OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 69. 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
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Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	761
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Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	470
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Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	375
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	366
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	333
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	324
Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	324
Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	318
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	317
C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	309
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	309
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	301
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	299
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	289
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	289
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	288
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	288
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	288

Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	271
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	269
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	268
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	268
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	265
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	264
Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	263
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	261
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	254
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	252
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	251
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	250
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	250
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	246
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	243
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	241
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	240
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	239
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	238
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	238
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	236
Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	233
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	231
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	231
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Focusing on a nickel hydrocorphinoid in a protein matrix: methane generation by methyl-coenzyme M reductase with F430 cofactor and its models	222
Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	221
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Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	210
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	208
Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	205
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	204
Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	202
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	201
Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	198
A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	198
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	198
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	197
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	195
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	195
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	195

Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	193
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	193
High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	190
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	189
Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	189
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	187
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	187
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	185
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	185
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	184
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	182
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	181
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	181
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	180
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	180
Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	179
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	179
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	178
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Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	178
Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	178
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Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	175
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	173
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	172
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	172
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	171
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	171
iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	171
PROTACs: past, present and future	168
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	167
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	166
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	165
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	165
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Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	156
A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	155
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	153
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	152
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	152
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	152
New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	152
Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	152
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	150
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	149
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	143
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	142
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	142
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	141
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	140
Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	140
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	138
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Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	138
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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	134
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Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	131
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	131
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	129
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	129
Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	128
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	128
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	126
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	126

Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	126
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	124
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	123
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	123
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	122
Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	122
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	121
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	120
Degrader-antibody conjugates	120
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	120
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	120
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	119
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	119
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	119
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	119
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	119
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	118
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	117
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	117
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	116
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Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	109
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	109
Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	109
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Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	108
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	108
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	107
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	107
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	106
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	106
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	105
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	105
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	105
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	105
Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	104
Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	104
A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	103
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	103
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	102
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	102
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	102
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	102
Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	102
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	101
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	101
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	101
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	100
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	100
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	99
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	99
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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	97
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Structural codes of organic electrode materials for rechargeable multivalent metal batteries	95
Emerging applications and mechanistic insights of copper mediated electrocatalysts in organic transformations	95
Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	95
Sustainable decommissioning of perovskite solar cells: from waste to resources	95
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Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	94
Photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) – principles and implementations	94
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-, covalent-organic framework (COF)-, and porous-organic polymers (POP)-catalyzed selective C–H bond activation and functionalization reactions	94
Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes	94
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	94
%V_Bur index and steric maps: from predictive catalysis to machine learning	93
Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification	93
Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation	93
Recent advances in zinc-ion dehydration strategies for optimized Zn–metal batteries	93
Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	91
Modulation of engineered nanomaterial interactions with organ barriers for enhanced drug transport	91
Near-infrared metal agents assisting precision medicine: from strategic design to bioimaging and therapeutic applications	90
A guide for the characterization of organic electrochemical transistors and channel materials	90
Indium arsenide quantum dots: an alternative to lead-based infrared emitting nanomaterials	90
Nanostructured perovskites for nonvolatile memory devices	90
Ion transport mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks: implications for technology	90
Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application	90
Biocatalysis making waves in organic chemistry	89