253
Chemical Aspects of Human and Environmental Overload with Fluorine	251
Strategic Use of Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis in Natural Product Synthesis	250
Synergistic Dual Transition Metal Catalysis	247
o-Silylaryl Triflates: A Journey of Kobayashi Aryne Precursors	246
Understanding the Effect of Water on CO₂ Adsorption	245
Light in Gold Catalysis	245
Computational Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis	243
Smart Materials for Microrobots	243
Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions Enabled by Triplet Energy Transfer	242
Natural Biopolymer-Based Biocompatible Conductors for Stretchable Bioelectronics	240
Advances in theE → ZIsomerization of Alkenes Using Small Molecule Photocatalysts	237
Gold-Catalyzed Reactions of Specially Activated Alkynes, Allenes, and Alkenes	236
Evolutionary Generation of Phosphor Materials and Their Progress in Future Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes	235
Microkinetic Modeling: A Tool for Rational Catalyst Design	235
Photon Upconversion for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis: A Critical Review	235
Crystal Engineering of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals in the Discovery and Development of Improved Drugs	234
Machine Learning for Electronically Excited States of Molecules	233
Zeolites in Adsorption Processes: State of the Art and Future Prospects	233
Alkoxy Radicals See the Light: New Paradigms of Photochemical Synthesis	233
Colloidal Self-Assembly Approaches to Smart Nanostructured Materials	233
Zwitterionic Biomaterials	228
Impedance Analysis of Electrochemical Systems	226
Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Organics: A Review	225
Anticatalytic Strategies to Suppress Water Electrolysis in Aqueous Batteries	224
Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis	223
CO₂ Capture at Medium to High Temperature Using Solid Oxide-Based Sorbents: Fundamental Aspects, Mechanistic Insights, and Recent Advances	223
Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation	223
Unconventional Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications	222
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Click-Chemistry with Nucleic Acids	222
Recent Advances in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation	221
Photocatalysis in the Life Science Industry	220
High-Resolution Native Mass Spectrometry	219
Enantioselective Formation of Quaternary Centers by Allylic Alkylation with First-Row Transition-Metal Catalysts	218
Advances on the Merger of Electrochemistry and Transition Metal Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	218
Molecular Probes, Chemosensors, and Nanosensors for Optical Detection of Biorelevant Molecules and Ions in Aqueous Media and Biofluids	217
Photoinduced Borylation for the Synthesis of Organoboron Compounds	215
Oxide–Zeolite-Based Composite Catalyst Concept That Enables Syngas Chemistry beyond Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis	215
Divergent Gold Catalysis: Unlocking Molecular Diversity through Catalyst Control	213
Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon σ-Bonds of Four-Membered Rings	213
Strategies to Generate Nitrogen-centered Radicals That May Rely on Photoredox Catalysis: Development in Reaction Methodology and Applications in Organic Synthesis	213
Unsupervised Learning Methods for Molecular Simulation Data	212
The Past and the Future of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett Films	211
Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry	210
Green Chemistry in the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals	210
Semiconducting Polymers for Oxygen Evolution Reaction under Light Illumination	207
Machine Learning for Chemical Reactions	206
HFIP in Organic Synthesis	205
Polymorph Evolution Mechanisms and Regulation Strategies of Lithium Metal Anode under Multiphysical Fields	204
Doping Approaches for Organic Semiconductors	203
Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Polymers: Smart Materials with Stimuli-Responsive, Self-Healing, and Recyclable Properties	202
Molecular Probes for Autofluorescence-Free Optical Imaging	202
Progress and Prospects in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Research Beyond 2D	202
Applying Classical, Ab Initio, and Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Liquid Electrolyte for Rechargeable Batteries	201
Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Synthetic Receptors	201
Free Energies of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reagents and Their Applications	199
Structurally Dynamic Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications: Pursuing a Fine Balance between Macroscopic Stability and Microscopic Dynamics	199
Artificial Intelligence Applied to Battery Research: Hype or Reality?	198
Fluorinated Pyrazoles: From Synthesis to Applications	198
Photoluminescent Nanoparticles for Chemical and Biological Analysis and Imaging	198
Recent Development of Aryl Diazonium Chemistry for the Derivatization of Aromatic Compounds	197
First-Row d-Block Element-Catalyzed Carbon–Boron Bond Formation and Related Processes	197
Assembly and Applications of Macrocyclic-Confinement-Derived Supramolecular Organic Luminescent Emissions from Cucurbiturils	196
Photocatalytic Late-Stage C–H Functionalization	195
Metal-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydrofunctionalization of Allenes: Easy Access to Allylic Structures via the Selective Formation of C–N, C–C, and C–O Bonds	194

Light-Triggered Click Chemistry	192
Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions	192
Skin-Interfaced Wearable Sweat Sensors for Precision Medicine	191
Electrochemical Methods for Water Purification, Ion Separations, and Energy Conversion	191
Ethnobotany and the Role of Plant Natural Products in Antibiotic Drug Discovery	189
Cellulose: A Review of Water Interactions, Applications in Composites, and Water Treatment	188
Neural Network Potential Energy Surfaces for Small Molecules and Reactions	187
Polymeric Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids	187
Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications	187
Nonaqueous Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries: Progresses, Challenges, and Perspectives	184
Enantioselective Radical Reactions Using Chiral Catalysts	183
Machine Learning for Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst Design and Discovery	182
Selective Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Cyclopropanols	181
Catalytic Enantioselective Functionalizations of C–H Bonds by Chiral Iridium Complexes	181
Recent Progress and Prospects in Catalytic Water Treatment	181
Recent Advances in 3D Printing of Structured Materials for Adsorption and Catalysis Applications	181
Interfacial Assembly and Applications of Functional Mesoporous Materials	181
Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design	180
Aliphatic Polycarbonates from Cyclic Carbonate Monomers and Their Application as Biomaterials	177
Noble-Metal-Free Multicomponent Nanointegration for Sustainable Energy Conversion	176
Molecular Main Group Metal Hydrides	175
Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks	175
Freestanding Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: An Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion	175
Nitrogen-Centered Radicals in Functionalization of sp² Systems: Generation, Reactivity, and Applications in Synthesis	173
Self-Assembling Peptide EAK16 and RADA16 Nanofiber Scaffold Hydrogel	172
Metal Ion-Directed Functional Metal–Phenolic Materials	171
Two-Dimensional Polymers and Polymerizations	171
Colloidal Quantum Dots as Platforms for Quantum Information Science	171
Review of Multifunctional Separators: Stabilizing the Cathode and the Anode for Alkali (Li, Na, and K) Metal–Sulfur and Selenium Batteries	170
Recent Advances in Gold(III) Chemistry: Structure, Bonding, Reactivity, and Role in Homogeneous Catalysis	170
Metal Sites in Zeolites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalysis	170
Photoinduced Organocatalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (O-ATRP): Precision Polymer Synthesis Using Organic Photoredox Catalysis	167
Introduction: Click Chemistry	164
Metal–Organic Frameworks as Photocatalysts for Solar-Driven Overall Water Splitting	164
Atomically Dispersed Metals on Well-Defined Supports including Zeolites and Metal–Organic Frameworks: Structure, Bonding, Reactivity, and Catalysis	163
Molecular Cavity for Catalysis and Formation of Metal Nanoparticles for Use in Catalysis	161
Designing Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Are We Reaching Selectivities Competitive With Those of Homogeneous Catalysts?	160
Materials for Smart Soft Actuator Systems	160
Printable Smart Materials and Devices: Strategies and Applications	160
Guidelines to Achieving High Selectivity for the Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes with Bimetallic and Dilute Alloy Catalysts: A Review	159
Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers	157
Carbohydrate-Based Macromolecular Biomaterials	157
Silylium Ions: From Elusive Reactive Intermediates to Potent Catalysts	155
Toward a New Era of SERS and TERS at the Nanometer Scale: From Fundamentals to Innovative Applications	155
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Drug-Target Binding by Molecular Simulation	154
Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of Small Rings	154
Metal–Organic Network-Forming Glasses	154
Phase Change Thermal Storage Materials for Interdisciplinary Applications	153
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Gold Catalysis for Materials Science	153
Impedance Spectroscopy of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells from the Perspective of Equivalent Circuits	153
Chiral Tridentate Ligands in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation	153
Optimization of Catalysts and Conditions in Gold(I) Catalysis—Counterion and Additive Effects	153
Coordination-Directed Self-Assembly of Functional Polynuclear Lanthanide Supramolecular Architectures	152
Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Tissue Repair	152
Metasurface-Driven Optically Variable Devices	152
Decarboxylative Halogenation of Organic Compounds	152
Intrinsically Self-Healing Polymers: From Mechanistic Insight to Current Challenges	150
Nanochitin: Chemistry, Structure, Assembly, and Applications	148
Advances in Materials and Applications of Inorganic Electrides	148
Rational Design of Photocatalysts for Controlled Polymerization: Effect of Structures on Photocatalytic Activities	147
Metallaaromatic Chemistry: History and Development	145
Structural Analysis of Molecular Materials Using the Pair Distribution Function	145
Oxygen Loss in Layered Oxide Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries: Mechanisms, Effects, and Mitigation	144
Borophene: Two-dimensional Boron Monolayer: Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications	144
Desulfonylation via Radical Process: Recent Developments in Organic Synthesis	144
Confinement of Luminescent Guests in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Understanding Pathways from Synthesis and Multimodal Characterization to Potential Applications of LG@MOF Systems	144
Beyond Platonic: How to Build Metal–Organic Polyhedra Capable of Binding Low-Symmetry, Information-Rich Molecular Cargoes	144
Construction of Medium-Sized Rings by Gold Catalysis	144
Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yields in Environmental Waters	144
Performance-Based Screening of Porous Materials for Carbon Capture	143
Nitrogen Fixation via Splitting into Nitrido Complexes	143
Protein Assembly by Design	143
Nonspecific Binding—Fundamental Concepts and Consequences for Biosensing Applications	143
Photoclick Chemistry: A Bright Idea	142
Proteostasis of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: A Molecular Perspective of Risk Factors and Protective Strategies for Type II Diabetes	142
Peptide Design and Self-assembly into Targeted Nanostructure and Functional Materials	142
Enzymes’ Power for Plastics Degradation	140
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–S, C–Se, and C–Te Bond Formations via Cross-Coupling and Atom-Economic Addition Reactions. Achievements and Challenges	140
1,2-Migrations onto Gold Carbene Centers	140
Vanadium Oxide: Phase Diagrams, Structures, Synthesis, and Applications	139
Advances in Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry and the Pursuit of Challenging Biological Systems	138
Chemical and Biomolecular Strategies for STING Pathway Activation in Cancer Immunotherapy	138
Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry for Investigating Protein Conformations and Protein–Protein Interactions─A Method for All Seasons	137
Nucleic Acid Tests for Clinical Translation	136
Pulsed Laser in Liquids Made Nanomaterials for Catalysis	136
Computational Discovery of Transition-metal Complexes: From High-throughput Screening to Machine Learning	136
Single-Atom Engineering to Ignite 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Based Catalysis: Fundamentals, Progress, and Beyond	135
2,2,2-Trifluorodiazoethane (CF₃CHN₂): A Long Journey since 1943	135
Chemistry, Functionalization, and Applications of Recent Monoelemental Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Heterostructures	134
Bimetallic Sites for Catalysis: From Binuclear Metal Sites to Bimetallic Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles	134
Enzymes, In Vivo Biocatalysis, and Metabolic Engineering for Enabling a Circular Economy and Sustainability	133
Asymmetric Catalysis Mediated by Synthetic Peptides, Version 2.0: Expansion of Scope and Mechanisms	133
Antiperovskite Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries	133
DNA-Encoded Chemistry: Drug Discovery from a Few Good Reactions	131
Shortening Synthetic Routes to Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Employing Biocatalytic Methods	131