OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 20. 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
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	192
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	166
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	161
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	142
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	140
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	92
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	90
Process systems engineering: a key enabler of adsorption-based direct air capture	82
Featurizing chemistry for machine learning — methods and a coded example	79
Direct air capture of CO2: an industrial perspective	77
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	74
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	73
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	67
Recent advances, challenges and perspectives on rotating packed bed technology in solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture	66
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	60
Challenges and opportunities for computer-aided molecular and process design approaches in advancing sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing	60
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	60
Kinetic and thermodynamic limitations in direct air capture: toward optimized adsorbent design and regeneration strategies	60
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	59
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	56
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	55
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	54
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	54
Anion exchange membrane electrolysis beyond the lab scale: a review on research and industry stacks	53
Editorial overview: Kinetic models for radical polymerization and polymer recycling	53

Prospects for using artificial intelligence to understand intrinsic kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions	51
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	50
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	50
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	50
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	50
Window cleanliness in directly irradiated solar reactors: review and perspectives	49
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	48
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	48
Molecular machine learning in chemical process design	48
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	46
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	45
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	43
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	42
An engineering perspective on the future role of modelling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis development	39
Role of cathode materials and their advancement for sustainable hydrogen evolution reaction in microbial electrolysis cells	39
Artificial intelligence in reaction prediction and chemical synthesis	38
Role of artificial intelligence in the chemical industry transition to a sustainable, circular, and net-zero future	38
Toward industrially relevant testing of activity and stability in alkaline electrolysis electrode materials	38
Emerging nonthermal technologies for food safety: trends, limitations, and future research	37
Sorption-enhanced reactions as enablers for CO2 capture and utilisation	37
Single-atom coordination-dependent catalysis for peroxymonosulfate-mediated water purification	37
Recent advances of single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes aimed at environmental remediation	36
Recent progress on sustainable membrane manufacturing with green solvents and biopolymers	35
Intensified physical and chemical processing using cavitation: how far are we from commercial applications of hydrodynamic cavitation?	35
Green biomass-derived materials for oil spill response: recent advancements and future perspectives	35
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	35
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	35
Understanding of chemical looping with autothermal operation	34
Design and optimization of carbon capture processes using ionic liquid solvents	33
Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts	32
Recent industrial deployments of rotating packed beds	31
Advances in applying sustainable materials and manufacturing scale-up in polymeric membrane fabrication	31
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
Mathematical programming approaches to supply chain optimization under uncertainty: a review	29
Product design, synthesis, and lab automation with The World Avatar	29
Application of the Rd/w framework to assess Donnan dialysis performance	29
A perspective on hazardous chemical substitution in consumer products	29
Ionic liquids: a novel material for efficient nanofiltration membranes	28
Towards a Net Zero, socially sustainable and eco-efficient biopharma industry: how far are we?	28
Extraction of noble metals and rare earth elements using plants	28
Intensified cavitation process for the pretreatment of microalgae: a mini review	27
Recent advances in innovative electrode and reactor designs for microbial electrochemical CO₂ conversion	27
Roles of mechanistic, data-driven, and hybrid modeling approaches for pharmaceutical process design and operation	27
Mapping GHG emissions and prospects for renewable energy in the chemical industry	26
Insights into the biodegradation and bioremediation of microplastics: mechanisms and analytical methods	26
Editorial Board	26
A perspective on the state of Deepwater Horizon oil spill related tarball contamination and its impacts on Alabama beaches	26
Purification challenges for the portable, on-demand point-of-care production of biologics	25
Recent progress in scaling up promising electrochemical technologies	24
The development of iron-based catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater treatment: a review	24

Editorial overview: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances	24
Machine learning for multiscale modeling in computational molecular design	24
Electro-refinery in organic compounds and H2 co-production: from waste valorization to sustainable industrial energy solutions	23
Modern analytical techniques are improving our ability to follow the fate of spilled oil in the environment	23
AI-accelerated realization of next-generation batteries: status quo and outlook	23
Editorial overview: Nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications: advances and recent trends	23
Recent advance in understanding photooxidation of hydrocarbons after oil spills	23
Editorial overview: Advances on Z-scheme and S-scheme photocatalysis for environmental application	23
Flexible solar-to-iron system: a new concept and its implementation	23
Editorial overview: Mechanistic and data-driven modelling of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes	22
CO2 capture initiatives: are governments, society, industry and the financial sector ready?	22
Inorganic nanoparticle engineering against bacterial infections	22
Metal–organic framework-derived single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-mediated organic wastewater remediation	22
Hydrogen production by photocatalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid	22
Artificial intelligence and machine learning for process and policy design in the transition towards circular economy systems: advancements and opportunities	22
Comprehensive management of energy carriers: a circular economy perspective	22
Ferroelectric BiFeO3 and BaTiO3 photocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting	22
Temperature vacuum swing, a combined adsorption cycle for carbon capture	22
Recent developments of high-gravity (reactive) distillation in rotating packed beds	21
Trends and perspectives on the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds using natural deep eutectic solvents	21
Bayesian optimization for chemical products and functional materials	21
Selective water oxidation to H₂O₂: from laboratory to scaled-up applications	21
Recent trends in optimization models for industrial decarbonization	21
Resolving electrocatalytic imprecision in atomically precise metal nanoclusters	20
Systematic multiscale strategies for chemical process/product design	20
Editorial Board	20
Distributed water desalination and purification systems: perspective and future directions	20
Opportunities for process intensification using non-thermal plasmas	20
Editorial overview: Frontiers of chemical engineering: 2D membranes: Materials, mechanisms and manufacturing	20