OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 128. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to “Photochemical Reductive Carboxylation of N-Benzoyl Imines with Oxalate Accelerated by Formation of EDA Complexes”	393
Correction to “Influence of Carbon Support on the Pyrolysis of Cobalt Phthalocyanine for the Efficient Electroreduction of CO₂”	343
Correction to “Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products”	325
Issue Editorial Masthead	320
Issue Publication Information	295
Issue Editorial Masthead	289
Issue Publication Information	286
Issue Editorial Masthead	279
Programmable Enzymatic Toolbox for the Assembly of Fucosylated Chondroitin Derivatives	277
Robust Bio-derived Polyoxometalate Hybrid for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic C(sp³)–H Bonds	269
“Cesium Effect”-Mediated/Controlled Divergent Synthesis via Synergistic Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions	261
Issue Editorial Masthead	258
Keep the Ligands: Potential Benefits for Fuel Cell Performance	258
A Bio-Photo/Electro Hybrid Catalytic Cell for Biomass Valorization Coupled with NADH-Driven Enzymatic Synthesis	256
Correction to “To Alloy or Not to Alloy? The Unexpected Power of Pd–Au Catalyst Physical Mixtures in Efficient HMF Oxidation to FDCA”	253
Coordination Tailoring of Epitaxial Perovskite-Derived Iron Oxide Films for Efficient Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis	253
Assessing and Quantifying Thermodynamically Concomitant Degradation during Oxygen Evolution from Water on SrTiO₃	247
Nonlinear Acid Promotion of Oxidation Reactions by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Aqua Complexes	242
“Anion-Switchable” Pincer-Mn(I) Catalyst for the Reductive N-Methylation of Amines with Formic Acid and CO₂	241
Manganese-Catalyzed Atroposelective Hydrophosphination of Alkynes To Access Vinylphosphine Atropisomers	236
Tunable Surface Cation Arrangements in Ir _x Ru _1–	236
Durable CO-Assisted Ethane-to-Ethanol Oxidation in Water over Platinum–Titanium Nanoalloys Formed via Strong Metal–Support Interaction	231
Fe(III)–H₂O₂ as an Alternative Oxidant for Catalytic Sulfoxidation in Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Combined Theoretical and Experimental Evidence	225
Hydrogen Adsorption, Reactivity, and Catalysis on Colloidal Iron Carbide Nanoparticles	220
Controlled Synthesis of Palladium Phosphides with Tunable Crystal Phases and Their Sulfur-Tolerant Performance	216

Sn-Beta Zeolite-Catalyzed Sugar Transformation Mechanisms into Key Chemical Intermediates Unraveled	216
Pd(0)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck–Miyaura Borylation of Internal Enamides for the β-Aminoboronate Ester Synthesis	213
Enantioselective Transformation of Hydrazones via Remote NHC Catalysis: Activation Across C═N and N–N Bonds	213
Highly Efficient Rutile TiO₂ Endowed by Electron-Capturing Center and Plasma Effect for Enhanced Solar Water Splitting	203
Bacterial Cytochrome P450 for Oxidative Halogenated Biaryl Coupling	203
Asymmetric Hydroxymethylative Etherification of 1,3-Dienes with Isatins and Alcohols via Pd(0)-π-Lewis Base Catalysis	203
Enantioselective Synthesis of Fused Bicyclic Cyclohexadienes by Rh/Si-SDP-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of 1,6-Diynes with Acrylamides or Enamides	202
Common Active Sites and Oxidants within Ethylene and Propylene Epoxidation on Promoted Silver Catalysts	202
Nickel-Catalyzed Mono- and Dihydrosilylation of Aliphatic Alkynes in Aqueous and Aerobic Conditions	200
P,N Ligand in Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Promising Tool for π-Functionalization	199
Dual-Oriented Selectivity Switching for Highly Efficient Biomass Upgrading via Selective C–O Bond Activation	198
Elucidating the Pivotal Role of Acid-Catalyzed Hydration in Electrochemical Carbon Corrosion	192
Radical Carbonylation of Aryl Bromides Enabled by Decoupling Nickel–CO Binding	189
Identification of Active Hydrogen Species on the Platinum and Palladium Surfaces Using the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spin Trapping Technique	188
Graphene-Isolated Satellite Nanostructure Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Reveals the Critical Role of Different Intermediates on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction	187
Different Water Architecture Diversifies the Catalytic Activity in Two Deceptively Similar Cytochrome P450 Isozymes	186
Impact of Nonzeolite-Catalyzed Formation of Formaldehyde on the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Conversion	185
Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes Catalyzed by an Iron PCP Pincer Alkyl Complex	183
Indole Photocatalysts and Secondary Amine Ligands Enable Nickel-Photoredox C(sp ² )–Heteroatom Couplings	182
Chiral Phosphate-Catalyzed Enantiodivergent Oxa-Diels–Alder Reaction of Trifluoropyruvate and Simple Dienes	181
Mechanistic and Structural Insights into a Divergent PLP-Dependent l -Enduracididine Cyclase from a Toxic Cyanobacterium	181
Mechanistic Insights into Light Alkane Dehydrogenation over Coordinatively Unsaturated Zr Sites on Zirconia	181
No Time for Nitrides: How Cobalt Alloying Promotes Iron Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition	180
Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers through Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Desymmetric Acylation with Azlactones	180
Crystal Facet Modulation via Chiral Interactions: Unlocking the Potential of Co ₃ O ₄ Nanoparticle	180
Catalyst–Substrate Pairings for Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Systems in Atroposelective Quinazolinone Synthesis	179
Photoinduced Pd Catalysis for Axial Chirality: Atroposelective Synthesis of Styrenes and Insights into Stereo-Electronic Control	179
Concurrent Linear Deracemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols via Simultaneous Photocatalysis and Whole-cell Biocatalysis	178
Vinylarylcyclopropanes (VACPs): All-Carbon Dipole Precursors for Controlling Linear Regioselectivity in Cycloaddition Reactions	178
Photocatalyzed Decarboxylative Dual Functional Group Transposition Using Bifunctional Radical Precursors	177
Nickel-Catalyzed Chemodivergent Coupling of Acyl Diphenylimines and Butadiene	176
Inducing Microstrain in Electrodeposited Pt through Polymer Addition for Highly Active Oxygen Reduction Catalysis	175
Alcohol Solvent Assisted Synthesis of Metallic and Metal Oxide Catalysts: As-Prepared Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ Catalysts for Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis with an Ultrahigh Yield	174
Structural Effects of FeN₄ Active Sites Surrounded by Fourteen-Membered Ring Ligands on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity and Durability	171
Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dearomative [3 + 2] Annulation of Quinolines, Isoquinolines, and Pyridines	170
Integrated CO₂ Capture and Conversion to Methanol Leveraged by the Transfer Hydrogenation Approach	168
Regulating the Oxygen Vacancy of 3R-Phase Iridium Oxide by Loading Platinum Nanoparticles for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution	168
Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution over Crystalline Cu₂Sn_0.38Ge_0.62S₃ Particles Grown from LiCl-RbCl Flux	168
Regioselective Plasmon-Driven Decarboxylation of Mercaptobenzoic Acids Triggered by Distinct Reactive Oxygen Species	167
Synergy of Pd ₁ –Co ₁ Dual-Atom Catalyst Breaking the Activity-Selectivity Trade-Off for Chemosele	165
Recent Advances in Theoretical Studies on Cu-Mediated Bond Formation Mechanisms Involving Radicals	165
Boosting Energy Flow by Manipulating Core–Satellite Dielectric Function Ratio of Heterostructures for Efficient Plasmon-Enhanced Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation	162
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral Cyclophanes through a Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation	160
Unveiling the Pivotal Role of Ce Coordination Structures and Their Surface Arrangements in Governing 2-Cyanopyridine Hydrolysis for Direct Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ and Methanol	159
Mechanistic Insights into Enantiocontrolling of Styrene Monooxygenase-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Olefins	158
Preparation of a Water–Gas Shift Database to Evaluate the Performance of Noble Metal Catalysts Using Theory-Guided Machine Learning	156
Tunable Metal–Support Interactions between Copper and Cobalt Oxides for Enhanced Methanol Steam Reforming	156
Mechanistic Study of Plasmon-Assisted In Situ Photoelectrochemical CO₂ Reduction to Acetate with a Ag/Cu₂O Nanodendrite Electrode	155
Investigations via Kinetics and Multivariate Linear Regression Models of the Mechanism and Origins of Regioselectivity in a Palladium-Catalyzed Aryne Annulation	154
Water-Stable Perovskite Nanocrystals to Overcome the Photocatalysis–Stability Trade-Off in Aqueous Photo-RAFT Polymerization	153

From Structure to Solar Reactivity: Unraveling the Photocatalytic Ammonia Production on Perovskite Platforms	152
Functional and Structural Analyses of a Highly Multifunctional Enzyme TM1270 from the Hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima	152
Frustrated Lewis-Pair Catalyst Based on Re Single Atoms for Efficient Solar-Driven CO₂ Conversion	152
A Branchpoint Cytochrome P450 CYP512A13 Interconverts Different Types of Ganoderma Triterpenoids	151
Tailoring the Electronic Structure of Single Ag Atoms in Ag/WO₃ for Efficient NO Reduction by CO in the Presence of O₂	151
Mechanism of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Formation by Polymerization of (S)- and (R)-3-Methyl Glycolide Using an Enantiopure Aluminum Complex	147
Direct Alkylation of Glycine Derivatives via Photoinduced Palladium Catalysis, Utilizing Intermolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mediated by Alkyl Radicals	146
Versatile Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Chemoselective C−H Alkylation with Polyfunctional Alkylzinc Reagents	146
Selective C–H Activation Facilitated by the Cooperative Effect of Extrinsic O₂ and Na on Ag(111)	145
Ni-Catalyzed Electrochemical Cross-Electrophile Coupling Paired with Water Oxidation	145
Enhancement of C ₅₊ Selectivity and Wax Yield in Fischer−Tropsch Synthesis by a Single Cycle of H ₂	144
Metal-Mediated Catalytic Polarization Transfer from para Hydrogen to 3,5-Dihalogenated Pyridines	144
Geometrically Constrained Cofacial Bi-Titanium Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Tuning and Enhancing Comonomer Incorporation Density	144
Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation with a Cerium–Phenanthrolinedione Complex: A Mimic of Lanthanide-Based Methanol Dehydrogenase	144
Plasma-Enabled Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides to Ammonia over Cu-N-P Catalysts	143
Engineering of a Reductive Aminase to Enable the Synthesis of a Key Intermediate to a CDK 2/4/6 Inhibitor	143
Analogy in the Mechanism of Heterolytic H₂ Dissociation	143
Double Bond Geometry Controls Diterpene Synthase Catalysis	142
Mechanistic Investigation into Copper(I) Hydride Catalyzed Formic Acid Dehydrogenation	141
Exploring Reaction Pathway Promiscuity of Diiron Oxygenase AetD	141
Unlocking the Production of Biomass-Derived Plastic Monomer 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid at Industrial-Level Concentration	141
Hydrides for Dinitrogen Conversion	141
Correction to “Anisotropic Yttrium Alloying in Bismuth for Facet-Specific Carbon Dioxide Reduction”	140
Grain Boundary-Rich Bi₂WO₆ Catalysts Enable Synergistic Activation of Molecular and Lattice Oxygen for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of 1-Butene	139
Hydrophobic Surface Modification of Cu-Based Catalysts for Enhanced Semihydrogenation of Acetylene in Excess Ethylene	139
Highly Efficient Layered Double Hydroxide-Derived Bimetallic Cu–Co Alloy Catalysts for the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction	139
General, Quantified Structure-Performance Correlations for Synergistic Heteronuclear Electro-, Polymerization, and Asymmetric Catalysts	138
Extrapolative-Machine-Learning-Guided Discovery of Multielemental Heterogeneous Catalysts for Low-Temperature NO Reduction by H ₂	138
What Controls Direct Hole-Mediated Oxidation Kinetics in a Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalytic System: A Model Study for Aqueous Aromatic Compounds	138
Atroposelective De Novo Access to Biaryls via Nickel-Catalyzed C–C Activation of Benzocyclobutenols: Aryl Sources Powered by Dual Ring Scissions	137
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Heck Reaction to Access Chiral C3-Tertiary Indolines	137
Cobalt-Molybdenum Oxides for Effective Coupling of Ethane Activation and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Catalysis	136
Palladium-Catalyzed Modular Synthesis of Enantioenriched Pyridohelicenes through Double Imidoylative Cyclization	136
Mitigating Hydrogen Poisoning for Robust Ammonia-to-Hydrogen Conversion over Photothermal Catalysts	136
Hydrogen-Bond Network Constraint and Oriented Electric-Field Assistance Cooperatively Govern Selective Oxidative Ring Contraction in Gibberellin Biosynthesis	136
Valorization of Waste Polyester for 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol Production	135
From Micro-environments to Macroscopic Effects: How the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Drives Cu Cathodic Corrosion	134
ChemOntology: A Reusable Explicit Chemical Ontology-Based Method to Expedite Reaction Path Searches	134
Critical Role of Reaction Kinetics in Selectivity Control of Electrochemical CO ₂ Reduction on Copper-Based Single-Atom Alloys	134
Halogen-Bond-Based Organocatalysis Unveiled: Computational Design and Mechanistic Insights	133
Computational Redesign of a Urethanase for Efficient Polyurethane Depolymerization	133
Anisotropic Yttrium Alloying in Bismuth for Facet-Specific Carbon Dioxide Reduction	133
Ni-Catalyzed Cyanation of (Hetero)aryl Halides with Acetonitrile as Cyano Source	133
Axially Chiral 2-Hydroxybiaryls by Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Activation	132
Insights into Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Metallic and Oxidized Tin Using Grand-Canonical DFT and In Situ ATR-SEIRA Spectroscopy	132
Selective and Efficient Detoxification of Sulfur Mustard Gas Analogues with H ₂ O ₂ Using Bioinspi	132
Ruthenium-Based Nanoparticles-Loaded Layered Silica Nanosheets-Assembled Stacked-Structure Nanoreactors for Efficient Production of Biomass-Based Pyrrolidinones	131
Ga ₂ O ₃ -Modified Cu–ZnO Catalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Production from Aqueous-Phase Reforming	131
Designing Local Electron Delocalization in 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Sunlight-Driven Photocatalytic Activity	131
Divergent and Synergistic Photocatalysis: Hydro- and Oxoalkylation of Vinyl Arenes for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclopentanols via a Formal [4+1]-Annulation of 1,3-Dicarbonyls	131
Breaking the Structure–Activity Relationship in Toluene Hydrogenation Catalysis by Designing Heteroatom Ensembles Based on a Single-Atom Alloying Approach	129
Manipulating the Optically Active Defect–Defect Interaction of Colloidal Quantum Dots for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction	129
Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations with an Iron-Phthalocyanine Polymer	128
Metal Cations from Sacrificial Anodes Act as a Lewis Acid Co-Catalyst in Electrochemical Cross-Coupling of Aryl Bromides and Aziridines	128
In Situ SERS Probing the Effect of Additional Metals on Pt-Based Ternary Alloys toward Improving ORR Performance	128