Relative metal-hydrogen, -oxygen, -nitrogen, and -carbon bond strengths for organoruthenium and organoplatinum compounds; equilibrium studies of Cp*(PMe₃)₂RuX and (DPPE)MePtX systems
Henry E. Bryndza, Lawrence K. Fong, Rocco A. Paciello, Wilson Tam, John E. Bercaw
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1987 ; 109(5); 1444-1456.

Monomeric Cyclopentadienylnickel Methoxo and Amido Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Reactivity, and Use for Exploring the Relationship between H-X and M-X Bond Energies
Holland, P. L.; Andersen, R. A.; Bergman, R. G.; Huang, J.; Nolan, S. P.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1997; 119(52); 12800-12814.

These 2 papers are a good introduction to bond strength thermodynamics, and show that good ideas can be proven wrong, though it may take time.  Bercaw studied M-H, M-O, M-N and M-C bond strengths for Ru and Pt compounds and found a 1:1 correspondence of M-X vs H-X bond strengths (slope is 1:1 plotting M-X vs H-X).  A decade later, Bergman found that the 1:1 rule, as it had come to be known, didn't hold generally, as shown for Ni complexes.  The main problem is that substitution of M-N with H-O is not as simple as replacing M-N with H-N, and the data best fit a qualitative E-C model.  Bergman used (among other things) Hammet parameters and a wider range of ligands than Bercaw.

 I use this paper in a senior level organometallics discussion course where we study "classic" papers.