OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Catalysis is 104. 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
Greenwashed catalysis?	909
Bioproduction from methanol	714
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling	594
PASADENA NMR	587
N-between the aryls	578
Zeolites like to move it	488
Supramolecular control of cationic intermediates	482
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase	442
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions	410
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis	405
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3	399
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis	398
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction	395
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields	390
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis	372
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors	354
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries	329
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes	317
Imagine polypropylene	305
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene	301
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde	286
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water	285
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents	276
Pulsed away	276
Growing the carbon chain	274

Density control	273
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9	264
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts	257
Fluoroform for PET	256
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation	251
Iron-based single-atom catalysts for selective ammoxidation of C(sp3)–H bonds and oxidative C–C cleavage reactions	240
Behind the curtain	235
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol	232
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface	227
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering	224
Motorized catalysis	211
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface	209
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions	207
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts	206
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase	205
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2	202
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides	202
Tailored water–surface interactions on cobalt oxide for stable proton-exchange-membrane water electrolysis	195
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation	191
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme	189
Heavy labels from gas surrogates	188
Optimizing iridium sites	187
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase	183
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products	180
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics	178
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis	178
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis	177
Electrolysis in tandem	172
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success	172
Active sites overcrowding	168
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses	167
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis	164
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst	164
Quantum-sensing-enabled in situ imaging of free radicals in chemical reactions	163
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers	158
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion	157
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide	155
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy	155
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis	155
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media	154
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis	153
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation	151
Subnanometre PtSn alloyed clusters encapsulated in silicalite-1 sustain high productivity in propane dehydrogenation	149
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity	146
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction	145
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds	144
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds	139
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds	138
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis	137
Modulation to probe the interface	137

Catalysing rate and capacity	134
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes	133
Bubble trouble	133
Practical conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles	132
One, two, three, four, five!	128
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds	128
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization	128
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple	125
Splitting water under dryness	125
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis	123
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex	122
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis	120
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation	119
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling	118
Blowing in the tube	116
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world	114
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis	112
Frustration-driven efficiency	112
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling	112
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation	111
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification	109
Bridging catalysis	109
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide	108
And yet it catalyses	107
A fine adjustment	107
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli	107
Author Correction: A polyketide-based biosynthetic platform for diols, amino alcohols and hydroxy acids	107
Silicon frustrated Lewis pairs catalyse α-deuteration of amides and esters	106
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture	104
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO2	104