OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Central Science is 54. 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
Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers	233
ACS Central Science: Embracing Breadth in Scope and Scientific Topical Representation	220
Regulation of Calcium Ion Channels with Conjugated Molecules for Modulating Biological Functions	182
Closed-Loop Electrolyte Design for Lithium-Mediated Ammonia Synthesis	130
Spiro-strain Takes Chemiluminescence to Flash-Mode	129
Intracellular Relaxometry, Challenges, and Future Directions	129
Pumping Iron for Tuberculosis Diagnostics	124
Issue Publication Information	122
A Conversation with Elaine Bearer, Neuropathologist	115
Stationary DNA Origami Register Drives Fast Sequential DNA Computing	112
A Sample-Centric and Knowledge-Driven Computational Framework for Natural Products Drug Discovery	101
Mesoporous Potassium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Drug Carrier	96
Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives Obstruct Induced Fit in the Catalytic Center of the Ribosome	89
Correspondence on “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”	89
Dynamically Interacting Protein Networks Provide a Mechanism to Overcome the Enormous Intrinsic Barrier to Orotidine 5′-Monophosphate Decarboxylation	87
Manipulating Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules	87
Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability	86
Creation of Cationic Polymeric Nanotrap Featuring High Anion Density and Exceptional Alkaline Stability for Highly Efficient Pertechnetate Removal from Nuclear Waste Streams	84
Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst	84
Interrogating RNA–Small Molecule Interactions with Structure Probing and Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Molecular Simulations	80
Substrate-Selective Catalysis Enabled Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products	79
PEARL-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation after Chain Reversal by Ureido-Forming Condensation Domains	79
Rational Vaccinology: Harnessing Nanoscale Chemical Design for Cancer Immunotherapy	77
Chasing Waterfalls: A Cascade Mechanism to Generate Triplets from ² LMCT States	74
A Small Molecule Drug-Based Ru(II) Polypyridine Mass-Tag for Multimodal Imaging of Tissue Samples	74

Ultra-High Purity and Productivity Separation of CO₂ and C₂H₂ from CH₄ in Rigid Layered Ultramicroporous Material	72
A Regiospecific Co-Assembly Method to Functionalize Ordered Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Customizable Noble Metal Nanocrystals	71
Asymmetric Non-Fullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors toward High-Performance Organic Solar Cells	71
The Fight Against Frostbite Progresses	71
Surface Curvature Matters in Electrochemical Reactions	70
Researchers Face Challenges Devising a PFAS-Free Future	69
Plug Flow: Generating Renewable Electricity with Water from Nature by Breaking the Limit of Debye Length	68
Unlocking Efficient O₂ Electroreduction in Conductive MOFs via Enhanced Mass Transport	67
Bioorthogonal Chemical Ligation Creates Synthetic Antibodies with Improved Therapeutic Potency	64
Issue Publication Information	63
Issue Editorial Masthead	62
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Transforming Aluminum-Ion Batteries with Recyclable Solid-State Electrolytes	59
Inserting Three-Coordinate Nickel into [4Fe-4S] Clusters	58
A Long-Lost Coffee Bean Tastes as Good as the Best─To Understand Why, Scientists Turn to Chemistry	58
A Conversation with Carolyn Pearce	57
Anomalous Interfacial Electron-Transfer Kinetics in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Caused by Layer-Specific Localization	57
Scientists Are Engineering Asphalt That Is Safer for Humans and the Environment	57
Entropy Drives the Predictive Discovery of an Optimal Cleavable Comonomer for ROMP	56
Issue Publication Information	56
Plastic Pores for Switchable and Optimized Adsorption Behaviors	55
Keys to Unravel the Stability/Durability Issues of Platinum-Group-Metal Catalysts toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction for Acidic Water Splitting	55
Modular Design of High-Brightness pH-Activatable Near-Infrared BODIPY Probes for Noninvasive Fluorescence Detection of Deep-Seated Early Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis: Remarkable Axial Substituent Eff	55
Mechanism of O₂ Activation and Cysteine Oxidation by the Unusual Mononuclear Cu(I) Active Site of the Formylglycine-Generating Enzyme	55
Engineering the ChlorON Series: Turn-On Fluorescent Protein Sensors for Imaging Labile Chloride in Living Cells	54
Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Collybolide Enable Reevaluation of kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonism	54