OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Chemistry is 20. 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
Status and Challenges of Density Functional Theory	222
Electrolyte Design for Fast-Charging Li-Ion Batteries	183
Lignin Functionalization for the Production of Novel Materials	165
Amide Bond Activation: The Power of Resonance	157
Challenges of Z-scheme photocatalytic mechanisms	156
Emerging Frontiers of Upconversion Nanoparticles	146
Photoinduced Anion Segregation in Mixed Halide Perovskites	142
Recent Fascinating Aspects of the CuAAC Click Reaction	141
Evolution of Isolated Atoms and Clusters in Catalysis	139
Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Challenges	128
Mechanochemical Cross-Coupling Reactions	123
Metal–Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Solid Catalysts	122
Homogeneous Gold Redox Chemistry: Organometallics, Catalysis, and Beyond	121
Synthetic Routes to Late Transition Metal–NHC Complexes	119
The Merger of Photoredox and Cobalt Catalysis	115
Rational design of oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for seawater electrolysis	107
Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Fuels: Progress and Opportunities	104
Emerging frontiers of Z-scheme photocatalytic systems	102
Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Therapeutics	101
Catalytic Porphyrin Framework Compounds	96
Engineering Ultrasmall Metal Nanoclusters as Promising Theranostic Agents	92
Asymmetric C–H Bond Functionalization of Ferrocenes: New Opportunities and Challenges	90
Carbon dots: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future	87
Insights into Practical-Scale Electrochemical H2O2 Synthesis	86
MXenes as High-Rate Electrodes for Energy Storage	85

Mitigating ion migration in perovskite solar cells	82
CO2-Based Block Copolymers: Present and Future Designs	81
Ready, Set, Flow! Automated Continuous Synthesis and Optimization	75
All sp2 carbon covalent organic frameworks	73
Tailoring Light with Layered and Moiré Metasurfaces	71
Upscaling Mechanochemistry: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Industry	71
Metal complexes for therapeutic applications	68
Biomedical Integration of Metal–Organic Frameworks	67
Molecular Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 beyond Two Electrons	67
The renaissance of polythiophene organic solar cells	66
Toward Machine Learning-Enhanced High-Throughput Experimentation	66
Carbon-based catalyst supports for oxygen reduction in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells	64
Progress in halide-perovskite nanocrystals with near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield	63
Single-electron carbene catalysis in redox processes	63
Defining and Exploring Chemical Spaces	59
High-efficiency thermocells driven by thermo-electrochemical processes	57
Electrochemical C–N Bond Formation for Sustainable Amine Synthesis	57
Quantum Mechanical Tunneling Is Essential to Understanding Chemical Reactivity	57
Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C–H functionalization via C–H palladation	57
Facing the capacity fading of vanadium-based zinc-ion batteries	55
Crystal Engineering of Hybrid Coordination Networks: From Form to Function	55
CO2 Derived E-Fuels: Research Trends, Misconceptions, and Future Directions	55
Structural design and determination of 3D covalent organic frameworks	54
Accelerating Redox Kinetics of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries	49
Carrier Dynamics and Evaluation of Lasing Actions in Halide Perovskites	49
H/F substitution for advanced molecular ferroelectrics	48
Carbon Dots in Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion	47
Organic Photovoltaics: Relating Chemical Structure, Local Morphology, and Electronic Properties	43
From Macro- to Nanoscale: Finite Size Effects on Metal–Organic Framework Switchability	43
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Hydroaminocarbonylations of Alkenes and Alkynes	43
Electroactive covalent organic frameworks: a new choice for organic electronics	41
Pillararene-Based Supramolecular Functional Materials	41
Navigating through the Maze of Homogeneous Catalyst Design with Machine Learning	40
Advances in N-centered intermediates by energy transfer photocatalysis	40
Clinical Opportunities for Continuous Biosensing and Closed-Loop Therapies	39
Triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered drug delivery	39
STEM Gels by Controlled Radical Polymerization	38
Recent Advances in Metal Triplet Emitters with d6, d8, and d10 Electronic Configurations	38
Design Concepts for N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands	38
Development of Second Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging Agents	38
Molecular dimensionality and photoluminescence of hybrid metal halides	37
Single-atom M–N–C catalysts for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis	37
Metrics for Benchmarking and Uncertainty Quantification: Quality, Applicability, and Best Practices for Machine Learning in Chemistry	37
Chemist versus Machine: Traditional Knowledge versus Machine Learning Techniques	37
Designing Dynamic Materials from Dynamic Bonds to Macromolecular Architecture	36
Ferroelectricity and Rashba effect in 2D organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites	36
Metal–Organic Frameworks and Water: ‘From Old Enemies to Friends’?	35
Laser-engraved graphene for flexible and wearable electronics	35
Anion-conducting polyelectrolytes for energy devices	35
Progress and Opportunities for Cs Incorporated Perovskite Photovoltaics	35

A new carbon allotrope: graphdiyne	35
Emerging biomimetic nanotechnology in orthopedic diseases: progress, challenges, and opportunities	34
Competitive Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Working Lithium Anodes	34
New reaction pathways by integrating chemo- and biocatalysis	34
Developments in Photoredox-Mediated Alkylation for DNA-Encoded Libraries	34
Colloidal Assembly and Active Tuning of Coupled Plasmonic Nanospheres	34
Emerging trends in sustainable battery chemistries	34
Highly reductive photocatalytic systems in organic synthesis	32
Macrocycles and Related Hosts as Supramolecular Antidotes	32
Towards modeling spatiotemporal processes in metal–organic frameworks	32
2D Material Bubbles: Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications	31
Single-atom heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable organic synthesis	30
Electrolytes for high-voltage lithium batteries	29
Silver N-heterocyclic carbenes: emerging powerful catalysts	29
Water–active site interactions in zeolites and their relevance in catalysis	29
Bioorthogonal catalysis for biomedical applications	29
Solar-driven catalytic plastic upcycling	29
Structurally anisotropic hydrogels for tissue engineering	28
Controlling X-ray-activated persistent luminescence for emerging applications	28
New trends in nonconventional carbon dot synthesis	28
Implications of Na-ion solvation on Na anode–electrolyte interphase	28
The catalytic cycle of cytochrome P450: a fascinating choreography	28
In the Limelight: 2D and 3D Materials via Photo-Controlled Radical Polymerization	27
Synthesis of Large-Area Single-Crystal Graphene	27
Light Up the Transition Metal-Catalyzed Single-Electron Allylation	27
Establishing a unified framework for ion solvation and transport in liquid and solid electrolytes	27
Development and applications of selective hydroesterification reactions	27
‘Catalyst + X’ strategies for transition metal-catalyzed olefin-polar monomer copolymerization	26
Electrochemical nitrogen reduction: an intriguing but challenging quest	25
Electrically conductive 2D covalent organic frameworks	25
Materials chemistry-enabled platforms in detecting sexually transmitted infections: progress towards point-of-care tests	24
Computational enzyme redesign: large jumps in function	24
Artificial Photosynthesis Beyond Water Splitting for Environmental Remediation	24
Nanoparticle Phototherapy in the Era of Cancer Immunotherapy	24
Macromolecular Topology Engineering	24
Single sites in heterogeneous catalysts: separating myth from reality	23
Recent advances towards organocatalytic enantioselective desymmetrizing reactions	23
Dehydroalanine modification sees the light: a photochemical conjugate addition strategy	23
Titania-Based Micro/Nanomotors: Design Principles, Biomimetic Collective Behavior, and Applications	22
Autonomous flow reactors for discovery and invention	22
Asymmetric catalysis with chiral cyclopentadienyl complexes to access privileged scaffolds	22
Electroluminescence of Perovskite Nanocrystals with Ligand Engineering	22
Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Using Group VII Metal Catalysts	22
Towards Lignin-Derived Chemicals Using Atom-Efficient Catalytic Routes	22
Electron–orbital–lattice interactions in hollow multishelled structures	22
Exterior decorating: Lewis acid secondary coordination spheres for cooperative reactivity	21
Cross-dehydrogenative coupling of unactivated alkanes	21
The temptation from homogeneous linear catechyl lignin	21
Design and structural engineering of single-atomic-site catalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction	21
Euclidean Symmetry and Equivariance in Machine Learning	21
Photochemical upcycling of polystyrene plastics	21
Emerging trends in C(sp3)–H borylation	21
Designing radical chemistry by visible light-promoted homolysis	21
Soft–Hard Composites for Bioelectric Interfaces	21
Oligothiophene-based photovoltaic materials for organic solar cells: rise, plateau, and revival	20
Reflections on Racemic Natural Products	20
A Multivariate Toolbox for Donor–Acceptor Alignment: MOFs and COFs	20
Investigating carotenoid photophysics in photosynthesis with 2D electronic spectroscopy	20
Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery	20