OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 19. 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
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	52
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	52
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	51
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	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
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	45

Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	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
Artificial intelligence in reaction prediction and chemical synthesis	36
Single-atom coordination-dependent catalysis for peroxymonosulfate-mediated water purification	36
Intensified physical and chemical processing using cavitation: how far are we from commercial applications of hydrodynamic cavitation?	34
Recent advances of single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes aimed at environmental remediation	34
An engineering perspective on the future role of modelling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis development	34
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	33
Sorption-enhanced reactions as enablers for CO2 capture and utilisation	33
Design and optimization of carbon capture processes using ionic liquid solvents	32
Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts	32
Safe reuse of treated produced water outside oil and gas fields? A review of current practices, challenges, opportunities, and a risk-based pathway for produced water treatment and fit-for-purpose reu	30
Computer-aided retrosynthetic design: fundamentals, tools, and outlook	30
Understanding of chemical looping with autothermal operation	30
Advances in applying sustainable materials and manufacturing scale-up in polymeric membrane fabrication	30
State-of-the-art polymers of intrinsic microporosity for high-performance gas separation membranes	30
Green biomass-derived materials for oil spill response: recent advancements and future perspectives	30
Hybrid modeling — a key enabler towards realizing digital twins in biopharma?	29
Accelerating the structure search of catalysts with machine learning	29
Intensified cavitation process for the pretreatment of microalgae: a mini review	29
A perspective on hazardous chemical substitution in consumer products	29
Fungal morphology: a challenge in bioprocess engineering industries for product development	29
Towards a Net Zero, socially sustainable and eco-efficient biopharma industry: how far are we?	28
Ionic liquids: a novel material for efficient nanofiltration membranes	28
Roles of mechanistic, data-driven, and hybrid modeling approaches for pharmaceutical process design and operation	28
Application of the Rd/w framework to assess Donnan dialysis performance	27
Editorial overview: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances	27
Editorial Board	26
Additive manufacturing of polyaniline-based materials: an opportunity for new designs and applications in energy and biotechnology	26
Purification challenges for the portable, on-demand point-of-care production of biologics	25
Editorial overview: Nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications: advances and recent trends	25
Recent advance in understanding photooxidation of hydrocarbons after oil spills	25
Machine learning for multiscale modeling in computational molecular design	24
Flexible solar-to-iron system: a new concept and its implementation	24
A perspective on the state of Deepwater Horizon oil spill related tarball contamination and its impacts on Alabama beaches	24
Mapping GHG emissions and prospects for renewable energy in the chemical industry	23
Modern analytical techniques are improving our ability to follow the fate of spilled oil in the environment	23
Hydrogen production by photocatalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid	23
The development of iron-based catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater treatment: a review	23

Insights into the biodegradation and bioremediation of microplastics: mechanisms and analytical methods	23
Editorial overview: Advances on Z-scheme and S-scheme photocatalysis for environmental application	22
Recent trends in optimization models for industrial decarbonization	22
Recent developments of high-gravity (reactive) distillation in rotating packed beds	22
Metal–organic framework-derived single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-mediated organic wastewater remediation	22
Ferroelectric BiFeO3 and BaTiO3 photocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting	21
Temperature vacuum swing, a combined adsorption cycle for carbon capture	21
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) for catalysis: a perspective	21
Mobile hydrogen reformers as a novel approach to decarbonise the transport sector	20
CO2 capture initiatives: are governments, society, industry and the financial sector ready?	20
Opportunities for process intensification using non-thermal plasmas	20
Trends and perspectives on the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds using natural deep eutectic solvents	20
Contents	20
Inorganic nanoparticle engineering against bacterial infections	20
Bayesian optimization for chemical products and functional materials	20
Editorial overview: Mechanistic and data-driven modelling of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes	20
When the fate of electrons matters — strategies for correct heterojunction classification in photocatalysis	19
Assessment of removal technologies for microplastics in surface waters and wastewaters	19
Scale-up of HiGee for CO₂ capture: did evolution of HiGee technology give scale-up a miss?	19
Distributed water desalination and purification systems: perspective and future directions	19
Plasma-modified biochar for energy and environmental sustainability	19
Systematic multiscale strategies for chemical process/product design	19