OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 70. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents list	683
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	622
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	499
Biological conversion of CO ₂ for bioproduction: beyond natural limitations	494
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	487
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	444
Front cover	434
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	424
Contents list	422
Contents list	416
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	412
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO ₂ capture	398
Electrochemical power sources enabled by multi-ion carriers	397
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	391
Dynamic interfaces in metal–organic frameworks	382
Contents list	380
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	371
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	367
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	358
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	357
Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	356
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	353
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	352
Harnessing biosynthetic logic for next-generation ADC payloads	350
Front cover	350

Emerging deposition–dissolution chemistry for next-generation metal-based hybrid flow batteries: progress and perspectives	350
Mechanism of oxidative stress and neurotoxicity associated with heme and copper–Aβ relevant to Alzheimer's disease	345
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	341
Recent advances in photochemical rearrangements involving diradicals	341
Advanced Ah-level zinc metal batteries	337
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	332
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	325
Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	318
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	318
Combining quantum chemistry, machine learning and rate theory for organic luminescent materials	315
Hidden interfacial electric fields in chemistry: contact electrification and beyond	313
Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	312
Contents list	311
Correction: Functionalization of o -carboranes via carboryne intermediates	306
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	303
Back cover	301
Inside front cover	300
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	297
Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	296
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	294
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	292
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	291
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO ₂ hydrogenation processes	290
Nemo censetur ignorare legem : what research chemists should know about the EU legal framework	285
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	282
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	277
Front cover	275
Intelligent catalysis: on-demand dynamic self-optimization via responsive feedback	274
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	274
Contents list	274
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	271
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	269
Back cover	254
Contents list	253
Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	253
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	250
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	243
Chromium-activated phosphors: from theory to applications	241
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	240
Front cover	233
A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO ₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	230
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	223
Back cover	221
Contents list	213
Front cover	212
Strong exciton coupling: a practical toolbox for computing interaction energies, wavefunctions, and optical spectra	211
Molecular-level understandings and device strategies for FAPbI ₃ -based perovskite solar cells	209
Front cover	207
Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	207
How can thermoelectric coupling catalysis be applied to facilitate biomass conversion into value-added products and hydrogen?	206

Radical enzymatic peptide cyclization in natural product biosynthesis	204
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	204
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	204
Front cover	200
Contents list	199
Inside front cover	199
Front cover	198
Recent advances in cell-surface glycan engineering and its biological applications	196
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	196
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	194
AI for battery-accelerated discovery of high-voltage electrolytes for advanced lithium batteries	193
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	191
Construction of smart switchable nanoplatforms for adaptive phototheranostics	189
Heterogeneous catalytic deuteration using D ₂ O and advances in the application of deuterium labelling	187
Back cover	186
Internally and externally induced chiral hybrid metal halide materials for advanced chiroptoelectronic applications	185
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	183
Contents list	183
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	178
Recent progress in transition-metal-catalysed intermolecular saturated C(sp ³ )–N(sp ³ ) bond form	177
iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	175
Beyond single pathways: synergistic SET–EnT pathways in visible-light photochemistry	174
Back cover	172
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	171
Thermodynamics of metal–organic frameworks: from fundamentals to advanced applications	171
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	171
Three-phase microenvironment modification by optimizing ionomer towards high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells	168
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	167
Tailoring Cu-based small-pore zeolites towards NH ₃ -SCR for NO _x	167
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	166
Electrocatalytic amine dehydrogenation as a green route to nitriles: precise construction of efficient catalysts and mechanism	166
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO ₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	165
Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	163
Ionomeric binders in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: roles, challenges, and advances	163
Front cover	162
Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	161
A unified quantum rate theory of electron transfer: conceptual advances in quantum electrochemistry	161
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	161
Front cover	161
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C _{sp ³} –H b	160
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	160
Advances in artificial cells capable of metabolic mimicry: from fundamentals to applications	160
Back cover	159
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	159
Contents list	158
Back cover	157
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	156
Formation of active sites in copper-exchanged zeolites for the direct methane-to-methanol conversion	156
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	156
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO ₂ detection	156
Recent advances in atomically precise metal nanoclusters for photothermal conversion	156
Multi-level structural modulation enables fast lithium-ion transport in inorganic solid-state batteries	155
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	155
High energy density lithium battery systems: from key cathode materials to pouch cell design	155
Inside back cover	155
Contents list	154
Contents list	154
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	154
Contents list	153
Contents list	153
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	152
A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	152
Contents list	152
Chemical management of phytopathogenic bacteria: emerging compounds, molecular targets and outlook	150
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	149
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	148
Catalytic redox-neutral carboxylation with CO ₂	147
Front cover	146
Back cover	145
Inside front cover	145
Contents list	143
Inside front cover	142
Back cover	142
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	141
Selective carbon–carbon bond cleavage involving alkene moieties	140
Multifunctional nanomaterials for dental photo-theranostics	139
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	139
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	138
Engineering MXene surfaces and heterostructure interfaces for efficient heterogeneous catalysis	137
Chemical insights on covalent organic frameworks for ferroptosis and pyroptosis in cancer	137

Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	135
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	134
Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 1: synthetic frontiers	134
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	134
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	133
Synthetic receptors for steroids: from molecular recognition to biomedical functions	133
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	133
Small molecule helical emitters	132
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	132
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	132
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	131
Front cover	131
Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	130
Contents list	130
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	130
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	130
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	128
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	127
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	127
Front cover	126
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	125
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	124
Inside front cover	124
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	124
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	124
Back cover	124
Designing rare-earth-based nanoalloys for advanced catalysis: trends, challenges, and perspectives	123
Engineering coordination bonds for bioinspired responsive polymers	123
Front cover	123
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	122
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	122
Supramolecular catalysis with emerging, functional organic macrocycles and cages	122
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	122
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	121
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	121
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	121
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	120
Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp ³ )–H bond functionalization reactions	120
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	119
Reactivity descriptors for sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries: from mechanistic insights to machine learning driven catalyst design	119
Contents list	119
Ternary organic solar cells: optimizing the third components	118
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	118
Progress of surface-modified inorganic phosphors for performance improvement: from methods to applications	118
Contents list	118
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	118
Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	118
Front cover	117
Front cover	117
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	117
Correction: From solar cells to memristors: halide perovskites as a platform for neuromorphic electronics	116
Machine learning-driven molecular engineering of nucleic acids	116
Inside front cover	116
The sustainability of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction	115
Back cover	115
Inside back cover	114
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	114
Front cover	114
Front cover	113
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	113
Front cover	113
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	112
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	112
Contents list	111
Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	111
Molecularly engineered zeolites with extra-large-pore architectures and functional opportunities	111
Emerging applications and mechanistic insights of copper mediated electrocatalysts in organic transformations	110
Enroute sustainability: metal free C–H bond functionalisation	110
Aggregation-induced emission-active supramolecular polymers: from controlled preparation to applications	110
Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes	110
Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	110
Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	110
Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification	109
Contents list	109
Front cover	108
Back cover	108
Photoswitchable imaging contrast agents as an emerging frontier in precision bioimaging	108
% V _Bur index and steric maps: from predictive catalysis to machine learning	108
Multicolour luminescence phenomena of vibration-induced emission	107
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: the many faces of the sixth base of mammalian DNA	106
Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	105
Inside front cover	105
Ion transport mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks: implications for technology	105
Routes to high-performance layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries	105
Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application	104
Structural codes of organic electrode materials for rechargeable multivalent metal batteries	103
Circularly polarized luminescence in chiral hybrid metal halides	103
A guide for the characterization of organic electrochemical transistors and channel materials	103
Front cover	102
Sustainable decommissioning of perovskite solar cells: from waste to resources	102
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	102
Modulation of engineered nanomaterial interactions with organ barriers for enhanced drug transport	102
Optical probes for bioimaging of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their applications in cancer immunotherapy	102
Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation	101
Near-infrared metal agents assisting precision medicine: from strategic design to bioimaging and therapeutic applications	101