OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Central Science is 56. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Spiro-strain Takes Chemiluminescence to Flash-Mode	310
Manipulating Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules	191
Total Synthesis of Poisonous Aconitum Alkaloids Empowered by a Fragment Coupling Strategy	180
Substrate-Selective Catalysis Enabled Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products	176
Issue Publication Information	157
Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers	145
Stationary DNA Origami Register Drives Fast Sequential DNA Computing	141
A Regiospecific Co-Assembly Method to Functionalize Ordered Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Customizable Noble Metal Nanocrystals	140
Pumping Iron for Tuberculosis Diagnostics	127
Correspondence on “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”	124
Intracellular Relaxometry, Challenges, and Future Directions	124
Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability	109
Teaching Chemistry Labs from a Distance	109
PEARL-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation after Chain Reversal by Ureido-Forming Condensation Domains	103
A Sample-Centric and Knowledge-Driven Computational Framework for Natural Products Drug Discovery	101
Creation of Cationic Polymeric Nanotrap Featuring High Anion Density and Exceptional Alkaline Stability for Highly Efficient Pertechnetate Removal from Nuclear Waste Streams	100
Rational Vaccinology: Harnessing Nanoscale Chemical Design for Cancer Immunotherapy	99
Closed-Loop Electrolyte Design for Lithium-Mediated Ammonia Synthesis	99
Interrogating RNA–Small Molecule Interactions with Structure Probing and Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Molecular Simulations	97
Ultra-High Purity and Productivity Separation of CO₂ and C₂H₂ from CH₄ in Rigid Layered Ultramicroporous Material	95
Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives Obstruct Induced Fit in the Catalytic Center of the Ribosome	87
Asymmetric Non-Fullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors toward High-Performance Organic Solar Cells	86
Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst	86
Directed Gas-Phase Formation of Azulene (C₁₀H₈): Unraveling the Bottom-Up Chemistry of Saddle-Shaped Aromatics	84
Transforming Aluminum-Ion Batteries with Recyclable Solid-State Electrolytes	83

Issue Editorial Masthead	83
The Fight Against Frostbite Progresses	82
Bioorthogonal Chemical Ligation Creates Synthetic Antibodies with Improved Therapeutic Potency	81
Surface Curvature Matters in Electrochemical Reactions	81
Plastic Pores for Switchable and Optimized Adsorption Behaviors	80
Issue Publication Information	79
Issue Editorial Masthead	78
Issue Publication Information	78
Unlocking Efficient O₂ Electroreduction in Conductive MOFs via Enhanced Mass Transport	77
Issue Editorial Masthead	72
Scientists Are Engineering Asphalt That Is Safer for Humans and the Environment	71
Issue Editorial Masthead	70
Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Collybolide Enable Reevaluation of kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonism	70
Keys to Unravel the Stability/Durability Issues of Platinum-Group-Metal Catalysts toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction for Acidic Water Splitting	70
Researchers Face Challenges Devising a PFAS-Free Future	69
Engineering the ChlorON Series: Turn-On Fluorescent Protein Sensors for Imaging Labile Chloride in Living Cells	68
An mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Employing Charge-Altering Releasable Transporters with a TLR-9 Agonist Induces Neutralizing Antibodies and T Cell Memory	68
Plug Flow: Generating Renewable Electricity with Water from Nature by Breaking the Limit of Debye Length	66
Synthesis and Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Structure of an Indium Arsenide Nanocluster	66
Large-Scale Production of Hierarchically Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks by a Reflux-Assisted Post-Synthetic Ligand Substitution Strategy	65
Dihydroxy-Metabolites of Dihomo-γ-linolenic Acid Drive Ferroptosis-Mediated Neurodegeneration	65
Scaling Organic Electrosynthesis: The Crucial Interplay between Mechanism and Mass Transport	64
Mechanism of O₂ Activation and Cysteine Oxidation by the Unusual Mononuclear Cu(I) Active Site of the Formylglycine-Generating Enzyme	63
Inserting Three-Coordinate Nickel into [4Fe-4S] Clusters	61
Nickel-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers	61
Activity-Based NIR Bioluminescence Probe Enables Discovery of Diet-Induced Modulation of the Tumor Microenvironment via Nitric Oxide	61
Isoprenylcysteine Carboxylmethyltransferase-Based Therapy for Hutchinson–Gilford Progeria Syndrome	60
A Conversation with Carolyn Pearce	60
Chemoadaptive Polymeric Assemblies by Integrated Chemical Feedback in Self-Assembled Synthetic Protocells	59
Anomalous Interfacial Electron-Transfer Kinetics in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Caused by Layer-Specific Localization	58
Click Chemistry Selectively Activates an Auristatin Protodrug with either Intratumoral or Systemic Tumor-Targeting Agents	56
Sugar Wars: Formulators of Endurance Fuels Compete to Pack More Energy in Fewer Molecules	56
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	56
Macrophage Inactivation by Small Molecule Wedelolactone via Targeting sEH for the Treatment of LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury	56