OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 71. 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
Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity	806
Proteins turn up the contrast	591
Watching RNA in action with a green lantern	577
Rings make more room	570
A story of chance and collaboration	484
Photochemical, electrochemical and electrophotochemical C−N bond-forming cross-coupling reactions	459
Enhancing the targeting ability of metal–organic frameworks in cancer therapy and diagnosis	442
Cracking the Z-scheme water-splitting puzzles	430
Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases	409
Foundation models for atomistic simulation of chemistry and materials	375
Ni-catalysed remote C(sp3)–H functionalization using chain-walking strategies	373
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources	364
Boosting band structure	317
The path to understanding how reactions work and fail	285
Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes	281
Ultrafast spectroscopy of liquids using extreme-ultraviolet to soft-X-ray pulses	255
Molecular rotor-based probes for protein monitoring in biomedical research	251
Advancing lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis	246
Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization	242
Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces	231
Meditations on mentorship and legacy	218
Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems	218
Improving the quantum cycle	203
Hot electrodes, cool reduction	190
The cosmochemistry of planetary systems	170

The future of chemistry is language	169
Mapping a career in electron microscopy	166
Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick?	163
The ideal recyclable solar cell	149
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition	149
Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one	148
Coupling experiment and theory to push the state-of-the-art in X-ray spectroscopy	147
Understanding covalency in molecular f-block compounds from the synergy of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry	144
Charge-transfer dynamics in S-scheme photocatalyst	142
Cleaning up with catalysts	139
You can judge a book by its spectra	132
Author Correction: Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts	129
Non-specificity as the sticky problem in therapeutic antibody development	127
The future of reviews writing in the AI era	119
Picking an inter-locked cage	117
Synthetic methodologies for the chemical recycling of fluorocarbons	114
Supramolecular approaches for the treatment of hypoxic regions in tumours	113
Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis	113
Presenting the tactile periodic table	111
Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing	107
A career of taking biological species for a spin	105
A life of leaving the door open	101
Light my fire	101
Advances in electrochemical peptide synthesis and modification	101
A new actinide sandwich on the menu	100
Inclusive teaching at your fingertips	99
Biomolecular coronas govern the environmental fate of metal–organic frameworks	97
Direct air capture: fledgling technology or world saviour?	95
Microplastics that don’t come out in the wash	94
The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance	93
Examining actinides with X-ray spectroscopy	92
Precision chemical engineering of dendrimers for nucleic acid delivery	90
Bridging stimulus-responsive and dissipative peptide assemblies to build complex interactive biomaterials	86
Halogen chemistry of solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries	83
Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis	82
Accessing monomers from lignin through carbon–carbon bond cleavage	82
Staying alive	82
Opening the flood gates	80
Look what the catenane dragged in	79
Go with the flow for high-throughput electrochemistry	78
The need to normalize failure	76
Scintillating observations	76
Scientific collaboration to rid the world of chemical weapons	75
Author Correction: Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus	75
Reviving antibiotic power	74
Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts	73