OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Society Reviews is 67. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation	405
Daisy chain architectures: from discrete molecular entities to polymer materials	392
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Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks	379
Nemo censetur ignorare legem : what research chemists should know about the EU legal framework	379
Interfacial engineering of halide perovskites and two-dimensional materials	375
Emerging deposition–dissolution chemistry for next-generation metal-based hybrid flow batteries: progress and perspectives	371
Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics	365
Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks	362
Harnessing biosynthetic logic for next-generation ADC payloads	345
Immunological nanomaterials to combat cancer metastasis	344
Dynamic interfaces in metal–organic frameworks	344
Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors	343
Multimodal optoacoustic imaging: methods and contrast materials	343
Recent advances in photochemical rearrangements involving diradicals	335
Reactions of main group compounds with azides forming organic nitrogen-containing species	334
Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications	332
Combining quantum chemistry, machine learning and rate theory for organic luminescent materials	331

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-diamines	331
Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	331
Correction: Functionalization of o -carboranes via carboryne intermediates	325
Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?	321
Inside front cover	319
Hidden interfacial electric fields in chemistry: contact electrification and beyond	311
Advanced Ah-level zinc metal batteries	310
Mechanism of oxidative stress and neurotoxicity associated with heme and copper–Aβ relevant to Alzheimer's disease	309
Recent advances in thermocatalytic acetylene selective hydrogenation	303
Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis	298
Recent advances in point-of-care testing of COVID-19	292
Electrochemical power sources enabled by multi-ion carriers	292
Decoding recombination dynamics in perovskite solar cells: an in-depth critical review	292
Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis	290
Pore confined time-of-flight secondary ion electrochemical mass spectrometry	289
Black phosphorus-based nanoplatforms for cancer therapy: chemistry, design, biological and therapeutic behaviors	285
Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications	281
Metal–phenolic network composites: from fundamentals to applications	279
Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes forin vivobioimaging	277
The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties	275
Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy	274
Optimizing photocatalysis via electron spin control	272
Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO₂ capture	272
Selectivity control by zeolites during methanol-mediated CO₂ hydrogenation processes	267
Unlocking the potential: machine learning applications in electrocatalyst design for electrochemical hydrogen energy transformation	266
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A tutorial on the modeling of the heterogenous captured CO₂ electroreduction reaction and first principles electrochemical modeling	260
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Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates	236
SERS microscopy as a tool for comprehensive biochemical characterization in complex samples	232
SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research	230
Intelligent catalysis: on-demand dynamic self-optimization via responsive feedback	228
Strong exciton coupling: a practical toolbox for computing interaction energies, wavefunctions, and optical spectra	228
Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers	225
Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission	216
Chromium-activated phosphors: from theory to applications	212
How can thermoelectric coupling catalysis be applied to facilitate biomass conversion into value-added products and hydrogen?	206
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Molecular-level understandings and device strategies for FAPbI ₃ -based perovskite solar cells	200
Radical enzymatic peptide cyclization in natural product biosynthesis	199
Design, characterization and applications of nanocolloidal hydrogels	196
Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis	195
Photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) based fluorescent probes for cellular imaging and disease therapy	194

Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts	192
Radical sulfonylation with sulfur dioxide surrogates	191
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Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage	190
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Heterogeneous catalytic deuteration using D ₂ O and advances in the application of deuterium labelling	187
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Recent progress in transition-metal-catalysed intermolecular saturated C(sp ³ )–N(sp ³ ) bond form	183
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Beyond single pathways: synergistic SET–EnT pathways in visible-light photochemistry	178
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The mechanism of visible light-induced C–C cross-coupling by C_sp³–H bond activation	176
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Advances in artificial cells capable of metabolic mimicry: from fundamentals to applications	175
Correction: Main group metal polymerisation catalysts	174
Synthesis of Xenes: physical and chemical methods	170
A unified quantum rate theory of electron transfer: conceptual advances in quantum electrochemistry	170
Construction of smart switchable nanoplatforms for adaptive phototheranostics	167
Understanding molecular and electrochemical charge transfer: theory and computations	165
Internally and externally induced chiral hybrid metal halide materials for advanced chiroptoelectronic applications	165
Tailoring Cu-based small-pore zeolites towards NH₃-SCR for NO_x abatement	162
Electrocatalytic amine dehydrogenation as a green route to nitriles: precise construction of efficient catalysts and mechanism	162
Covalent connections between metal–organic frameworks and polymers including covalent organic frameworks	159
Ionomeric binders in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: roles, challenges, and advances	157
Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins	155
iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging	155
Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states	154
Three-phase microenvironment modification by optimizing ionomer towards high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells	154
Tunable metal–organic frameworks assist in catalyzing DNAzymes with amplification platforms for biomedical applications	154
Thermodynamics of metal–organic frameworks: from fundamentals to advanced applications	154
Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions	153
Green metrics in mechanochemistry	153
Extrinsically conducting MOFs: guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity, thin film fabrication and applications	153
“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials	152
Biomedical SERS – the current state and future trends	152
Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	151
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Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications	151
Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications	151
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Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine	147
Chemical management of phytopathogenic bacteria: emerging compounds, molecular targets and outlook	147
Multi-level structural modulation enables fast lithium-ion transport in inorganic solid-state batteries	147
Recent advances in atomically precise metal nanoclusters for photothermal conversion	146
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward SO₂ detection	146
Formation of active sites in copper-exchanged zeolites for the direct methane-to-methanol conversion	146
Implantable hydrogels as pioneering materials for next-generation brain–computer interfaces	146
The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces	145
High energy density lithium battery systems: from key cathode materials to pouch cell design	144
Advanced systems for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction	144
A surface chemistry perspective on SERS: revisiting the basics to push the field forward	142
DNA-mediated precise regulation of SERS hotspots for biosensing and bioimaging	142
Catalytic redox-neutral carboxylation with CO ₂	141
Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms	141
Mixed-valence metal–organic frameworks: concepts, opportunities, and prospects	140
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A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates	137
Correction: Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	137
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Multifunctional nanomaterials for dental photo-theranostics	132
Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications	131
Strategies to engineer various nanocarrier-based hybrid catalysts for enhanced chemodynamic cancer therapy	131
Sixty years of electrochemical optical spectroscopy: a retrospective	130
The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems	130
Encapsulation engineering of porous crystalline frameworks for delayed luminescence and circularly polarized luminescence	129

Chemical insights on covalent organic frameworks for ferroptosis and pyroptosis in cancer	129
Small molecule helical emitters	128
Synthetic progress of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters via C–H activation and functionalization	127
Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters	127
Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles	127
Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting	126
Synthetic receptors for steroids: from molecular recognition to biomedical functions	126
Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 1: synthetic frontiers	125
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis	125
Engineering MXene surfaces and heterostructure interfaces for efficient heterogeneous catalysis	124
Breaking symmetry for better catalysis: insights into single-atom catalyst design	124
Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis	124
Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong	123
Zeolites and metal–organic frameworks for gas separation: the possibility of translating adsorbents into membranes	122
Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications	122
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	121
Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials	120
Navigating the functionalization of unactivated alkenes via visible light photocatalysis	119
Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens	118
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Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox	115
Protein desulfurization and deselenization	115
Ternary organic solar cells: optimizing the third components	115
The sustainability of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction	114
Designing rare-earth-based nanoalloys for advanced catalysis: trends, challenges, and perspectives	114
Molecularly engineered zeolites with extra-large-pore architectures and functional opportunities	114
Superconducting single-photon detectors in the mid-infrared for physical chemistry and spectroscopy	112
Interfacial design for detection of a few molecules	112
Functional gel materials for next-generation electrochromic devices and applications	111
Surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with ligands: a necessary step for their utility	111
Insights into the mechanism of 3d transition-metal-catalyzed directed C(sp³)–H bond functionalization reactions	111
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides using multivalent protein–carbohydrate interactions	110
Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics	110
Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review	109
Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells	109
Correction: From solar cells to memristors: halide perovskites as a platform for neuromorphic electronics	109
Reactivity descriptors for sulfur redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries: from mechanistic insights to machine learning driven catalyst design	109
Supramolecular catalysis with emerging, functional organic macrocycles and cages	109
Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors	108
Machine learning-driven molecular engineering of nucleic acids	108
Progress of surface-modified inorganic phosphors for performance improvement: from methods to applications	108
Ionic porous materials: from synthetic strategies to applications in gas separation and catalysis	106
Covalent organic frameworks as superior adsorbents for the removal of toxic substances	106
Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage	106
Unlocking the catalytic potential of heterogeneous nonprecious metals for selective hydrogenation reactions	106
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Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials	105
Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2022	104
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Carrier diversity and chemical ligations in the toolbox for designing tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) as synthetic vaccine candidates	103
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Optical probes for bioimaging of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their applications in cancer immunotherapy	102
Photoswitchable imaging contrast agents as an emerging frontier in precision bioimaging	102
Various energy-driven high-value-added oxidation reactions in CO ₂ reduction systems	102
Multicolour luminescence phenomena of vibration-induced emission	101
Modulation of engineered nanomaterial interactions with organ barriers for enhanced drug transport	101
Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications	101
Circularly polarized luminescence in chiral hybrid metal halides	101
Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application	100
Recent advances in zinc-ion dehydration strategies for optimized Zn–metal batteries	100
Sustainable decommissioning of perovskite solar cells: from waste to resources	100
Aggregation-induced emission-active supramolecular polymers: from controlled preparation to applications	100
Synthetic strategies for the incorporation of metallocenes into anti-infective scaffolds	100
Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation	99
Enroute sustainability: metal free C–H bond functionalisation	99
Emerging applications and mechanistic insights of copper mediated electrocatalysts in organic transformations	99
Structural codes of organic electrode materials for rechargeable multivalent metal batteries	99
Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification	98
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: the many faces of the sixth base of mammalian DNA	98
Imperfections are not 0 K: free energy of point defects in crystals	98
Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes	98
Near-infrared metal agents assisting precision medicine: from strategic design to bioimaging and therapeutic applications	97
A guide for the characterization of organic electrochemical transistors and channel materials	97
Routes to high-performance layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries	97
Ion transport mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks: implications for technology	97
Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry: mechanistic tools for organic electrosynthesis	97
%V_Bur index and steric maps: from predictive catalysis to machine learning	96
The route for commercial photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of large-area devices and key upscaling challenges	96
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