OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 17. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in the enhanced removal of aqueous Hg(II) by metallic catalysts: a review	659
Modeling oil biodegradation and bioremediation within beaches	136
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	120
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	106
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	105
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	102
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	94
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	84
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	75
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	72
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	71
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	70
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	63
Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture	63
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	60
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	60
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	54
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	53
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	52
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	51
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	51
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	49
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	49
Chemical fuel cell reactor as the ultimate green reactor	48
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	48

Editorial overview: Kinetic models for radical polymerization and polymer recycling	47
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	46
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	46
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	44
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	44
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	44
Exploration of smart antibacterial coatings for practical applications	44
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	43
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	41
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	40
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	40
Intensified physical and chemical processing using cavitation: how far are we from commercial applications of hydrodynamic cavitation?	40
Current and emergent analytical methods for monitoring the behavior of agricultural functional nanoparticles in relevant matrices: a review	40
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	40
Recent advances of single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes aimed at environmental remediation	38
Single-atom coordination-dependent catalysis for peroxymonosulfate-mediated water purification	37
Recent progress on sustainable membrane manufacturing with green solvents and biopolymers	36
Sorption-enhanced reactions as enablers for CO2 capture and utilisation	36
Role of cathode materials and their advancement for sustainable hydrogen evolution reaction in microbial electrolysis cells	36
Advances of piezoelectric nanomaterials for applications in advanced oxidation technologies	35
An engineering perspective on the future role of modelling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis development	35
High efficiency PEM water electrolysis: enabled by advanced catalysts, membranes, and processes	35
Artificial intelligence in reaction prediction and chemical synthesis	33
Design and optimization of carbon capture processes using ionic liquid solvents	32
Understanding of chemical looping with autothermal operation	32
Microcellular injection molding of polymers: a review of process know-how, emerging technologies, and future directions	32
Computer-aided retrosynthetic design: fundamentals, tools, and outlook	32
State-of-the-art polymers of intrinsic microporosity for high-performance gas separation membranes	30
Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts	30
Advances in applying sustainable materials and manufacturing scale-up in polymeric membrane fabrication	30
Safe reuse of treated produced water outside oil and gas fields? A review of current practices, challenges, opportunities, and a risk-based pathway for produced water treatment and fit-for-purpose reu	30
Green biomass-derived materials for oil spill response: recent advancements and future perspectives	30
Hybrid modeling — a key enabler towards realizing digital twins in biopharma?	29
Ionic liquids: a novel material for efficient nanofiltration membranes	29
Intensified cavitation process for the pretreatment of microalgae: a mini review	29
Roles of mechanistic, data-driven, and hybrid modeling approaches for pharmaceutical process design and operation	28
Towards a Net Zero, socially sustainable and eco-efficient biopharma industry: how far are we?	28
Fungal morphology: a challenge in bioprocess engineering industries for product development	27
Application of the Rd/w framework to assess Donnan dialysis performance	27
A perspective on hazardous chemical substitution in consumer products	27
Editorial Board	26
Bioprocess systems analysis, modeling, estimation, and control	26
Editorial overview: Nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications: advances and recent trends	26
Accelerating the structure search of catalysts with machine learning	26
Editorial overview: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances	26
Insights into the biodegradation and bioremediation of microplastics: mechanisms and analytical methods	25
Editorial Board	25
The development of iron-based catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater treatment: a review	25
A perspective on the state of Deepwater Horizon oil spill related tarball contamination and its impacts on Alabama beaches	25
Recent advance in understanding photooxidation of hydrocarbons after oil spills	24

Machine learning for multiscale modeling in computational molecular design	24
Modern analytical techniques are improving our ability to follow the fate of spilled oil in the environment	24
Purification challenges for the portable, on-demand point-of-care production of biologics	23
Facilitating the industrial transition to microbial and microalgal factories through mechanistic modelling within the Industry 4.0 paradigm	23
Additive manufacturing of polyaniline-based materials: an opportunity for new designs and applications in energy and biotechnology	23
MXenes-based nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications	22
Editorial overview: Mechanistic and data-driven modelling of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes	22
Mapping GHG emissions and prospects for renewable energy in the chemical industry	22
Editorial overview: Advances on Z-scheme and S-scheme photocatalysis for environmental application	22
Flexible solar-to-iron system: a new concept and its implementation	22
CO2 capture initiatives: are governments, society, industry and the financial sector ready?	21
Mobile hydrogen reformers as a novel approach to decarbonise the transport sector	21
Opportunities for process intensification using non-thermal plasmas	21
Contents	21
Recent developments of high-gravity (reactive) distillation in rotating packed beds	20
Metal–organic framework-derived single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-mediated organic wastewater remediation	19
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) for catalysis: a perspective	19
Ferroelectric BiFeO3 and BaTiO3 photocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting	19
Methods identifying cost reduction potential for water electrolysis systems	19
Recent trends in optimization models for industrial decarbonization	19
Hydrogen production by photocatalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid	19
Inorganic nanoparticle engineering against bacterial infections	19
Trends and perspectives on the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds using natural deep eutectic solvents	18
Bayesian optimization for chemical products and functional materials	18
Temperature vacuum swing, a combined adsorption cycle for carbon capture	18
Protein crystal regulation and harvest via electric field-based method	17
Resolving electrocatalytic imprecision in atomically precise metal nanoclusters	17
How synthetic methods of single-atom electrocatalysts affect the catalytic performance of carbon dioxide reduction	17
Applications and applicability of the cavitation technology	17
Editorial Board	17
Editorial overview: Frontiers of chemical engineering: 2D membranes: Materials, mechanisms and manufacturing	17
Scale-up of HiGee for CO₂ capture: did evolution of HiGee technology give scale-up a miss?	17
Assessment of removal technologies for microplastics in surface waters and wastewaters	17
Systematic multiscale strategies for chemical process/product design	17
Plasma-modified biochar for energy and environmental sustainability	17
The structure-property relationships of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs)	17
The case for a common software library and a set of enumerated benchmark problems in computer-aided molecular design	17