OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	146
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	130
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	121
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	115
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	94
Modeling oil biodegradation and bioremediation within beaches	78
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	77
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	66
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	66
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	65
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	64
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	60
Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture	58
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	57
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	55
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	52
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	52
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	51
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	51
Editorial overview: Kinetic models for radical polymerization and polymer recycling	49
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	48
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	47
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	46
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	46
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	45

Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	45
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	44
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	44
Chemical fuel cell reactor as the ultimate green reactor	42
Exploration of smart antibacterial coatings for practical applications	42
Recent progress on sustainable membrane manufacturing with green solvents and biopolymers	41
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	41
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	41
Emerging nonthermal technologies for food safety: trends, limitations, and future research	39
Role of cathode materials and their advancement for sustainable hydrogen evolution reaction in microbial electrolysis cells	39
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	38
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	38
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	37