OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Chem is 82. 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
Ion-dipole interaction manipulated bilateral interface chemistry for deep rechargeability and high redox activity of Zn-organic batteries	597
Artificial light-triggered smart nanochannels relying on optoionic effects	398
In This Issue	348
Harnessing the reactivity of borenium for methane activation	331
A high-throughput workflow to analyze sequence-conformation relationships and explore hydrophobic patterning in disordered peptoids	287
In this issue	273
Nanocellulose: New horizons in organic chemistry and beyond	256
From trash to treasure: Vanadium-catalyzed upcycling of non-biodegradable plastics	247
Excited-state protonation and reduction enable the umpolung Birch reduction of naphthalenes	214
Reaction: Harnessing reactive oxygen species (ROS) for water purification	209
Out-of-equilibrium chemical logic systems	200
Harnessing plastic depolymerization products to upcycle mixed waste into high-value chemicals	199
Thermosetting supramolecular polymerization of compartmentalized DNA fibers with stereo sequence and length control	195
Quasicrystal approximants in isoreticular metal-organic frameworks via Cairo pentagonal tiling	179
Probing enantioinduction in confined chiral spaces through asymmetric oxime reductions	178
Nature-inspired synthetic oligourea foldamer channels allow water transport with high salt rejection	175
Lanthanide luminescence from supramolecular hydrogels consisting of bio-conjugated picolinic-acid-based guanosine quadruplexes	159
Air-stable radical polycyclic aromatic hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks	157
Experimentally modeling the emergence of prebiotically plausible phospholipid vesicles	156
2D covalent organic framework via catenation	151
Photoswitches and photochemical reactions for optically controlled phase transition and energy storage	145
A Star of David [2]catenane of single handedness	145
Spatially resolved cell tagging and surfaceome labeling via targeted photocatalytic decaging	139
Click chemistry in polymer science	139
Recent research progress of all-polymer solar cells based on PSMA-type polymer acceptors	134

B(C6F5)3-catalyzed selective C–H chalcogenation of arenes and heteroarenes	132
Variable nanosheets for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction	131
Revealing phase evolution mechanism for stabilizing formamidinium-based lead halide perovskites by a key intermediate phase	131
2D conjugated metal-organic framework as a proton-electron dual conductor	131
Supramolecular boosted superexchange	129
In this issue	128
Modular nucleic acid scaffolds for synthesizing monodisperse and sequence-encoded antibody oligomers	127
Swapping benches from chemistry PhD student to science advisor at law firm	126
In this issue	125
Catalytic strategies for upvaluing plastic wastes	123
Highly oxygenated organic molecules with high unsaturation formed upon photochemical aging of soot	122
Switchable diversification of quaternary ammonium salts using photocatalysis	120
Molecular design strategy for realizing vectorial electron transfer in photoelectrodes	120
para-Selective C–H alkylation of aroyl chlorides through organic photoredox-catalyzed radical tele-substitution	116
Cation-exchange-upgraded nanostructures for photocatalysts	116
An effective strategy to boost lattice-oxygen-mediated acidic oxygen evolution	116
Molecule-resolvable SERSome for metabolic profiling	113
General and selective metal-free radical α-C–H borylation of aliphatic amines	112
Observation of ultrafast electrons in pendant-embedded conducting two-dimensional polymers	111
Be your own star	110
Design of piezoelectric organic cage salts for energy harvesting	110
Reaction: Don’t hate the player in chemical AI; hate the game	106
Atom swap in triple bonds via nitrogen-deletion coupling with gem-diborylalkanes	105
Battery detectives: Uncovering cathode impact on anode-free Li cell performance by operando NMR	104
Redox-couple-assisted CO2 capture on solid-electrolyte reactor	103
Curved plane increases the d vacancy population of Pd for green production of cyclohexanone	103
Molecular freaky Friday: Polarity reversal and resorcin[4]arenes as chloride receptors	102
Semiconducting ladder-type covalent organic frameworks	101
Photo-assembling cyclic peptides for dynamic light-driven peptide nanotubes	101
Time-resolved fluorescence imaging with color-changing, “turn-on/turn-on” AIE nanoparticles	100
In this issue	100
From G-protein-coupled receptors to solute carriers—mass spectrometry informs dynamics, function, and regulation	99
The beauty of low symmetry: Non-statistical assembly of [Pd2(LA)(LB)(LC)(LD)]4+ cages	98
Two-in-one metallaphotoredox cross-couplings enabled by a photoactive ligand	98
Ionic surface propensity controls pH in nanopores	98
Phosphine oxide additives for perovskite light-emitting diodes and solar cells	96
Transition metal-free difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes: Arylation/azidation, arylation/chlorination, and arylation/cyanation	95
Stereodivergent asymmetric hydrogenation of quinoxalines	95
Strong halide anion binding within the cavity of a conformation-adaptive phenazine-based Pd2L4 cage	95
Higher-order cycloadditions in the age of catalysis	94
Supramolecular triangular orthobicupola: Self-assembly of a giant Johnson solid J27	92
Bioinspired chemical design to control interfacial wet adhesion	92
Controlling the shape and chirality of an eight-crossing molecular knot	91
Protein stabilization and refolding in a gigantic self-assembled cage	91
A phosphorus analog of a bimetallic dinitrogen complex	89
The role of concentration waves in synthesizing hollow multi-shelled structures	87
Selective palladium recovery by a highly porous polyisothiocyanurate	87
Colorless zinc colored by metal-metal orbital interaction	86
Ice quenching for sustained nucleate boiling at large superheats	86
Potent antimicrobial effect induced by disruption of chloride homeostasis	85

Single-molecule mechanics of synthetic aromatic amide helices: Ultrafast and robust non-dissipative winding	84
Pilot-scale reductive catalytic depolymerization of lignin: Challenges and guidelines	84
Antigen spatial-matching polyaptamer nanostructure to block coronavirus infection and alleviate inflammation	84
Halogen-halogen bonds enable improved long-term operational stability of mixed-halide perovskite photovoltaics	84
The mechanical bond in biological systems	83
Upcycling waste PET and CO2 to useful chemicals: Multi-functional catalysis at its best	83
Regulating liquid and solid-state electrolytes for solid-phase conversion in Li–S batteries	83
Catalyst: A step forward for PVC manufacture from natural gas	82