OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 81. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Mechanism of oxidative stress and neurotoxicity associated with heme and copper–Aβ relevant to Alzheimer's disease	492
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Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	431
Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	416
Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	406
Nemo censetur ignorare legem : what research chemists should know about the EU legal framework	385
Advanced Ah-level zinc metal batteries	375
Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	375
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	369
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	366
Combining quantum chemistry, machine learning and rate theory for organic luminescent materials	363
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	356
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	353
Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	348
Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	346
Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	338
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	335

Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	335
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	324
Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	324
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	323
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	320
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	317
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	315
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	312
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	311
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	308
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	307
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	307
C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	303
Electrochemical power sources enabled by multi-ion carriers	302
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	302
Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	295
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	294
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	292
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	291
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	291
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	291
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	290
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	290
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	290
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	289
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	288
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	286
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	285
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	285
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	284
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	281
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A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	263
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Molecular-level understandings and device strategies for FAPbI ₃ -based perovskite solar cells	257
Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	255
Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	254
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	250
Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	248
Focusing on a nickel hydrocorphinoid in a protein matrix: methane generation by methyl-coenzyme M reductase with F430 cofactor and its models	246

Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	246
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	236
Chromium-activated phosphors: from theory to applications	236
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	236
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	234
Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	234
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	233
High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	233
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	230
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	229
Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	229
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	228
Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	226
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	226
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	225
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	225
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Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	224
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Three-phase microenvironment modification by optimizing ionomer towards high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells	219
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The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	215
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Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	213
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	212
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	211
iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	210
Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	208
Tailoring Cu-based small-pore zeolites towards NH₃-SCR for NO_x abatement	208
Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	207
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	205
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	205
Ionomeric binders in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: roles, challenges, and advances	205
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	204
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	204
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	203
PROTACs: past, present and future	203
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	203
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	202
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	202
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	202
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	202
Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	201
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	200
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	200
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	199
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	199
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	198
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Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	197
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New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	189
Catalytic redox-neutral carboxylation with CO ₂	187
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	186
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	185
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	184
Multi-level structural modulation enables fast lithium-ion transport in inorganic solid-state batteries	184
High energy density lithium battery systems: from key cathode materials to pouch cell design	181
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	178
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	175
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	174
Chemical management of phytopathogenic bacteria: emerging compounds, molecular targets and outlook	174
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	173
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	173
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	172
Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	172
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	172
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	171
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	169

Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	166
A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	165
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	160
Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	160
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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	154
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Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	153
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	153
Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	153
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Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 1: synthetic frontiers	152
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Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	151
Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	149
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	148
Multifunctional nanomaterials for dental photo-theranostics	147
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	145
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	145
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	144
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	144
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	143
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	143
Degrader-antibody conjugates	143
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	141
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	140
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	140
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	140
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	140
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	139
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	138
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	137
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	137
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	136
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	136
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	136
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	136
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	134
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	134
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Supramolecular catalysis with emerging, functional organic macrocycles and cages	126
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	126
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Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	126
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	126
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	125
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	125
Reactivity descriptors for sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries: from mechanistic insights to machine learning driven catalyst design	125
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	125
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	125
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	124
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	124
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	123
Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	123
Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	122
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	122
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	121
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	121
Progress of surface-modified inorganic phosphors for performance improvement: from methods to applications	120
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	120
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Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	119
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	119
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	118
A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	118
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	118
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	118
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	117
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	117
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	117
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	117
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	116
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	116
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Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	116
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