OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 36. 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
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	143
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	123
Modeling oil biodegradation and bioremediation within beaches	115
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	110
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	87
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	74
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	73
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	65
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	65
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	63
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	62
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	57
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	55
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	55
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	52
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	51
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	50
Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture	50
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	49
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	49
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	48
Editorial overview: Kinetic models for radical polymerization and polymer recycling	45
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	45
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	45
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	44

Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	43
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	43
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	41
Exploration of smart antibacterial coatings for practical applications	41
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	41
Chemical fuel cell reactor as the ultimate green reactor	41
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	40
Intensified physical and chemical processing using cavitation: how far are we from commercial applications of hydrodynamic cavitation?	39
Emerging nonthermal technologies for food safety: trends, limitations, and future research	39
Role of cathode materials and their advancement for sustainable hydrogen evolution reaction in microbial electrolysis cells	38
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	36
Recent advances of single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes aimed at environmental remediation	36
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	36
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	36