OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Catalysis is 101. 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
N-heteroarenes via transmutation	795
Multimodal in situ X-ray mechanistic studies of a bimetallic oxide electrocatalyst in alkaline media	791
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation	709
Work in tandem	676
Greenwashed catalysis?	651
Cations galore	609
Recharge your batteries	505
Oxide mixology	485
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling	474
Lanthanide chemodivergence	473
Scatter and conquer	466
A precious pair for aldols	428
Seeing double	422
Setting the standard	407
Oxygen evolving atoms	403
Author Correction: Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture	392
Repurposing organic pollutants	384
N-between the aryls	360
Author Correction: Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion	357
Ammonia to chiral α-amino acid	313
Feeling the weight	310
O2-tolerant CO dehydrogenase via tunnel redesign for the removal of CO from industrial flue gas	302
Pushing hybrids to the limits	296
Nickel catalysts for affordable fuel cells	274
Reply to: Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction	267

ML helps predict enzyme turnover rates	265
Imagine polypropylene	257
Publisher Correction: Switching of metal–oxygen hybridization for selective CO2 electrohydrogenation under mild temperature and pressure	251
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase	247
Without that crystalline touch	245
Photobiocatalysts tame nitrogen-centred radicals	244
Drug design via single-carbon atom insertion	242
Bioproduction from methanol	236
Publisher Correction: Solid–liquid phase transition induced electrocatalytic switching from hydrogen evolution to highly selective CO2 reduction	234
PASADENA NMR	234
Deconvoluting the cation effect on carbon monoxide electroreduction	234
Publisher Correction: Catalyst control over sixfold stereogenicity	231
Non-innocent electrophiles unlock exogenous base-free coupling reactions	227
Harnessing the ambiphilicity of silyl nitronates in a catalytic asymmetric approach to aliphatic β3-amino acids	226
Stereodefined rhodium-catalysed 1,4-H/D delivery for modular syntheses and deuterium integration	222
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis	220
Zeolites as equilibrium-shifting agents in shuttle catalysis	217
Enantioconvergent and regioselective reductive coupling of propargylic esters with chlorogermanes by nickel catalysis	214
Modifying Fe–N interaction to boost catalytic performance	207
Four on the floor	204
1,3-Butadiene formation through selective acetylene electrolysis on partially oxidized copper	195
Surface (dis)order sleuthing	190
Structure and engineering of miniature Acidibacillus sulfuroxidans Cas12f1	189
Catalysts made from vapour	189
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields	187
An efficient catalytic route in haem peroxygenases mediated by O2/small-molecule reductant pairs for sustainable applications	184
Mind the gaps in CO2-to-methanol	180
Highly selective hydrogenation of CO2 to propane over GaZrOx/H-SSZ-13 composite	179
Mo3+ hydride as the common origin of H2 evolution and selective NADH regeneration in molybdenum sulfide electrocatalysts	178
Oxygenate-based routes regulate syngas conversion over oxide–zeolite bifunctional catalysts	177
Performance evaluation and multidisciplinary analysis of catalytic fixation reactions by material–microbe hybrids	172
Metallaphotoredox catalysis for sp3 C–H functionalizations through single-electron transfer	169
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective hydrosulfenation of alkynes	165
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis	163
CO2 fixation into carbon nanofibres using electrochemical–thermochemical tandem catalysis	160
Harnessing electron-rich arenes in nickel photoredox catalysis	159
Lighten the holes	158
A MOF-supported Pd1–Au1 dimer catalyses the semihydrogenation reaction of acetylene in ethylene with a nearly barrierless activation energy	157
Regulating oxygen activity of perovskites to promote NOx oxidation and reduction kinetics	157
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst	153
Catalytic synthesis of β-lactam derivatives by carbonylative cycloaddition of acylsilanes with imines via a palladium Fischer-carbene intermediate	150
Atomic metal–non-metal catalytic pair drives efficient hydrogen oxidation catalysis in fuel cells	149
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis	147
Evidence of substrate binding and product release via belt-sulfur mobilization of the nitrogenase cofactor	146
Modulating the dynamics of Brønsted acid sites on PtWOx inverse catalyst	144
Electrified synthesis of n-propanol using a dilute alloy catalyst	143
Metallaphotoredox-enabled aminocarboxylation of alkenes with CO2	142
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion	141
Pickering emulsion droplets and solid microspheres acting synergistically for continuous-flow cascade reactions	139
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase	135

Critical role of solvent-modulated hydrogen-binding strength in the catalytic hydrogenation of benzaldehyde on palladium	135
Enantioselective C–H annulations enabled by either nickel- or cobalt-electrocatalysed C–H activation for catalyst-controlled chemodivergence	134
Enantioselective C–C cross-coupling of unactivated alkenes	132
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3	132
Reaction environment impacts charge transfer but not chemical reaction steps in hydrogen evolution catalysis	131
High-performance anion-exchange membrane water electrolysers using NiX (X = Fe,Co,Mn) catalyst-coated membranes with redox-active Ni–O ligands	130
Selective deoxygenation of biomass-derived carbonyl compounds on Zn via electrochemical Clemmensen reduction	130
Radical control for enantioselective Csp3–Csp3 cross-coupling	129
Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts	129
Operando proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry of carbon dioxide reduction electrocatalysis	126
Interplay of electrochemical and electrical effects induces structural transformations in electrocatalysts	123
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis	120
Interfacial tuning of electrocatalytic Ag surfaces for fragment-based electrophile coupling	120
Selectively monitoring the operando temperature of active metal nanoparticles during catalytic reactions by X-ray absorption nanothermometry	119
Decreasing the catalytic ignition temperature of diesel soot using electrified conductive oxide catalysts	118
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction	113
Maximizing light-driven CO2 and N2 fixation efficiency in quantum dot–bacteria hybrids	109
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4	108
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture	107
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide	107
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes	106
Metal-free organocatalytic S-formylation of thiols using CO2	106
Light-driven CO2 methanation over Au-grafted Ce0.95Ru0.05O2 solid-solution catalysts with activities approaching the thermodynamic limit	105
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries	104
Selective production of ethylene glycol at high rate via cascade catalysis	102
Ring expansion of indene by photoredox-enabled functionalized carbon-atom insertion	101
Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization	101
Intermetallic synergy in platinum–cobalt electrocatalysts for selective C–O bond cleavage	101
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries	101