OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry is 36. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Pyrometallurgical recycling of Li-ion, Ni–Cd and Ni–MH batteries: A minireview	130
Hydrogen economy and sustainable development goals: Review and policy insights	118
The rise of lignin biorefinery	99
Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends	89
From waste to feed: A review of recent knowledge on insects as producers of protein and fat for animal feeds	89
(Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals	76
Materials Acceleration Platforms: On the way to autonomous experimentation	67
Lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol: Recent advances, technology trends, and barriers to industrial development	67
Recent advances toward sustainable flow photochemistry	60
Biodegradable plastic as an integral part of the solution to plastic waste pollution of the environment	60
Recent progress on electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol	59
Recent advances in production of lignocellulolytic enzymes by solid-state fermentation of agro-industrial wastes	58
Characterization and evaluation of immobilized enzymes for applications in flow reactors	58
Cost-effective catalysts for renewable hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting: Recent advances	55
The importance of pH in controlling the selectivity of the electrochemical CO2 reduction	52
Regulation of plastic from a circular economy perspective	51
Nanomaterials and catalysis for green chemistry	51
Heterogeneous catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis from carbon dioxide and epoxides	48
Biocatalysis, sustainability, and industrial applications: Show me the metrics	48
Potential benefits of using Hermetia illucens frass as a soil amendment on food production and for environmental impact reduction	47
Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications	46
Recent progress and challenges in carboxylation with CO2	45
Renewable biomass feedstocks for production of sustainable biodegradable polymer	43
Green solvents for membrane manufacture: Recent trends and perspectives	43
Design of supported metal catalysts modified with metal oxides for hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-related molecules	41

Deep eutectic solvents and their application in electrochemistry	41
The circular chemistry conceptual framework: A way forward to sustainability in industry 4.0	41
Engineered and artificial metalloenzymes for selective C–H functionalization	40
In situ Raman spectroscopy studies for electrochemical CO2 reduction over Cu catalysts	40
Transition toward green economy: Technological Innovation's role in the fashion industry	39
Food waste and social acceptance of a circular bioeconomy: the role of stakeholders	39
Green chemicals from used cooking oils: Trends, challenges, and opportunities	39
Metrics of green chemistry: Waste minimization	38
Recycling of carbon fiber reinforced composite waste to close their life cycle in a cradle-to-cradle approach	38
Nanocellulose-based composites for packaging applications	38
Enabling a circular economy for chemicals in plastics	37
A critical view on the environmental sustainability of biorefinery systems	36
Furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural: Two pivotal intermediates for bio-based chemistry	36
Biochar for electrochemical applications	36