OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry is 15. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Pyrometallurgical recycling of Li-ion, Ni–Cd and Ni–MH batteries: A minireview	132
Hydrogen economy and sustainable development goals: Review and policy insights	122
The rise of lignin biorefinery	99
Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends	96
From waste to feed: A review of recent knowledge on insects as producers of protein and fat for animal feeds	94
(Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals	82
Materials Acceleration Platforms: On the way to autonomous experimentation	71
Lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol: Recent advances, technology trends, and barriers to industrial development	70
Biodegradable plastic as an integral part of the solution to plastic waste pollution of the environment	62
Recent advances toward sustainable flow photochemistry	61
Recent advances in production of lignocellulolytic enzymes by solid-state fermentation of agro-industrial wastes	59
Recent progress on electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol	59
Cost-effective catalysts for renewable hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting: Recent advances	59
Characterization and evaluation of immobilized enzymes for applications in flow reactors	59
Nanomaterials and catalysis for green chemistry	56
Regulation of plastic from a circular economy perspective	53
The importance of pH in controlling the selectivity of the electrochemical CO2 reduction	52
Heterogeneous catalysts for cyclic carbonate synthesis from carbon dioxide and epoxides	51
Potential benefits of using Hermetia illucens frass as a soil amendment on food production and for environmental impact reduction	50
Biocatalysis, sustainability, and industrial applications: Show me the metrics	49
Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications	47
Recent progress and challenges in carboxylation with CO2	47
The circular chemistry conceptual framework: A way forward to sustainability in industry 4.0	45
Metrics of green chemistry: Waste minimization	45
Renewable biomass feedstocks for production of sustainable biodegradable polymer	44

Deep eutectic solvents and their application in electrochemistry	44
Green solvents for membrane manufacture: Recent trends and perspectives	44
Green chemicals from used cooking oils: Trends, challenges, and opportunities	44
In situ Raman spectroscopy studies for electrochemical CO2 reduction over Cu catalysts	43
Design of supported metal catalysts modified with metal oxides for hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-related molecules	42
Engineered and artificial metalloenzymes for selective C–H functionalization	41
Nanocellulose-based composites for packaging applications	40
Food waste and social acceptance of a circular bioeconomy: the role of stakeholders	40
Recycling of carbon fiber reinforced composite waste to close their life cycle in a cradle-to-cradle approach	40
Transition toward green economy: Technological Innovation's role in the fashion industry	40
Enabling a circular economy for chemicals in plastics	39
Furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural: Two pivotal intermediates for bio-based chemistry	37
A critical view on the environmental sustainability of biorefinery systems	37
Green chemistry and sustainability metrics in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector	37
Biochar for electrochemical applications	37
Photo-Fenton applied to the removal of pharmaceutical and other pollutants of emerging concern	36
Cell immobilization strategies for biotransformations	35
Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception	35
Strategies for polymer to polymer recycling from waste: Current trends and opportunities for improving the circular economy of polymers in South America	35
Building a new mind set in tomorrow fashion development through circular strategy models in the framework of waste management	34
Sustainable approach on the biodegradation of azo dyes: A short review	34
Recent developments in microalgal conversion of organic-enriched waste streams	33
Recent advances in wastewater treatment using semiconductor photocatalysts	33
Hematite-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs): A short review	33
Single-atom catalysis for a sustainable and greener future	33
Catalysis under ultrasonic irradiation: a sound synergy	33
Manganese—New prominent actor in transfer hydrogenation catalysis	33
Current drawbacks of proton-conducting ceramic materials: How to overcome them for real electrochemical purposes	33
Green analytical chemistry as an integral part of sustainable education development	32
Slowing the fast fashion industry: An all-round perspective	32
A critical review of the current progress of plastic waste recycling technology in structural materials	32
Enzyme immobilization strategies for the design of robust and efficient biocatalysts	30
Piezocatalysis: Can catalysts really dance?	30
Renaissance of ammonia synthesis for sustainable production of energy and fertilizers	30
Advancing halide-free catalytic synthesis of CO2-based heterocycles	30
Transition metal ‘cocktail’-type catalysis	30
Biocatalytic process intensification via efficient biocatalyst immobilization, miniaturization, and process integration	30
Greenwashing and sustainable fashion industry	29
Morphology control in the plant-mediated synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles	28
Lignocellulosics to biofuels: An overview of recent and relevant advances	28
Cellulose-derived hydrothermally carbonized materials and their emerging applications	28
Subcritical and supercritical water for chemical recycling of plastic waste	28
Reactor design for electrochemical CO2 conversion toward large-scale applications	28
Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture: implications to food sustainability and safety	28
Novel TiO2-based catalysts employed in photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis for effective degradation of pharmaceuticals (PhACs) in water: A short review	28
Emerging trends in flow chemistry enabled by 3D printing: Robust reactors, biocatalysis and electrochemistry	27
Biodegradable green composites: It's never too late to mend	27
Cost-effective routes for catalytic biomass upgrading	27
CO2 storage in cement and concrete by mineral carbonation	27
Metal carbides, phosphides, and nitrides for biomass conversion	27

Synthetic applications of polar organometallic and alkali-metal reagents under air and moisture	27
Sustainable development goals for advanced materials provided by industrial wastes and biomass sources	26
Sustainable biorefinery processes using renewable deep eutectic solvents	26
Alternative and sustainable solvents for green analytical chemistry	26
Current trends on turning biomass wastes into carbon materials for electrochemical sensing and rechargeable battery applications	25
Synthesis of advanced biobased green materials from renewable biopolymers	25
Pharmaceutical industry perspectives on flow chemocatalysis and biocatalysis	25
The contribution of material circularity to sustainability—Recycling and reuse of textiles	25
Life cycle sustainability assessment as a metrics towards SDGs agenda 2030	24
Redox-responsive sorbents and mediators for electrochemically based CO2 capture	24
Advanced green analytical chemistry for environmental pesticide detection	24
Hybrid chemoenzymatic heterogeneous catalysts	23
Re-thinking organic synthesis: Mechanochemistry as a greener approach	23
Current trends in direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) into value-added materials and products	22
Review of aminopolycarboxylic acids–based metal complexes application to water and wastewater treatment by (photo-)Fenton process at neutral pH	22
Solvent extraction of rare-earth elements with ionic liquids: Toward a selective and sustainable extraction of these valuable elements	22
Coupling light with biocatalysis for sustainable synthesis—very recent developments and future perspectives	22
Toward petroleum-free with plant-based chemistry	21
Strategies toward the sustainable electrochemical oxidation of methane to methanol	21
Supported ionic liquids for air purification	21
Green strategies for microplastics reduction	21
Syntheses and applications of perovskite-based photocatalysts in light-driven organic reactions	21
Advances on whole-cell biocatalysis in flow	21
Mechanochemistry in transition metal-catalyzed reactions	21
Bio-derived smart nanostructures for efficient biosensors	21
Green solvent screening using modeling and simulation	21
Gas solubility in ionic liquids	21
Advancements in the recycling of organocatalysts: From classical to alternative approaches	21
Aminopropyltriethoxysilane as a linker for cellulose-based functional materials: New horizons and future challenges	21
Recent advances to recover value-added compounds from avocado by-products following a biorefinery approach	20
Recent trends in synthetic enzymatic cascades promoted by alcohol dehydrogenases	20
Greening the synthesis of selenium-containing heterocycles: Recent efforts and advances	19
Fundamental aspects of photoelectrochemical water splitting at semiconductor electrodes	19
Enzyme engineering for biosynthetic cascades	19
Plastics from renewable sources as green and sustainable alternatives	19
Sustainability in steelmaking	18
Ionic liquid–based green processes for ammonia separation and recovery	18
Agro-industrial waste enzymes: Perspectives in circular economy	18
Recent efforts to increase greenness in chromatography	18
Is there depth to eutectic solvents?	18
Mechanochemistry as a versatile and scalable tool for nanomaterials synthesis: Recent achievements in Košice, Slovakia	17
Recent advances in the synthesis of carbon dots from renewable biomass by high-efficient hydrothermal and microwave green approaches	17
Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and organic contaminants of emerging concern using nanotubular structures	17
Recent advancements toward resilient and sustainable municipal solid waste collection systems	17
Chances and challenges of an organic waste–based bioeconomy	17
Recent progress in base-catalyzed isomerization of D-glucose into D-fructose	17
Recent progress in cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation and hydroboration reactions of alkenes	17
Recent trends on the valorization of winemaking industry wastes	17
From stabilization strategies to tailor-made lignin macromolecules and oligomers for materials	16
Recent advances on nitrogen-doped metal-free materials for the selective catalytic oxidation of hydrogen sulfide	16
Green metrics in pharmaceutical development	16
Facilitating enzymatic reactions by using ionic liquids: A mini review	16
Unspecific peroxygenases: The pot of gold at the end of the oxyfunctionalization rainbow?	16
Biochar-based functional materials as heterogeneous catalysts for organic reactions	16
Advanced cellulose cosmetic facial masks prepared from Myanmar thanaka heartwood	16
Artificial enzymes with multiple active sites	16
Using waste as resource to realize a circular economy: Circular use of C, N and P	15
Trends in the new generation of green solvents in extraction processes	15
Recent advances on modeling of solar heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors applied for degradation of pharmaceuticals and emerging organic contaminants in water	15
Ionic liquid–based aqueous biphasic systems as sustainable extraction and separation techniques	15
Can we replace liquid chromatography with the greener capillary electrophoresis?	15
Brazilian integrated sugarcane-soybean biorefinery: Trends and opportunities	15
Consumer acceptance of edible insects in an organic waste-based bioeconomy	15
Greening sample preparation: An overview of cutting-edge contributions	15
Crucial role of heterostructures in highly advanced water splitting photoelectrodes	15
Catalytic applications of layered double hydroxides in biomass valorisation	15
Ionic liquids-assisted greener preparation of silver nanoparticles	15
Analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics: How green are the methodologies used?	15
Electrochemistry in continuous systems	15