Nature Protocols

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Protocols is 27. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Author Correction: cfSNV: a software tool for the sensitive detection of somatic mutations from cell-free DNA1343
Open thoracic surgical implantation of cardiac pacemakers in rats1124
ChromEMT: visualizing and reconstructing chromatin ultrastructure and 3D organization in situ754
Fabrication of focused electron beam induced deposition tips for high-speed atomic force microscopy using benchtop scanning electron microscopy571
Author Correction: Z-REX: shepherding reactive electrophiles to specific proteins expressed tissue specifically or ubiquitously, and recording the resultant functional electrophile-induced redox respo513
Purification and functional characterization of novel human skeletal stem cell lineages494
GPSeq maps the radial organization of eukaryotic genomes along the nuclear periphery–center axis349
Automated cGMP optical labeling of FDA-approved antibodies for human use324
Inducible CRISPR–Cas9 screening platform to interrogate non-proliferative cellular states303
Patient-derived ependymoma and medulloblastoma tumoroids: generation, biobanking and drug screening274
Isoform-specific RNA structure determination using Nano-DMS-MaP270
Spontaneous and experimental models of lymph node metastasis265
Expansion of human pluripotent stem cell–induced nephron progenitor cells (iNPCs) and the generation of nephron organoids from iNPCs260
Visualization of metabolites and microbes at high spatial resolution using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging and in situ fluorescence labeling231
Reproducible strategy for excisional skin-wound-healing studies in mice225
Tutorial: biomembranes in hybrid living bioelectronics221
Design and application of the transformer base editor in mammalian cells and mice183
Generating human bone marrow organoids for disease modeling and drug discovery162
GLORI for absolute quantification of transcriptome-wide m6A at single-base resolution161
Open-vessel polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) for polypeptide synthesis156
Precise tracking of nanoparticles in plant roots155
Photoimmunotechnology as a powerful biological tool for molecular-based elimination of target cells and microbes, including bacteria, fungi and viruses150
Preparation of C4′-modified nucleoside analogs138
Publisher Correction: In vivo pulse labeling of isochronic cohorts of cells in the central nervous system using FlashTag135
Author Correction: Reliable detection of somatic mutations in solid tissues by laser-capture microdissection and low-input DNA sequencing133
Author Correction: Chromatin integration labeling for mapping DNA-binding proteins and modifications with low input130
Publisher Correction: Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy126
Metabolomics using anion-exchange chromatography mass spectrometry for the analysis of cells, tissues and biofluids125
Photocatalytic low-temperature defluorination of PTFE124
Quantitative molecular imaging using deep magnetic resonance fingerprinting124
Simplified ischemia-free liver transplantation with continuous normothermic machine perfusion122
Fabrication of thin-film electrodes and organic electrochemical transistors for neural implants113
Fabrication of electron tunneling probes for measuring single-protein conductance110
Sonicated inks and focused-ultrasound writing enable deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing105
Bioengineering human intestinal mucosal grafts using patient-derived organoids, fibroblasts and scaffolds101
Small RNA structural biochemistry in a post-sequencing era100
Head-mounted central venous access during optical recordings and manipulations of neural activity in mice98
Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy98
Spatially resolved epigenome sequencing via Tn5 transposition and deterministic DNA barcoding in tissue97
Three-dimensional human neural culture on a chip recapitulating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration94
High-throughput fabrication of antimicrobial phage microgels and example applications in food decontamination92
Preparation and biomedical applications of single-metal atom catalysts90
Expansion and fluctuations-enhanced microscopy for nanoscale molecular profiling of cells and tissues89
How to isolate channel-forming membrane proteins using the E. coli expression system89
Large-scale growth of C. elegans and isolation of membrane protein complexes88
Collections from Nature Protocols88
CODAvision: best practices and a user-friendly interface for rapid, customizable segmentation of medical images87
Gene expression and chromatin state mapped in space87
Achieving transient and reversible optical transparency in live mice with tartrazine85
Honey bee functional genomics using symbiont-mediated RNAi85
A new era for coral functional genomics78
A modular method for high-throughput measurement of ion channel currents in cardiac myocytes77
mRNA lipid nanoparticle formulation, characterization and evaluation77
A practical guide to identifying associations between tandem repeats and complex human traits using consensus genotypes from multiple tools75
Expansion of human hepatocytes and their application in three-dimensional culture and genetic manipulation74
Mitochondrial single-cell ATAC-seq for high-throughput multi-omic detection of mitochondrial genotypes and chromatin accessibility73
Generation and long-term culture of human cerebellar organoids from pluripotent stem cells73
Scalable growth of vertical graphene nanosheets by thermal chemical vapor deposition73
Preparation and quantitative analysis of multicenter luminescence materials for sensing function73
A versatile tissue-rolling technique for spatial-omics analyses of the entire murine gastrointestinal tract73
Structural connectome construction using constrained spherical deconvolution in multi-shell diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging72
Sequential orthogonal assays for longitudinal and endpoint characterization of three-dimensional spheroids71
Fibrous polyisocyanide hydrogels for 3D cell culture applications68
A ‘print–pause–print’ protocol for 3D printing microfluidics using multimaterial stereolithography67
Preparation of selective organ-targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using multiple technical methods for tissue-specific mRNA delivery66
Sonoafterglow nanoprobes for deep-tissue imaging of peroxynitrite65
Comprehensive synthesis of Ti3C2Tx from MAX phase to MXene63
Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa feeding infection63
Generation of iPSC-derived human forebrain organoids assembling bilateral eye primordia63
Establishment of human induced trophoblast stem cells via reprogramming of fibroblasts61
Unraveling cell–cell communication with NicheNet by inferring active ligands from transcriptomics data61
CONIPHER: a computational framework for scalable phylogenetic reconstruction with error correction60
High-throughput single-cell transcriptomics of bacteria using combinatorial barcoding60
Multimodal imaging and quantification of lanthanide chelate-labeled micro- and nanoplastics in plants59
Divergent synthesis of amino acid-linked O-GalNAc glycan core structures59
Publisher Correction: A reconstituted cell-free assay for the evaluation of the intrinsic activity of purified human ribosomes59
Identification of immunogenic commensal antigens using phage display57
Screening high-quality lignins extracted from biomass to prepare biobased wood adhesives57
Plant sperm cell sequencing for genome phasing and determination of meiotic crossover points56
A bifunctional molecule-assisted synthesis of mimics for use in probing the ubiquitination system56
Integrating genome-wide CRISPR screens and in silico drug profiling for targeted antidote development55
Electrochemical molecular intercalation and exfoliation of solution-processable two-dimensional crystals55
Web-based multi-omics integration using the Analyst software suite53
Manufacturing synthetic viscoelastic antigen-presenting cells for immunotherapy53
Surface nanocoating of bacteria as a versatile platform to develop living therapeutics52
Enhancing consistency in brain imaging research for population neuroimaging51
A scalable protocol for the radiosynthesis of clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents50
Author Correction: Capture-C: a modular and flexible approach for high-resolution chromosome conformation capture50
A guide to building a low-cost centrifuge force microscope module for single-molecule force experiments49
Genome-wide analysis of the biophysical properties of chromatin and nuclear proteins in living cells with Hi-D49
Identification and validation of microbial biomarkers from cross-cohort datasets using xMarkerFinder49
Establishing a long-term versatile culture system for functional mouse mammary organoids from single cells48
Use of synthetic circular RNA spike-ins (SynCRS) for normalization of circular RNA sequencing data48
Enzyme-free targeted DNA demethylation using CRISPR–dCas9-based steric hindrance to identify DNA methylation marks causal to altered gene expression47
Filter-aided expansion proteomics for the spatial analysis of single cells and organelles in FFPE tissue samples47
Comprehensive microcrystal electron diffraction sample preparation for cryo-EM46
Profiling native pulmonary basement membrane stiffness using atomic force microscopy45
In vitro reconstitution of COPII vesicles from Arabidopsis thaliana suspension-cultured cells45
GlYcoLISA: antigen-specific and subclass-specific IgG Fc glycosylation analysis based on an immunosorbent assay with an LC–MS readout45
A guide to precise measurements of isotope abundance by ESI-Orbitrap MS44
Integrating optical neuroscience tools into touchscreen operant systems44
Large-scale genome structure interrogation via recombinase-mediated rearrangements of multiplexed prime edits in repetitive elements42
Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats42
Sonication-assisted protein extraction improves proteomic detection of membrane-bound and DNA-binding proteins from tumor tissues42
Easy and accurate protein structure prediction using ColabFold42
High-confidence and high-throughput quantification of synapse engulfment by oligodendrocyte precursor cells42
Seed amplification assay for the detection of pathologic alpha-synuclein aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid42
Construction of complex bacteriogenic protocells from living material assembly42
Analyzing somatic mutations by single-cell whole-genome sequencing41
Capturing acyl–enzyme intermediates with genetically encoded 2,3-diaminopropionic acid for hydrolase substrate identification41
Purifying recombinant proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana for structural studies41
Directional conjugation of monoclonal antibodies to nanoparticles using metal-free click chemistry41
Annotating genetic variants to target genes using H-MAGMA40
Structural variant calling using Sniffles240
Magnetoencephalography in human neuroscience research: planning, piloting, implementation and quality assurance40
Constructing and interpreting volcano plots and activity maps to navigate homogeneous catalyst landscapes40
Droplet-based functional CRISPR screening of cell–cell interactions by SPEAC-seq40
A graphic and command line protocol for quick and accurate comparisons of protein and nucleic acid structures with US-align39
Optimal 13C NMR investigation of intrinsically disordered proteins at 1.2 GHz39
An optimized culture system for efficient derivation of porcine expanded potential stem cells from preimplantation embryos and by reprogramming somatic cells39
CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell–cell communication from single-cell multiomics data38
Spatial analysis of tissue immunity and vascularity by light sheet fluorescence microscopy38
CRISPR screens in human neural organoids and assembloids38
Author Correction: PepSeq: a fully in vitro platform for highly multiplexed serology using customizable DNA-barcoded peptide libraries38
RNA sample optimization for cryo-EM analysis37
Facilitating structure-based drug discovery with an artificial intelligence-driven virtual screening platform36
CRISPR-Combo–mediated orthogonal genome editing and transcriptional activation for plant breeding36
Printed photonic crystal biochips for rapid and sensitive detection of biomarkers in various body fluids36
Surface photovoltage microscopy for mapping charge separation on photocatalyst particles36
Microfluidic gradients create a stem cell model of the human central nervous system36
Standardized production of hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte aggregates in stirred spinner flasks36
Preparation of near-infrared AIEgen-active fluorescent probes for mapping amyloid-β plaques in brain tissues and living mice35
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 editing35
YCharOS protocol for antibody validation35
Physical dynamic double-network hydrogels as dressings to facilitate tissue repair35
Visualizing epigenetic modifications and their spatial proximities in single cells using three DNA-encoded amplifying FISH imaging strategies: BEA-FISH, PPDA-FISH and Cell-TALKING35
Fabrication of liquid cell for in situ transmission electron microscopy of electrochemical processes35
Direct analysis of biotransformations with mass spectrometry—DiBT-MS35
Quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in plant roots via confocal microscopy34
Multilevel characterization of genome editor nuclease activity with BreakTag34
Preparation of placenta-tropic mRNA lipid nanoparticles for pregnancy disorders34
Addendum: Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice34
Mapping T cell dynamics to molecular profiles through behavior-guided transcriptomics33
Author Correction: Production and use of antigen tetramers to study antigen-specific B cells33
m6A-SAC-seq for quantitative whole transcriptome m6A profiling33
Bioengineering mini-colons for ex vivo colorectal cancer research33
Activation of mechanoluminescent nanotransducers by focused ultrasound enables light delivery to deep-seated tissue in vivo33
Tutorial: strategies for targeting organelles using nanoparticles33
Co-fractionation–mass spectrometry to characterize native mitochondrial protein assemblies in mammalian neurons and brain33
Biomarker analysis from complex biofluids by an on-chip chemically modified light-controlled vertical nanopillar array device33
Synthesis of N-heterocycles through alcohol dehydrogenative coupling32
High-throughput multiplex voltage-clamp/current-clamp evaluation of acutely isolated neurons32
Using tunable hydrogel microparticles to measure cellular forces31
Synthesis of single-crystal monolayer graphene on Cu/Ni(111) alloy foil31
Improving accuracy and reproducibility of mass spectrometry characterization of protein coronas on nanoparticles31
Spatially resolved genome-wide joint profiling of epigenome and transcriptome with spatial-ATAC-RNA-seq and spatial-CUT&Tag-RNA-seq31
Preparation of targeted lipid nanoparticles for precision nucleic acid delivery30
A multi-glycomic platform for the analysis of food carbohydrates30
Harnessing intermediate-scale bioreactors for next-generation macrophage production and application30
Derivation, expansion and cryopreservation of primary fetal organoids from second and third trimester human amniotic fluid cells30
Graphene–molecule–graphene single-molecule junctions to detect electronic reactions at the molecular scale29
Fabrication of optically transparent ultrasound transducers to integrate light and sound in multimodal biomedical systems29
Generation of ‘semi-guided’ cortical organoids with complex neural oscillations29
Luciferase- and HaloTag-based reporter assays to measure small-molecule-induced degradation pathway in living cells29
Nano3P-seq: charting the coding and noncoding transcriptome at single-molecule resolution28
A consensus platform for antibody characterization28
Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility and gene expression co-profiling by ISSAAC-seq28
A proposed framework to evaluate the quality and reliability of targeted metabolomics assays from the UK Consortium on Metabolic Phenotyping (MAP/UK)28
Determining chromatin architecture with Micro Capture-C28
Tutorial: a guide to diffusion MRI and structural connectomics27
Electrocatalytic reactions involving aqueous nitrate and nitrite27
A detailed guide to assessing genome assembly based on long-read sequencing data using Inspector27
Oscillatory brain state-dependent stimulation with transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with electroencephalography27
DARLIN mouse for in vivo lineage tracing at high efficiency and clonal diversity27
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