OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of South African Journal of Chemistry-Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Chemie is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Green Synthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles using Populus ciliata Leaves Extract and their Potential Antibacterial Applications	12
Evaluation of Bitter Kola Leaf Extract as an Anticorrosion Additive for Mild Steel in 1.2 M H2SO4 Electrolyte	12
Synthesis, characterisation and optimisation of bulk molecularly imprinted polymers from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs	7
Micellar and Polymer Catalysis in the Kinetics of Oxidation of L-lysine by Permanganate Ion in Perchloric Acid Medium	7
Effects of calcination temperature of eggshell-derived CaO as a catalyst for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil	6
The analysis of alcohol content in hand sanitisers (in the Durban region) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Occurrence and Fate of Amoxicillin and Penicillin G Antibiotics in Hospital Wastewater Treatment Plants: A Case Study - Gonbad Kavous, Iran	6
Catalytic hydrogen combustion using platinum supported on anodized aluminium oxide adhered to metallic aluminium	4
Optimization and Kinetic Modelling of Total Phenols and Flavonoids Extraction from Tilia cordata M. Flowers	4
DFT+U Study of the Electronic, Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of Co, CoO, and Co3O4	4
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New Chromenes and Chromeno[2,3-d] pyrimidines	4
Evaluating the influence of interactive simulations on learners' academic performance in stoichiometry	4
The use of ex-situ nitrogen-doped olive oil-derived carbon nano-onions for application in chemi-resistive gas sensors to detect acetone at room temperature	4
Vortex-assisted Solid-Liquid Extraction for Rapid Screening of Oil Content in Jatropha Seed: an Alternative to the Modified Soxhlet Method	3
Occurrence of selected pharmaceuticals in wastewater and sludge samples from wastewater treatment plants in Eastern Cape province of South Africa	3
H-FER-Catalyzed Conversion of Methanol to Ethanol and Dimethyl Ether: a First-Principles DFT Study	3
Density Functional Theory Study of the Adsorption of Oxygen and Hydrogen on 3d Transition Metal Surfaces with Varying Magnetic Ordering	2
Controlling the Lithium Intercalation Voltage in the Li(Mn1-xNix)2O4 Spinel via Tuning of the Ni Concentration: a Density Functional Theory Study	2
Competitive Adsorption of H2O and SO2 on Catalytic Platinum Surfaces: a Density Functional Theory Study	2
A journey of 10 years in analytical method development and environmental monitoring of pharmaceuticals in South African waters	2
Potentiometrie and spectroscopic study of isoniazid - an anti-tubercular drug	2
Catalytic Hydrogenation of Sorbic Acid using Pyrazolyl Palladium(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes as Precatalysts	2
Lipidomic Profile of Rhodotorula toruloides by GC/MS and Antioxidant Capacity of the Oil by DPPH and TLC-Plate Methods	2
Mononuclear discrete Ag(I) complexes of aryl substituted (E)-N-phenyl-1-(pyridin-3-yl)methanimine: In vitro biological activities and interactions with biomolecules	2
Pollution assessment of antimony in shooting range soils	2

The simultaneous synthesis of carbon dots and carbon spheres with tunable sizes using a vertical chemical vapour deposition method	1
Attitudes to science when doing kitchen chemistry at science clubs	1
Molecular docking, dynamics, and quantum chemical study of vanillylacetone and beta-hydroxy ketone derivatives against Mpro of SARS-CoV-2	1
Study of 'Fingerprints' for Green Tea from Different Planting Areas in Eastern China	1
Optimization of Silica Extraction from Diatomaceous Earth using the Central Composite Design of Response Surface Methodology	1
Effervescence assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for spectrophotometry determination of chromium (VI) in water, tannery effluent, milk, and orange juice samples	1
Thermodynamics of the Atomic Distribution in Pt3Pd2, Pt2Pd3 and their Corresponding (111) Surfaces	1
Utilisation of bis-chloroacetamide derivative in the synthesis of new biologically active sulfide compounds	1
Cu(II) catalyzed oxidation of L-phenylalanine by hexacyanoferrate(III) in cationic micellar medium	1
Degradation of o-Chloranil Using Nanocrystalline-Cellulose/TiO2 Composites via a Solar Photocatalytic Route	1
Bioaccumulation and Human Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus Fish Species from the Golinga Reservoir, Ghana	1
Truncated Edge Cuprous Oxide Cube Architecture for Reduction of Nitrophenols	1
The Carbonate-catalyzed Transesterification of Sunflower Oil for Biodiesel Production: in situ Monitoring and Density Functional Theory Calculations	1
Comparison of laser nephelometric and HPLC techniques for efficient determination of solubility of ibuprofen and its 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex	1
Quantum Chemistry of Cocaine and its Isomers I: Energetics, Reactivity and Solvation	1
A detailed investigation of the structural stability, ionic conductivity and in situ δ-phase formation of YxBi2xO3	1