Nature Protocols

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Protocols is 9. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Inducible CRISPR–Cas9 screening platform to interrogate non-proliferative cellular states1284
Open thoracic surgical implantation of cardiac pacemakers in rats1051
Design and application of the transformer base editor in mammalian cells and mice871
Automated cGMP optical labeling of FDA-approved antibodies for human use662
Author Correction: Z-REX: shepherding reactive electrophiles to specific proteins expressed tissue specifically or ubiquitously, and recording the resultant functional electrophile-induced redox respo474
Author Correction: cfSNV: a software tool for the sensitive detection of somatic mutations from cell-free DNA470
Open-vessel polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) for polypeptide synthesis458
GLORI for absolute quantification of transcriptome-wide m6A at single-base resolution314
Reproducible strategy for excisional skin-wound-healing studies in mice299
Visualization of metabolites and microbes at high spatial resolution using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging and in situ fluorescence labeling296
Generating human bone marrow organoids for disease modeling and drug discovery248
GPSeq maps the radial organization of eukaryotic genomes along the nuclear periphery–center axis241
Patient-derived ependymoma and medulloblastoma tumoroids: generation, biobanking and drug screening226
Spontaneous and experimental models of lymph node metastasis226
Expansion of human pluripotent stem cell–induced nephron progenitor cells (iNPCs) and the generation of nephron organoids from iNPCs226
Purification and functional characterization of novel human skeletal stem cell lineages214
Isoform-specific RNA structure determination using Nano-DMS-MaP209
ChromEMT: visualizing and reconstructing chromatin ultrastructure and 3D organization in situ199
Head-mounted central venous access during optical recordings and manipulations of neural activity in mice168
How to isolate channel-forming membrane proteins using the E. coli expression system165
Fabrication of thin-film electrodes and organic electrochemical transistors for neural implants146
Quantitative molecular imaging using deep magnetic resonance fingerprinting146
High-throughput fabrication of antimicrobial phage microgels and example applications in food decontamination143
SubCellBarCode: integrated workflow for robust spatial proteomics by mass spectrometry131
Precise tracking of nanoparticles in plant roots126
Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy125
Spatially resolved epigenome sequencing via Tn5 transposition and deterministic DNA barcoding in tissue124
Simplified ischemia-free liver transplantation with continuous normothermic machine perfusion123
Expansion and fluctuations-enhanced microscopy for nanoscale molecular profiling of cells and tissues111
Author Correction: Reliable detection of somatic mutations in solid tissues by laser-capture microdissection and low-input DNA sequencing110
Author Correction: Chromatin integration labeling for mapping DNA-binding proteins and modifications with low input109
Publisher Correction: Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy108
Metabolomics using anion-exchange chromatography mass spectrometry for the analysis of cells, tissues and biofluids107
Small RNA structural biochemistry in a post-sequencing era107
Publisher Correction: In vivo pulse labeling of isochronic cohorts of cells in the central nervous system using FlashTag106
Sonicated inks and focused-ultrasound writing enable deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing105
Fabrication of electron tunneling probes for measuring single-protein conductance90
Bioengineering human intestinal mucosal grafts using patient-derived organoids, fibroblasts and scaffolds90
Preparation of C4′-modified nucleoside analogs88
Preparation and biomedical applications of single-metal atom catalysts87
Large-scale growth of C. elegans and isolation of membrane protein complexes86
Three-dimensional human neural culture on a chip recapitulating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration86
Photoimmunotechnology as a powerful biological tool for molecular-based elimination of target cells and microbes, including bacteria, fungi and viruses86
Collections from Nature Protocols84
Gene expression and chromatin state mapped in space82
Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa feeding infection81
Establishment of human induced trophoblast stem cells via reprogramming of fibroblasts80
A new era for coral functional genomics79
A practical guide to identifying associations between tandem repeats and complex human traits using consensus genotypes from multiple tools78
A ‘print–pause–print’ protocol for 3D printing microfluidics using multimaterial stereolithography78
Fibrous polyisocyanide hydrogels for 3D cell culture applications78
Generation of iPSC-derived human forebrain organoids assembling bilateral eye primordia78
Comprehensive synthesis of Ti3C2Tx from MAX phase to MXene74
A versatile tissue-rolling technique for spatial-omics analyses of the entire murine gastrointestinal tract73
Honey bee functional genomics using symbiont-mediated RNAi72
Expansion of human hepatocytes and their application in three-dimensional culture and genetic manipulation72
Achieving transient and reversible optical transparency in live mice with tartrazine71
Mitochondrial single-cell ATAC-seq for high-throughput multi-omic detection of mitochondrial genotypes and chromatin accessibility71
Structural connectome construction using constrained spherical deconvolution in multi-shell diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging70
Scalable growth of vertical graphene nanosheets by thermal chemical vapor deposition69
Preparation and quantitative analysis of multicenter luminescence materials for sensing function68
Generation and long-term culture of human cerebellar organoids from pluripotent stem cells68
Unraveling cell–cell communication with NicheNet by inferring active ligands from transcriptomics data66
Sonoafterglow nanoprobes for deep-tissue imaging of peroxynitrite65
Sequential orthogonal assays for longitudinal and endpoint characterization of three-dimensional spheroids65
Preparation of selective organ-targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using multiple technical methods for tissue-specific mRNA delivery64
mRNA lipid nanoparticle formulation, characterization and evaluation63
Plant sperm cell sequencing for genome phasing and determination of meiotic crossover points63
Identification of immunogenic commensal antigens using phage display62
Integrating genome-wide CRISPR screens and in silico drug profiling for targeted antidote development62
Manufacturing synthetic viscoelastic antigen-presenting cells for immunotherapy61
Publisher Correction: A reconstituted cell-free assay for the evaluation of the intrinsic activity of purified human ribosomes60
Screening high-quality lignins extracted from biomass to prepare biobased wood adhesives60
A bifunctional molecule-assisted synthesis of mimics for use in probing the ubiquitination system58
High-throughput single-cell transcriptomics of bacteria using combinatorial barcoding57
Divergent synthesis of amino acid-linked O-GalNAc glycan core structures57
Electrochemical molecular intercalation and exfoliation of solution-processable two-dimensional crystals55
Surface nanocoating of bacteria as a versatile platform to develop living therapeutics54
CONIPHER: a computational framework for scalable phylogenetic reconstruction with error correction54
Scalable tissue labeling and clearing of intact human organs54
Enhancing consistency in brain imaging research for population neuroimaging53
Web-based multi-omics integration using the Analyst software suite53
Sonication-assisted protein extraction improves proteomic detection of membrane-bound and DNA-binding proteins from tumor tissues51
Author Correction: Capture-C: a modular and flexible approach for high-resolution chromosome conformation capture51
A guide to building a low-cost centrifuge force microscope module for single-molecule force experiments50
Comprehensive microcrystal electron diffraction sample preparation for cryo-EM50
Integrating optical neuroscience tools into touchscreen operant systems49
Identification and validation of microbial biomarkers from cross-cohort datasets using xMarkerFinder48
Seed amplification assay for the detection of pathologic alpha-synuclein aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid48
Profiling native pulmonary basement membrane stiffness using atomic force microscopy48
Use of synthetic circular RNA spike-ins (SynCRS) for normalization of circular RNA sequencing data47
Genome-wide analysis of the biophysical properties of chromatin and nuclear proteins in living cells with Hi-D47
Establishing a long-term versatile culture system for functional mouse mammary organoids from single cells46
In vitro reconstitution of COPII vesicles from Arabidopsis thaliana suspension-cultured cells46
Filter-aided expansion proteomics for the spatial analysis of single cells and organelles in FFPE tissue samples45
A scalable protocol for the radiosynthesis of clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents45
A guide to precise measurements of isotope abundance by ESI-Orbitrap MS44
Enzyme-free targeted DNA demethylation using CRISPR–dCas9-based steric hindrance to identify DNA methylation marks causal to altered gene expression44
Easy and accurate protein structure prediction using ColabFold43
Design and simulation of DNA, RNA and hybrid protein–nucleic acid nanostructures with oxView43
GlYcoLISA: antigen-specific and subclass-specific IgG Fc glycosylation analysis based on an immunosorbent assay with an LC–MS readout41
Directional conjugation of monoclonal antibodies to nanoparticles using metal-free click chemistry40
Construction of complex bacteriogenic protocells from living material assembly40
Optimal 13C NMR investigation of intrinsically disordered proteins at 1.2 GHz40
Constructing and interpreting volcano plots and activity maps to navigate homogeneous catalyst landscapes39
Analyzing somatic mutations by single-cell whole-genome sequencing39
Magnetoencephalography in human neuroscience research: planning, piloting, implementation and quality assurance39
High-confidence and high-throughput quantification of synapse engulfment by oligodendrocyte precursor cells38
Spatial analysis of tissue immunity and vascularity by light sheet fluorescence microscopy38
Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats38
Capturing acyl–enzyme intermediates with genetically encoded 2,3-diaminopropionic acid for hydrolase substrate identification38
CRISPR screens in human neural organoids and assembloids38
An optimized culture system for efficient derivation of porcine expanded potential stem cells from preimplantation embryos and by reprogramming somatic cells38
CRISPR-Combo–mediated orthogonal genome editing and transcriptional activation for plant breeding37
A graphic and command line protocol for quick and accurate comparisons of protein and nucleic acid structures with US-align37
Purifying recombinant proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana for structural studies37
Circular Vectors as an efficient, fully synthetic, cell-free approach for preparing small circular DNA as a plasmid substitute for guide RNA expression in CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing37
Droplet-based functional CRISPR screening of cell–cell interactions by SPEAC-seq37
Microfluidic gradients create a stem cell model of the human central nervous system37
CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell–cell communication from single-cell multiomics data37
Annotating genetic variants to target genes using H-MAGMA37
Author Correction: PepSeq: a fully in vitro platform for highly multiplexed serology using customizable DNA-barcoded peptide libraries36
Standardized production of hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte aggregates in stirred spinner flasks36
RNA sample optimization for cryo-EM analysis36
Fabrication of liquid cell for in situ transmission electron microscopy of electrochemical processes35
Printed photonic crystal biochips for rapid and sensitive detection of biomarkers in various body fluids35
Preparation of near-infrared AIEgen-active fluorescent probes for mapping amyloid-β plaques in brain tissues and living mice35
m6A-SAC-seq for quantitative whole transcriptome m6A profiling34
Surface photovoltage microscopy for mapping charge separation on photocatalyst particles34
Bioengineering mini-colons for ex vivo colorectal cancer research34
Physical dynamic double-network hydrogels as dressings to facilitate tissue repair34
Multilevel characterization of genome editor nuclease activity with BreakTag34
Improving accuracy and reproducibility of mass spectrometry characterization of protein coronas on nanoparticles33
A multi-glycomic platform for the analysis of food carbohydrates32
High-throughput multiplex voltage-clamp/current-clamp evaluation of acutely isolated neurons32
Addendum: Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice32
Visualizing epigenetic modifications and their spatial proximities in single cells using three DNA-encoded amplifying FISH imaging strategies: BEA-FISH, PPDA-FISH and Cell-TALKING32
Biomarker analysis from complex biofluids by an on-chip chemically modified light-controlled vertical nanopillar array device32
Direct analysis of biotransformations with mass spectrometry—DiBT-MS32
Author Correction: Production and use of antigen tetramers to study antigen-specific B cells32
Using tunable hydrogel microparticles to measure cellular forces31
Quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in plant roots via confocal microscopy31
YCharOS protocol for antibody validation31
Preparation of placenta-tropic mRNA lipid nanoparticles for pregnancy disorders31
Preparation of targeted lipid nanoparticles for precision nucleic acid delivery30
Synthesis of N-heterocycles through alcohol dehydrogenative coupling30
Derivation, expansion and cryopreservation of primary fetal organoids from second and third trimester human amniotic fluid cells30
Co-fractionation–mass spectrometry to characterize native mitochondrial protein assemblies in mammalian neurons and brain30
Spatially resolved genome-wide joint profiling of epigenome and transcriptome with spatial-ATAC-RNA-seq and spatial-CUT&Tag-RNA-seq30
Mapping T cell dynamics to molecular profiles through behavior-guided transcriptomics30
Activation of mechanoluminescent nanotransducers by focused ultrasound enables light delivery to deep-seated tissue in vivo30
Oscillatory brain state-dependent stimulation with transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with electroencephalography29
Tutorial: a guide to diffusion MRI and structural connectomics29
Nano3P-seq: charting the coding and noncoding transcriptome at single-molecule resolution29
Harnessing intermediate-scale bioreactors for next-generation macrophage production and application29
A clinically relevant model of focal embolic cerebral ischemia by thrombus and thrombolysis in rhesus monkeys29
Graphene–molecule–graphene single-molecule junctions to detect electronic reactions at the molecular scale29
Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility and gene expression co-profiling by ISSAAC-seq29
A detailed guide to assessing genome assembly based on long-read sequencing data using Inspector29
DARLIN mouse for in vivo lineage tracing at high efficiency and clonal diversity28
A consensus platform for antibody characterization28
Electrocatalytic reactions involving aqueous nitrate and nitrite28
Determining chromatin architecture with Micro Capture-C28
Luciferase- and HaloTag-based reporter assays to measure small-molecule-induced degradation pathway in living cells28
A proposed framework to evaluate the quality and reliability of targeted metabolomics assays from the UK Consortium on Metabolic Phenotyping (MAP/UK)28
Generation of ‘semi-guided’ cortical organoids with complex neural oscillations28
A comprehensive framework for statistical testing of brain dynamics27
A new era begins at Nature Protocols27
The HADDOCK2.4 web server for integrative modeling of biomolecular complexes27
Photothermal nanofiber-mediated photoporation for gentle and efficient intracellular delivery of macromolecules26
Preparation, maintenance and propagation of synchronous cultures of photoactive Chlamydomonas cells26
Solution-based self-assembly synthesis of two-dimensional-ordered mesoporous conducting polymer nanosheets with versatile properties26
Patient-derived and mouse endo-ectocervical organoid generation, genetic manipulation and applications to model infection25
scGPT: end-to-end protocol for fine-tuned retinal cell type annotation25
NanoVar: a comprehensive workflow for structural variant detection to uncover the genome’s hidden patterns25
Labeling, isolation and characterization of cell-type-specific exosomes derived from mouse skin tissue25
Pan-evolutionary and regulatory genome architecture delineated by an integrated macro- and microsynteny approach25
Integrated fluorescence light microscopy-guided cryo-focused ion beam-milling for in situ montage cryo-ET25
Inferring cellular and molecular processes in single-cell data with non-negative matrix factorization using Python, R and GenePattern Notebook implementations of CoGAPS25
Synthesis of ordered mesoporous metal oxides by solvent evaporation-induced cooperative assembly25
Designing and executing prime editing experiments in mammalian cells24
Bio-orthogonal tuning of matrix properties during 3D cell culture to induce morphological and phenotypic changes23
Integration of diverse bioactivity data into the Chemical Checker compound universe23
Mapping protein–RNA binding in plants with individual-nucleotide-resolution UV cross-linking and immunoprecipitation (plant iCLIP2)23
Generation of quality-controlled SARS-CoV-2 variant stocks23
Proteome-wide profiling of S-nitrosylated proteins using the SNOTRAP probe and mass spectrometry-based detection23
The OBSERVE guidelines provide refinement criteria for rodent oncology models23
Generation and characterization of vestibular inner ear organoids from human pluripotent stem cells23
Preparing and characterizing environmentally aged microplastics23
The use of methanol as a C1 building block22
Ultra-fast supercritically solvothermal polymerization for large single-crystalline covalent organic frameworks22
Visualizing infection by single positive-sense RNA viruses using virus infection real-time imaging (VIRIM)22
Molecular recording using DNA Typewriter22
Facile synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 architectures with tunable configurations and nanometer precision22
In vivo ultrasound-induced luminescence imaging via trianthracene derivatives nanomaterials22
Measuring key human carbohydrate digestive enzyme activities using high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection22
Precise mutagenesis in zebrafish using cytosine base editors22
Scanorama: integrating large and diverse single-cell transcriptomic datasets22
In vivo Raman spectroscopy for real-time biochemical assessment of tissue pathology and physiology22
A guide to reverse metabolomics—a framework for big data discovery strategy22
INFOGEST Quant: standardized in vitro determination of digestibility and DIAAS of dietary proteins based on the INFOGEST static digestion model22
A versatile toolkit for drug metabolism studies with GNPS2: from drug development to clinical monitoring22
Reprogramming fibroblast into human iBlastoids21
Native MS-guided lipidomics to define endogenous lipid microenvironments of eukaryotic receptors and transporters21
Author Correction: Constructing a cost-efficient, high-throughput and high-quality single-molecule localization microscope for super-resolution imaging21
A workflow for the development of template-assisted membrane crystallization downstream processing for monoclonal antibody purification21
In vivo identification of astrocyte and neuron subproteomes by proximity-dependent biotinylation21
Formulation of two lipid-based membrane–core nanoparticles for FOLFOX combination therapy20
A puromycin-dependent activity-based sensing probe for histochemical staining of hydrogen peroxide in cells and animal tissues20
Retina-specific laminin-based generation of photoreceptor progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells under xeno-free and chemically defined conditions20
A bioswitchable delivery system for microRNA therapeutics based on a tetrahedral DNA nanostructure20
Detection of intramolecular protein dynamics on nanosecond-to-microsecond timescales by nanoparticle-assisted NMR spin relaxation (NASR)20
Optimizing the Cell Painting assay for image-based profiling20
Click chemistry: a transformative technology in nuclear medicine19
Scale-up approach for the preparation of magnetic ferrite nanocubes and other shapes with benchmark performance for magnetic hyperthermia applications19
Preparation of ENBSe-based photoredox catalysts for O2-independent phototherapy in living systems19
Versatile synthesis of uniform mesoporous superparticles from stable monomicelle units19
Reply to: Byproducts in the synthesis of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-1119
Profiling active RNA polymerase II transcription start sites from total RNA by capped small RNA sequencing (csRNA-seq)19
Precise kilobase-scale genomic insertions in mammalian cells using PASTE19
Tutorial: design, production and testing of oncolytic viruses for cancer immunotherapy18
Report Approval for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (RATES): expert recommendation based on a Delphi consensus study18
Correlative light and electron microscopy for human brain and other biological models18
Real-time imaging of axonal membrane protein life cycles18
Selecting aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pairs for efficient genetic encoding of noncanonical amino acids into proteins18
Preparation of AIEgen-based near-infrared afterglow luminescence nanoprobes for tumor imaging and image-guided tumor resection18
XomicsToModel: omics data integration and generation of thermodynamically consistent metabolic models18
Fabrication and characterization of optoelectronic in-sensor computing devices17
Isocyanide-based multi-component reactions for carrier-free and carrier-bound covalent immobilization of enzymes17
Reconstructing phylogenetic trees from genome-wide somatic mutations in clonal samples17
Multiplexed chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing for quantitative study of histone modifications and chromatin factors17
Multichannel genomic recording of biological information with ENGRAM17
Author Correction: Life-long functional regeneration of in vivo airway epithelium by the engraftment of airway basal stem cells17
OptADMET: a web-based tool for substructure modifications to improve ADMET properties of lead compounds17
Extracting and characterizing microplastics and nanoplastics from environmental samples17
A multimodal imaging pipeline to decipher cell-specific metabolic functions and tissue microenvironment dynamics17
Transcriptomic profiling of individual bacteria by MATQ-seq17
Transcriptome-wide measurement of poly(A) tail length and composition at subnanogram total RNA sensitivity by PAIso-seq17
Neural cell isolation from adult macaques for high-throughput analyses and neurosphere cultures16
Selective footprinting of 40S and 80S ribosome subpopulations (Sel-TCP-seq) to study translation and its control16
Controlled synthesis of noble metal aerogels mediated by salts16
Peptide-enabled ribonucleoprotein delivery for CRISPR engineering (PERC) in primary human immune cells and hematopoietic stem cells16
Modeling heart rhythm using human engineered heart tissues16
Author Correction: Fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass to produce uncondensed aldehyde-stabilized lignin16
Isolation, purification and characterization of lipocartilage in mice16
Streamlining spatial omics data analysis with Pysodb16
Induction of human trophoblast stem cells16
An inexpensive semi-automated sample processing pipeline for cell-free RNA extraction16
Multidimensional analysis of host–virus interactions using the virus-encoded CRISPR-based direct readout system (VECOS)16
Construction and use of an adaptive optics two-photon microscope with direct wavefront sensing16
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