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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in catalysis using Xantphos-like ligands; simplicity goes a long way	579
Advancements in ruthenium-based sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells - from structural tailoring to AI-ML	498
Nanoparticles and quantum dots as emerging optical sensing platforms for Ni(II) detection: Recent approaches and perspectives	461
Recent progress in the design of IR nonlinear optical materials by partial chemical substitution: Structural evolution and performance optimization	441
Recent progress in separation of technetium-99 from spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. Challenges and prospects	368
Modulating zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 and its derivatives as advanced oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts	361
Integrating DNA nanostructures with DNAzymes for biosensing, bioimaging and cancer therapy	344
Helical self-assemblies of molecule-like coinage metal nanoclusters and their emerging applications	341
Coordination structure engineering of single atoms derived from MOFs for Electrocatalysis	333
Recent advances in organelle-targeted organic photosensitizers for efficient photodynamic therapy	329
Emerging porous solids for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic seawater splitting	327
Prospects for magnesium ion batteries: A compreshensive materials review	321
Recent advances of bimetallic nanoclusters with atomic precision for catalytic applications	313
What happens when graphdiyne encounters doping for electrochemical energy conversion and storage	311
Human transferrin: An inorganic biochemistry perspective	291
Perspectives and challenges in circularly polarized luminescence of lanthanide(III) complexes: From solution-based systems to solid-state applications	287
Nitrogen-doped carbon-based single-atom Fe catalysts: Synthesis, properties, and applications in advanced oxidation processes	278
Electronic structure modulation in Prussian blue and its analogs: Progress and challenges in perspective of energy-related catalysis	277
Overview of Wells-Dawson Polyoxometalates: from structure and functionalization to application	275
Metal-organic frameworks with different dimensionalities: An ideal host platform for enzyme@MOF composites	261
Enzymatic reaction-modulated in-situ formation of nanomaterials and their applications in colorimetric and fluorescent sensing	255
Chemometric models for data processing in quantum dots-based photoluminescence methodologies	250
Chiral-at-iron compounds with phosphanes	244
Utilizing the metal coordination and supramolecular chemistry of macrocycles to tackle medicinal issues	242
Greenhouse sulfur hexafluoride gas capture and separation using emerging porous solids	242

Recent advances and future perspectives on rare-earth-based nonlinear optical materials with π-conjugated [XO3] (X = B, C, N) units	240
A new avenue for the preparation of organoboron compounds via nickel catalysis	236
Layered metal phosphonates: Structures and properties	236
A comprehensive compendium of literature of 1,8-Naphthalimide based chemosensors from 2017 to 2021	234
Optical functional nanomaterials for cancer photoimmunotherapy	229
MXenes-based nanomaterials for biosensing and biomedicine	227
Tailoring metal complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands using Electron-Withdrawing Groups: Impact on catalytic activity and property development	225
Boronic acid-assisted detection of bacterial pathogens: Applications and perspectives	223
Towards Prussian blue analogues-based advanced aqueous batteries: From facing critical challenges to feasible solutions	223
Material challenges in green hydrogen ecosystem	221
Squaraine-based NIR dyes for phototheranostics	220
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	218
Marine polysaccharide-based hydrogels for critical materials selective removal and recovery: A review	215
Diagnosis of neurological and non-neurological disorders via bimodal/multimodal imaging with lanthanide based nanoparticles	214
Solid-State nanopore DNA Sequencing: Advances, challenges and prospects	214
Stability strategies for perovskite solar cells: From counter electrode materials aspect	211
Nano-engineered fiber-based sensing frontiers: Revolutionizing on-site pesticide detection for global food-environment nexus challenges	211
Copper-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction	210
The universal zeolite ZSM-5: Structure and synthesis strategies. A review	208
Chemically stable Cr-based metal-organic frameworks: Preparation, functionalization, and applications in catalysis in liquid-phase and proton conductivity	208
Recent advances in augmenting Fenton chemistry of nanoplatforms for enhanced chemodynamic therapy	204
AIEgen-functionalized nanoprobes and nanomedicines for cancer diagnosis and therapy	204
Confinement strategies for the design of efficient heterogeneous Fenton-like catalysts: From nano-space to atomic scale	203
Advances in bismuth utilization for biomedical applications – From a bibliometric perspective	201
Photoelectrochemical biosensing platforms for tumor marker detection	199
Progress in host–guest macrocycle/pesticide research: Recognition, detection, release and application	197
MOFs-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts	196
Multimodal synergistic ferroptosis cancer therapy	191
A comprehensive review on the synthesis of ferrite nanomaterials via bottom-up and top-down approaches advantages, disadvantages, characterizations and computational insights	191
Circularly polarized luminescence polymers: From design to applications	190
Metal-organic frameworks for electrochemical glucose sensors: progress and challenges	190
Free radical as a double-edged sword in disease: Deriving strategic opportunities for nanotherapeutics	185
Recent advances in carbon-based material/semiconductor composite photoelectrocatalysts: Synthesis, improvement strategy, and organic pollutant removal	185
Versatile roles of silver in Ag-based nanoalloys for antibacterial applications	185
Cucurbit[n]uril-based supramolecular hydrogels: Synthesis, properties and applications	184
Metal- and covalent organic frameworks as catalyst for organic transformation: Comparative overview and future perspectives	184
Nanomaterial-enabled portable paper-based colorimetric and fluorometric devices: Progress in point-of-care diagnosis	184
Layered bismuth-based photocatalysts	183
Transformative breakthrough in cancer phototheranostics utilizing bioinspired chemistry of polydopamine-based multifunctional nanostructures	182
Advances in reticular materials for sustainable rare earth element recovery	180
Book review	179
Theoretical insights into performance descriptors and their impact on activity optimization strategies for cobalt-based electrocatalysts	179
Rational design of NiMn-based electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors	179
Side-group switching between metal-to-ligand charge-transfer and metal-centered excited state properties in iron(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes	178
Editorial Board	178
Targeting emerging cancer hallmarks by transition metal complexes: Cancer stem cells and tumor microbiome. Part I	177
Editorial Board	176
Immobilization strategies for heterogeneous catalysts in micro flow chemistry: Key techniques for efficient and sustainable chemical transformations	175
Spinel-type persistent luminescence nanoparticles: From mechanisms, compositions to applications	173
Corrigendum to “Redox-responsive inorganic fluorescent nanoprobes for serodiagnosis and bioimaging” [Coord. Chem. Rev. 509 (2024) 215817]	173

Design strategies and optical applications of two-dimensional reticular framework nanosheet composites: A review	173
Photothermal nanoreactors for photocatalytic solar energy conversion	172
Metal-organic frameworks for the adsorptive removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs): Comparison to activated carbon	172
Harnessing triplet excitons: Advances in luminescence metal coordination compounds	171
Research progress on AIE cyanostilbene-based self-assembly gels: Design, regulation and applications	169
Rare earth nanomaterials in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide	168
Corrigendum to “Molybdenum and vanadium homocitrates and their homologs — towards the local environments and protonations of FeMo/V-cofactors in nitrogenases” [Coord. Chem. Rev. 505 (2024) 215662]	168
Lanthanide nanoparticles for near-infrared II theranostics	166
Hydrolytic nanozymes: Classification, activity regulation, and applications in sensing and degradation of environmental pollutants	166
Direct and indirect approaches to red-shift photoactivated nitric oxide release	165
Binding- and activity-based small molecule fluorescent probes for the detection of Cu+, Cu2+, Fe2+ and Fe3+ in biological systems	164
Hierarchically porous three-dimensional-ordered macro-microporous metal-organic frameworks: Design, precise synthesis, and applications	164
Homogeneous catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen generation	163
Decoration and utilization of a special class of metal–organic frameworks containing the fluorine moiety	162
Macromolecules incorporating transition metals in the treatment and detection of cancer and infectious diseases: Progress over the last decade	160
“Template synthesis” of discrete metal clusters with two- or three-dimensional architectures	159
Oxo/imido heterometathesis: From molecular stoichiometric studies to well-defined heterogeneous catalysts	159
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	159
Coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks based on paddlewheel-type dirhodium(II) tetracarboxylates	159
Functional materials containing luminescent octahedral halide clusters of molybdenum and tungsten: Diversity of synthetic approaches and binding modes	158
Nanochemistry advancing photon conversion in rare-earth nanostructures for theranostics	156
Recent trends and perspectives in rhenium-based nanomaterials for sustainable applications	156
Nanomaterials-driven innovative electrochemiluminescence aptasensors in reporting food pollutants	155
Recent advances on high-nuclear polyoxometalate clusters	155
Recent advances in metal–organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia	155
Biomarker-activatable photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for photodynamic therapy	154
Exploring recent advancements and future prospects on coordination self-assembly of the regulated lanthanide-doped luminescent supramolecular hydrogels	153
Recent advances in NIR-II fluorescence/photoacoustic dual-modality imaging probes	151
Host–Guest chemistry based on solid-state pillar[n]arenes	151
Applications and advantages of MOFs-based triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered system	151
Dimensional perspectives on metal center associated electrochromism in metal-organic coordinated hybrid polymers: Unveiling electrochromic dynamics	148
Stimuli-responsive smart nanomaterials for theranostics of urological cancers	148
Photophysical properties and photonic applications of porphyrin-based MOFs	148
Small molecular cyanine dyes for phototheranostics	147
Extracellular vesicles as nanomaterial carriers: Endowing superior targeting capability and biosafety	146
Recent advances and prospective strategies for improving the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators	145
Specific-band electromagnetic absorbers derived from metal-organic frameworks	140
Photocatalytic and biological degradation processes to mineralize pharmaceutically active compounds and catalyst recovery: A review	139
Advances of W-based catalysts from material to electrocatalysis	139
Mixed component metal-organic frameworks: Heterogeneity and complexity at the service of application performances	137
A comprehensive review on metal chalcogenides with three-dimensional frameworks for infrared nonlinear optical applications	137
Reducing defects: A review of preparation, doping and surface modification of nickel oxide	137
Advances in copper nanocrystals: Synthesis, anti-oxidation strategies, and multiple applications	137
Strategies for enhancing the photothermal conversion efficiency of solar-driven interfacial evaporation	134
Supported Noyori-Ikariya catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenations and related tandem reactions	134
Functional graphitic carbon (IV) nitride: A versatile sensing material	134
Engineering functional mesoporous materials from plant polyphenol based coordination polymers	133
Multifunctionality of lanthanide-based luminescent hybrid materials	132
Homogeneous and heterogeneous dendrimer-based catalysts for Csp2-Csp2 and Csp2-Csp cross-coupling reactions	132
Bridging the gap between theory and treatment: Transition metal complexes as successful candidates in medicine	131
Editorial Board	131
Editorial Board	131
Editorial Board	131
Editorial Board	131
Harnessing the potential of porous MOF/COF@wood composites for pollution reduction and green energy	130
Bacteria-assisted metal antitumor immunotherapy	130