OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Chemical Society Reviews 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
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Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	412
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	411
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	395
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	392
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	384
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	357
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	356
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	344
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	339
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	335
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Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	333
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	314
C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	308
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	305
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	304
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	300
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	299

Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	294
Mechanism of oxidative stress and neurotoxicity associated with heme and copper–Aβ relevant to Alzheimer's disease	292
Electrochemical power sources enabled by multi-ion carriers	288
Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	286
Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	285
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	282
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	282
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	280
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	277
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	276
Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	274
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	271
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	271
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	269
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	267
Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	267
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	263
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	263
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	260
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	260
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	258
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	258
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	258
Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	258
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	258
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	255
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Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	254
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Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	237
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A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	223
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Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	221
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	221
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	220
Focusing on a nickel hydrocorphinoid in a protein matrix: methane generation by methyl-coenzyme M reductase with F430 cofactor and its models	219
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	217
High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	217
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	217
Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	216
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	216

Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	215
Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	213
Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	209
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	207
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	207
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	206
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	206
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	206
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	206
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	203
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Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	203
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iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	198
Three-phase microenvironment modification by optimizing ionomer towards high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells	197
Ionomeric binders in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: roles, challenges, and advances	195
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	195
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	194
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	194
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	193
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	192
Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	192
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	192
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	190
Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	190
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	187
Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	187
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	187
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	186
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	185
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	184
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	183
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	183
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	182
PROTACs: past, present and future	182
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	180
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	179
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	178
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	176
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	174
Tailoring Cu-based small-pore zeolites towards NH₃-SCR for NO_x abatement	173
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A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	165
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	164
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	164
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	162
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	161
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	161
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	160
New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	159
High energy density lithium battery systems: from key cathode materials to pouch cell design	159
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	154
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	154
Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	154
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	153
Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	151
Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	150
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	148
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	147
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	147
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	147
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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	141
Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	140
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	140
Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	139
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	137
Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	137
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	136
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	136
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	135
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	134
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	134
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	133
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	132
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	131
Degrader-antibody conjugates	131
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	130
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	130
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	129
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	128
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	128
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	127
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	127
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	127
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	126
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	126
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	126
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	125
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	124
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	124
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Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	118
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	118
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	117
Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	117
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	117
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Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	116
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Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	114
Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	114
Reactivity descriptors for sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries: from mechanistic insights to machine learning driven catalyst design	113
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Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	112
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	112
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	112
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	111
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	110
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	110
A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	110
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	110
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	110
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	109
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	109
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	109
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	108
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	108
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	107
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	107
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	107
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	106
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	105
Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	104
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Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	104
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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	103
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Emerging applications and mechanistic insights of copper mediated electrocatalysts in organic transformations	102
Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	102
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Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	102
Sustainable decommissioning of perovskite solar cells: from waste to resources	102
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Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes	102
Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	101
Photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) – principles and implementations	101
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: the many faces of the sixth base of mammalian DNA	100
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	100
Aggregation-induced emission-active supramolecular polymers: from controlled preparation to applications	100
Enroute sustainability: metal free C–H bond functionalisation	100