OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Catalysis is 104. 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
Greenwashed catalysis?	883
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis	681
Bioproduction from methanol	584
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling	568
PASADENA NMR	566
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction	464
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3	459
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes	433
Imagine polypropylene	399
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis	388
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis	386
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields	385
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase	380
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries	372
N-between the aryls	341
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors	341
Zeolites like to move it	333
Supramolecular control of cationic intermediates	319
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis	310
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene	292
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions	290
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde	274
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water	272
Pulsed away	271
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents	270

Growing the carbon chain	269
Density control	264
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9	263
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation	260
Behind the curtain	253
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts	250
Motorized catalysis	247
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase	230
Tailored water–surface interactions on cobalt oxide for stable proton-exchange-membrane water electrolysis	229
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts	229
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface	222
Fluoroform for PET	213
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions	209
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface	206
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering	206
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol	203
Iron-based single-atom catalysts for selective ammoxidation of C(sp3)–H bonds and oxidative C–C cleavage reactions	200
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides	197
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation	195
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2	189
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme	186
Heavy labels from gas surrogates	183
Optimizing iridium sites	181
Electrolysis in tandem	180
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success	176
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase	176
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis	175
Active sites overcrowding	169
Quantum-sensing-enabled in situ imaging of free radicals in chemical reactions	168
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses	165
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction	163
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis	162
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers	162
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst	161
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide	161
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds	160
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation	155
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics	155
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media	154
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis	154
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products	151
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion	151
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis	149
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis	147
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity	145
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy	143
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds	140
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds	136
Modulation to probe the interface	135
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis	135

Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes	134
Catalysing rate and capacity	134
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple	133
Practical conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles	131
Bubble trouble	131
One, two, three, four, five!	129
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds	128
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction	124
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex	124
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization	123
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation	122
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis	121
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling	119
Splitting water under dryness	117
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis	115
Blowing in the tube	113
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world	112
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis	111
Frustration-driven efficiency	111
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling	111
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture	110
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation	109
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol	109
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces	107
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides	106
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification	105
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation	104
Bridging catalysis	104
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide	104