| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Reporting physisorption data for gas/solid systems with special reference to the determination of surface area and porosity (Recommendations 1984) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1985 | 20,261 |
| 2 | Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2015 | 12,159 |
| 3 | Measurement of cellulase activities | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1987 | 4,758 |
| 4 | The exciton model in molecular spectroscopy | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1965 | 3,746 |
| 5 | Recommendations for the characterization of porous solids (Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1994 | 3,294 |
| 6 | Ionic liquids. Green solvents for the future | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2000 | 2,545 |
| 7 | Influence of chloride, water, and organic solvents on the physical properties of ionic liquids | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2000 | 2,126 |
| 8 | Harmonized guidelines for single-laboratory validation of methods of analysis (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2002 | 1,965 |
| 9 | Photodimerization in the solid state | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1971 | 1,879 |
| 10 | Reporting physisorption data for gas/solid systems with special reference to the determination of surface area and porosity (Provisional) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1982 | 1,696 |
| 11 | Standards for photoluminescence quantum yield measurements in solution (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2011 | 1,695 |
| 12 | Real surface area measurements in electrochemistry | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1991 | 1,563 |
| 13 | Definition of the halogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2013) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2013 | 1,554 |
| 14 | Definition of the hydrogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2011) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2011 | 1,449 |
| 15 | Recommendations for nomenclature of ionselective electrodes (IUPAC Recommendations 1994) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1994 | 1,338 |
| 16 | Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1994 | 1,326 |
| 17 | Nomenclature in evaluation of analytical methods including detection and quantification capabilities (IUPAC Recommendations 1995) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1995 | 1,276 |
| 18 | The absolute electrode potential: an explanatory note (Recommendations 1986) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1986 | 1,233 |
| 19 | Recommendations on reporting electrode potentials in nonaqueous solvents (Recommendations 1983) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1984 | 1,231 |
| 20 | Polyaniline. Preparation of a conducting polymer(IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2002 | 1,175 |
| 21 | Reference materials for fluorescence measurement | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1988 | 1,158 |
| 22 | NMR nomenclature. Nuclear spin properties and conventions for chemical shifts(IUPAC Recommendations 2001) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2001 | 1,132 |
| 23 | Selectivity coefficients for ion-selective electrodes: Recommended methods for reporting KA,Bpot values (Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1995 | 1,128 |
| 24 | Polymers at Interfaces and the Interactions in Colloidal Dispersions | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1976 | 1,119 |
| 25 | Bioremediation. An overview | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2001 | 1,048 |
| 26 | Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1995 | 1,006 |
| 27 | "Heavy metals" a meaningless term? (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2002 | 990 |
| 28 | Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2013 | 984 |
| 29 | Glossary of terms used in photochemistry, 3rd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2006) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2007 | 950 |
| 30 | Potentiometric Selectivity Coefficients of Ion-Selective Electrodes. Part I. Inorganic Cations (Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2000 | 923 |
| 31 | Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1972 | 921 |
| 32 | What is aromaticity? | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1996 | 904 |
| 33 | Figures-of-merit for the technical development and application of advanced oxidation technologies for both electric- and solar-driven systems (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2001 | 874 |
| 34 | Defining the hydrogen bond: An account (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2011 | 856 |
| 35 | Isotopic compositions of the elements 1997 (Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1998 | 851 |
| 36 | Atomic weights of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2003 | 848 |
| 37 | Biological functions and activities of animal carotenoids | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1991 | 844 |
| 38 | Organic photochromism (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2001 | 829 |
| 39 | Guidelines for terms related to chemical speciation and fractionation of elements. Definitions, structural aspects, and methodological approaches (IUPAC Recommendations 2000) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2000 | 810 |
| 40 | Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2012 | 784 |
| 41 | Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1996 | 767 |
| 42 | Chemical actinometry (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2004 | 763 |
| 43 | Recommendations for Nomenclature of ION-Selective Electrodes | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1976 | 761 |
| 44 | Isotopic compositions of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2011 | 730 |
| 45 | A statistical overview of standard (IUPAC and ACS) and new procedures for determining the limits of detection and quantification: Application to voltammetric and stripping techniques (Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1997 | 724 |
| 46 | Photochemistry of metal coordination complexes: metal to ligand charge transfer excited states | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1986 | 721 |
| 47 | The Hopanoids: palaeochemistry and biochemistry of a group of natural products | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1979 | 720 |
| 48 | Atom efficiency and catalysis in organic synthesis | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 2000 | 706 |
| 49 | Reporting of stable hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen isotopic abundances (Technical Report) | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1994 | 697 |
| 50 | Electrochemical Biosensors: Recommended Definitions and Classification | Pure and Applied Chemistry | 1999 | 654 |
