OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 31. 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
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition	149
The ideal recyclable solar cell	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
Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis	113
Supramolecular approaches for the treatment of hypoxic regions in tumours	113
Presenting the tactile periodic table	111
Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing	107
A career of taking biological species for a spin	105
Light my fire	101
Advances in electrochemical peptide synthesis and modification	101
A life of leaving the door open	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
Staying alive	82
Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis	82
Accessing monomers from lignin through carbon–carbon bond cleavage	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
Author Correction: Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus	75
Scientific collaboration to rid the world of chemical weapons	75
Reviving antibiotic power	74
Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts	73
The role and structure of molecular glues in plant signalling networks	69
Devising a divisome for synthetic cells	67
Unchained power	67
Stabilization of photoactive phases for perovskite photovoltaics	66

Continuous monitoring of chemical signals in plants under stress	62
Wearable chemical sensors for biomarker discovery in the omics era	62
Cap and release	60
Supramolecular self-assembly by layering orthogonality to program identity, connectivity and conformation	60
Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis	59
Element sets for schools	59
An algorithmic looking glass for transitions	59
Unveiling the final nitrogenase	58
A career in pursuit of the fundamentals	58
Making sense of hydrogen evolution	57
The synthesis behind the 2023 Nobel Prize	57
Molecular chameleons in drug discovery	55
Author Correction: Why university-level chemistry education in the UK is under threat	54
Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface	54
Publisher Correction: Reprogramming CO2 reduction through interfacial water	53
Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance	50
Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies	48
Strengthening school–university collaborations	48
A career with a natural interest in total synthesis	48
How to drink like a liposome	46
Hierarchical pore assembly	46
Photochemistry of interstellar ice forming complex organic molecules	46
Dynamics in electrochemical organic oxidation reactions from in situ and operando techniques	45
Making and breaking cages	43
Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics	43
Pump up the ultrasound	39
Radically new reactivity	38
Chiral and magnetic butterflies	37
Developing a tool for teaching chemistry to people with visual impairments	36
Reflections on the pigments of life	36
Another side of side chains	35
Optimizing the semiconductor–metal-single-atom interaction for photocatalytic reactivity	35
Snooping on the conical intersection	35
Secrets from a spin-out success story	34
A glass of half and half	33
Carbon on the move	31
From autocatalysis to survival of the fittest in self-reproducing lipid systems	31
Interfacial interpretation	31