OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Central Science is 55. 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
Stationary DNA Origami Register Drives Fast Sequential DNA Computing	205
Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers	200
PEARL-Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation after Chain Reversal by Ureido-Forming Condensation Domains	160
Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives Obstruct Induced Fit in the Catalytic Center of the Ribosome	148
A Sample-Centric and Knowledge-Driven Computational Framework for Natural Products Drug Discovery	141
Rational Vaccinology: Harnessing Nanoscale Chemical Design for Cancer Immunotherapy	141
Dynamically Interacting Protein Networks Provide a Mechanism to Overcome the Enormous Intrinsic Barrier to Orotidine 5′-Monophosphate Decarboxylation	118
Manipulating Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Heterobifunctional Small Molecules	117
Closed-Loop Electrolyte Design for Lithium-Mediated Ammonia Synthesis	109
Total Synthesis of Poisonous Aconitum Alkaloids Empowered by a Fragment Coupling Strategy	107
Spiro-strain Takes Chemiluminescence to Flash-Mode	105
Correspondence on “An International Study Evaluating Elemental Analysis”	105
A Regiospecific Co-Assembly Method to Functionalize Ordered Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Customizable Noble Metal Nanocrystals	102
Intracellular Relaxometry, Challenges, and Future Directions	101
A Conversation with Elaine Bearer, Neuropathologist	97
Mechanochemical Oxidative Degradation of Thienopyridine Containing Drugs: Toward a Simple Tool for the Prediction of Drug Stability	95
Pumping Iron for Tuberculosis Diagnostics	92
Mesoporous Potassium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Drug Carrier	90
Substrate-Selective Catalysis Enabled Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products	89
Creation of Cationic Polymeric Nanotrap Featuring High Anion Density and Exceptional Alkaline Stability for Highly Efficient Pertechnetate Removal from Nuclear Waste Streams	89
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Interrogating RNA–Small Molecule Interactions with Structure Probing and Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Molecular Simulations	83
Ultra-High Purity and Productivity Separation of CO₂ and C₂H₂ from CH₄ in Rigid Layered Ultramicroporous Material	80
Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst	79
Directed Gas-Phase Formation of Azulene (C₁₀H₈): Unraveling the Bottom-Up Chemistry of Saddle-Shaped Aromatics	77

Asymmetric Non-Fullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors toward High-Performance Organic Solar Cells	77
The Fight Against Frostbite Progresses	75
Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)- and (−)-Collybolide Enable Reevaluation of kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonism	75
Plastic Pores for Switchable and Optimized Adsorption Behaviors	75
Researchers Face Challenges Devising a PFAS-Free Future	72
Scientists Are Engineering Asphalt That Is Safer for Humans and the Environment	71
Inserting Three-Coordinate Nickel into [4Fe-4S] Clusters	70
A Conversation with Carolyn Pearce	69
Surface Curvature Matters in Electrochemical Reactions	69
Engineering the ChlorON Series: Turn-On Fluorescent Protein Sensors for Imaging Labile Chloride in Living Cells	69
Chemoadaptive Polymeric Assemblies by Integrated Chemical Feedback in Self-Assembled Synthetic Protocells	69
Bioorthogonal Chemical Ligation Creates Synthetic Antibodies with Improved Therapeutic Potency	68
Unlocking Efficient O₂ Electroreduction in Conductive MOFs via Enhanced Mass Transport	68
Dihydroxy-Metabolites of Dihomo-γ-linolenic Acid Drive Ferroptosis-Mediated Neurodegeneration	67
Mechanism of O₂ Activation and Cysteine Oxidation by the Unusual Mononuclear Cu(I) Active Site of the Formylglycine-Generating Enzyme	67
Plug Flow: Generating Renewable Electricity with Water from Nature by Breaking the Limit of Debye Length	67
Synthesis and Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Structure of an Indium Arsenide Nanocluster	65
Click Chemistry Selectively Activates an Auristatin Protodrug with either Intratumoral or Systemic Tumor-Targeting Agents	64
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Transforming Aluminum-Ion Batteries with Recyclable Solid-State Electrolytes	58
Activity-Based NIR Bioluminescence Probe Enables Discovery of Diet-Induced Modulation of the Tumor Microenvironment via Nitric Oxide	58
Entropy Drives the Predictive Discovery of an Optimal Cleavable Comonomer for ROMP	58
Large-Scale Production of Hierarchically Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks by a Reflux-Assisted Post-Synthetic Ligand Substitution Strategy	57
Anomalous Interfacial Electron-Transfer Kinetics in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Caused by Layer-Specific Localization	55
Scaling Organic Electrosynthesis: The Crucial Interplay between Mechanism and Mass Transport	55