OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 38. 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
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	632
Advances in the enhanced removal of aqueous Hg(II) by metallic catalysts: a review	127
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	120
Modeling oil biodegradation and bioremediation within beaches	103
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	98
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	93
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	91
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	79
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	75
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	71
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	70
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	67
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	60
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	59
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	58
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	53
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	49
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	49
Exploration of smart antibacterial coatings for practical applications	49
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	49
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	49
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	49
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	48
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	47
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	47

Chemical fuel cell reactor as the ultimate green reactor	47
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	45
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	44
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	42
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	42
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	41
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	41
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	41
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	40
Current and emergent analytical methods for monitoring the behavior of agricultural functional nanoparticles in relevant matrices: a review	39
Artificial intelligence in reaction prediction and chemical synthesis	38
Advances of piezoelectric nanomaterials for applications in advanced oxidation technologies	38
Sorption-enhanced reactions as enablers for CO2 capture and utilisation	38