OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 17. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	152
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	142
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	94
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	85
Process systems engineering: a key enabler of adsorption-based direct air capture	81
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	81
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	74
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	71
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	66
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	64
Kinetic and thermodynamic limitations in direct air capture: toward optimized adsorbent design and regeneration strategies	64
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	60
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	58
Direct air capture of CO2: an industrial perspective	56
Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture	55
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	53
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	53
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	52
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	52
Window cleanliness in directly irradiated solar reactors: review and perspectives	51
Molecular machine learning in chemical process design	51
Editorial overview: Kinetic models for radical polymerization and polymer recycling	50
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	46
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	45
Prospects for using artificial intelligence to understand intrinsic kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions	42

Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	42
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	42
Anion exchange membrane electrolysis beyond the lab scale: a review on research and industry stacks	41
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	39
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	38
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	38
Single-atom coordination-dependent catalysis for peroxymonosulfate-mediated water purification	37
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	37
Role of artificial intelligence in the chemical industry transition to a sustainable, circular, and net-zero future	37
Sorption-enhanced reactions as enablers for CO2 capture and utilisation	36
Recent progress on sustainable membrane manufacturing with green solvents and biopolymers	36
Recent advances of single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes aimed at environmental remediation	36
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	35
Role of cathode materials and their advancement for sustainable hydrogen evolution reaction in microbial electrolysis cells	35
Intensified physical and chemical processing using cavitation: how far are we from commercial applications of hydrodynamic cavitation?	33
Emerging nonthermal technologies for food safety: trends, limitations, and future research	33
Toward industrially relevant testing of activity and stability in alkaline electrolysis electrode materials	33
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	33
Mathematical programming approaches to supply chain optimization under uncertainty: a review	31
Understanding of chemical looping with autothermal operation	31
Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts	31
Advances in applying sustainable materials and manufacturing scale-up in polymeric membrane fabrication	30
Recent industrial deployments of rotating packed beds	29
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	29
Product design, synthesis, and lab automation with The World Avatar	28
Application of the Rd/w framework to assess Donnan dialysis performance	28
Design and optimization of carbon capture processes using ionic liquid solvents	28
Ionic liquids: a novel material for efficient nanofiltration membranes	27
Recent advances in innovative electrode and reactor designs for microbial electrochemical CO₂ conversion	27
Intensified cavitation process for the pretreatment of microalgae: a mini review	27
Roles of mechanistic, data-driven, and hybrid modeling approaches for pharmaceutical process design and operation	26
Extraction of noble metals and rare earth elements using plants	26
Towards a Net Zero, socially sustainable and eco-efficient biopharma industry: how far are we?	25
The development of iron-based catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater treatment: a review	24
Recent progress in scaling up promising electrochemical technologies	24
Mapping GHG emissions and prospects for renewable energy in the chemical industry	24
Flexible solar-to-iron system: a new concept and its implementation	24
Editorial overview: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances	24
Editorial Board	24
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	23
CO2 capture initiatives: are governments, society, industry and the financial sector ready?	23
Recent trends in optimization models for industrial decarbonization	23
Electro-refinery in organic compounds and H2 co-production: from waste valorization to sustainable industrial energy solutions	23
Hydrogen production by photocatalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid	23
Editorial overview: Mechanistic and data-driven modelling of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes	23
Comprehensive management of energy carriers: a circular economy perspective	22
Opportunities for process intensification using non-thermal plasmas	22
Selective water oxidation to H₂O₂: from laboratory to scaled-up applications	22
Inorganic nanoparticle engineering against bacterial infections	21

Artificial intelligence and machine learning for process and policy design in the transition towards circular economy systems: advancements and opportunities	21
Ferroelectric BiFeO3 and BaTiO3 photocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting	21
Metal–organic framework-derived single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-mediated organic wastewater remediation	20
Trends and perspectives on the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds using natural deep eutectic solvents	20
Two-dimensional material membrane fabrication: progress and challenges	20
Temperature vacuum swing, a combined adsorption cycle for carbon capture	20
Editorial overview: Frontiers of chemical engineering: 2D membranes: Materials, mechanisms and manufacturing	20
Recent developments of high-gravity (reactive) distillation in rotating packed beds	20
AI-accelerated realization of next-generation batteries: status quo and outlook	20
Editorial Board	20
When the fate of electrons matters — strategies for correct heterojunction classification in photocatalysis	19
How synthetic methods of single-atom electrocatalysts affect the catalytic performance of carbon dioxide reduction	19
Assessment of removal technologies for microplastics in surface waters and wastewaters	17
Systematic multiscale strategies for chemical process/product design	17
Recent advances in metal-doped defective TiO2 for photocatalytic CO2 conversion	17