OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Reviews is 110. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Biomimetic Materials to Fabricate Artificial Cells	1293
Correction to Depolymerization within a Circular Plastics System	1270
Topological Materials Go Meta	1103
Introduction: “Noncanonical Amino Acids”	1029
Physicochemical Characterization of Asphaltenes Using Microfluidic Analysis	907
Coordination Chemistry of Modified Porphyrinoid Systems	792
Tunable Chemical Disorder in Concentrated Alloys: Defect Physics and Radiation Performance	780
The Versatile and Strategic O-Carbamate Directed Metalation Group in the Synthesis of Aromatic Molecules: An Update	769
Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: A Theory and Simulation Perspective	759
Cell-Free Gene Expression: Methods and Applications	726
Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Polymers: Smart Materials with Stimuli-Responsive, Self-Healing, and Recyclable Properties	676
Hydrocarbon Extraction with Ionic Liquids	658
Cryo-electron Microscopic Analysis of Single-Pass Transmembrane Receptors	635
Effects of Crowding and Cosolutes on Biomolecular Function at Extreme Environmental Conditions	583
Genetic Code Expansion Approaches to Decipher the Ubiquitin Code	576
Connecting the Dots: Sintering of Liquid Metal Particles for Soft and Stretchable Conductors	566
Energy Applications of Ionic Liquids: Recent Developments and Future Prospects	556
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Noncovalent Aggregation for Diverse Properties in Hydrogels: A Comprehensive Review	494
Depolymerization within a Circular Plastics System	490

How Softness Matters in Soft Nanogels and Nanogel Assemblies	489
Molecular Design Strategies toward Improvement of Charge Injection and Ionic Conduction in Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors for Organic Electrochemical Transistors	473
Review on the Degradation Mechanisms of Metal-N-C Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Electrolyte: Current Understanding and Mitigation Approaches	472
Electrocatalysis in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers	462
Chemistry, Functionalization, and Applications of Recent Monoelemental Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Heterostructures	461
Solid-State NMR Investigations of Extracellular Matrixes and Cell Walls of Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, and Plants	457
Phase Transitions and Dynamics in Mixed Three- and Low-Dimensional Lead Halide Perovskites	445
New Advances in Covalent Network Polymers via Dynamic Covalent Chemistry	436
Electron Microscopy Studies of Soft Nanomaterials	427
Impedance Spectroscopy of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells from the Perspective of Equivalent Circuits	414
The Promise and Challenges of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells	413
Nanomaterials for Flexible Neuromorphics	409
Optical Phenomena in Molecule-Based Magnetic Materials	405
Carbon-based Biradicals: Structural and Magnetic Switching	400
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Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry for Investigating Protein Conformations and Protein–Protein Interactions─A Method for All Seasons	388
Metal Ion-Directed Functional Metal–Phenolic Materials	387
Revisiting Airflow and Aerosol Transport Phenomena in the Deep Lungs with Microfluidics	379
Diversification of Phage-Displayed Peptide Libraries with Noncanonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis and Chemical Modification	377
Creation from Confusion and Fusion in the Porphyrin World─The Last Three Decades of N-Confused Porphyrinoid Chemistry	373
Biospecific Chemistry for Covalent Linking of Biomacromolecules	373
Introduction: Machine Learning at the Atomic Scale	367
Neutron Scattering Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis	363
Electron Diffraction of 3D Molecular Crystals	361
Process Simulation and Optimization on Ionic Liquids	355
Engineered Proteins and Materials Utilizing Residue-Specific Noncanonical Amino Acid Incorporation	354
Introduction: Polymeric Biomaterials	354
Thermal Stability of Cellulose Nanomaterials	351
Nanoporous Gold: From Structure Evolution to Functional Properties in Catalysis and Electrochemistry	341
Recent Developments for the Deuterium and Tritium Labeling of Organic Molecules	340
Ionic Liquids for the Separation of Fluorocarbon Refrigerant Mixtures	339
Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory: An Attractive Electronic Structure Method for Large-Scale First-Principles Simulations	336
Ultrahigh-Throughput Enzyme Engineering and Discovery in In Vitro Compartments	333
Theoretical Modeling of Electrochemical Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer	331
3D Electron Diffraction for Chemical Analysis: Instrumentation Developments and Innovative Applications	328
Light–Matter Interactions in Hybrid Material Metasurfaces	327
Understanding the Electric Double-Layer Structure, Capacitance, and Charging Dynamics	327
Soft Biological Actuators for Meter-Scale Homeostatic Biohybrid Robots	326
How to Propose a Great Chemical Reviews Article	325
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Defect Chemistry of Titanium Dioxide (Rutile). Progress Toward Sustainable Energy	322
Correction to Molecular Chirality and Its Monitoring by Ultrafast X-ray Pulses	322
Embracing Heterogeneity: Challenging the Paradigm of Replisomes as Deterministic Machines	322
The Chemical Reactivity of Membrane Lipids	322
Introduction: Persistent and Stable Organic Radicals	319
Fundamental Aspects of Phase-Separated Biomolecular Condensates	319
Engineering Pyrrolysine Systems for Genetic Code Expansion and Reprogramming	315

Two-Dimensional Field-Effect Transistor Sensors: The Road toward Commercialization	315
Large-Area Epitaxial Growth of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides	314
Organic Synthesis Using Nitroxides	313
Insights into Single-Electron-Transfer Processes in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry and Related Donor–Acceptor Systems in Main Group Chemistry	313
Soft Bioelectronics Based on Nanomaterials	311
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Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration	297
Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conduction in Small-Molecule Semiconductors	296
Colloidal Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: From Asymmetrical Growth to Symmetry Breaking	286
The Biologically Relevant Coordination Chemistry of Iron and Nitric Oxide: Electronic Structure and Reactivity	283
Macromolecular Crowding, Phase Separation, and Homeostasis in the Orchestration of Bacterial Cellular Functions	280
Mass Spectrometry of Nucleic Acid Noncovalent Complexes	275
Shortening Synthetic Routes to Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Employing Biocatalytic Methods	272
Advances on the Merger of Electrochemistry and Transition Metal Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	272
Electrolytes in Organic Batteries	270
Oxide Ion-Conducting Materials Containing Tetrahedral Moieties: Structures and Conduction Mechanisms	267
Hydrothermal Treatment of Biomass Feedstocks for Sustainable Production of Chemicals, Fuels, and Materials: Progress and Perspectives	266
Charge Transfer from Quantum-Confined 0D, 1D, and 2D Nanocrystals	264
Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Reactions	264
The Past and the Future of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett Films	258
Topological Insulator Metamaterials	253
Emerging Electrochromic Materials and Devices for Future Displays	253
Recent Development of Halide Perovskite Materials and Devices for Ionizing Radiation Detection	253
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolysis: Cell-Level Considerations for Gigawatt-Scale Deployment	252
Iodoarene Activation: Take a Leap Forward toward Green and Sustainable Transformations	250
Bioinspired Multifunctional and Dynamic Color-Tuning Photonic Devices	248
Genetic Code Expansion History and Modern Innovations	245
Benchmarking Quantum Gates and Circuits	245
Spectrochemistry of Firefly Bioluminescence	244
Theory of Anisotropic Metal Nanostructures	244
Demystifying the O-GlcNAc Code: A Systems View	242
Natural and Synthetic Flavylium-Based Dyes: The Chemistry Behind the Color	242
Second-Sphere Lattice Effects in Copper and Iron Zeolite Catalysis	242
Ultrafast Magic Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Advances in Methodology and Applications	241
Deuteration for High-Resolution Detection of Protons in Protein Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) Solid-State NMR	239
Glycoinformatics in the Artificial Intelligence Era	239
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Metal–Organic Network-Forming Glasses	233
Metal-Based Photosensitizers as Inducers of Regulated Cell Death Mechanisms	233
Synthesis and Deconstruction of Polyethylene-type Materials	232
Molecular Views on Mechanisms of Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Reactions in Zeolites	231
Fifty Shades of Phenanthroline: Synthesis Strategies to Functionalize 1,10-Phenanthroline in All Positions	231
Direct Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) for Aliphatic C–H Bonds Elaboration	230
Shining New Light on Biological Systems: Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Bioimaging and Biosensing Applications	229
Quinolinate Synthase: An Example of the Roles of the Second and Outer Coordination Spheres in Enzyme Catalysis	228
Selective Noncovalent Catalysis with Small Molecules	228
From Protein Film Electrochemistry to Nanoconfined Enzyme Cascades and the Electrochemical Leaf	226
Bioinspired and Bioderived Aqueous Electrocatalysis	224
Evolution of Copolymers of Epoxides and CO₂: Catalysts, Monomers, Architectures, and Applications	224
First-Generation Organic Reaction Intermediates in Zeolite Chemistry and Catalysis	223
Electrochemical and Non-Electrochemical Pathways in the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Monosaccharides and Related Sugar Alcohols into Valuable Products	222
Ionic Liquids: New Forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients with Unique, Tunable Properties	221
Solid-State Reaction Synthesis of Nanoscale Materials: Strategies and Applications	220
Electronic Structure and Excited State Dynamics of Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanorods	220
Mechanisms and Delivery of tRNA Therapeutics	220
Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution	220
Stereodynamic Strategies to Induce and Enrich Chirality of Atropisomers at a Late Stage	219
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Aryl Transfer Strategies Mediated by Photoinduced Electron Transfer	216
From Mining to Manufacturing: Scientific Challenges and Opportunities behind Battery Production	216
Microenvironment Engineering of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Liquid-Phase Environmental Catalysis	214
Rare Earth Starting Materials and Methodologies for Synthetic Chemistry	214
Intelligent Photodetectors: Postmanufacturing Tunability toward Enhanced Performance and Advanced Functions	211
Advances in Bioresorbable Triboelectric Nanogenerators	210
Nitrogen-Centered Radicals in Functionalization of sp² Systems: Generation, Reactivity, and Applications in Synthesis	210
Transition Metal Catalysis Controlled by Hydrogen Bonding in the Second Coordination Sphere	210
Recent Advances in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation	210
Bioadhesive Technology Platforms	207
Atomic Scale Design of MXenes and Their Parent Materials─From Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives	205
Solution-Processable and Printable Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Inks	204
Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity	202
Recent Progress of Amorphous Nanomaterials	202
Fluorine Chemistry in Rechargeable Batteries: Challenges, Progress, and Perspectives	202

Catalysis of Alloys: Classification, Principles, and Design for a Variety of Materials and Reactions	200
Converting Nanotoxicity Data to Information Using Artificial Intelligence and Simulation	199
Carbon Nanodots from an In Silico Perspective	198
Introduction: Polaritonic Chemistry	198
Deconstruction of Polymers through Olefin Metathesis	193
A Computational Perspective to Intermolecular Interactions and the Role of the Solvent on Regulating Protein Properties	193
Hierarchical Nanomaterials Assembled from Peptoids and Other Sequence-Defined Synthetic Polymers	192
Nondestructive Analysis of Commercial Batteries	192
Hydrolysis, Ligand Exchange, and Redox Properties of Vanadium Compounds: Implications of Solution Transformation on Biological, Therapeutic, and Environmental Applications	192
Two-Dimensional Organic–Inorganic van der Waals Hybrids	192
The Role of In Situ/Operando IR Spectroscopy in Unraveling Adsorbate-Induced Structural Changes in Heterogeneous Catalysis	192
Paramagnetic Chemical Probes for Studying Biological Macromolecules	191
Recent Progress on Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials	190
Characterization Techniques of Polymer Aging: From Beginning to End	190
Recent Advances in the Total Synthesis of the Tetrahydroisoquinoline Alkaloids (2002–2020)	190
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Colloidal Synthesis of Plasmonic Complex Metal Nanoparticles: Sequential Execution of Multiple Chemical Toolkits Increases Morphological Complexity	185
Flexible Microinterventional Sensors for Advanced Biosignal Monitoring	184
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Polymers without Petrochemicals: Sustainable Routes to Conventional Monomers	179
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Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric C–H Functionalization Reactions	179
Recent Advances in Tetra- (Ti, Sn, Zr, Hf) and Pentavalent (Nb, V, Ta) Metal-Substituted Molecular Sieve Catalysis	179
From Angstroms to Nanometers: Measuring Interatomic Distances by Solid-State NMR	177
Toward Next Generation Lateral Flow Assays: Integration of Nanomaterials	176
Protein Design: From the Aspect of Water Solubility and Stability	176
Characterizing Electrode Materials and Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries	175
Conformational Dynamics of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Regulate Biomolecular Condensate Chemistry	175
Luminescent Lanthanides in Biorelated Applications: From Molecules to Nanoparticles and Diagnostic Probes to Therapeutics	174
Rotating Frame Relaxation in Magic Angle Spinning Solid State NMR, a Promising Tool for Characterizing Biopolymer Motion	174
Polymer Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production: Progress and Challenges	173
Phenalenyl Radical: Smallest Polycyclic Odd Alternant Hydrocarbon Present in the Graphene Sheet	173
The Coming of Age of Neodymium: Redefining Its Role in Rare Earth Doped Nanoparticles	169
Alkoxy Radicals See the Light: New Paradigms of Photochemical Synthesis	168
Microfluidics-Enabled Soft Manufacture of Materials with Tailorable Wettability	166
Next Generation Gold Drugs and Probes: Chemistry and Biomedical Applications	166
Designed to Degrade: Tailoring Polyesters for Circularity	164
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Colloidal Approaches to Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals	163
Pr_1–xCa_xMnO₃-Based Memristive Heterostructures: Basic Mechanisms and Applications	160
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Molecular Spies in Action: Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors Light up Cellular Signals	155
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Implants with Sensing Capabilities	154
Layer-Structured Anisotropic Metal Chalcogenides: Recent Advances in Synthesis, Modulation, and Applications	154
Advanced Functional Luminescent Metallomesogens: The Key Role of the Metal Center	154
The Octadecanoids: Synthesis and Bioactivity of 18-Carbon Oxygenated Fatty Acids in Mammals, Bacteria, and Fungi	154
Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation	153
Methods for Theoretical Treatment of Local Fields in Proteins and Enzymes	152
Multi-Ferrocene-Based Ligands: From Design to Applications	152
Coordination-Induced Bond Weakening	151
Biological Materials Processing: Time-Tested Tricks for Sustainable Fiber Fabrication	150
The Astounding World of Glycans from Giant Viruses	150
Interfacial Assembly and Applications of Functional Mesoporous Materials	150
Multifaceted Computational Modeling in Glycoscience	150
s-Block Metal Catalysts for the Hydroboration of Unsaturated Bonds	150
The Materials Science behind Sustainable Metals and Alloys	150
Introduction: Soft Robotics	149
Covalent Template-Directed Synthesis: A Powerful Tool for the Construction of Complex Molecules	149
Cell Culture in Microfluidic Droplets	148
Advances in NMR Spectroscopy of Weakly Aligned Biomolecular Systems	145
Hierarchical Materials from High Information Content Macromolecular Building Blocks: Construction, Dynamic Interventions, and Prediction	145
Computer-Aided Molecular Design of Ionic Liquids as Advanced Process Media: A Review from Fundamentals to Applications	144
Introduction: Organic Bioelectronics	143
Metabolic Engineering: Methodologies and Applications	143
Engineered Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Energy Conversion and Storage	143
Synthetic Lipid Biology	143
Introduction: Operando and In Situ Studies in Catalysis and Electrocatalysis	142
Oxide Cathodes: Functions, Instabilities, Self Healing, and Degradation Mitigations	142
Expanding the Synthetic Toolbox through Metal–Enzyme Cascade Reactions	139
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Regioselective Substitution of BINOL	136
Glycoconjugates: Synthesis, Functional Studies, and Therapeutic Developments	136
Chemical Design of Activatable Photoacoustic Probes for Precise Biomedical Applications	136
Introduction: Two-Dimensional Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides	135
Catalytic Approaches to Chemo- and Site-Selective Transformation of Carbohydrates	134
Viscosity of Ionic Liquids: Theories and Models	134
Recycling Hazardous and Valuable Electrolyte in Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries: Urgency, Progress, Challenge, and Viable Approach	134
Synthesis, Modulation, and Application of Two-Dimensional TMD Heterostructures	133
Semiconductor Quantum Dots in the Cluster Regime	133
Concepts Relevant for the Kinetic Analysis of Reversible Reaction Systems	132