OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 78. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	457
Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	444
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Advanced Ah-level zinc metal batteries	412
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	391
Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	372
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	364
Mechanism of oxidative stress and neurotoxicity associated with heme and copper–Aβ relevant to Alzheimer's disease	359
Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	357
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	356
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	355
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	342
Combining quantum chemistry, machine learning and rate theory for organic luminescent materials	336
Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	334
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	331
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	323
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	323

C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	320
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	318
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	317
Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	310
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	308
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	307
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	306
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	305
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	301
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	298
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	297
Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	296
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	296
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	294
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	286
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	284
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	282
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	282
Electrochemical power sources enabled by multi-ion carriers	282
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	281
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	280
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	279
Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	278
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	278
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	277
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	275
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	275
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	275
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	272
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The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	270
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A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	250
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Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	245
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	245
Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	245
Molecular-level understandings and device strategies for FAPbI ₃ -based perovskite solar cells	243
Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	240
Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	237
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	235

Focusing on a nickel hydrocorphinoid in a protein matrix: methane generation by methyl-coenzyme M reductase with F430 cofactor and its models	235
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	231
Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	229
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	228
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	227
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	224
High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	223
Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	223
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	219
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	219
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	219
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	218
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	218
Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	217
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	217
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Ionomeric binders in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: roles, challenges, and advances	209
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iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	207
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Three-phase microenvironment modification by optimizing ionomer towards high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells	207
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	206
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	206
Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	205
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	204
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	203
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	203
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	201
Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	200
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	200
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	199
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	199
Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	199
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	198
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	198
Tailoring Cu-based small-pore zeolites towards NH₃-SCR for NO_x abatement	198
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	198
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	197
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	197
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	194
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	193
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	193
PROTACs: past, present and future	192
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	191
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	190
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	190
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Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	181
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	180
High energy density lithium battery systems: from key cathode materials to pouch cell design	178
Catalytic redox-neutral carboxylation with CO ₂	178
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	176
Multi-level structural modulation enables fast lithium-ion transport in inorganic solid-state batteries	175
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	173
A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	170
New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	170
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	170
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	169
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	169
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	168
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	167
Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	166
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	165
Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	161
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	160
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	160
Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	157
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	155

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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	149
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Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	147
Multifunctional nanomaterials for dental photo-theranostics	147
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Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 1: synthetic frontiers	146
Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	146
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	145
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	145
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	144
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	144
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	144
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	143
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	143
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	142
Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	141
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	141
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	141
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	140
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	138
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	138
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	138
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	137
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	136
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	136
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	136
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	135
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	135
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	132
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	132
Degrader-antibody conjugates	132
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	130
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	130
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Supramolecular catalysis with emerging, functional organic macrocycles and cages	124
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Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	123
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	123
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	122
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Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	122
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	122
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	122
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	122
Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	121
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	121
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	121
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	120
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	119
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	119
Reactivity descriptors for sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries: from mechanistic insights to machine learning driven catalyst design	118
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	118
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	118
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	117
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	117
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	117
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	117
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	117
Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	116
Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	116
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	116
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	115
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	115
Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	115
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	114
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	114
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A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	113
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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	110
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Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes	109