OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Central Science is 53. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers	254
Chasing Waterfalls: A Cascade Mechanism to Generate Triplets from ² LMCT States	188
ACS Central Science: Embracing Breadth in Scope and Scientific Topical Representation	153
Pumping Iron for Tuberculosis Diagnostics	136
Issue Publication Information	134
A Conversation with Elaine Bearer, Neuropathologist	133
Stationary DNA Origami Register Drives Fast Sequential DNA Computing	132
Mesoporous Potassium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Drug Carrier	123
Spiro-strain Takes Chemiluminescence to Flash-Mode	122
Substrate-Selective Catalysis Enabled Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products	112
Rational Vaccinology: Harnessing Nanoscale Chemical Design for Cancer Immunotherapy	107
Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability	104
Correspondence on “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”	97
Manipulating Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules	97
Dynamically Interacting Protein Networks Provide a Mechanism to Overcome the Enormous Intrinsic Barrier to Orotidine 5′-Monophosphate Decarboxylation	96
A Small Molecule Drug-Based Ru(II) Polypyridine Mass-Tag for Multimodal Imaging of Tissue Samples	93
A Sample-Centric and Knowledge-Driven Computational Framework for Natural Products Drug Discovery	92
Intracellular Relaxometry, Challenges, and Future Directions	91
Interrogating RNA–Small Molecule Interactions with Structure Probing and Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Molecular Simulations	83
Ultra-High Purity and Productivity Separation of CO₂ and C₂H₂ from CH₄ in Rigid Layered Ultramicroporous Material	82
Regulation of Calcium Ion Channels with Conjugated Molecules for Modulating Biological Functions	80
PEARL-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation after Chain Reversal by Ureido-Forming Condensation Domains	80
Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst	78
Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives Obstruct Induced Fit in the Catalytic Center of the Ribosome	77
A Regiospecific Co-Assembly Method to Functionalize Ordered Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Customizable Noble Metal Nanocrystals	76

Creation of Cationic Polymeric Nanotrap Featuring High Anion Density and Exceptional Alkaline Stability for Highly Efficient Pertechnetate Removal from Nuclear Waste Streams	76
The Fight Against Frostbite Progresses	74
Researchers Face Challenges Devising a PFAS-Free Future	74
Unlocking Efficient O₂ Electroreduction in Conductive MOFs via Enhanced Mass Transport	70
Bioorthogonal Chemical Ligation Creates Synthetic Antibodies with Improved Therapeutic Potency	68
Issue Publication Information	67
Issue Editorial Masthead	66
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Surface Curvature Matters in Electrochemical Reactions	65
Click Chemistry Selectively Activates an Auristatin Protodrug with either Intratumoral or Systemic Tumor-Targeting Agents	65
Directed Gas-Phase Formation of Azulene (C₁₀H₈): Unraveling the Bottom-Up Chemistry of Saddle-Shaped Aromatics	64
Plug Flow: Generating Renewable Electricity with Water from Nature by Breaking the Limit of Debye Length	63
Plastic Pores for Switchable and Optimized Adsorption Behaviors	63
Macrophage Inactivation by Small Molecule Wedelolactone via Targeting sEH for the Treatment of LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury	63
Inserting Three-Coordinate Nickel into [4Fe-4S] Clusters	62
A Long-Lost Coffee Bean Tastes as Good as the Best─To Understand Why, Scientists Turn to Chemistry	62
Scientists Are Engineering Asphalt That Is Safer for Humans and the Environment	61
A Conversation with Carolyn Pearce	58
Issue Publication Information	57
Entropy Drives the Predictive Discovery of an Optimal Cleavable Comonomer for ROMP	57
Mechanism of O₂ Activation and Cysteine Oxidation by the Unusual Mononuclear Cu(I) Active Site of the Formylglycine-Generating Enzyme	57
Anomalous Interfacial Electron-Transfer Kinetics in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Caused by Layer-Specific Localization	56
Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Collybolide Enable Reevaluation of kappa -Opioid Receptor Agonism	56
Activity-Based NIR Bioluminescence Probe Enables Discovery of Diet-Induced Modulation of the Tumor Microenvironment via Nitric Oxide	56
Nickel-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers	53