OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Coordination Chemistry Reviews is 130. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Metal-rich metallaboranes: Clusters containing triply and tetra bridging borylene and boride units	488
Chemometric models for data processing in quantum dots-based photoluminescence methodologies	424
Marine polysaccharide-based hydrogels for critical materials selective removal and recovery: A review	409
Helical self-assemblies of molecule-like coinage metal nanoclusters and their emerging applications	373
Advancements in ruthenium-based sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells - from structural tailoring to AI-ML	360
Squaraine-based NIR dyes for phototheranostics	324
Utilizing the metal coordination and supramolecular chemistry of macrocycles to tackle medicinal issues	319
Chiral-at-iron compounds with phosphanes	318
What happens when graphdiyne encounters doping for electrochemical energy conversion and storage	312
Biological properties of ruthenium(II)/(III) complexes with flavonoids as ligands	306
Recent progress in separation of technetium-99 from spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. Challenges and prospects	302
Optical functional nanomaterials for cancer photoimmunotherapy	291
Advances in bismuth utilization for biomedical applications – From a bibliometric perspective	278
Recent advances of bimetallic nanoclusters with atomic precision for catalytic applications	274
Transformative breakthrough in cancer phototheranostics utilizing bioinspired chemistry of polydopamine-based multifunctional nanostructures	271
Greenhouse sulfur hexafluoride gas capture and separation using emerging porous solids	265
Nitrogen-doped carbon-based single-atom Fe catalysts: Synthesis, properties, and applications in advanced oxidation processes	259
Copper-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction	257
A comprehensive review on the synthesis of ferrite nanomaterials via bottom-up and top-down approaches advantages, disadvantages, characterizations and computational insights	251
Recent progress in the design of IR nonlinear optical materials by partial chemical substitution: Structural evolution and performance optimization	250
Emerging porous solids for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic seawater splitting	247
Prospects for magnesium ion batteries: A compreshensive materials review	246
Modulating zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 and its derivatives as advanced oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts	245
AIEgen-functionalized nanoprobes and nanomedicines for cancer diagnosis and therapy	235
The universal zeolite ZSM-5: Structure and synthesis strategies. A review	232

Metal organic frameworks and their composites as effective tools for sensing environmental hazards: An up to date tale of mechanism, current trends and future prospects	225
Overview of Wells-Dawson Polyoxometalates: from structure and functionalization to application	223
Material challenges in green hydrogen ecosystem	222
Cucurbit[n]uril-based supramolecular hydrogels: Synthesis, properties and applications	221
Photoelectrochemical biosensing platforms for tumor marker detection	221
Metal- and covalent organic frameworks as catalyst for organic transformation: Comparative overview and future perspectives	214
Nanoparticles and quantum dots as emerging optical sensing platforms for Ni(II) detection: Recent approaches and perspectives	212
Recent advances in organelle-targeted organic photosensitizers for efficient photodynamic therapy	212
Perspectives and challenges in circularly polarized luminescence of lanthanide(III) complexes: From solution-based systems to solid-state applications	211
Recent advances and future perspectives on rare-earth-based nonlinear optical materials with π-conjugated [XO3] (X = B, C, N) units	206
MXenes-based nanomaterials for biosensing and biomedicine	203
Boronic acid-assisted detection of bacterial pathogens: Applications and perspectives	203
Confinement strategies for the design of efficient heterogeneous Fenton-like catalysts: From nano-space to atomic scale	202
Unconventional inorganic precursors determine the growth of metal-organic frameworks	200
Nanomaterial-enabled portable paper-based colorimetric and fluorometric devices: Progress in point-of-care diagnosis	199
Towards Prussian blue analogues-based advanced aqueous batteries: From facing critical challenges to feasible solutions	198
Layered bismuth-based photocatalysts	197
Advances in reticular materials for sustainable rare earth element recovery	195
Solid-State nanopore DNA Sequencing: Advances, challenges and prospects	193
A new avenue for the preparation of organoboron compounds via nickel catalysis	191
Electronic structure modulation in Prussian blue and its analogs: Progress and challenges in perspective of energy-related catalysis	189
Recent advances in carbon-based material/semiconductor composite photoelectrocatalysts: Synthesis, improvement strategy, and organic pollutant removal	189
Enzymatic reaction-modulated in-situ formation of nanomaterials and their applications in colorimetric and fluorescent sensing	188
Circularly polarized luminescence polymers: From design to applications	187
Free radical as a double-edged sword in disease: Deriving strategic opportunities for nanotherapeutics	186
Recent advances in augmenting Fenton chemistry of nanoplatforms for enhanced chemodynamic therapy	185
Metal-organic frameworks with different dimensionalities: An ideal host platform for enzyme@MOF composites	184
Coordination structure engineering of single atoms derived from MOFs for Electrocatalysis	184
A comprehensive compendium of literature of 1,8-Naphthalimide based chemosensors from 2017 to 2021	184
Progress in host–guest macrocycle/pesticide research: Recognition, detection, release and application	180
Versatile roles of silver in Ag-based nanoalloys for antibacterial applications	179
Multimodal synergistic ferroptosis cancer therapy	179
Integrating DNA nanostructures with DNAzymes for biosensing, bioimaging and cancer therapy	178
Rational design of NiMn-based electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors	178
Tailoring metal complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands using Electron-Withdrawing Groups: Impact on catalytic activity and property development	178
Human transferrin: An inorganic biochemistry perspective	176
MOFs-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts	175
Macromolecules incorporating transition metals in the treatment and detection of cancer and infectious diseases: Progress over the last decade	174
Supported Noyori-Ikariya catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenations and related tandem reactions	174
Side-group switching between metal-to-ligand charge-transfer and metal-centered excited state properties in iron(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes	173
Multifunctionality of lanthanide-based luminescent hybrid materials	172
Coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks based on paddlewheel-type dirhodium(II) tetracarboxylates	171
Oxo/imido heterometathesis: From molecular stoichiometric studies to well-defined heterogeneous catalysts	170
Light-driven catalytic conversion of CO2 with heterogenized molecular catalysts based on fourth period transition metals	168
Mixed component metal-organic frameworks: Heterogeneity and complexity at the service of application performances	167
“Template synthesis” of discrete metal clusters with two- or three-dimensional architectures	164
Nanomaterials-driven innovative electrochemiluminescence aptasensors in reporting food pollutants	163
Coordination chemistry of elemental phosphorus	161
Bridging the gap between theory and treatment: Transition metal complexes as successful candidates in medicine	161
Advances in copper nanocrystals: Synthesis, anti-oxidation strategies, and multiple applications	161

Functional graphitic carbon (IV) nitride: A versatile sensing material	159
Decoration and utilization of a special class of metal–organic frameworks containing the fluorine moiety	158
Book review	157
Host–Guest chemistry based on solid-state pillar[n]arenes	157
Editorial Board	156
Editorial Board	155
Corrigendum to “Redox-responsive inorganic fluorescent nanoprobes for serodiagnosis and bioimaging” [Coord. Chem. Rev. 509 (2024) 215817]	154
A critical review of the solution chemistry, solubility, and thermodynamics of europium: Recent advances on the Eu3+ aqua ion and the Eu(III) aqueous complexes and solid phases with the sulphate, chlo	154
Targeting emerging cancer hallmarks by transition metal complexes: Cancer stem cells and tumor microbiome. Part I	154
Recent trends and perspectives in rhenium-based nanomaterials for sustainable applications	154
Dimensional perspectives on metal center associated electrochromism in metal-organic coordinated hybrid polymers: Unveiling electrochromic dynamics	153
Direct and indirect approaches to red-shift photoactivated nitric oxide release	153
Photothermal nanoreactors for photocatalytic solar energy conversion	151
Advances of W-based catalysts from material to electrocatalysis	151
Metal-organic frameworks for the adsorptive removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs): Comparison to activated carbon	151
Biomarker-activatable photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for photodynamic therapy	149
Photocatalytic and biological degradation processes to mineralize pharmaceutically active compounds and catalyst recovery: A review	149
Engineering functional mesoporous materials from plant polyphenol based coordination polymers	149
Metal-organic framework composites as green/sustainable catalysts	149
Specific-band electromagnetic absorbers derived from metal-organic frameworks	148
Hierarchically porous three-dimensional-ordered macro-microporous metal-organic frameworks: Design, precise synthesis, and applications	147
Recent advances in NIR-II fluorescence/photoacoustic dual-modality imaging probes	147
Recent advances in metal–organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia	146
Rare earth nanomaterials in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide	145
Spinel-type persistent luminescence nanoparticles: From mechanisms, compositions to applications	144
Lanthanide nanoparticles for near-infrared II theranostics	144
Research progress on AIE cyanostilbene-based self-assembly gels: Design, regulation and applications	143
Nanochemistry advancing photon conversion in rare-earth nanostructures for theranostics	143
Harnessing triplet excitons: Advances in luminescence metal coordination compounds	141
Binding- and activity-based small molecule fluorescent probes for the detection of Cu+, Cu2+, Fe2+ and Fe3+ in biological systems	140
Functional materials containing luminescent octahedral halide clusters of molybdenum and tungsten: Diversity of synthetic approaches and binding modes	140
A comprehensive review on metal chalcogenides with three-dimensional frameworks for infrared nonlinear optical applications	139
Recent advances on high-nuclear polyoxometalate clusters	138
Photophysical properties and photonic applications of porphyrin-based MOFs	138
Exploring recent advancements and future prospects on coordination self-assembly of the regulated lanthanide-doped luminescent supramolecular hydrogels	138
Strategies for enhancing the photothermal conversion efficiency of solar-driven interfacial evaporation	138
Small molecular cyanine dyes for phototheranostics	138
Homogeneous catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen generation	138
Editorial Board	137
Unveiling cellular mysteries: Advances in BODIPY dyes for subcellular imaging	137
Aggregation-induced emission materials-based Electrochemiluminescence emitters for sensing applications: Progress, challenges and perspectives	137
Recent advances of smart AIEgens for photoacoustic imaging and phototherapy	137
Recent progress in oxidation chemistry of high-valent ruthenium-oxo and osmium-oxo complexes and related species	137
Nanobiotechnological approaches for breast cancer Management: Drug delivery systems and 3D In-Vitro models	136
Silicon-assisted unconventional fluorescence from organosilicon materials	135
Contemporary developments in transition metal boryl complexes: An overview	134
Maneuvering cuprous oxide-based photocathodes for solar-to-fuel conversion	133
An overview on copper in industrial chemistry: From ancient pigment to modern catalysis	132
Recent advance in tailoring the structure and functions of self-assembled peptide nanomaterials for biomedical applications	132
Designing magnetic nanoparticles for in vivo applications and understanding their fate inside human body	132
Metal-organic framework-based catalysts for lithium-sulfur batteries	132
Theoretical study on the stabilities, electronic structures, and reaction and formation mechanisms of fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes	131
Transition-metal-based chalcogenides: A rich source of infrared nonlinear optical materials	130
Recent advances in functional bismuth chalcogenide nanomaterials: Cancer theranostics, antibacterial and biosensing	130
Comprehensive review on multiple mixed-anion ligands, physicochemical performances and application prospects in metal oxysulfides	130