OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 118. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Publication Information	366
Issue Editorial Masthead	343
Lowering the Kinetic Barrier via the Synergistic Catalysis of N-CNTs Supported RhP Subnanoclusters and Confined Co Nanoparticles for Olefins Hydroformylation	318
Triethoxysilane-Catalyzed Single and Sequential Regioselective Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes: Sustainable Access to E-Alkenylboronate and Alkyl Gem-Diboronate Esters by Non-Covalent	316
Mechanistic Insights into Potassium-Assistant Thermal-Catalytic Oxidation of Soot over Single-Crystalline SrTiO₃ Nanotubes with Ordered Mesopores	310
Construction of Chiral C2-Quaternary Indolines via Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Asymmetric Amination	301
Constructing Ordered Oxophilic Tin Sites on Platinum to Achieve a High-Performance and Anti-CO Poisoning Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction under an Alkaline Electrolyte	301
Discovery and Synthetic Applications of a NAD(P)H-Dependent Reductive Aminase from Rhodococcus erythropolis	291
Origin of Stereoselectivity in Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization with Cationic Molybdenum Imido Alkylidene CAAC Complexes	285
Synthesis of Axially Chiral Vinyl Halides via Cu(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Radical 1,2-Halofunctionalization of Terminal Alkynes	284
Issue Editorial Masthead	258
Engineering the Atomic Configurations of Surface-Active Sites for Retuning the Photoreduction CO₂ Selectivity	257
Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Couplings of Alkylboranes: Transmetalation Studies and Synthesis of Model Organopalladium Pretransmetalation Species	251
Descriptors for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction in Imidazolium-Based Electrolytes	248
Molybdenum-Catalyzed Reductive Ortho-Allylation of Nitroarenes with 1,3-Dienes	235
Water-Stable Perovskite Nanocrystals to Overcome the Photocatalysis–Stability Trade-Off in Aqueous Photo-RAFT Polymerization	231
Regulation of the Properties of Hydrogen Dissociation and Transfer in the Presence of S Atoms for Efficient Hydrogenations	217
Variable Mechanisms for Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkyne Dimerization Pinpointed by Quasi-Classical Trajectory Simulations	216
Unified Enantioselective Allylations and Vinylogous Reactions Enabled by Visible Light-Driven Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis	211
Issue Editorial Masthead	211
Repurposing Amide Bond-Forming Enzymes for Non-native Protein Modification	208
Issue Publication Information	207
Confined Ru Nanoclusters for the Low-Temperature Cyclization of Diamines to Piperidines/Pyridines	207
Manganese-Catalyzed Electrochemical Oxidation of Tryptophan-Containing Peptides and Indole Derivatives by O₂	203
Unraveling the Common Nature of O and S Doping in Improving Electrochemical O₂ Reduction Reaction Performance of FeN₄C	203

Highly Efficient CO₂ Hydrogenation to Linear α-Olefins on FeZnK Catalysts with Balanced Zn–O–Fe Interfaces and Fe₅C₂ Species	201
Ir-Catalyzed, Nitrogen-Directed C(sp³)–H and C(sp²)–H Borylation with a Spiro-Fluorene-Indenoindenyl Ligand	194
Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Dehalogenation of Trichloroacetic Acid and α-Halocarbonyl Compounds: Multiple Roles of Copper	192
Activity Regulation of a Glutamine Amidotransferase Bienzyme Complex by Substrate-Induced Subunit Interface Expansion	191
Effective CO_x Suppression by a Na₄Mg(WO₄)₃ Promoter in Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane	188
Ruthenium-Catalyzed γ-Selective Intermolecular Amidation of Nonactivated Distal Methylene C–H Bonds of Terminal Alkenes via Olefin Chain-Walking Isomerization	188
Ag Size/Structure-Dependent Effect on Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Oxidation of NH₃ over Ag/MnO₂	186
Single Cobalt Atoms Induced Molecular O₂ Activation for Enhanced Photocatalytic Biomass Upgrading on ZnIn₂S₄ Nanosheets	183
Catalytic Synergy Using Al(III) and Group 1 Metals to Accelerate Epoxide and Anhydride Ring-Opening Copolymerizations	182
Unraveling the Impact of Niobia Promotion on Pt/Al₂O₃ for Enhanced Catalytic Performance in Benzyltoluene Reactions	181
Topology of DNA G-Quadruplexes Can Be Harnessed in Holliday Junction-Based DNA Suprastructures to Control and Optimize Their Biocatalytic Properties	181
Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Indole-Based Sulfenylated Heterobiaryls by Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Reductive Aldol Reaction	180
Electrochemical NADH Regeneration Mediated by Pyridine Amidate Iridium Complexes Interconverting 1,4- and 1,6-NADH	179
Overcoming the Activity–Stability Trade-Off in Heterogeneous Electro-Fenton Catalysis: Encapsulating Carbon Cloth-Supported Iron Oxychloride within Graphitic Layers	179
Different Oxidative Addition Mechanisms for 12- and 14-Electron Palladium(0) Explain Ligand-Controlled Divergent Site Selectivity	178
Role of Bimetallic Interactions in the Enhancement of Catalytic CO₂ Reduction by a Macrocyclic Cobalt Catalyst	176
Nickel-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Disulfuration of Alcohols to Access Unsymmetrical Disulfides	176
Chlorine-Decorated Ceria Nanocubes for Facilitating Low-Temperature Cyclohexane Oxidative Dehydrogenation: Unveiling the Decisive Role of Surface Species and Acid Properties	175
Enantioselective Synthesis of Unnatural Carbamate-Protected α-Alkyl Amino Esters via N–H Bond Insertion Reactions	175
Simultaneous Engineering of the Thermostability and Activity of a Novel Aldehyde Dehydrogenase	174
Computational Discovery of Codoped Single-Atom Catalysts for Methane-to-Methanol Conversion	172
Tailoring Surface and Penetrating Carbon in Fe-Based Catalysts to Balance the Activity and Stability of Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis	171
Designing a Bifunctional Pt/Cu-SSZ-13 Catalyst for Ammonia-Selective Catalytic Oxidation with Superior Selectivity	170
Predoped Oxygenated Defects Activate Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction	170
Surface Defect Engineering on Constructing High-Performance Noble Metal Active Sites: A Simple and Cost-Effective Path to High-Performance Oxidation Catalysts	168
Issue Publication Information	167
Issue Publication Information	166
Issue Editorial Masthead	163
Ligand-Controlled Nondirected meta- or para-C–H Olefination of Silyl-Protected Phenols	160
Optimizing Catalysis by Combining Molecular Scaling Relationships: Iron Porphyrin-Catalyzed Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction as a Case Study	158
Break-In Bad: On the Conditioning of Fuel Cell Nanoalloy Catalysts	156
Hydrogen Bond Effects: A Strategy for Improving Controllability in Organocatalytic Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerization Targeting High Molecular Weight	156
Rh(II)-Catalyzed Enynal Cycloisomerization for the Generation of Vinyl Carbene: Divergent Access to Polycyclic Heterocycles	156
Radical Reactions with N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Derived Acyl Azoliums for Access to Multifunctionalized Ketones	154
Cobalt Hydride-Catalyzed Hydroalkynylation of Alkenes with Alkynyl Trifluoroborates	153
Insights into Active Sites and Mechanisms of Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on Nickel–Iron Oxyhydroxide Electrodes	153
P-Stereogenic Ir-MaxPHOX: A Step toward Privileged Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Nonchelating Olefins	152
Visible-Light-Mediated Ruthenium-Catalyzed para-Selective Alkylation of Unprotected Anilines	150
Reformulating Reactivity Design for Data-Efficient Machine Learning	150
Elucidating the Roles of Nafion/Solvent Formulations in Copper-Catalyzed CO₂ Electrolysis	147
Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of NO to NH₃ by Iron Porphyrins at Physiologically Relevant Potentials	147
Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Dearomatization of β-Naphthols with gem-Difluorinated Cyclopropanes	146
Investigations via Kinetics and Multivariate Linear Regression Models of the Mechanism and Origins of Regioselectivity in a Palladium-Catalyzed Aryne Annulation	146
Atroposelective Synthesis of N–N Axially Chiral Indoles and Pyrroles via NHC-Catalyzed Diastereoselective (3 + 3) Annulation Strategy	146
Photoredox-Driven Three-Component Coupling of Aryl Halides, Olefins, and O₂	146
Local Magnetic Effect-Induced Electron Configuration Regulation: Spin Flipping of Iron Centers for Molecular Catalysis	145
Enantioselective Metal-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkynes with Carbonyl Compounds and Imines: Convergent Construction of Allylic Alcohols and Amines	144
Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methane at the Pd-Supported TiO₂ Interface: Mechanistic Insights from Theoretical Studies	144
Evidence and Governing Factors of the Radical-Ion Photoredox Catalysis	143
Electrocatalytic Radical-Polar Crossover Hydroetherification of Alkenes with Phenols	143

Issue Editorial Masthead	141
Discovery of Key Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase (C20ox) Enables the Complete Synthesis of Tripterifordin and Neotripterifordin	141
Cycloiridated Helicenes as Chiral Catalysts in the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines	141
Rate-Limiting Spin Crossover and Cp Ligand Involvement During Ir(III) Retro-Hydroformylation Catalysis	141
Efficient Photoelectrocatalysis of Glycerol to Dihydroxyacetone and Synergistic Hydrogen Generation via Dual Oxidation Pathways Using Co-LDH/Bi₂O₃/TiO₂ Ternary Array	140
Evolutionary Specialization of a Promiscuous Designer Enzyme	140
Time-Domain NMR: Generating Unique Insights into the Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysis in Liquid Phase	139
Dual-Isolation Effect of Bismuth in Non-Noble BiNi Alloys for Enhanced Performance in H₂O₂ Electrosynthesis	136
Visible-Light-Induced Energy-Transfer-Mediated Hydrofunctionalization and Difunctionalization of Unsaturated Compounds via Sigma-Bond Homolysis of Energy-Transfer Acceptors	136
Modulation of Schottky Barrier Height and Electronic Structure in Transition-Metal@Nitrogen-Doped-Carbon Core–Shell Cocatalysts Loaded with Mn_xCd_1–xS Nanorods for E	135
Enhanced Three-Component Chloro-/Azido-Fluoroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes via the Proximity Effect in a Heterogenous Metallaphotocatalyst	135
Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemoselective π–σ–π-Type Tandem Reductive Coupling to Access Isoquinolines via Carbocobaltation of Nitriles	134
Ligand-Controlled Copper-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Sulfonylation of Yne-Vinyl Allylic Esters with Sodium Sulfinates	134
Local Electric Field Modulation of Surface Vacancies Enhances CO₂ Methanation in Pure Water	130
Machine Learning Potentials for Heterogeneous Catalysis	130
Water-Controlled Coking Dynamics during High-Pressure Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction over SAPO-34	130
Atomically Dispersed Cu Atoms Anchored on N-Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient Catalyst for C–C Bond Cleavage of Ketones toward Esters	130
Molecular Design of Perylene Diimide Derivatives for Photocatalysis	129
Synergistic Catalyst–Mediator Pairings for Electroreductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions	129
Encapsulating Ru Nanoclusters for Reductive Imination of Biomass-Based Furfural by Shape-Selective Catalysis	129
Cesium and Phenoxide Interaction Enabled by Rh Overrides the Innate Solvent-Mediated Chemoselectivity	128
Improving C–N–FeO_x Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts through Hydroxyl-Modulated Local Coordination Environment	127
Acrolein Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Pt(111): Effect of Carbonaceous Deposits on Kinetics	127
Directed Evolution of an Artificial Hydroxylase Based on a Thermostable Human Carbonic Anhydrase Protein	127
Carbon Dioxide Fixation in RuBisCO Is Protonation-State-Dependent and Irreversible	126
Pd^II-Catalyzed γ-C(sp³)–H (Hetero)arylation of Ketones Enabled by Transient Directing Groups	126
Proton Transfers at the Water/Solid Interface of α-Al₂O₃–Supported Ni Clusters under Steam Reforming Conditions: An AIMD Study	125
Asymmetric Hydroxymethylative Etherification of 1,3-Dienes with Isatins and Alcohols via Pd(0)-π-Lewis Base Catalysis	124
Engineering Durable Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers through Suppressed Electrochemical Corrosion of a NiFe–Graphitic Carbon Shell Anode Catalyst	123
Ligand Effects on Isomerization/Bond-Formation Networks in Stereodivergent Pd/Cu Dual Catalysis Involving Stereochemically Dynamic Allylpalladium Intermediates	122
Exploration of the Synergistic Effect in a One-Component Lewis Pair System: Serving as a Dual Initiator and Catalyst in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Epoxides	122
Predicting Adhesion Energies of Metal Nanoparticles to Support Surfaces, Which Determines Metal Chemical Potential versus Particle Size and Thus Catalyst Performance	121
Late-Stage Functionalization and Diversification of Peptides by Internal Thiazole-Enabled Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp³)–H Arylation	121
Micellar N-Heterocyclic Carbene-like Organic Catalysis from Polymeric Nanoreactors Immobilizing Benzimidazolium Acetate Motifs in Their Core	121
Reconstitution of Myoglobin with Iron Porphycene Generates an Artificial Aldoxime Dehydratase with Expanded Catalytic Activities	121
Halogen-Bond-Based Organocatalysis Unveiled: Computational Design and Mechanistic Insights	120
Chemical Transformations in Supramolecular Hydrogels	120
Manganese-Catalyzed Synthesis of Polyketones Using Hydrogen-Borrowing Approach	120
Gold(I)-Catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Constructions of Bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-ene Frameworks via (4 + 3)-Cycloadditions	119
Alkene Isomerization Catalyzed by a Mn(I) Bisphosphine Borohydride Complex	119
Cooperation of Pt and TiO_x in the Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzothiazole	119
Versatile and Facile One-Pot Biosynthesis for Amides and Carboxylic Acids in E. coli by Engineering Auxin Pathways of Plant Microbiomes	119
Cp*Rh^III/Chiral Disulfonate/CuOAc Catalyst System for the Enantioselective Intramolecular Oxyamination of Alkenes	118
Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Allenylamines and β-Lactams through Regioselective Mannich-Type Reactions	118
[2 + 2] Photocycloadditions to Form Cyclobutanes and Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes Employing Copper-Based Photocatalysis	118