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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Greenwashed catalysis?	798
PASADENA NMR	676
N-between the aryls	585
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes	559
Bioproduction from methanol	555
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis	540
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene	522
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3	510
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase	408
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis	405
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions	399
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors	379
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis	365
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling	360
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis	349
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction	347
Imagine polypropylene	336
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields	335
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries	333
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde	319
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water	315
Pulsed away	313
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering	309
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents	309
Growing the carbon chain	300

Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts	283
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation	279
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface	278
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface	276
Density control	249
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9	248
Motorized catalysis	246
Behind the curtain	246
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase	246
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts	245
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides	244
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation	238
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2	233
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol	233
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2	231
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions	230
O2 so good	228
Heavy labels from gas surrogates	226
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme	226
Optimizing iridium sites	224
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase	222
Electrolysis in tandem	204
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success	199
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses	199
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis	193
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis	193
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy	189
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis	188
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds	185
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis	184
Active sites overcrowding	183
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis	182
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products	180
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide	179
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst	171
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity	163
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics	161
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media	160
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction	160
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation	155
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion	154
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers	151
One, two, three, four, five!	148
Bubble trouble	145
Modulation to probe the interface	145
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds	145
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis	139
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple	139
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds	137
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes	136

Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex	136
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis	134
Catalysing rate and capacity	134
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction	133
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization	132
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds	132
Practical conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles	132
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation	129
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling	127
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis	126
Lengthened by ethylene	125
Blowing in the tube	124
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling	123
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world	122
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation	122
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis	121
Frustration-driven efficiency	119
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification	119
Bridging catalysis	118
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli	117
A fine adjustment	116
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings	115
Understanding Mn-modulated restructuring of Fe-based catalysts for controlling selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to olefins	111
Silicon frustrated Lewis pairs catalyse α-deuteration of amides and esters	111
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process	109
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture	109
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides	108
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides	105
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide	105
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol	104
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO2	104