OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 118. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to “Facile Enzymatic Synthesis of Diverse Naturally Occurring β-d-Mannopyranosides Catalyzed by Glycoside Phosphorylases”	397
Correction to “Photochemical Reductive Carboxylation of N-Benzoyl Imines with Oxalate Accelerated by Formation of EDA Complexes”	362
Nonlinear Acid Promotion of Oxidation Reactions by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Aqua Complexes	361
Geometrically Constrained Cofacial Bi-Titanium Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Tuning and Enhancing Comonomer Incorporation Density	338
Correction to “Influence of Carbon Support on the Pyrolysis of Cobalt Phthalocyanine for the Efficient Electroreduction of CO₂”	332
Correction to “Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products”	327
Straightforward Access to High-Performance Organometallic Catalysts by Fluoride Activation: Proof of Principle on Asymmetric Cyanation, Asymmetric Michael Addition, CO₂ Addition to Epoxide,	263
Assessing and Quantifying Thermodynamically Concomitant Degradation during Oxygen Evolution from Water on SrTiO₃	262
Nickel-Catalyzed Mono- and Dihydrosilylation of Aliphatic Alkynes in Aqueous and Aerobic Conditions	260
Simple Model and Spectral Analysis for a Fluxional Catalyst: Intermediate Abundances, Pathway Fluxes, Rates, and Transients	253
In₂Cu₃O₆ Nanocluster in Siliceous Zeolite for Efficient CO₂ Methanation	251
Effects of Ni(OH)₂ Structures on the Electrochemical Conversion of KA Oil	244
Synergistic Effects of Strain and Oxygen Vacancies in Nanofiber Electrodes for Enhanced High-Temperature Electrochemical Ethane Dehydrogenation	243
Interface Engineering of a Bifunctional Cu-SSZ-13@CZO Core–Shell Catalyst for Boosting Potassium Ion and SO₂ Tolerance	239
Keep the Ligands: Potential Benefits for Fuel Cell Performance	234
Programmable Enzymatic Toolbox for the Assembly of Fucosylated Chondroitin Derivatives	234
Subnano-FeO_x Clusters Anchored in an Ultrathin Amorphous Al₂O₃ Nanosheet for Styrene Epoxidation	232
Inducing Microstrain in Electrodeposited Pt through Polymer Addition for Highly Active Oxygen Reduction Catalysis	229
Variable Metal Chelation Modes and Activation Sequence in Pd-Catalyzed B–H Poly-arylation of Carboranes	223
Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution over Crystalline Cu₂Sn_0.38Ge_0.62S₃ Particles Grown from LiCl-RbCl Flux	219
Regioselective Plasmon-Driven Decarboxylation of Mercaptobenzoic Acids Triggered by Distinct Reactive Oxygen Species	208
Investigations via Kinetics and Multivariate Linear Regression Models of the Mechanism and Origins of Regioselectivity in a Palladium-Catalyzed Aryne Annulation	203
Hydrogen Adsorption, Reactivity, and Catalysis on Colloidal Iron Carbide Nanoparticles	203
From Micro-environments to Macroscopic Effects: How the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Drives Cu Cathodic Corrosion	202
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	202

Tuning the Equilibrium of Excitons and Carriers in the (001) Plane-Exposed Bismuth Oxyhalide Enables Efficient Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural	201
Chiral Phosphate-Catalyzed Enantiodivergent Oxa-Diels–Alder Reaction of Trifluoropyruvate and Simple Dienes	200
Theoretical Design of the Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis from Carbon Dioxide and Nitric Oxides	198
Topology of DNA G-Quadruplexes Can Be Harnessed in Holliday Junction-Based DNA Suprastructures to Control and Optimize Their Biocatalytic Properties	196
Size-Dependent Adsorption and Adhesion Energetics of Ag Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) by Calorimetry	196
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Heck Reaction to Access Chiral C3-Tertiary Indolines	195
Frustrated Lewis-Pair Catalyst Based on Re Single Atoms for Efficient Solar-Driven CO₂ Conversion	195
Indole Photocatalysts and Secondary Amine Ligands Enable Nickel-Photoredox C(sp²)–Heteroatom Couplings	195
Design and Implementation of a CO₂ Reduction Catalyst with an Internal Electron Transfer Mediator: Improving Turnover Frequency by More than 10-Fold	189
Communication Breakdown: Dissecting the COM Interfaces between the Subunits of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases	187
Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation with a Cerium–Phenanthrolinedione Complex: A Mimic of Lanthanide-Based Methanol Dehydrogenase	182
Robust Bio-derived Polyoxometalate Hybrid for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic C(sp³)–H Bonds	178
Enantioselective Synthesis of Fused Bicyclic Cyclohexadienes by Rh/Si-SDP-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of 1,6-Diynes with Acrylamides or Enamides	177
Valorization of Waste Polyester for 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol Production	177
Stereocontrolled Construction of Multi-Chiral [2.2]Paracyclophanes via Cobaltaphotoredox Dual Catalysis	177
Vinylarylcyclopropanes (VACPs): All-Carbon Dipole Precursors for Controlling Linear Regioselectivity in Cycloaddition Reactions	174
Recent Advances in Theoretical Studies on Cu-Mediated Bond Formation Mechanisms Involving Radicals	172
Increased Hydrogenation Rates in Pd/La-Al₂O₃ Catalysts by Hydrogen Transfer O(-La) Sites Adjacent to Pd Nanoparticles	171
Mechanism of Hydrogen Sulfide-Dependent Inhibition of FeFe Hydrogenase	169
Ceria Incorporation in Sinter-Resistant Platinum-Based Catalysts	169
Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations with an Iron-Phthalocyanine Polymer	166
Functional and Structural Analyses of a Highly Multifunctional Enzyme TM1270 from the Hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima	163
Enhanced Activity of MOF-Based Pd/Electron-Transfer Mediator Catalysts in Oxidation Reactions Involving Isonitrile by Defect Engineering	162
Boosting Energy Flow by Manipulating Core–Satellite Dielectric Function Ratio of Heterostructures for Efficient Plasmon-Enhanced Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation	160
Comprehensive Study of Oxygen Vacancies on the Catalytic Performance of ZnO for CO/H₂ Activation Using Machine Learning-Accelerated First-Principles Simulations	159
Enantioselective Transformation of Hydrazones via Remote NHC Catalysis: Activation Across C═N and N–N Bonds	159
Coordination Tailoring of Epitaxial Perovskite-Derived Iron Oxide Films for Efficient Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis	156
Fast and Selective β-C–H Borylation of N-Heterocycles with a Supramolecular Iridium Catalyst: Circumventing Deactivation Pathways and Mechanistic Insights	155
Catalytic Combustion of Methane over Noble Metal Catalysts	155
Computational Screening of Single and Di-Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction	153
Cobalt-Molybdenum Oxides for Effective Coupling of Ethane Activation and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Catalysis	153
Insights into Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Metallic and Oxidized Tin Using Grand-Canonical DFT and In Situ ATR-SEIRA Spectroscopy	153
Active-Site Tailoring of Gold Cluster Catalysts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction	152
Correction to “Catalytic C(β)–O Bond Cleavage of Lignin in a One-Step Reaction Enabled by a Spin-Center Shift”	150
“Cesium Effect”-Mediated/Controlled Divergent Synthesis via Synergistic Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions	148
Mechanistic Insights into Superoxide Dismutation Driven by Dinuclear Manganese Complexes: The Role of the Mn₂-Core	148
Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Allenylamines and β-Lactams through Regioselective Mannich-Type Reactions	147
Halogen-Bond-Based Organocatalysis Unveiled: Computational Design and Mechanistic Insights	147
Mechanistic Investigation into Copper(I) Hydride Catalyzed Formic Acid Dehydrogenation	146
Fe(III)–H₂O₂ as an Alternative Oxidant for Catalytic Sulfoxidation in Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Combined Theoretical and Experimental Evidence	145
Regulation of Oxygen Activation Pathways to Optimize Photocatalytic Methane Oxidative Coupling Selectivity	145
Elucidating the Pivotal Role of Acid-Catalyzed Hydration in Electrochemical Carbon Corrosion	145
Unusual Facet-Dependent Sintering in Pd–TiO₂ Catalysts Revealed by Theory and Experiment	145
Pd(0)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck–Miyaura Borylation of Internal Enamides for the β-Aminoboronate Ester Synthesis	144
What Controls Direct Hole-Mediated Oxidation Kinetics in a Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalytic System: A Model Study for Aqueous Aromatic Compounds	144
Asymmetric Remote meta-C–H Activation Controlled by a Chiral Ligand	143
Dual-Oriented Selectivity Switching for Highly Efficient Biomass Upgrading via Selective C–O Bond Activation	143
Structural Evolution and Stability of Rh/TiO₂ Catalysts under CO₂ Hydrogenation Conditions: Influence of the Initial Rh Structure	143
Selective C–H Activation Facilitated by the Cooperative Effect of Extrinsic O₂ and Na on Ag(111)	143
Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity by Using Switchable Polarization in Ferroelectric InSnO₂N	143

Metal-Mediated Catalytic Polarization Transfer from para Hydrogen to 3,5-Dihalogenated Pyridines	142
Catalyst–Substrate Pairings for Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Systems in Atroposelective Quinazolinone Synthesis	142
Surface Diffusion Barriers and Catalytic Activity Driven by Terminal Groups at Zeolite Catalysts	141
Unfolding the Role of B Site-Selective Doping of Aliovalent Cations on Enhancing Sacrificial Visible Light-Induced Photocatalytic H₂ and O₂ Evolution over BaTaO₂	140
Efficient Reductive Amination of Furfural to a Primary Amine on a Pt/TiO₂ Catalyst: A Manifestation of the Nanocluster Proximity Effect	139
Structural Effects of FeN₄ Active Sites Surrounded by Fourteen-Membered Ring Ligands on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity and Durability	138
Ni-Catalyzed Cyanation of (Hetero)aryl Halides with Acetonitrile as Cyano Source	137
Amination of a Green Solvent via Immobilized Biocatalysis for the Synthesis of Nemtabrutinib	136
Conformational Selection in Biocatalytic Plastic Degradation by PETase	136
Bifunctional NHC-Promoted C2-Alkylation of Pyridine via Ni–Al Bimetallic-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Unactivated Alkenes	135
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Photocatalyzed Tricomponent Regioselective 1,2-Diacylation of Alkenes Illuminates the Mechanistic Details of the Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex-Mediated Radical Relay Proces	135
Heterometallic Pd^II–Cl–Cu^I Catalyst for Efficient Hydrolysis of β-1,4-Glycosidic Bonds in 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride	135
Controlled Synthesis of Palladium Phosphides with Tunable Crystal Phases and Their Sulfur-Tolerant Performance	134
Preparation of a Water–Gas Shift Database to Evaluate the Performance of Noble Metal Catalysts Using Theory-Guided Machine Learning	134
Triethoxysilane-Catalyzed Single and Sequential Regioselective Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes: Sustainable Access to E-Alkenylboronate and Alkyl Gem-Diboronate Esters by Non-Covalent	133
Unlocking the Production of Biomass-Derived Plastic Monomer 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid at Industrial-Level Concentration	133
Highly Efficient Layered Double Hydroxide-Derived Bimetallic Cu–Co Alloy Catalysts for the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction	133
Screening Surface Structure–Electrochemical Activity Relationships of Copper Electrodes under CO₂ Electroreduction Conditions	133
Dual Photoredox and Copper Catalysis: Enantioselective 1,2-Amidocyanation of 1,3-Dienes	133
Kinetic Assessment of the Dry Reforming of Methane over a Ni–La₂O₃Catalyst	132
A Review on the Impact of SO₂ on the Oxidation of NO, Hydrocarbons, and CO in Diesel Emission Control Catalysis	129
Deactivation by Potassium Accumulation on a Pt/TiO₂ Bifunctional Catalyst for Biomass Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis	126
“Anion-Switchable” Pincer-Mn(I) Catalyst for the Reductive N-Methylation of Amines with Formic Acid and CO₂	125
Mechanism of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Formation by Polymerization of (S)- and (R)-3-Methyl Glycolide Using an Enantiopure Aluminum Complex	125
Palladium-Catalyzed Modular Synthesis of Enantioenriched Pyridohelicenes through Double Imidoylative Cyclization	125
New Mechanistic Insights into CO₂/CO Electroreduction to Acetate by Combining Computations and Experiments	125
Acid-Stable and Active M–N–C Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: The Role of Local Structure	125
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Highly Efficient Rutile TiO₂ Endowed by Electron-Capturing Center and Plasma Effect for Enhanced Solar Water Splitting	124
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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	120
Design, Synthesis, and Insights into the Redox Mechanism of Highly Efficient One-Pot Cu-ZSM-5 Catalysts for the Reduction of NO_x by NH₃-SCR at Low Temperatures	119
Designing Highly Active and Stable Ni-Exsolved LaMnO₃ Perovskite Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane via Ca Substitution	119
P,N Ligand in Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Promising Tool for π-Functionalization	119
Analogy in the Mechanism of Heterolytic H₂ Dissociation	119
Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Coupled with 4-Nitrophenol Hydrogenation in a Water System	119
Engineering of a Reductive Aminase to Enable the Synthesis of a Key Intermediate to a CDK 2/4/6 Inhibitor	119
Structure of Iridium Oxides and Their Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis in Acidic Media	118
Integrated CO₂ Capture and Conversion to Methanol Leveraged by the Transfer Hydrogenation Approach	118