OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Chemistry is 79. 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
General synthesis of single-atom catalysts with high metal loading using graphene quantum dots	441
Ethylene/ethane separation in a stable hydrogen-bonded organic framework through a gating mechanism	327
Deciphering how naturally occurring sequence features impact the phase behaviours of disordered prion-like domains	305
Best practices in machine learning for chemistry	300
A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	292
Metal–organic frameworks embedded in a liposome facilitate overall photocatalytic water splitting	208
Mechanochemical bond scission for the activation of drugs	198
SARS-CoV-2 simulations go exascale to predict dramatic spike opening and cryptic pockets across the proteome	195
Phase-separating peptides for direct cytosolic delivery and redox-activated release of macromolecular therapeutics	180
Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin	168
Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures	165
Challenges to developing materials for the transport and storage of hydrogen	164
Multistep enzyme cascades as a route towards green and sustainable pharmaceutical syntheses	161
Improving the efficiency of CO2 electrolysis by using a bipolar membrane with a weak-acid cation exchange layer	160
Olefin metathesis-based chemically recyclable polymers enabled by fused-ring monomers	157
Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of non-activated alkyl electrophiles via nickel hydride catalysis	154
A proteome-wide atlas of lysine-reactive chemistry	143
A biologically stable DNAzyme that efficiently silences gene expression in cells	139
Predator–prey interactions between droplets driven by non-reciprocal oil exchange	139
Synthesis of bilayer borophene	139
Aromatic hydrocarbon belts	138
A short peptide synthon for liquid–liquid phase separation	137
A catalytic alkene insertion approach to bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane bioisosteres	130
Enzyme-mediated nitric oxide production in vasoactive erythrocyte membrane-enclosed coacervate protocells	127
Switching on prodrugs using radiotherapy	125

Decarboxylative cross-nucleophile coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoexcitation of Cu(ii) carboxylates	124
Charge transfer driven by ultrafast spin transition in a CoFe Prussian blue analogue	121
Screening and characterization of a diverse panel of metagenomic imine reductases for biocatalytic reductive amination	121
Photoacoustic imaging of elevated glutathione in models of lung cancer for companion diagnostic applications	121
Asymmetric, visible light-mediated radical sulfinyl-Smiles rearrangement to access all-carbon quaternary stereocentres	121
Manganese-catalysed divergent silylation of alkenes	118
Tailored self-assembled photocatalytic nanofibres for visible-light-driven hydrogen production	118
Metabolic glycan labelling for cancer-targeted therapy	117
A three-shell supramolecular complex enables the symmetry-mismatched chemo- and regioselective bis-functionalization of C60	117
Manganese(i) complexes with metal-to-ligand charge transfer luminescence and photoreactivity	117
Large magnetic exchange coupling in rhombus-shaped nanographenes with zigzag periphery	115
The photochemical reaction of phenol becomes ultrafast at the air–water interface	115
Cellular uptake of large biomolecules enabled by cell-surface-reactive cell-penetrating peptide additives	114
Efficient room-temperature phosphorescence of covalent organic frameworks through covalent halogen doping	111
Synthesis of a zigzag carbon nanobelt	110
Competition between chiral solvents and chiral monomers in the helical bias of supramolecular polymers	108
A general arene C–H functionalization strategy via electron donor–acceptor complex photoactivation	106
Dissipative DNA nanotechnology	105
Towards high-performance sustainable polymers via isomerization-driven irreversible ring-opening polymerization of five-membered thionolactones	105
Site-selective tyrosine bioconjugation via photoredox catalysis for native-to-bioorthogonal protein transformation	100
Single crystals of mechanically entwined helical covalent polymers	99
Partitioning the interlayer space of covalent organic frameworks by embedding pseudorotaxanes in their backbones	98
SuFExable polymers with helical structures derived from thionyl tetrafluoride	98
Chemical profiling of DNA G-quadruplex-interacting proteins in live cells	97
Recyclable and malleable thermosets enabled by activating dormant dynamic linkages	97
Asymmetric dearomatization catalysed by chiral Brønsted acids via activation of ynamides	96
A versatile approach for the synthesis of degradable polymers via controlled ring-opening metathesis copolymerization	95
Self-assembly of polyoxometalate clusters into two-dimensional clusterphene structures featuring hexagonal pores	94
A molecular endless (74) knot	94
Selection of DNA-encoded chemical libraries against endogenous membrane proteins on live cells	94
Integrating programmable DNAzymes with electrical readout for rapid and culture-free bacterial detection using a handheld platform	94
Photochemical single-step synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives from alkenes and (hetero)arenes	93
Tunable acetylene sorption by flexible catenated metal–organic frameworks	92
Halogen-bond-assisted radical activation of glycosyl donors enables mild and stereoconvergent 1,2-cis-glycosylation	91
A photosensitizer–polyoxometalate dyad that enables the decoupling of light and dark reactions for delayed on-demand solar hydrogen production	91
Bottom-up fabrication of a proteasome–nanopore that unravels and processes single proteins	90
Nitrene-mediated intermolecular N–N coupling for efficient synthesis of hydrazides	90
An intramolecular coupling approach to alkyl bioisosteres for the synthesis of multisubstituted bicycloalkyl boronates	89
Oxidation of sulfur dioxide by nitrogen dioxide accelerated at the interface of deliquesced aerosol particles	89
On-surface photopolymerization of two-dimensional polymers ordered on the mesoscale	89
Low-temperature liquid platinum catalyst	89
Correlating ligand-to-metal charge transfer with voltage hysteresis in a Li-rich rock-salt compound exhibiting anionic redox	88
Reagentless biomolecular analysis using a molecular pendulum	87
Tricyclic cell-penetrating peptides for efficient delivery of functional antibodies into cancer cells	85
In situ multiscale probing of the synthesis of a Ni-rich layered oxide cathode reveals reaction heterogeneity driven by competing kinetic pathways	84
Supercrystal engineering of atomically precise gold nanoparticles promoted by surface dynamics	83
In situ electrochemical recomposition of decomposed redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries	82
Melting of hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites	82
Evolution of dynamical networks enhances catalysis in a designer enzyme	82
Mechanism-based ligand design for copper-catalysed enantioconvergent C(sp3)–C(sp) cross-coupling of tertiary electrophiles with alkynes	81

A directive Ni catalyst overrides conventional site selectivity in pyridine C–H alkenylation	81
Scalable and selective deuteration of (hetero)arenes	80
Dynamic covalent self-assembly of mechanically interlocked molecules solely made from peptides	80
Exploiting the sp2 character of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl radicals in the transition-metal-free multi-component difunctionalization of [1.1.1]propellane	79
Chemical fuels for molecular machinery	79