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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Greenwashed catalysis?	951
Bioproduction from methanol	775
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling	594
PASADENA NMR	530
N-between the aryls	516
Zeolites like to move it	442
Supramolecular control of cationic intermediates	441
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes	437
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase	421
Imagine polypropylene	412
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3	412
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis	400
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions	352
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene	343
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries	332
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors	332
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis	311
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction	304
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields	301
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis	292
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde	288
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water	283
Pulsed away	271
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents	266
Growing the carbon chain	259

Density control	258
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9	253
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts	250
Fluoroform for PET	244
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation	241
Behind the curtain	221
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering	215
Motorized catalysis	214
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts	213
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase	211
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides	210
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions	210
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol	210
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2	209
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface	206
Publisher Correction: Atomically precise layer-by-layer titration of perovskite oxides reveals the termination-specific reactivity in oxygen electrocatalysis	204
Iron-based single-atom catalysts for selective ammoxidation of C(sp3)–H bonds and oxidative C–C cleavage reactions	201
Rapid screening platform for peptide prenyltransferases to diversify pseudo-natural prenylated peptides	200
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface	197
Tailored water–surface interactions on cobalt oxide for stable proton-exchange-membrane water electrolysis	187
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation	187
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme	186
Heavy labels from gas surrogates	183
Author Correction: Bifunctional molecular additives enable efficient oxygen reduction reaction on platinum electrodes in the presence of strongly binding anions	181
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase	177
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide	177
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis	173
Electrolysis in tandem	166
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success	163
Active sites overcrowding	161
Subnanometre PtSn alloyed clusters encapsulated in silicalite-1 sustain high productivity in propane dehydrogenation	160
Quantum-sensing-enabled in situ imaging of free radicals in chemical reactions	160
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics	157
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers	154
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses	148
Overcoming conformational strain in directed C3-C(sp3)–H activation for saturated azacycles	147
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation	146
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst	146
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds	145
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis	145
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products	144
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis	143
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis	143
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion	141
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy	139
Ligand-mediated radical orientation enables asymmetric cyanation of unstabilized alkyl C-radicals	137
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity	137
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction	136
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media	135
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds	134

Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds	134
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis	134
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis	133
Modulation to probe the interface	130
Catalysing rate and capacity	127
Bubble trouble	126
Practical conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles	124
One, two, three, four, five!	122
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds	118
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization	117
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes	117
Splitting water under dryness	117
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex	116
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis	115
Dual protection	115
The interphase behind lithium-mediated ammonia	114
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple	112
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation	112
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis	111
Blowing in the tube	111
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling	111
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world	110
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling	108
Frustration-driven efficiency	108
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis	108
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification	107
Author Correction: A polyketide-based biosynthetic platform for diols, amino alcohols and hydroxy acids	106
A fine adjustment	106
Bridging catalysis	106