OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Chemical Society Reviews is 23. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	775
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Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	394
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	386
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	377
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	358
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	343
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	335
Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	330
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	327
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	327
Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	326
Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	321
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	303
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	302
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Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	294
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	293
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	291

Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	278
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	278
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	275
C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	275
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	274
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	274
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	274
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	272
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	266
Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	265
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	260
Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	259
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	258
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	257
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	254
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	253
Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	249
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	249
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	249
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	248
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	247
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	246
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	245
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	245
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	244
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Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	235
Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	230
Focusing on a nickel hydrocorphinoid in a protein matrix: methane generation by methyl-coenzyme M reductase with F430 cofactor and its models	229
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	226
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Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	212
A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	211
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Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	209
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	207
Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	207
Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	207
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	206
High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	205
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	204

Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	202
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	201
Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	200
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	199
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	199
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	198
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	198
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	196
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Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	194
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Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	192
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iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	191
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	189
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	188
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	188
Tailoring Cu-based small-pore zeolites towards NH₃-SCR for NO_x abatement	186
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	185
Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	185
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	184
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	184
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	184
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	184
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	184
PROTACs: past, present and future	183
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	183
Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	180
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	180
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	179
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	178
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	175
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	175
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	174
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	173
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	173
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	171
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	171
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A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	159
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	159
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	158
New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	158
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	158
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	157
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	151
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	151
Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	150
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	150
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	149
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	149
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	149
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	146
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	145
Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	144
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	143
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Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	143
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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	135
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	134
Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	132
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	132
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	132

Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	131
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	131
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	131
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	129
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	129
Degrader-antibody conjugates	128
Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	128
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	128
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	127
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	127
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	126
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	125
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	125
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	125
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	124
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	124
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	123
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	123
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	123
Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	123
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	122
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	122
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	121
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	121
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Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	115
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Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	113
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A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	112
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	112
Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	111
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	111
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	111
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	111
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	110
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	110
Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	109
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	109
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	108
Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	108
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	108
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	107
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	107
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	107
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	106
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	106
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	105
Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	105
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	105
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	104
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	104
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	103
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	102
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	102
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	101
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Reactivity descriptors for sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries: from mechanistic insights to machine learning driven catalyst design	101
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Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	100
Emerging applications and mechanistic insights of copper mediated electrocatalysts in organic transformations	100
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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	99
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Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	98
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Structural codes of organic electrode materials for rechargeable multivalent metal batteries	98
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Enroute sustainability: metal free C–H bond functionalisation	98
Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	98
Sustainable decommissioning of perovskite solar cells: from waste to resources	97
Indium arsenide quantum dots: an alternative to lead-based infrared emitting nanomaterials	97
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	97
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: the many faces of the sixth base of mammalian DNA	96
Ion transport mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks: implications for technology	96
Photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) – principles and implementations	95
Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes	95
Nanostructured perovskites for nonvolatile memory devices	95
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-, covalent-organic framework (COF)-, and porous-organic polymers (POP)-catalyzed selective C–H bond activation and functionalization reactions	94
Modulation of engineered nanomaterial interactions with organ barriers for enhanced drug transport	94
Calcium carbonate: controlled synthesis, surface functionalization, and nanostructured materials	94