OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Sustainability is 76. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Organic wastewater treatment by a single-atom catalyst and electrolytically produced H2O2	435
Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide	406
A non-flammable hydrous organic electrolyte for sustainable zinc batteries	382
A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic	381
Surface-substituted Prussian blue analogue cathode for sustainable potassium-ion batteries	351
Techno-economic assessment of low-temperature carbon dioxide electrolysis	341
Selective recovery of precious metals through photocatalysis	238
Six modes of co-production for sustainability	234
Direct electrosynthesis of methylamine from carbon dioxide and nitrate	234
Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film	229
An inshore–offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter	222
Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation	198
Air pollution reduction and climate co-benefits in China’s industries	198
Growing environmental footprint of plastics driven by coal combustion	195
Solar-driven reforming of solid waste for a sustainable future	193
LiMnO2 cathode stabilized by interfacial orbital ordering for sustainable lithium-ion batteries	187
Global carbon inequality over 1990–2019	184
Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism	183
Ultrafast seawater desalination with covalent organic framework membranes	180
Long-term increased grain yield and soil fertility from intercropping	179
Selective extraction of uranium from seawater with biofouling-resistant polymeric peptide	174
A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China	173
A seaweed aquaculture imperative to meet global sustainability targets	168
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals	165
Selective photocatalytic oxidation of methane by quantum-sized bismuth vanadate	164

Sustainable high-strength macrofibres extracted from natural bamboo	164
Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean	164
Understanding intercalation chemistry for sustainable aqueous zinc–manganese dioxide batteries	163
Bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane for efficient uranium extraction from seawater	163
Economic footprint of California wildfires in 2018	160
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte	154
Impacts of poverty alleviation on national and global carbon emissions	153
Impacts of transportation network companies on urban mobility	149
China’s future food demand and its implications for trade and environment	148
Rebound in China’s coastal wetlands following conservation and restoration	144
Assessing health and environmental impacts of solvents for producing perovskite solar cells	144
Carbon-efficient carbon dioxide electrolysers	142
Best practices for solar water production technologies	141
The social shortfall and ecological overshoot of nations	139
Decoupling of SDGs followed by re-coupling as sustainable development progresses	138
Graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes for desalination under realistic conditions	136
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis	134
Preventing lead leakage with built-in resin layers for sustainable perovskite solar cells	130
Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms	126
Acute riverine microplastic contamination due to avoidable releases of untreated wastewater	122
Future socio-ecosystem productivity threatened by compound drought–heatwave events	122
Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States	119
Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion	113
Towards circular plastics within planetary boundaries	112
Life cycle assessment of recycling strategies for perovskite photovoltaic modules	111
Coloured low-emissivity films for building envelopes for year-round energy savings	111
Low-value wood for sustainable high-performance structural materials	106
Quantifying the human cost of global warming	105
Charging sustainable batteries	103
Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems	102
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency	102
An evaluation of the sustainability of the Olympic Games	97
Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems	96
Impacts of urban expansion on natural habitats in global drylands	96
Embodied greenhouse gas emissions from building China’s large-scale power transmission infrastructure	96
Natural infrastructure in sustaining global urban freshwater ecosystem services	95
Climate change extremes and photovoltaic power output	95
Implementing the material footprint to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12	94
Sustainable upcycling of spent LiCoO2 to an ultra-stable battery cathode at high voltage	93
Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world	93
Sustainable polyethylene fabrics with engineered moisture transport for passive cooling	92
Persistent CO2 photocatalysis for solar fuels in the dark	87
A global analysis of the social and environmental outcomes of community forests	86
Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples	84
The global divide in data-driven farming	83
Hydroplastic polymers as eco-friendly hydrosetting plastics	82
Negative to positive shifts in diversity effects on soil nitrogen over time	78
Dynamic electrochromism for all-season radiative thermoregulation	78
Sensing as the key to battery lifetime and sustainability	78
Scientific evidence for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction	77

Limited effects of tree planting on forest canopy cover and rural livelihoods in Northern India	77
Hydrotropic solubilization of zinc acetates for sustainable aqueous battery electrolytes	76