OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry is 37. 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
Hydrogen economy and sustainable development goals: Review and policy insights	147
Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends	115
(Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals	109
Biodegradable plastic as an integral part of the solution to plastic waste pollution of the environment	76
Recent advances in production of lignocellulolytic enzymes by solid-state fermentation of agro-industrial wastes	71
Cost-effective catalysts for renewable hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting: Recent advances	70
Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications	62
Deep eutectic solvents and their application in electrochemistry	62
Recent progress and challenges in carboxylation with CO2	62
In situ Raman spectroscopy studies for electrochemical CO2 reduction over Cu catalysts	62
Regulation of plastic from a circular economy perspective	61
The importance of pH in controlling the selectivity of the electrochemical CO2 reduction	61
A critical review of the current progress of plastic waste recycling technology in structural materials	58
Metrics of green chemistry: Waste minimization	58
Biocatalysis, sustainability, and industrial applications: Show me the metrics	57
Heterogeneous catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis from carbon dioxide and epoxides	55
Green chemistry and sustainability metrics in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector	53
Green chemicals from used cooking oils: Trends, challenges, and opportunities	53
Enabling a circular economy for chemicals in plastics	53
Nanocellulose-based composites for packaging applications	52
Transition toward green economy: Technological Innovation's role in the fashion industry	51
Recycling of carbon fiber reinforced composite waste to close their life cycle in a cradle-to-cradle approach	51
The circular chemistry conceptual framework: A way forward to sustainability in industry 4.0	50
Greenwashing and sustainable fashion industry	49
Engineered and artificial metalloenzymes for selective C–H functionalization	48

Renewable biomass feedstocks for production of sustainable biodegradable polymer	46
Green solvents for membrane manufacture: Recent trends and perspectives	46
Slowing the fast fashion industry: An all-round perspective	45
Building a new mind set in tomorrow fashion development through circular strategy models in the framework of waste management	45
Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception	44
Cell immobilization strategies for biotransformations	43
Furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural: Two pivotal intermediates for bio-based chemistry	43
Sustainable approach on the biodegradation of azo dyes: A short review	42
A critical view on the environmental sustainability of biorefinery systems	40
Transition metal ‘cocktail’-type catalysis	40
Recent advances in wastewater treatment using semiconductor photocatalysts	40
Manganese—New prominent actor in transfer hydrogenation catalysis	38
Hematite-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): A short review	37
Photo-Fenton applied to the removal of pharmaceutical and other pollutants of emerging concern	37