OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 39. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in the enhanced removal of aqueous Hg(II) by metallic catalysts: a review	659
Modeling oil biodegradation and bioremediation within beaches	136
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	120
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	106
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	105
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	102
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	94
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	84
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	75
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	72
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	71
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	70
Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture	63
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	63
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	60
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	60
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	54
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	53
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	52
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	51
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	51
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	49
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	49
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	48
Chemical fuel cell reactor as the ultimate green reactor	48

Editorial overview: Kinetic models for radical polymerization and polymer recycling	47
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	46
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	46
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	44
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	44
Exploration of smart antibacterial coatings for practical applications	44
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	44
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	43
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	41
Intensified physical and chemical processing using cavitation: how far are we from commercial applications of hydrodynamic cavitation?	40
Current and emergent analytical methods for monitoring the behavior of agricultural functional nanoparticles in relevant matrices: a review	40
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	40
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	40
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	40