OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Central Science is 52. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Pumping Iron for Tuberculosis Diagnostics	276
Issue Publication Information	216
A Conversation with Elaine Bearer, Neuropathologist	190
Stationary DNA Origami Register Drives Fast Sequential DNA Computing	164
Spiro-strain Takes Chemiluminescence to Flash-Mode	162
ACS Central Science: Embracing Breadth in Scope and Scientific Topical Representation	161
Correspondence on “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”	143
Manipulating Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules	141
Dynamically Interacting Protein Networks Provide a Mechanism to Overcome the Enormous Intrinsic Barrier to Orotidine 5′-Monophosphate Decarboxylation	139
From Prompt to Drug: Toward Pharmaceutical Superintelligence	136
Chasing Waterfalls: A Cascade Mechanism to Generate Triplets from ² LMCT States	132
PEARL-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation after Chain Reversal by Ureido-Forming Condensation Domains	125
Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers	116
Regulation of Calcium Ion Channels with Conjugated Molecules for Modulating Biological Functions	115
Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives Obstruct Induced Fit in the Catalytic Center of the Ribosome	115
Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability	110
Rational Vaccinology: Harnessing Nanoscale Chemical Design for Cancer Immunotherapy	110
Substrate-Selective Catalysis Enabled Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products	98
A Sample-Centric and Knowledge-Driven Computational Framework for Natural Products Drug Discovery	93
Intracellular Relaxometry, Challenges, and Future Directions	90
Mesoporous Potassium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Drug Carrier	88
Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst	87
Interrogating RNA–Small Molecule Interactions with Structure Probing and Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Molecular Simulations	87
A Small Molecule Drug-Based Ru(II) Polypyridine Mass-Tag for Multimodal Imaging of Tissue Samples	87
Organic–Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites: Toward Stability, Chirality, and AI-Guided Discovery	84

Detecting Bacteria in Their Mammalian Hosts Using Metabolism-Targeted [ ¹³ C]CO ₂ Breath Testing	83
A Regiospecific Co-Assembly Method to Functionalize Ordered Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Customizable Noble Metal Nanocrystals	82
Issue Editorial Masthead	79
Creation of Cationic Polymeric Nanotrap Featuring High Anion Density and Exceptional Alkaline Stability for Highly Efficient Pertechnetate Removal from Nuclear Waste Streams	79
Bioorthogonal Chemical Ligation Creates Synthetic Antibodies with Improved Therapeutic Potency	79
Ultra-High Purity and Productivity Separation of CO₂ and C₂H₂ from CH₄ in Rigid Layered Ultramicroporous Material	79
Issue Editorial Masthead	77
Issue Editorial Masthead	75
Issue Editorial Masthead	74
Issue Publication Information	74
Surface Curvature Matters in Electrochemical Reactions	73
The Fight Against Frostbite Progresses	73
Dihydroxy-Metabolites of Dihomo-γ-linolenic Acid Drive Ferroptosis-Mediated Neurodegeneration	72
Synthesis and Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Structure of an Indium Arsenide Nanocluster	71
Directed Gas-Phase Formation of Azulene (C₁₀H₈): Unraveling the Bottom-Up Chemistry of Saddle-Shaped Aromatics	70
A Long-Lost Coffee Bean Tastes as Good as the Best─To Understand Why, Scientists Turn to Chemistry	69
Scientists Are Engineering Asphalt That Is Safer for Humans and the Environment	66
Scaling Organic Electrosynthesis: The Crucial Interplay between Mechanism and Mass Transport	65
Anomalous Interfacial Electron-Transfer Kinetics in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Caused by Layer-Specific Localization	63
Issue Publication Information	59
A Conversation with Carolyn Pearce	59
Mechanism of O₂ Activation and Cysteine Oxidation by the Unusual Mononuclear Cu(I) Active Site of the Formylglycine-Generating Enzyme	58
Target-Centric Multiplexed Screening of an Herbal Extract Identifies a Novel Dual A _2A /A _2B Recep	58
Click Chemistry Selectively Activates an Auristatin Protodrug with either Intratumoral or Systemic Tumor-Targeting Agents	57
Plastic Pores for Switchable and Optimized Adsorption Behaviors	57
Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Collybolide Enable Reevaluation of kappa -Opioid Receptor Agonism	55
Nickel-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers	53
Unlocking Efficient O₂ Electroreduction in Conductive MOFs via Enhanced Mass Transport	52
Entropy Drives the Predictive Discovery of an Optimal Cleavable Comonomer for ROMP	52
Engineering the ChlorON Series: Turn-On Fluorescent Protein Sensors for Imaging Labile Chloride in Living Cells	52
Researchers Face Challenges Devising a PFAS-Free Future	52