OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Chem is 82. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
In this issue	582
In This Issue	385
2D covalent organic framework via catenation	339
ortho-Aromatic polyamides by ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides	315
Sequence-specific, mechanophore-free mechanochemistry of DNA	274
Anion-coordination- and π-π-stacking-interaction-driven assembly of a complex Frank-Kasper structure	265
Quantity effect of heteroatom incorporation on the oxygen evolution mechanism in ruthenium oxide	241
Directed discovery of high-loading nanoaggregates enabled by drug-matched oligo-peptide excipients	233
Morphological-transition-induced motion	212
The progress and challenges of tin-lead alloyed perovskites: Toward the development of large-scale all-perovskite tandem solar cells	199
Biosynthesis and genetic encoding of activated nitriles for fast protein conjugation and tunable fluorogenic labeling	198
Repurposing myoglobin into an abiological asymmetric ketoreductase	194
Catalyst: Systems chemistry links reactions to molecular function	192
Why sulfur is important in lincosamide antibiotics	183
Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed selective carboxylation of C(sp3)−F bonds with CO2	173
Porous organic polymers with heterocyclic crown ethers for selective lithium-ion capture	171
Carbohydrate amphiphiles for supramolecular biomaterials: Design, self-assembly, and applications	169
Precision in protein chemical modification and total synthesis	156
Computation-aided design of oxygen-ligand-steered single-atom catalysts: Sewing unzipped carbon nanotubes	154
Harnessing the reactivity of borenium for methane activation	151
Accessing aliphatic alcohols for metallaphotoredox catalyzed C(sp3)-arylation	149
Growing twisted bilayer graphene at small angles	144
A Star of David [2]catenane of single handedness	141
Recent research progress of all-polymer solar cells based on PSMA-type polymer acceptors	138
Conformational selection accelerates catalysis by an organocatalytic molecular motor	138

Reactive bonds for closed-loop chemical processing of polyethylene mimics	130
Alkane recognition enhanced by solvophobic interactions enables site-selective aliphatic C–H oxidation	130
A new nexus in metal-organic frameworks	129
In this issue	127
Spin-coupled electron densities of iron-sulfur cluster imaged by in situ serial Laue diffraction	126
Dual catalysis by homogeneous/heterogeneous ruthenium species	126
Experimentally modeling the emergence of prebiotically plausible phospholipid vesicles	125
Photoswitches and photochemical reactions for optically controlled phase transition and energy storage	124
One-pot catalytic conversion of polyethylene wastes to gasoline through a dual-catalyst system	123
Bifunctional tandem catalytic upcycling of polyethylene to surfactant-range alkylaromatics	123
New insight into carrier transport in 2D layered perovskites	120
Deciphering nickel-catalyzed electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitric oxide	120
From carbon superbases to superacids	118
Exploiting charged groups for metal-catalyzed meta-C–H functionalization of arenes	118
Perovskite intermediate phases fundamentally address the urgent stability issue	118
Camphor the polymerization; stay for the depolymerization	117
The legacy of Professor Li-Xin Dai: Organometallic and asymmetric catalysis	117
In this issue	114
Anchoring the AIEgen by Zr clusters in metal-organic gel for efficient X-ray detection and imaging	111
Grinding the way to enantiopurification	111
Measuring solubility automatically with vision	110
Enantioselective total syntheses of melotenine-, voacafrine-, and tabersonine-type Aspidosperma indole alkaloids	110
Real-time observation of the dynamics of an individual rotaxane molecular shuttle using a single-molecule junction	108
Lanthanide luminescence from supramolecular hydrogels consisting of bio-conjugated picolinic-acid-based guanosine quadruplexes	107
4-Pyridyl perfluoroalkyl sulfide as a practical nucleophilic perfluoroalkylation reagent	106
Selective nitrogen fixation via Janus C-N coupling in co-electrolysis	104
Ion-dipole interaction manipulated bilateral interface chemistry for deep rechargeability and high redox activity of Zn-organic batteries	102
Reaction: Navigating the promises and perils of AI-powered drug synthesis	102
Hierarchical anions at the electrode-electrolyte interface for synergized neutral water oxidation	100
In this issue	100
Reaction: Harnessing reactive oxygen species (ROS) for water purification	99
Polypeptide-based batteries toward sustainable and cyclic manufacturing	99
Out-of-equilibrium chemical logic systems	99
Intramolecular [3 + 2] annulation of allenylsilane-enes: Direct synthesis of highly strained trans-fused 5/5 ring systems	98
Shining light on nitrogen: Alkene amination with N-heteroaromatic radicals via energy transfer	98
From low-res measurements to high-res insights: Revolutionizing COF structural determination	97
Terahertz-Raman spectroscopy for in situ benchtop monitoring of changes to extended, supramolecular structure in milling mechanochemistry	93
Producing economically viable renewable diesel by upgrading organic solid waste with natural gas	93
A multistate memory cell based on electrochromic metallo-organic assemblies	92
Stereoselective synthesis of topologically chiral molecular entanglements	92
An evolutionary algorithm for interpretable molecular representations	92
Weaving on a molecular scale: A challenge in two dimensions	92
Organo-Se BTSAs-enabled performance: From racemic and asymmetric synthesis to click chemistry application	90
Broken vows: Separation of carbene and the lone pair unleashes dicationic revelry	90
Computational de novo protein design: From secondary to primary, then toward tertiary structures	90
Construction of a three-state responsive framework from a bistable photoswitch	89
Obtaining clean hydrogen from waste plastics	88
Transformative ligand effects in iron photocatalysis	88
Fluorinating electrophilic interception in the oxidation or protonation of alkynyl tetracoordinate borons	88
Elucidating non-radiative decay in near-infrared lumiphores: Leveraging new design principles to develop a telecom band organic dye laser	87

A nanopore distance away from next-generation protein sequencing	85
Quantifying zinc and manganese reduction potentials in organic solvents	85
Development of an energy-dense and high-power Li-Cl2 battery using reversible interhalogen bonds	83
Championing systems thinking to create a circular economy of chemicals	83
Efficient flow synthesis of a Star of David [2]catenane and a pentafoil knot	83
Selective hydrogenation catalysis enabled by nanoscale galvanic reactions	82
B(C6F5)3-catalyzed selective C–H chalcogenation of arenes and heteroarenes	82
Macrocyclic ligands open new channels in electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks	82