OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Chemistry is 18. 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
Advisory Board and Contents	237
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Environmental quantum chemistry for the phosphorus cycle	151
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C–N and C–S bond formation by cytochrome P450 enzymes	115
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Sustainable production of textile fibers, biofuels, and chemicals from poplar wood	90
Automation in DFT-based computational materials science	89
Toward valorization of crude glycerol via controlled electro-oxidation	87
Direct photocatalytic conversion of methane to value-added chemicals	84
Emerging organic electrode materials for aqueous proton batteries	78
Advisory Board and Contents	76
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Perspective of p-block single-atom catalysts for electrocatalysis	58
Pretreatment of biomass with protic ionic liquids	58
Early Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydroaminoalkylation	57
Multifunctional COF design addresses Li-S organic electrode limitations	56
Converting heterotrophic Escherichia coli into synthetic C1-trophic modes	55
A new route to 3D bioisosteres of arenes	54
Strain-promoted reactivity in carbon nanohoops	53
Bioinspired dearomatization of DBCOD lignans	52
Advisory Board and Contents	52
Development and applications of selective hydroesterification reactions	51
Recent advances in molybdenum catalyzed asymmetric organic transformations	49
Host–guest behavior of pillar[n]arene-based supramolecular assemblies	48
Photodynamic covalent bonds regulated by visible light for soft matter materials	48
Hot electron chemistry in catalytic reactions	48
Bright ideas: efficient and degradable luminescent polymers	48
Fluorescent molecules for super-resolution imaging of cellular membranes	47
Photothermal cascade metathesis and cyclization	47
Complementary co-cation interface stabilizes zinc batteries	47
MIDA-directed meta-selective C−H functionalizations	46
Styrene hydroaminoalkylation with primary alkylamines	45
Strategies for the synthesis of water-soluble conjugated polymers	44
Chemical transformations of extraterrestrial soils	44
3D-printing design for continuous flow catalysis	40
Stereoselective synthesis of 1,2-bis(boronates)	39
Laser-engraved graphene for flexible and wearable electronics	39
Amine/ketone cooperative catalysis with H2O2	38
Bioorthogonal catalysis for biomedical applications	38
Regioselective arylations via aryne intermediates	37
Tetradentate Pt complexes for organic light-emitting diodes	36
Catalytic Enantioselective Minisci Reaction	36
Chemical bonds in topological materials	36
Stereodivergent dual catalysis in organic synthesis	36
Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Therapeutics	35
Advisory Board and Contents	35
Integrating protein engineering into biocatalytic process scale-up	35
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Flow chemistry of main group and transition metal complexes	33
Advances in light-enhanced biological/artificial hybrid systems	33
Advancing data-driven chemistry by beating benchmarks	33
Chemical conjugation innovations for protein nanoparticles	33
Multistep automated synthesis of pharmaceuticals	32
Layered rare-earth hydroxides: crystal engineering toward functional nanosheets	32
Hydrophobicity: a key factor en route to applications of metal–organic frameworks	32
A perspective on radicaloid conjugated polycyclic hydrocarbons	31
Ab initio quantum dynamics of plasmonic charge carriers	31
Production of natural colorants by metabolically engineered microorganisms	31
A new carbon allotrope: graphdiyne	30
Functionalization of carbon nanotubes for multifunctional applications	29
Free radical theory in lignin oxidation depolymerization	28
Bicyclobutane scission with silyllithium reagents	28

Single-atom M–N–C catalysts for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis	28
Interfacial catalysis in enzymatic PET plastic depolymerization	28
Single-crystalline covalent organic frameworks	27
Mitigating ion migration in perovskite solar cells	27
Heterogeneous photocatalysis: what is being overlooked?	27
The temptation from homogeneous linear catechyl lignin	26
Metastable-phase 2D noble-metal oxides: syntheses and advanced catalysts	26
Highly reductive photocatalytic systems in organic synthesis	26
Advances in N-centered intermediates by energy transfer photocatalysis	26
All sp2 carbon covalent organic frameworks	25
Molecular Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 beyond Two Electrons	25
Advances in organic materials for chiral luminescence-based OLEDs	25
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Advisory Board and Contents	24
Upscaling perovskite solar cells via the ambient deposition of perovskite thin films	24
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Aqueous two-phase emulsions toward biologically relevant applications	24
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Nickel-mediated aerobic Csp–nucleophile coupling	23
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Cellulosic ethanol production with bio- and chemo-catalytic methods	23
Six-membered-ring inorganic materials for electrochemical applications	23
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The hidden hand of molecular chirality in marine biogeochemistry	22
Isomeric covalent organic frameworks: opportunities and challenges	22
Ferroelectricity and Rashba effect in 2D organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites	22
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Advisory Board and Contents	21
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Battery chemical heterogeneity revealed by thermal conductivity measurement	21
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Mechanisms and Evolution of Diversity-Generating RiPP Biosynthesis	20
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Sewing molecules together with light	20
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Shape-controlled synthesis of metal nanocrystals: mind the surface heterogeneity	19
Towards modeling spatiotemporal processes in metal–organic frameworks	19
Harnessing anomeric anions to synthesize α- and β-deoxyaminoglycosides	19
From mentee to mentor: advice for new principal investigators	18
Mass spectrometry-based methods for characterizing transient protein–protein interactions	18
Technology pull: scale-up of polymeric mechanochemical force sensors	18
An alkene, a photon, and a catalyst walk into a bar; Zaitsev wasn’t invited	18
Strength in numbers: cell penetrating peptide clusters to build next-generation therapeutics	18
Biomimetic ion channels: an emerging and promising material for therapeutic ion channelopathies	18
Exploring chemistry with single-molecule and -particle fluorescence microscopy	18
Materials chemistry-enabled platforms in detecting sexually transmitted infections: progress towards point-of-care tests	18
Bioactive molecules from lignin via homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic pathways	18
On-demand bioenergy from a fingertip	18