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January 30, 2023
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Covalent organic frameworks

Publicated to:Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 3 (1): 1- - 2023-12-01 3(1), DOI: 10.1038/s43586-022-00181-z

Authors: Tan, Ke Tian; Ghosh, Samrat; Wang, Zhiyong; Wen, Fuxiang; Rodriguez-San-Miguel, David; Feng, Jie; Huang, Ning; Wang, Wei; Zamora, Felix; Feng, Xinliang; Thomas, Arne; Jiang, Donglin

Affiliations

Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden , Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics - Author
Central Leather Research Institute India , Technische Universität Berlin - Author
CSIR Cent Leather Res Inst, Inorgan & Phys Chem Lab, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Author
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University - Author
Lanzhou Univ, Coll Chem & Chem Engn, Lanzhou, Peoples R China - Author
Lanzhou University - Author
Max Planck Inst Microstruct Phys, Dept Synthet Mat & Funct Devices, Halle, Germany - Author
National University of Singapore - Author
Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Chem, Singapore, Singapore - Author
Tech Univ Berlin, Dept Chem Funct Mat, Berlin, Germany - Author
Tech Univ Dresden, Ctr Adv Elect Dresden Cfaed, Dresden, Germany - Author
Tech Univ Dresden, Fac Chem & Food Chem, Dresden, Germany - Author
Technische Universität Berlin - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Quim Inorgan, Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Zhejiang Univ, Dept Polymer Sci & Engn, MOE Key Lab Macromol Synth & Functionalisat, Hangzhou, Peoples R China - Author
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Abstract

The dream to prepare well-defined materials drives the methodological evolution for molecular synthesis, structural control and materials manufacturing. Among various methods, chemical approaches to design, synthesize, control and engineer small molecules, polymers and networks offer the fundamental strategies. Merging covalent bonds and non-covalent interactions into one method to establish a complex structural composition for specific functions, mimicking biological systems such as DNA, RNA and proteins, is at the centre of chemistry and materials science. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of crystalline porous polymers that enable the integration of organic units into highly ordered structures via polymerization. This polymerization system is unique as it deploys covalent bonds to construct the primary order structures of polymeric backbones via polycondensation and leverages on non-covalent interactions to create the high order structures of polymeric networks via supramolecular polymerization in a one-pot reaction system. This Primer covers all aspects of the field of COFs from chemistry to physics, materials and applications, and outlines the design principle, experimental methods, characterization and applications, with an aim to show a concise yet full picture of the field. The key fundamental issues to be addressed are analysed with an outlook on the future major directions from different perspectives.

Keywords

carbon-dioxidecofscrystallineefficientenergy-storagegrowthon-surface synthesisperformancepolymerizationMixed matrix membranes

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Nature Reviews Methods Primers due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 2/134, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Multidisciplinary Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 126.97, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-04, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 265
  • Scopus: 308

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 175.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 176 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 26.65.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 28 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: China; Germany; India; Singapore.