Nature Reviews Chemistry

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Speciation controls selectivity690
Exchange made easy645
Diversity provides the solution553
Fabricating functionalized fibres485
Cap and release415
Nitrene transfer catalysts for enantioselective C–N bond formation382
Quantifying misfolded protein oligomers as drug targets and biomarkers in Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases374
Nickel doesn’t get a slice of the pi280
Pushing the limits279
An alternate route to selectivity249
In an exoplanet atmosphere far, far away245
Finding great beauty in cosmetic chemistry245
On the aromaticity of actinide compounds241
The synthesis behind the 2023 Nobel Prize240
Catalytically faster power223
Proteins turn up the contrast220
A blueprint for glow tag engineering217
Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity212
Empowering women and young people in STEM192
Join the club188
Tiny pores turning the tide171
Sorry, this item is not (bio)available169
A mercurial test161
Neurodiverse scientists in the workplace158
Electrochemical cell for neutron scattering158
Another Lindlar catalyst? I don’t zinc so156
The experiment is the limit151
Running rings around a cyclophane151
Watching RNA in action with a green lantern147
Bonds in all the right places144
The forgotten D of DEI144
Unveiling the final nitrogenase143
Spectrum of the past136
Construction of C–N bonds from small-molecule precursors through heterogeneous electrocatalysis132
The role of biomolecular condensates in protein aggregation128
Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface126
An algorithmic looking glass for transitions123
Ni-catalysed remote C(sp3)–H functionalization using chain-walking strategies122
Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis121
Physicochemical reactions in e-waste recycling 118
Gaming stereochemistry117
Organic chemistry for kids108
Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies107
Overcoming the COF trilemma107
Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance106
Controlling dynamics in extended molecular frameworks102
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources99
Computational design of magnetic molecules and their environment using quantum chemistry, machine learning and multiscale simulations94
Decoupled aqueous batteries using pH-decoupling electrolytes91
Hole utilization in solar hydrogen production88
Chemically-powered swimming and diffusion in the microscopic world85
Radical C(sp3)–H functionalization and cross-coupling reactions83
Evaluation guidelines for machine learning tools in the chemical sciences82
Interrogating biological systems using visible-light-powered catalysis79
Solar reforming as an emerging technology for circular chemical industries79
Bifunctional reagents in organic synthesis79
Publisher Correction: Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces78
Molecular chameleons in drug discovery78
Green rust for green chemistry78
Author Correction: Natural and synthetic carbohydrate-based vaccine adjuvants and their mechanisms of action77
Designing bioresponsive nanomaterials for intracellular self-assembly76
Molecular pyramids — from tetrahedranes to [6]pyramidanes73
Small molecule approaches to targeting RNA73
Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases72
Demystifying racemic natural products in the homochiral world69
Chemical targets to deactivate biological and chemical toxins using surfaces and fabrics69
Pregnancy in the lab67
How to attract the next generation of chemists65
The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential64
From hardship to scholarship64
Mentoring is more important than ever62
The current utility and future potential of multiborylated alkanes61
Non-equilibrium self-assembly for living matter-like properties59
Game changer for batteries55
Phosphine wins Au after double elimination52
Voltammetric drug testing makes sense at the border52
Discretion is the better part of valence52
Nucleation captured on camera52
Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization51
Harnessing the power of f-block elements in radiopharmaceuticals51
Making a mer-isomer51
Informatics colourizes polymers51
CACHE (Critical Assessment of Computational Hit-finding Experiments): A public–private partnership benchmarking initiative to enable the development of computational methods for hit-finding49
An industrial take on developing and deploying carbon capture at scale49
Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces47
Silk chemistry and biomedical material designs47
Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics46
Publisher Correction: Organic reactivity from mechanism to machine learning44
DNA-empowered synthetic cells as minimalistic life forms43
Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes42
Boosting band structure42
The cycle that sculpted evolution40
Remote autonomous titration40
Rapid capture of small peptide binders40
Weighing up solvent effects39
Super on-surface synthesis39
The dawn of asymmetry38
Taking fluorine to the bridge35
Hierarchical pore assembly34
Modular methodology34
Platform chemicals from plastics34
Highlights and challenges in the selective reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol33
Disordered bronze tops the podium32
Haemostatic materials for wound healing applications32
Dissolution, solvation and diffusion in low-temperature zinc electrolyte design32
Smart molecular designs and applications of activatable organic photosensitizers32
Tying the knot with lysine31
Robust scientific advisory mechanisms future-proof disarmament treaties31
A series of selective events31
Boosting solid stability30
Monitoring a planetary resource under threat28
Synthesis and applications of mirror-image proteins28
From alchemist to AI chemist27
Metal-catalysed C–C bond formation at cyclopropanes26
The application of modern reactions in large-scale synthesis26
How to drink like a liposome25
Nature-inspired protein ligation and its applications25
Adapting educational experiences for the chemists of tomorrow24
Control of light, spin and charge with chiral metal halide semiconductors24
Modern chemistry is rubbish24
Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems23
Experiments@home23
Cracking the triple helix22
Publisher Correction: DNA synthesis technologies to close the gene writing gap22
Breaker of chains21
A comparison of RAFT and ATRP methods for controlled radical polymerization20
Engineering chemistry to meet COP26 targets20
Advances and opportunities in the exciting world of azobenzenes19
Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films18
Exploiting photoredox catalysis for carbohydrate modification through C–H and C–C bond activation17
Advances in heterogeneous single-cluster catalysis17
Return to Flatland16
Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick?14
As good as new14
Using azobenzene photocontrol to set proteins in motion14
Pump up the ultrasound14
Ensemble determination by NMR data deconvolution14
Computational decoding13
Building the pyramids13
Deceptive simplicity12
The Science of the Modern Kitchen12
Hit, miss or maybe12
Nuclease resistance of DNA nanostructures12
Surface coating captures droplets12
Perils and promise of online exams11
A decade of decoding11
Reversible catalysis11
Chemotherapy gets tuned in11
Hot electrodes, cool reduction11
The reconfigurable shape of liquids10
Storybook science10
A letter on rejection to my younger self10
A complementary pairing9
Volatile molecule chooses to cooperate9
A silicon solution8
A speedy but thorough interrogation8
Defects orchestrate concerted CO2 catalysis8
Making and breaking cages8
Improving the quantum cycle7
Let’s not split hairs7
Chromatic inclusivity in chemistry7
The quest for safer nuclear fuels6
Self-reproducing catalytic micelles as nanoscopic protocell precursors6
An ancient battle between environment and concrete6
Automation of air-free synthesis6
Experimental characterization techniques for plasmon-assisted chemistry6
Radically new reactivity6
Technology solutions to support blind students in the chemistry laboratory6
Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one6
Packing in the proteins5
Another side of side chains5
Editing of polymer backbones5
Post-synthetic modifications of metal–organic cages4
Tailoring passivators for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells4
Carboranes in drug discovery, chemical biology and molecular imaging4
Chiral and magnetic butterflies4
Publisher Correction: Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases4
Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics4
The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis4
Publisher Correction: Targeting the human gut microbiome with small-molecule inhibitors3
Nanoscale molecular rectifiers3
Chemical tailoring and stitching3
Understanding covalency in molecular f-block compounds from the synergy of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry3
Mixing metals with MXenes3
Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties3
Applications of macrocycle-based solid-state host–guest chemistry3
Stemming the scientific brain drain in Nepal3
Ratcheting synthesis3
Reprogramming the genetic code with flexizymes3
Publisher Correction: Radical-pairing-induced molecular assembly and motion3
Threading career skills into classrooms3
Illuminating the deaf experience at STEM conferences3
Establishing electron diffraction in chemical crystallography3
Six degrees of actinide separation2
Seeking a quantum advantage with trapped-ion quantum simulations of condensed-phase chemical dynamics2
Energy- and atom-efficient chemical synthesis with endergonic photocatalysis2
Reconfigurable microfluidics2
Synthesis of lipid membranes for artificial cells2
Recent advances in visible light-induced C(sp3)–N bond formation2
Asymmetric phase-transfer catalysis2
The future of chemistry is language2
Anion chemistry in energy storage devices2
Optimizing the semiconductor–metal-single-atom interaction for photocatalytic reactivity2
Motile behaviour of droplets in lipid systems2
Electrochemical hydrogenation and oxidation of organic species involving water2
Engineered and total biosynthesis of fungal specialized metabolites2
De novo metalloprotein design2
The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors2
Controlling catalyst activity, chemoselectivity and stereoselectivity with the mechanical bond2
Recent advances in the chemistry and applications of N-heterocyclic carbenes2
Emerging chemistries and molecular designs for flow batteries2
Picking an inter-locked cage1
Carbon on the move1
Under pressure1
Let’s twist again1
Botanical bonanza1
Cleaning up with catalysts1
Bifunctional beginnings1
Taking dynamic covalent chemistry out of the lab and into reprocessable industrial thermosets1
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition1
3D paintings1
Manipulating disorder within cathodes of alkali-ion batteries1
Charge frustration in ligand design and functional group transfer1
2D magnets filled with lithium1
Towards accessible science laboratories in Japan1
Interrupted reactions in chemical synthesis1
Get in line1
You can judge a book by its spectra1
Molecular excited states through a machine learning lens1
Light-assisted functionalization of aryl radicals towards metal-free cross-coupling1
A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy1
Reflections on the pigments of life1
Do the twist1
The astrochemical evolutionary traits of phospholipid membrane homochirality1
The dawn of solar ethylene1
Dual-locked spectroscopic probes for sensing and therapy1
Lithium chooses the channel1
Cages within cages1
From flying cats to dancing proteins1
Miller’s spark1
Forged in iron1
Speedy at the surface1
Tricycles from bicycles1
Plastics from proteins1
Performance metrics and mechanistic considerations for the development of 3D batteries 1
Giving actinide chemistry a new start1
A glass of half and half1
For you, no charge1
Flat-packed catalysis1
Characterizing amorphous MOFs1
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