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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Pumping Iron for Tuberculosis Diagnostics	288
Issue Publication Information	221
A Conversation with Elaine Bearer, Neuropathologist	195
Stationary DNA Origami Register Drives Fast Sequential DNA Computing	174
Spiro-strain Takes Chemiluminescence to Flash-Mode	171
ACS Central Science: Embracing Breadth in Scope and Scientific Topical Representation	168
Correspondence on “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”	151
Dynamically Interacting Protein Networks Provide a Mechanism to Overcome the Enormous Intrinsic Barrier to Orotidine 5′-Monophosphate Decarboxylation	144
Chasing Waterfalls: A Cascade Mechanism to Generate Triplets from ² LMCT States	144
Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers	136
A Small Molecule Drug-Based Ru(II) Polypyridine Mass-Tag for Multimodal Imaging of Tissue Samples	127
Organic–Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites: Toward Stability, Chirality, and AI-Guided Discovery	119
Detecting Bacteria in Their Mammalian Hosts Using Metabolism-Targeted [ ¹³ C]CO ₂ Breath Testing	117
A Sample-Centric and Knowledge-Driven Computational Framework for Natural Products Drug Discovery	113
Intracellular Relaxometry, Challenges, and Future Directions	101
Substrate-Selective Catalysis Enabled Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products	92
Ultra-High Purity and Productivity Separation of CO₂ and C₂H₂ from CH₄ in Rigid Layered Ultramicroporous Material	90
Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives Obstruct Induced Fit in the Catalytic Center of the Ribosome	89
Regulation of Calcium Ion Channels with Conjugated Molecules for Modulating Biological Functions	89
Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability	88
Creation of Cationic Polymeric Nanotrap Featuring High Anion Density and Exceptional Alkaline Stability for Highly Efficient Pertechnetate Removal from Nuclear Waste Streams	86
Manipulating Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules	85
Charge-Assisted Hydrogen-Bonding Enables Quantitative Multicomponent Self-Assembly in Strongly Polar Environments	84
Mesoporous Potassium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Drug Carrier	83
A Regiospecific Co-Assembly Method to Functionalize Ordered Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Customizable Noble Metal Nanocrystals	83

From Prompt to Drug: Toward Pharmaceutical Superintelligence	82
Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst	80
PEARL-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation after Chain Reversal by Ureido-Forming Condensation Domains	79
Issue Editorial Masthead	79
Bioorthogonal Chemical Ligation Creates Synthetic Antibodies with Improved Therapeutic Potency	79
Issue Editorial Masthead	78
Issue Editorial Masthead	78
Issue Editorial Masthead	77
Issue Publication Information	72
The Fight Against Frostbite Progresses	72
Surface Curvature Matters in Electrochemical Reactions	72
Synthesis and Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Structure of an Indium Arsenide Nanocluster	70
Directed Gas-Phase Formation of Azulene (C₁₀H₈): Unraveling the Bottom-Up Chemistry of Saddle-Shaped Aromatics	69
A Long-Lost Coffee Bean Tastes as Good as the Best─To Understand Why, Scientists Turn to Chemistry	67
Scientists Are Engineering Asphalt That Is Safer for Humans and the Environment	64
A Conversation with Carolyn Pearce	62
Anomalous Interfacial Electron-Transfer Kinetics in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Caused by Layer-Specific Localization	62
Issue Publication Information	61
Plug Flow: Generating Renewable Electricity with Water from Nature by Breaking the Limit of Debye Length	61
Inserting Three-Coordinate Nickel into [4Fe-4S] Clusters	59
Mechanism of O₂ Activation and Cysteine Oxidation by the Unusual Mononuclear Cu(I) Active Site of the Formylglycine-Generating Enzyme	57
Transforming Aluminum-Ion Batteries with Recyclable Solid-State Electrolytes	57
Dihydroxy-Metabolites of Dihomo-γ-linolenic Acid Drive Ferroptosis-Mediated Neurodegeneration	56
Target-Centric Multiplexed Screening of an Herbal Extract Identifies a Novel Dual A _2A /A _2B Recep	53
Entropy Drives the Predictive Discovery of an Optimal Cleavable Comonomer for ROMP	53
A Snail Galactosed Glycosaminoglycan Inhibits Thrombosis without Affecting Hemostasis via Disrupting FIXa–FVIIIa Complex Generation	53
Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Collybolide Enable Reevaluation of kappa -Opioid Receptor Agonism	53
Unlocking Efficient O₂ Electroreduction in Conductive MOFs via Enhanced Mass Transport	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