OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 63. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	695
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C–H bond activation and sequential addition to two different coupling partners: a versatile approach to molecular complexity	360
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	357
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	353
Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	344
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	312
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	303
Cooperative approaches in catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation	302
Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	301
Understanding and modelling the magnitude of the change in current of nanopore sensors	288
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	284
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	282
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	281
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	279
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	275
Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications	274
Polymer nano-systems for the encapsulation and delivery of active biomacromolecular therapeutic agents	274
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	270
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	270

Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	255
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	250
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	250
Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	246
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	243
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	243
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	241
The uptake of metal–organic frameworks: a journey into the cell	240
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	236
Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications	230
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	229
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	228
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	228
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	226
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	223
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	221
Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins	220
Medicinal inorganic chemistry – challenges, opportunities and guidelines to develop the next generation of radioactive, photoactivated and active site inhibiting metal-based medicines	217
Metallodrugs in cancer nanomedicine	217
Hierarchical porous metal–organic gels and derived materials: from fundamentals to potential applications	213
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	211
Recent development of gold(i) and gold(iii) complexes as therapeutic agents for cancer diseases	211
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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	202
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Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	195
A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	195
Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts	194
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	194
Synthetic applications of hydride abstraction reactions by organic oxidants	194
High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors	189
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	188
Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	186
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	184
Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds	183
Skin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring	182
Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights	180
Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	180
Unravelling the benefits of transition-metal-co-doping in lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles	179
Advanced plasmonic technologies for multi-scale biomedical imaging	178
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	177
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	177

Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	176
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	175
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Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	173
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Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	171
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Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	168
iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	168
The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	167
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	166
Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets	165
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	164
Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	163
Nanobiocatalysis: a materials science road to biocatalysis	163
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	163
Biodistribution, degradability and clearance of 2D materials for their biomedical applications	163
2D graphdiyne: an emerging carbon material	162
The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers	161
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	160
PROTACs: past, present and future	159
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	159
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	158
Glycan microarrays from construction to applications	157
Porphyrinoid actinide complexes	154
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	153
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	152
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	151
Ether-based electrolytes for sodium ion batteries	151
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	151
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	150
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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	145
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A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	145
Delivery strategies in treatments of leukemia	143
Geoinspired syntheses of materials and nanomaterials	143
Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems	139
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	137
New opportunities for immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment using chemical tools	136
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	135
Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies	135
Versatile polyphenolic platforms in regulating cell biology	133
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	133
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	133
Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage	132
Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	132
Fluorinated metal–organic frameworks for gas separation	132
Dissecting the role of protein phosphorylation: a chemical biology toolbox	130
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	130
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	129
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Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	124
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	123
Methods to characterize and discover molecular degraders in cells	123
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	119
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	119
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	118
Degrader-antibody conjugates	116
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	116
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	115
Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes	114
Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation	113
A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	113
Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders	113

Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	113
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	113
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	111
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	111
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	111
Photoelectrochemistry of oxygen in rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries	111
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	110
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	110
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	110
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	109
Activatable fluorescent probes for in situ imaging of enzymes	108
Applications of covalent chemistry in targeted protein degradation	108
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	107
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	107
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Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	106
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	106
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Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	100
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Protein desulfurization and deselenization	100
Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	100
Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics	99
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	99
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	99
Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies	98
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	98
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	98
Gating effect for gas adsorption in microporous materials—mechanisms and applications	98
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	97
Porphyrinoids, a unique platform for exploring excited-state aromaticity	96
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	96
Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways	96
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	96
Noncovalently bound and mechanically interlocked systems using pillar[n]arenes	96
Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	96
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	93
The transition metal-catalysed hydroboration reaction	93
Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	92
Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy	92
Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications	92
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	92
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	91
A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals	91
Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts	91
Evolving aprotic Li–air batteries	91
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	90
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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	89
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Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	87
Modulation of engineered nanomaterial interactions with organ barriers for enhanced drug transport	87
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Structural codes of organic electrode materials for rechargeable multivalent metal batteries	87
Biocatalysis making waves in organic chemistry	86
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: the many faces of the sixth base of mammalian DNA	86
Photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) – principles and implementations	86
Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification	86
A guide for the characterization of organic electrochemical transistors and channel materials	85
Nanostructured perovskites for nonvolatile memory devices	85
Indium arsenide quantum dots: an alternative to lead-based infrared emitting nanomaterials	85
%V_Bur index and steric maps: from predictive catalysis to machine learning	85
Near-infrared metal agents assisting precision medicine: from strategic design to bioimaging and therapeutic applications	84
The route for commercial photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of large-area devices and key upscaling challenges	84
Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	84
Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	84
Aggregation-induced emission-active supramolecular polymers: from controlled preparation to applications	84
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-, covalent-organic framework (COF)-, and porous-organic polymers (POP)-catalyzed selective C–H bond activation and functionalization reactions	83
Enroute sustainability: metal free C–H bond functionalisation	83
Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry: mechanistic tools for organic electrosynthesis	82
Ion transport mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks: implications for technology	82
Recent advances in zinc-ion dehydration strategies for optimized Zn–metal batteries	82
Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation	82
Routes to high-performance layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries	81
Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application	81
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	81
Calcium carbonate: controlled synthesis, surface functionalization, and nanostructured materials	81
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