OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 60. 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
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	1048
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Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	551
Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	417
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Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	368
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C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	333
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	301
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	291
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	291
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	286
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	279
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	275
Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	271
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	266
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	265
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	265
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	264
Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	261
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	256
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	251

Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	246
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	245
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	244
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	232
Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	231
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	231
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	229
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	229
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	226
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	222
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	222
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	218
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	217
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	216
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	215
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	211
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	210
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	204
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	203
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	203
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	202
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	200
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High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	192
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Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	190
Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	190
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Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	180
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	179
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	179
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	175
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	174
Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	173
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	172
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	172
Focusing on a nickel hydrocorphinoid in a protein matrix: methane generation by methyl-coenzyme M reductase with F430 cofactor and its models	172
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	170
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	170
Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	170
Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	170
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	170
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	169

Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	168
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	167
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	167
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	166
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	164
Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	162
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	161
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Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	160
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iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	158
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	157
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Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	157
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	155
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	154
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	153
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	152
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	151
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	149
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	148
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	148
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	148
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	148
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	148
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	146
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	146
Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	145
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	145
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PROTACs: past, present and future	143
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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	137
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A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	135
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The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	133
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	131
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	129
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	129
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	128
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	128
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	128
New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	126
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	126
Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	126
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	125
Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	125
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	125
Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	124
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	124
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	123
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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	115
Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	113
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	113
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	112
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	112
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	112
Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	111
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	110
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	110
Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	109
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	108
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	108
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	108
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	108

Degrader-antibody conjugates	108
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	106
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	105
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	105
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	103
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	103
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	103
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	102
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	102
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	102
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	102
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	101
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	101
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	101
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Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	99
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Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	95
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Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	94
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	94
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	93
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	93
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	93
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	93
A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	92
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	92
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	92
Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	92
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	91
Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	91
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	91
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	90
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	90
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	90
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	90
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	90
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	89
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	89
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	89
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	88
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	88
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	88
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	87
Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	86
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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	85
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Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	84
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Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	83
Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification	83
Structural codes of organic electrode materials for rechargeable multivalent metal batteries	83
Photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) – principles and implementations	83
Modulation of engineered nanomaterial interactions with organ barriers for enhanced drug transport	83
Indium arsenide quantum dots: an alternative to lead-based infrared emitting nanomaterials	83
Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	83
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	82
Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry: mechanistic tools for organic electrosynthesis	82
Ion transport mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks: implications for technology	82
Enroute sustainability: metal free C–H bond functionalisation	82
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-, covalent-organic framework (COF)-, and porous-organic polymers (POP)-catalyzed selective C–H bond activation and functionalization reactions	82
A guide for the characterization of organic electrochemical transistors and channel materials	82
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: the many faces of the sixth base of mammalian DNA	81
Calcium carbonate: controlled synthesis, surface functionalization, and nanostructured materials	81
%V_Bur index and steric maps: from predictive catalysis to machine learning	80
Biocatalysis making waves in organic chemistry	80
Nanostructured perovskites for nonvolatile memory devices	80
Recent advances in zinc-ion dehydration strategies for optimized Zn–metal batteries	80
The route for commercial photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of large-area devices and key upscaling challenges	79
Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application	79
Routes to high-performance layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries	79
Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation	78
Near-infrared metal agents assisting precision medicine: from strategic design to bioimaging and therapeutic applications	76
Aggregation-induced emission-active supramolecular polymers: from controlled preparation to applications	76
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