OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 35. 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
Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity	660
Proteins turn up the contrast	556
Enhancing the targeting ability of metal–organic frameworks in cancer therapy and diagnosis	526
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources	521
Cracking the Z-scheme water-splitting puzzles	427
Photochemical, electrochemical and electrophotochemical C−N bond-forming cross-coupling reactions	420
Foundation models for atomistic simulation of chemistry and materials	390
Ni-catalysed remote C(sp3)–H functionalization using chain-walking strategies	363
Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases	359
Rings make more room	356
A story of chance and collaboration	340
Watching RNA in action with a green lantern	336
Weighing up solvent effects	326
Boosting band structure	302
Ultrafast spectroscopy of liquids using extreme-ultraviolet to soft-X-ray pulses	281
Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes	261
Advancing lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis	257
Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems	254
Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization	251
Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces	235
Meditations on mentorship and legacy	235
Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick?	212
Improving the quantum cycle	212
Hot electrodes, cool reduction	204
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition	198

Coupling experiment and theory to push the state-of-the-art in X-ray spectroscopy	195
The cosmochemistry of planetary systems	191
Understanding covalency in molecular f-block compounds from the synergy of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry	188
Mapping a career in electron microscopy	177
The future of chemistry is language	162
The ideal recyclable solar cell	158
Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one	143
Cleaning up with catalysts	141
Charge-transfer dynamics in S-scheme photocatalyst	141
You can judge a book by its spectra	139
Bugging out for jet fuel	138
Presenting the tactile periodic table	134
Author Correction: Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts	133
Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing	133
The future of reviews writing in the AI era	132
Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis	128
Synthetic methodologies for the chemical recycling of fluorocarbons	124
Picking an inter-locked cage	116
Supramolecular approaches for the treatment of hypoxic regions in tumours	113
Non-specificity as the sticky problem in therapeutic antibody development	110
Light my fire	109
A life of leaving the door open	106
Biomolecular coronas govern the environmental fate of metal–organic frameworks	105
The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance	103
A new actinide sandwich on the menu	101
Inclusive teaching at your fingertips	101
Microplastics that don’t come out in the wash	100
Direct air capture: fledgling technology or world saviour?	97
Halogen chemistry of solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries	97
Examining actinides with X-ray spectroscopy	93
Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis	92
Accessing monomers from lignin through carbon–carbon bond cleavage	92
Staying alive	89
Opening the flood gates	84
Go with the flow for high-throughput electrochemistry	83
Look what the catenane dragged in	83
Reviving antibiotic power	82
Fluorinated solvents for better batteries	82
Author Correction: Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus	81
Scientific collaboration to rid the world of chemical weapons	80
The need to normalize failure	79
Scintillating observations	76
Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts	75
Wearable chemical sensors for biomarker discovery in the omics era	73
Unchained power	73
The role and structure of molecular glues in plant signalling networks	73
Chemical approaches to cryopreservation	72
Stabilization of photoactive phases for perovskite photovoltaics	72
Continuous monitoring of chemical signals in plants under stress	70
Cap and release	69

Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis	68
Element sets for schools	67
An algorithmic looking glass for transitions	67
A career in pursuit of the fundamentals	61
Molecular chameleons in drug discovery	60
Unveiling the final nitrogenase	60
The synthesis behind the 2023 Nobel Prize	59
Radical C(sp3)–H functionalization and cross-coupling reactions	59
Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface	58
Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance	58
Dynamics in electrochemical organic oxidation reactions from in situ and operando techniques	55
Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies	55
A career with a natural interest in total synthesis	54
Photochemistry of interstellar ice forming complex organic molecules	54
Hierarchical pore assembly	53
How to drink like a liposome	49
Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics	48
Strengthening school–university collaborations	48
Making and breaking cages	47
Pump up the ultrasound	46
Chiral and magnetic butterflies	45
Radically new reactivity	45
Reflections on the pigments of life	44
Developing a tool for teaching chemistry to people with visual impairments	43
Another side of side chains	42
Snooping on the conical intersection	41
Motile behaviour of droplets in lipid systems	41
Recent advances in visible light-induced C(sp3)–N bond formation	40
Optimizing the semiconductor–metal-single-atom interaction for photocatalytic reactivity	40
Secrets from a spin-out success story	39
Turning solvents into something	38
A glass of half and half	36
Carbon on the move	36
Interfacial interpretation	36
The dawn of solar ethylene	35
From autocatalysis to survival of the fittest in self-reproducing lipid systems	35