OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is 18. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Emerging techniques to monitor temperature and supply heat for multiscale solid-based catalysis processes	632
Advances in the enhanced removal of aqueous Hg(II) by metallic catalysts: a review	127
Metrics and methods for resilience-aware design of process systems: advances and challenges	120
Modeling oil biodegradation and bioremediation within beaches	103
Process modeling of recombinant adeno-associated virus production in HEK293 cells	98
Moving beyond techno-economic considerations: incorporating organizational constraints into fit-for-use technologies	93
Interfacial synthesis: a scalable fabrication method of two-dimensional membranes	91
Advanced methodologies for model-based optimization and control of pharmaceutical processes	79
Fine chemicals production in a carbon-neutral economy: the role of electrification	75
Accurate model needs for desalination systems	71
Editorial overview: Advanced reduction processes for environmental applications	70
A review on scale-up approaches for ultrasound-assisted extraction of natural products	67
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	59
Deciphering the issue of single-atom catalyst stability	58
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) for the fabrication of antimicrobial and transparent TiO2 thin films	53
HiGee process intensification in biorefineries: innovations, challenges, and outlook	49
Industrial carbon capture by absorption: recent advances and path forward	49
High free volume polymers for pervaporation	49
Two-dimensional nanosheets and membranes for their emerging technologies	49
Exploration of smart antibacterial coatings for practical applications	49
The chemical engineering aspects of CO2 capture, combined with its utilisation	49
Audacity of huge: overcoming challenges of data scarcity and data quality for machine learning in computational materials discovery	48
Ultrasonic activation of persulfate for removal of aqueous pollutants: cavitational versus thermal mechanisms	47
Editorial overview: For materials engineering: antimicrobial and self-cleaning material surfaces	47

Chemical fuel cell reactor as the ultimate green reactor	47
Considerations for Big Data management in pharmaceutical manufacturing	45
Z-scheme single-atom photocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes	44
Artificial intelligence applications for fault detection and diagnosis in pharmaceutical bioprocesses: a review	42
Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants	42
Recent advances in carbon-based non-noble single-atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries	41
Batch or flow chemistry? – a current industrial opinion on process selection	41
Perspective in the industrial applications of sonoelectrochemical hydrogen production	41
Membrane synthesis via thermally induced phase separation: quantifying the shift to a more sustainable design	40
Current and emergent analytical methods for monitoring the behavior of agricultural functional nanoparticles in relevant matrices: a review	39
Artificial intelligence in reaction prediction and chemical synthesis	38
Advances of piezoelectric nanomaterials for applications in advanced oxidation technologies	38
Sorption-enhanced reactions as enablers for CO2 capture and utilisation	38
Future perspective on redox flow batteries: aqueous versus nonaqueous electrolytes	37
Single-atom coordination-dependent catalysis for peroxymonosulfate-mediated water purification	36
High efficiency PEM water electrolysis: enabled by advanced catalysts, membranes, and processes	35
Recent progress on sustainable membrane manufacturing with green solvents and biopolymers	35
An engineering perspective on the future role of modelling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis development	34
Recent advances of single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes aimed at environmental remediation	33
State-of-the-art polymers of intrinsic microporosity for high-performance gas separation membranes	33
Green biomass-derived materials for oil spill response: recent advancements and future perspectives	33
Understanding of chemical looping with autothermal operation	31
Microcellular injection molding of polymers: a review of process know-how, emerging technologies, and future directions	31
Advances in applying sustainable materials and manufacturing scale-up in polymeric membrane fabrication	31
Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts	31
Computer-aided retrosynthetic design: fundamentals, tools, and outlook	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
Intensified cavitation process for the pretreatment of microalgae: a mini review	30
Design and optimization of carbon capture processes using ionic liquid solvents	30
Accelerating the structure search of catalysts with machine learning	29
Application of the Rd/w framework to assess Donnan dialysis performance	29
Towards a Net Zero, socially sustainable and eco-efficient biopharma industry: how far are we?	29
Roles of mechanistic, data-driven, and hybrid modeling approaches for pharmaceutical process design and operation	29
Fungal morphology: a challenge in bioprocess engineering industries for product development	29
Hybrid modeling — a key enabler towards realizing digital twins in biopharma?	28
Ionic liquids: a novel material for efficient nanofiltration membranes	28
Editorial Board	27
A perspective on hazardous chemical substitution in consumer products	27
Editorial overview: Nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications: advances and recent trends	27
Bioprocess systems analysis, modeling, estimation, and control	27
Editorial Board	26
Recent advance in understanding photooxidation of hydrocarbons after oil spills	26
Editorial overview: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances	26
Purification challenges for the portable, on-demand point-of-care production of biologics	26
A perspective on the state of Deepwater Horizon oil spill related tarball contamination and its impacts on Alabama beaches	25
The development of iron-based catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater treatment: a review	24
Flexible solar-to-iron system: a new concept and its implementation	24
Machine learning for multiscale modeling in computational molecular design	24
Insights into the biodegradation and bioremediation of microplastics: mechanisms and analytical methods	24
Modern analytical techniques are improving our ability to follow the fate of spilled oil in the environment	24

Additive manufacturing of polyaniline-based materials: an opportunity for new designs and applications in energy and biotechnology	23
Mapping GHG emissions and prospects for renewable energy in the chemical industry	23
MXenes-based nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications	23
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) for catalysis: a perspective	22
Facilitating the industrial transition to microbial and microalgal factories through mechanistic modelling within the Industry 4.0 paradigm	22
Editorial overview: Advances on Z-scheme and S-scheme photocatalysis for environmental application	22
Mobile hydrogen reformers as a novel approach to decarbonise the transport sector	21
Editorial overview: Mechanistic and data-driven modelling of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes	21
Opportunities for process intensification using non-thermal plasmas	21
CO2 capture initiatives: are governments, society, industry and the financial sector ready?	21
Contents	21
Methods identifying cost reduction potential for water electrolysis systems	20
Recent trends in optimization models for industrial decarbonization	20
Recent developments of high-gravity (reactive) distillation in rotating packed beds	20
Trends and perspectives on the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds using natural deep eutectic solvents	19
Temperature vacuum swing, a combined adsorption cycle for carbon capture	19
Inorganic nanoparticle engineering against bacterial infections	19
Ferroelectric BiFeO3 and BaTiO3 photocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting	19
Metal–organic framework-derived single-atom catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-mediated organic wastewater remediation	19
Resolving electrocatalytic imprecision in atomically precise metal nanoclusters	18
Bayesian optimization for chemical products and functional materials	18
Editorial overview: Frontiers of chemical engineering: 2D membranes: Materials, mechanisms and manufacturing	18
How synthetic methods of single-atom electrocatalysts affect the catalytic performance of carbon dioxide reduction	18