OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Chem is 81. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Out-of-equilibrium chemical logic systems	822
In this issue	434
Variable nanosheets for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction	417
From trash to treasure: Vanadium-catalyzed upcycling of non-biodegradable plastics	388
Transitioning aliphatic C–H functionalization from bench to plant: Is decatungstate photocatalysis ready for the leap yet?	374
Nanocellulose: New horizons in organic chemistry and beyond	341
A Star of David [2]catenane of single handedness	329
Catalysis, replication, and non-equilibrium behavior: Key determinants for life-like complexity realized using short peptides	298
Reaction: Harnessing reactive oxygen species (ROS) for water purification	252
Multi-omics profiling of a self-assembling bioactive hydrogel for immunomodulation and myogenesis in volumetric muscle loss	225
Quasicrystal approximants in isoreticular metal-organic frameworks via Cairo pentagonal tiling	212
Harnessing plastic depolymerization products to upcycle mixed waste into high-value chemicals	208
B(C6F5)3-catalyzed selective C–H chalcogenation of arenes and heteroarenes	206
Nature-inspired synthetic oligourea foldamer channels allow water transport with high salt rejection	193
Photoswitches and photochemical reactions for optically controlled phase transition and energy storage	187
ElectroChemputer with integrated monitoring for programmable electrochemistry	181
Excited-state protonation and reduction enable the umpolung Birch reduction of naphthalenes	181
An M60L60 metal-peptide capsid with a 60-crossing woven network	163
Selective recognition of quaternary ammonium cations	161
Air-stable radical polycyclic aromatic hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks	159
Click chemistry in polymer science	153
Ion-dipole-interaction-manipulated bilateral interface chemistry for deep rechargeability and high redox activity of Zn-organic batteries	151
Experimentally modeling the emergence of prebiotically plausible phospholipid vesicles	151
N-Heterocyclic carbene-derived second-period main-group radicals: Synthesis, fundamentals, and applications	148
Programming extracellular protein fate with peptide chimeras	147

2D covalent organic framework via catenation	147
Highly selective and efficient uranium recovery by size-sieving porous aromatic frameworks with rigidly functionalized windows	144
Spatially resolved cell tagging and surfaceome labeling via targeted photocatalytic decaging	142
A high-throughput workflow to analyze sequence-conformation relationships and explore hydrophobic patterning in disordered peptoids	142
Recent research progress of all-polymer solar cells based on PSMA-type polymer acceptors	139
Probing enantioinduction in confined chiral spaces through asymmetric oxime reductions	134
2D conjugated metal-organic framework as a proton-electron dual conductor	134
In This Issue	133
Ionic surface propensity controls pH in nanopores	133
Switchable diversification of quaternary ammonium salts using photocatalysis	131
Atom swap in triple bonds via nitrogen-deletion coupling with gem-diborylalkanes	128
Oxygen reduction active-site regulation enables reverse photocurrent in photoelectrochemical sensing	128
Phosphine oxide additives for perovskite light-emitting diodes and solar cells	127
The beauty of low symmetry: Non-statistical assembly of [Pd2(LA)(LB)(LC)(LD)]4+ cages	127
Catalytic strategies for upvaluing plastic wastes	126
Redox-couple-assisted CO2 capture on solid-electrolyte reactor	125
Be your own star	123
Swapping benches from chemistry PhD student to science advisor at law firm	122
Molecular freaky Friday: Polarity reversal and resorcin[4]arenes as chloride receptors	121
In this issue	120
Iridium-mediated methane dehydrogenation and methylidene (=CH2) transfer	118
para-Selective C–H alkylation of aroyl chlorides through organic photoredox-catalyzed radical tele-substitution	118
Solvent-mediated electrochemical acetylene semihydrogenation for continuous production of polymer-grade ethylene	116
Time-resolved fluorescence imaging with color-changing, “turn-on/turn-on” AIE nanoparticles	114
Improving productivity and stability for CO2 hydrogenation by using pincer-ligated Mn complexes with hemilabile ligands	114
Two-in-one metallaphotoredox cross-couplings enabled by a photoactive ligand	112
Reaction: Don’t hate the player in chemical AI; hate the game	111
An effective strategy to boost lattice-oxygen-mediated acidic oxygen evolution	108
Design of piezoelectric organic cage salts for energy harvesting	106
Transition metal-free difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes: Arylation/azidation, arylation/chlorination, and arylation/cyanation	106
Semiconducting ladder-type covalent organic frameworks	105
Curved plane increases the d vacancy population of Pd for green production of cyclohexanone	103
Supramolecular boosted superexchange	103
In this issue	103
Battery detectives: Uncovering cathode impact on anode-free Li cell performance by operando NMR	103
Cation-exchange-upgraded nanostructures for photocatalysts	101
A radical–polar crossover approach to complex nitrogen heterocycles via the triplet state	101
Modular nucleic acid scaffolds for synthesizing monodisperse and sequence-encoded antibody oligomers	99
Observation of ultrafast electrons in pendant-embedded conducting two-dimensional polymers	98
Strong halide anion binding within the cavity of a conformation-adaptive phenazine-based Pd2L4 cage	96
Stereodivergent asymmetric hydrogenation of quinoxalines	96
Molecule-resolvable SERSome for metabolic profiling	95
From G-protein-coupled receptors to solute carriers—mass spectrometry informs dynamics, function, and regulation	93
Photo-assembling cyclic peptides for dynamic light-driven peptide nanotubes	91
Bioinspired chemical design to control interfacial wet adhesion	90
Structure-performance relationships for catalysis-driven molecular machinery	89
Breaking ampere-level current density limitations in multi-carbon products through crystal facet engineering	88
Highly oxygenated organic molecules with high unsaturation formed upon photochemical aging of soot	88
General and selective metal-free radical α-C–H borylation of aliphatic amines	87
A light-driven chloride anion transporter	87

Ice quenching for sustained nucleate boiling at large superheats	86
A dynamic charge-dependent nanofungicide platform for sustainable agrochemical deposition and delivery	85
Designing generative dissipative networks for programming complex temporal dynamics and functions	84
Development of tumor-evolution-targeted anticancer therapeutic nanomedicineEVT	84
The key of Zn2+ transfer kinetics in zinc metal batteries	82
The role of concentration waves in synthesizing hollow multi-shelled structures	82
From “heavy” water to “heavy” boron clusters	81
Metal-free photocatalyzed cyanation enables access to carbon-11-radiolabeled aryl nitriles	81
Revisiting the impacts of silica nanoparticles on endothelial cell junctions and tumor metastasis	81