OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Chemical Education is 33. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding and Learning of Ionic Organic Reactions in Organic Chemistry Based on Acid–Base Theory	367
Use of the Problem-Solving Methodology in Teaching Instrumental Analytical Chemistry to Non-Chemists: An Experience Report	246
Student-Generated Exam Crib Sheets: What Do They Write? An Examination of Crib Sheet Features	193
Water Activation-Enabled Electrochemiluminescence for Sensitive Antioxidant Assay: A Comprehensive Laboratory Experiment for Third-Year Undergraduate Students	119
Antioxidant Capacity ofRhizophora mangleBark Extracts: A Contextualized Approach in the Teaching of Analytical Chemistry	118
Introducing Data-Driven Materials Informatics into Undergraduate Courses through a Polymer Science Workshop	106
A Pedagogical Approach to Assemble and Characterize Paper-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators	105
From a Hazardous Waste to a Commercial Product: Learning Circular Economy in the Chemistry Lab	92
Differential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Graduate Students and Postdocs in the Chemical Sciences	83
Implementation of Laser-Printed Paper-Based Analytical Devices for Colorimetric Assay of Metals in the Teaching Laboratory	79
Stepwise or Concerted Mechanisms? Rethinking of the Classical Carbocation Rearrangement Reaction	70
Homemade Paper Analytical Device and Digital Image Colorimetry as Tools for Learning about Calibration Curve Methods during the COVID Pandemic: A Remote vs In-Person Class Evaluation	67
¹³C NMR Analysis of an Aqueous Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (Synthesis of β-Resorcylic Acid)	65
Class and Exam Modalities’ Impact on Student Exam Scores	56
Spices, Chemistry, and the Globalization of Chemical Education	54
The Visual Preparation of n-Bromobutane	52
Simple Web-Based Interactive Visualizations to Illustrate and Explore Concepts in NMR Spectroscopy	52
Taking School Instrumentation One Step Forward: A Do-It-Yourself Type Spectrophotometer and a Jupyter Notebook That Enable Real Time Spectroscopy during School Lessons	47
Quick-QM-Spectra (QQMS): A Website for the Visualization of Spectra and Molecules from the Output of Free Open-Source Electronic Structure Programs	45
Incorporation of a Virtual Proteomics Module into the Undergraduate Analytical Curriculum	45
Development and Evaluation of the Chemistry Multidimensional Belonging Scale (CMBS)	44
A Cocurricular Context-Based Enrichment Program to Enhance Scientific Skills Development	43
Efficient Detection of Low-Content Diamond Crystals in Sand via X-ray Powder Diffraction: A Guided-Inquiry Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Experiment	42
Molecules in Medicine: A Week-Long Multidisciplinary Summer Camp for High School Students	42
Investigating Crystal Violet Reactivity and Color with Quantum Theory and Interactive Webpages	41

Drug Discovery in Real Life: An Online Learning Activity for Bioinformatics Students	40
Exploring Data Mining in Chemistry Education: Building a Web-Based Learning Platform for Learning Analytics	39
Laboratory Skills Assignments as a Teaching Tool to Develop Undergraduate Chemistry Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Practical Laboratory Skills	38
A CURE for Microplastics: Introducing First-Year Honors Students to Environmental Chemistry through Undergraduate Research	37
Simple Synthesis of Water-Soluble Biological Carbon Quantum Dots as Drug Delivery Carriers for Undergraduates Experiments	35
Investigating Students’ Perceptions of Their Performance and the Relevance of Chemistry to Sustainable Development	35
Green Synthetic Approach to Indole-Substituted Methane Derivatives via Multi-Component Reaction	34
NMR Teaching Strategies in the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory: Identification and Quantification of Caffeine in Energy Drinks	33
Student Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Utility in the Introductory Chemistry Classroom	33
On-the-Go Lab for Aqueous Reactions Demonstrations: Activities at the Microscale	33
Titration Straw: Educational Experiment for Visualization of Acid–Base Reaction in a Hydrogel	33