| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited | Green Chemistry | 2010 | 3,701 |
| 2 | Characterization and comparison of hydrophilic and hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquids incorporating the imidazolium cation | Green Chemistry | 2001 | 3,466 |
| 3 | Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plants | Green Chemistry | 2011 | 2,480 |
| 4 | Catalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels | Green Chemistry | 2010 | 2,017 |
| 5 | A short history of ionic liquids—from molten salts to neoteric solvents | Green Chemistry | 2002 | 1,486 |
| 6 | What is a green solvent? A comprehensive framework for the environmental assessment of solvents | Green Chemistry | 2007 | 1,452 |
| 7 | Green solvents for sustainable organic synthesis: state of the art | Green Chemistry | 2005 | 1,437 |
| 8 | 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) as a building block platform: Biological properties, synthesis and synthetic applications | Green Chemistry | 2011 | 1,391 |
| 9 | Key green chemistry research areas—a perspective from pharmaceutical manufacturers | Green Chemistry | 2007 | 1,371 |
| 10 | The E Factor: fifteen years on | Green Chemistry | 2007 | 1,370 |
| 11 | CHEM21 selection guide of classical- and less classical-solvents | Green Chemistry | 2016 | 1,348 |
| 12 | Green and sustainable manufacture of chemicals from biomass: state of the art | Green Chemistry | 2014 | 1,323 |
| 13 | Solvent-free organic syntheses | Green Chemistry | 1999 | 1,276 |
| 14 | Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquids | Green Chemistry | 2013 | 1,243 |
| 15 | Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 | Green Chemistry | 2010 | 1,174 |
| 16 | Conversion of biomass platform molecules into fuel additives and liquid hydrocarbon fuels | Green Chemistry | 2014 | 1,157 |
| 17 | Improved utilisation of renewable resources: New important derivatives of glycerol | Green Chemistry | 2008 | 1,144 |
| 18 | Dissolution of cellulose with ionic liquids and its application: a mini-review | Green Chemistry | 2006 | 1,119 |
| 19 | Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural by dehydration of biomass-derived mono- and poly-saccharides | Green Chemistry | 2007 | 1,060 |
| 20 | Green chemistry by nano-catalysis | Green Chemistry | 2010 | 1,052 |
| 21 | Multicomponent reactions: advanced tools for sustainable organic synthesis | Green Chemistry | 2014 | 989 |
| 22 | Towards lignin-based functional materials in a sustainable world | Green Chemistry | 2016 | 931 |
| 23 | Organic electrosynthesis: a promising green methodology in organic chemistry | Green Chemistry | 2010 | 919 |
| 24 | Green chemistry tools to influence a medicinal chemistry and research chemistry based organisation | Green Chemistry | 2008 | 912 |
| 25 | The E factor 25 years on: the rise of green chemistry and sustainability | Green Chemistry | 2017 | 912 |
| 26 | Complete dissolution and partial delignification of wood in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate | Green Chemistry | 2009 | 906 |
| 27 | Ionic liquids are not always green: hydrolysis of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate | Green Chemistry | 2003 | 902 |
| 28 | Expanding GSK's solvent selection guide – embedding sustainability into solvent selection starting at medicinal chemistry | Green Chemistry | 2011 | 895 |
| 29 | Polyethylene glycol and solutions of polyethylene glycol as green reaction media | Green Chemistry | 2005 | 881 |
| 30 | Searching for green solvents | Green Chemistry | 2011 | 868 |
| 31 | Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass | Green Chemistry | 2013 | 868 |
| 32 | Toxicity and antimicrobial activity of imidazolium and pyridinium ionic liquids | Green Chemistry | 2005 | 866 |
| 33 | γ-Valerolactone—a sustainable liquid for energy and carbon-based chemicals | Green Chemistry | 2008 | 864 |
| 34 | Highly porous graphitic biomass carbon as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors | Green Chemistry | 2017 | 861 |
| 35 | Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Capsicum annuum L. extract | Green Chemistry | 2007 | 844 |
| 36 | Carbon dots: synthesis, formation mechanism, fluorescence origin and sensing applications | Green Chemistry | 2019 | 821 |
| 37 | Microwave assisted synthesis – a critical technology overview | Green Chemistry | 2004 | 798 |
| 38 | Efficient, selective and sustainable catalysis of carbon dioxide | Green Chemistry | 2017 | 797 |
| 39 | Green chemistry: challenges and opportunities | Green Chemistry | 1999 | 784 |
| 40 | Density and viscosity of several pure and water-saturated ionic liquids | Green Chemistry | 2006 | 755 |
| 41 | Can ionic liquids dissolve wood? Processing and analysis of lignocellulosic materials with 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride | Green Chemistry | 2007 | 752 |
| 42 | Biomass-derived carbon: synthesis and applications in energy storage and conversion | Green Chemistry | 2016 | 735 |
| 43 | Metrics to ‘green’ chemistry—which are the best? | Green Chemistry | 2002 | 732 |
| 44 | Vegetable oil-based polymeric materials: synthesis, properties, and applications | Green Chemistry | 2010 | 732 |
| 45 | A survey of solvent selection guides | Green Chemistry | 2014 | 715 |
| 46 | Biocatalysis in ionic liquids | Green Chemistry | 2002 | 713 |
| 47 | Cellulose dissolution with polar ionic liquids under mild conditions: required factors for anions | Green Chemistry | 2008 | 710 |
| 48 | Polarity of ionic liquids determined empirically by means of solvatochromic pyridinium N-phenolate betaine dyes | Green Chemistry | 2005 | 692 |
| 49 | Hydrothermal carbon from biomass: a comparison of the local structure from poly- to monosaccharides and pentoses/hexoses | Green Chemistry | 2008 | 689 |
| 50 | Glycerol eutectics as sustainable solvent systems | Green Chemistry | 2011 | 666 |
