OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 120. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Programmable Enzymatic Toolbox for the Assembly of Fucosylated Chondroitin Derivatives	414
Efficient Reductive Amination of Furfural to a Primary Amine on a Pt/TiO₂ Catalyst: A Manifestation of the Nanocluster Proximity Effect	382
What Controls Direct Hole-Mediated Oxidation Kinetics in a Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalytic System: A Model Study for Aqueous Aromatic Compounds	365
Ruthenium-Based Nanoparticles-Loaded Layered Silica Nanosheets-Assembled Stacked-Structure Nanoreactors for Efficient Production of Biomass-Based Pyrrolidinones	351
Correction to “Facile Enzymatic Synthesis of Diverse Naturally Occurring β-d-Mannopyranosides Catalyzed by Glycoside Phosphorylases”	280
Correction to “Photochemical Reductive Carboxylation of N-Benzoyl Imines with Oxalate Accelerated by Formation of EDA Complexes”	273
Nonlinear Acid Promotion of Oxidation Reactions by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Aqua Complexes	269
Geometrically Constrained Cofacial Bi-Titanium Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Tuning and Enhancing Comonomer Incorporation Density	268
Correction to “Influence of Carbon Support on the Pyrolysis of Cobalt Phthalocyanine for the Efficient Electroreduction of CO₂”	265
Assessing and Quantifying Thermodynamically Concomitant Degradation during Oxygen Evolution from Water on SrTiO₃	264
Correction to “Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products”	258
Keep the Ligands: Potential Benefits for Fuel Cell Performance	256
“Cesium Effect”-Mediated/Controlled Divergent Synthesis via Synergistic Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions	252
Increased Hydrogenation Rates in Pd/La-Al₂O₃ Catalysts by Hydrogen Transfer O(-La) Sites Adjacent to Pd Nanoparticles	250
Mechanism of Hydrogen Sulfide-Dependent Inhibition of FeFe Hydrogenase	242
Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution over Crystalline Cu₂Sn_0.38Ge_0.62S₃ Particles Grown from LiCl-RbCl Flux	237
Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations with an Iron-Phthalocyanine Polymer	232
Size-Dependent Adsorption and Adhesion Energetics of Ag Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) by Calorimetry	229
In₂Cu₃O₆ Nanocluster in Siliceous Zeolite for Efficient CO₂ Methanation	226
Topology of DNA G-Quadruplexes Can Be Harnessed in Holliday Junction-Based DNA Suprastructures to Control and Optimize Their Biocatalytic Properties	222
Theory-Guided Enhancement of CO₂ Reduction to Ethanol on Ag–Cu Tandem Catalysts via Particle-Size Effects	220
Screening Surface Structure–Electrochemical Activity Relationships of Copper Electrodes under CO₂ Electroreduction Conditions	219
Dual-Oriented Selectivity Switching for Highly Efficient Biomass Upgrading via Selective C–O Bond Activation	216
Catalyst–Substrate Pairings for Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Systems in Atroposelective Quinazolinone Synthesis	214
Metal-Mediated Catalytic Polarization Transfer from para Hydrogen to 3,5-Dihalogenated Pyridines	213

Unfolding the Role of B Site-Selective Doping of Aliovalent Cations on Enhancing Sacrificial Visible Light-Induced Photocatalytic H₂ and O₂ Evolution over BaTaO₂	209
Concurrent Linear Deracemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols via Simultaneous Photocatalysis and Whole-cell Biocatalysis	207
Photochemical [1,3]-Silyl Migration Meets Organocatalysis: A Metal-Free Route to Enantioenriched α-Hydroxy Amides	206
A Branchpoint Cytochrome P450 CYP512A13 Interconverts Different Types of Ganoderma Triterpenoids	203
General, Quantified Structure-Performance Correlations for Synergistic Heteronuclear Electro-, Polymerization, and Asymmetric Catalysts	203
Selective and Efficient Detoxification of Sulfur Mustard Gas Analogues with H₂O₂ Using Bioinspired Mo and W Dithiolene Catalysts	200
Grain Boundary-Rich Bi₂WO₆ Catalysts Enable Synergistic Activation of Molecular and Lattice Oxygen for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of 1-Butene	199
Hydrides for Dinitrogen Conversion	197
Hydrophobic Surface Modification of Cu-Based Catalysts for Enhanced Semihydrogenation of Acetylene in Excess Ethylene	194
Theoretical Design of the Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis from Carbon Dioxide and Nitric Oxides	192
Recent Advances in Furfural Reduction via Electro- And Photocatalysis: From Mechanism to Catalyst Design	188
Bifunctional NHC-Promoted C2-Alkylation of Pyridine via Ni–Al Bimetallic-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Unactivated Alkenes	184
Ni-Catalyzed Cyanation of (Hetero)aryl Halides with Acetonitrile as Cyano Source	183
Impact of Nonzeolite-Catalyzed Formation of Formaldehyde on the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Conversion	183
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Heck Reaction to Access Chiral C3-Tertiary Indolines	183
Axially Chiral 2-Hydroxybiaryls by Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Activation	180
Sulfonium Ylide Enabled, Copper-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation, Monofluoromethylation, and Monofluoroalkylation of Lithium Aryl ⁿButyl Borates	177
Chiral Phosphate-Catalyzed Enantiodivergent Oxa-Diels–Alder Reaction of Trifluoropyruvate and Simple Dienes	176
Understanding the Role of the Surface Acidity of MFI Zeolites during LDPE Cracking: Decomposition Temperature and Product Distribution	175
Nickel-Catalyzed Mono- and Dihydrosilylation of Aliphatic Alkynes in Aqueous and Aerobic Conditions	173
No Time for Nitrides: How Cobalt Alloying Promotes Iron Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition	170
Analogy in the Mechanism of Heterolytic H₂ Dissociation	170
Vinylarylcyclopropanes (VACPs): All-Carbon Dipole Precursors for Controlling Linear Regioselectivity in Cycloaddition Reactions	170
Conformational Selection in Biocatalytic Plastic Degradation by PETase	168
Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers through Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Desymmetric Acylation with Azlactones	167
From Micro-environments to Macroscopic Effects: How the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Drives Cu Cathodic Corrosion	165
Computational Screening of Single and Di-Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction	162
Preparation of a Water–Gas Shift Database to Evaluate the Performance of Noble Metal Catalysts Using Theory-Guided Machine Learning	161
Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Allenylamines and β-Lactams through Regioselective Mannich-Type Reactions	161
Polarization Manipulation of NiO Nanosheets Engineered with Fe/Pt Single Atoms for High-Performance Electrocatalytic Overall Alkaline Seawater Splitting	161
Mechanistic Insights into Enantiocontrolling of Styrene Monooxygenase-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Olefins	161
Mechanism of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Formation by Polymerization of (S)- and (R)-3-Methyl Glycolide Using an Enantiopure Aluminum Complex	159
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Surface Diffusion Barriers and Catalytic Activity Driven by Terminal Groups at Zeolite Catalysts	158
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Mechanistic and Structural Insights into a Divergent PLP-Dependent l-Enduracididine Cyclase from a Toxic Cyanobacterium	153
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Elucidating the Pivotal Role of Acid-Catalyzed Hydration in Electrochemical Carbon Corrosion	152
Asymmetric Remote meta-C–H Activation Controlled by a Chiral Ligand	151
Fe(III)–H₂O₂ as an Alternative Oxidant for Catalytic Sulfoxidation in Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Combined Theoretical and Experimental Evidence	150
Pd(0)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck–Miyaura Borylation of Internal Enamides for the β-Aminoboronate Ester Synthesis	149
Synergistic Effects of Strain and Oxygen Vacancies in Nanofiber Electrodes for Enhanced High-Temperature Electrochemical Ethane Dehydrogenation	149
Triethoxysilane-Catalyzed Single and Sequential Regioselective Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes: Sustainable Access to E-Alkenylboronate and Alkyl Gem-Diboronate Esters by Non-Covalent	148
Synergistic Catalytic Ozonation Mediated by Dual Active Sites of Oxygen Vacancies and Defects in Biomass-Derived Composites for Long-Lasting Water Decontamination	146
Alcohol Solvent Assisted Synthesis of Metallic and Metal Oxide Catalysts: As-Prepared Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ Catalysts for Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis with an Ultrahigh Yield	146
New Mechanistic Insights into CO₂/CO Electroreduction to Acetate by Combining Computations and Experiments	145

Indole Photocatalysts and Secondary Amine Ligands Enable Nickel-Photoredox C(sp²)–Heteroatom Couplings	144
Regulation of Oxygen Activation Pathways to Optimize Photocatalytic Methane Oxidative Coupling Selectivity	143
Variable Metal Chelation Modes and Activation Sequence in Pd-Catalyzed B–H Poly-arylation of Carboranes	143
P,N Ligand in Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Promising Tool for π-Functionalization	143
Regioselective Plasmon-Driven Decarboxylation of Mercaptobenzoic Acids Triggered by Distinct Reactive Oxygen Species	142
Manipulating the Optically Active Defect–Defect Interaction of Colloidal Quantum Dots for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction	140
Palladium-Catalyzed Modular Synthesis of Enantioenriched Pyridohelicenes through Double Imidoylative Cyclization	140
Valorization of Waste Polyester for 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol Production	138
Amination of a Green Solvent via Immobilized Biocatalysis for the Synthesis of Nemtabrutinib	138
Chiral Hypervalent Bromine(III) (Bromonium Salt): Hydrogen- and Halogen-Bonding Bifunctional Asymmetric Catalysis by Diaryl-λ³-bromanes	138
Tuning the Equilibrium of Excitons and Carriers in the (001) Plane-Exposed Bismuth Oxyhalide Enables Efficient Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural	137
Structural Effects of FeN₄ Active Sites Surrounded by Fourteen-Membered Ring Ligands on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity and Durability	136
Versatile and Facile One-Pot Biosynthesis for Amides and Carboxylic Acids in E. coli by Engineering Auxin Pathways of Plant Microbiomes	135
Relation between Water Oxidation Activity and Coordination Environment of C,N-Coordinated Mononuclear Co Catalyst	135
Ca Cations Impact the Local Environment inside HZSM-5 Pores during the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction	135
Highly Efficient Rutile TiO₂ Endowed by Electron-Capturing Center and Plasma Effect for Enhanced Solar Water Splitting	134
Design and Implementation of a CO₂ Reduction Catalyst with an Internal Electron Transfer Mediator: Improving Turnover Frequency by More than 10-Fold	134
Structure of Iridium Oxides and Their Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis in Acidic Media	133
Direct Alkylation of Glycine Derivatives via Photoinduced Palladium Catalysis, Utilizing Intermolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mediated by Alkyl Radicals	133
Unlocking the Production of Biomass-Derived Plastic Monomer 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid at Industrial-Level Concentration	132
Inducing Microstrain in Electrodeposited Pt through Polymer Addition for Highly Active Oxygen Reduction Catalysis	131
Frustrated Lewis-Pair Catalyst Based on Re Single Atoms for Efficient Solar-Driven CO₂ Conversion	130
“Anion-Switchable” Pincer-Mn(I) Catalyst for the Reductive N-Methylation of Amines with Formic Acid and CO₂	129
Structural Evolution and Stability of Rh/TiO₂ Catalysts under CO₂ Hydrogenation Conditions: Influence of the Initial Rh Structure	129
Water-Stable Perovskite Nanocrystals to Overcome the Photocatalysis–Stability Trade-Off in Aqueous Photo-RAFT Polymerization	129
Photoinduced Regioselective Sulfonylsulfination of Alkenes	129
Divergent and Synergistic Photocatalysis: Hydro- and Oxoalkylation of Vinyl Arenes for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclopentanols via a Formal [4+1]-Annulation of 1,3-Dicarbonyls	128
Mechanistic Study of Plasmon-Assisted In Situ Photoelectrochemical CO₂ Reduction to Acetate with a Ag/Cu₂O Nanodendrite Electrode	127
Coordination Tailoring of Epitaxial Perovskite-Derived Iron Oxide Films for Efficient Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis	127
Unveiling the Pivotal Role of Ce Coordination Structures and Their Surface Arrangements in Governing 2-Cyanopyridine Hydrolysis for Direct Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ and Methanol	126
Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes Catalyzed by an Iron PCP Pincer Alkyl Complex	126
Ultrathin and Conformal TiO_x Overlayers on WO₃ Photoelectrodes for Simultaneous Surface Trap Passivation and Heterojunction Formation	126
Design, Synthesis, and Insights into the Redox Mechanism of Highly Efficient One-Pot Cu-ZSM-5 Catalysts for the Reduction of NO_x by NH₃-SCR at Low Temperatures	125
Effects of Ni(OH)₂ Structures on the Electrochemical Conversion of KA Oil	125
Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity by Using Switchable Polarization in Ferroelectric InSnO₂N	125
Synergistic Catalyst–Mediator Pairings for Electroreductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions	125
Dual Photoredox and Copper Catalysis: Enantioselective 1,2-Amidocyanation of 1,3-Dienes	124
Halogen-Bond-Based Organocatalysis Unveiled: Computational Design and Mechanistic Insights	124
Synergistic Urea Oxidation and Hydrogen Evolution over MoC/Co/NCNT-Based Electrocatalysts for Cost-Effective Alkaline Electrolysis	124
Deactivation by Potassium Accumulation on a Pt/TiO₂ Bifunctional Catalyst for Biomass Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis	124
Integrated CO₂ Capture and Conversion to Methanol Leveraged by the Transfer Hydrogenation Approach	124
Halloysite Clay Nanotubes for Catalytic Conversion of Biomass: Synergy between Computational Modeling and Experimental Studies	123
Enhanced Activity of MOF-Based Pd/Electron-Transfer Mediator Catalysts in Oxidation Reactions Involving Isonitrile by Defect Engineering	122
Tailoring the Electronic Structure of Single Ag Atoms in Ag/WO₃ for Efficient NO Reduction by CO in the Presence of O₂	122
Shape Reconstruction from Commercial Pt/C to High-Index Pt/C for Advanced Electrocatalysts	121
Mitigating Hydrogen Poisoning for Robust Ammonia-to-Hydrogen Conversion over Photothermal Catalysts	120
Designing Highly Active and Stable Ni-Exsolved LaMnO₃ Perovskite Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane via Ca Substitution	120
Fast and Selective β-C–H Borylation of N-Heterocycles with a Supramolecular Iridium Catalyst: Circumventing Deactivation Pathways and Mechanistic Insights	120
Asymmetric Hydroxymethylative Etherification of 1,3-Dienes with Isatins and Alcohols via Pd(0)-π-Lewis Base Catalysis	120
Hydrogen Adsorption, Reactivity, and Catalysis on Colloidal Iron Carbide Nanoparticles	120
Combining Theoretical and Experimental Methods to Probe Confinement within Microporous Solid Acid Catalysts for Alcohol Dehydration	120