Nature Reviews Chemistry

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 3. 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
Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity806
Proteins turn up the contrast591
Watching RNA in action with a green lantern577
Rings make more room570
A story of chance and collaboration484
Photochemical, electrochemical and electrophotochemical C−N bond-forming cross-coupling reactions459
Enhancing the targeting ability of metal–organic frameworks in cancer therapy and diagnosis442
Cracking the Z-scheme water-splitting puzzles430
Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases409
Foundation models for atomistic simulation of chemistry and materials375
Ni-catalysed remote C(sp3)–H functionalization using chain-walking strategies373
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources364
Boosting band structure317
The path to understanding how reactions work and fail285
Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes281
Ultrafast spectroscopy of liquids using extreme-ultraviolet to soft-X-ray pulses255
Molecular rotor-based probes for protein monitoring in biomedical research251
Advancing lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis246
Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization242
Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces231
Meditations on mentorship and legacy218
Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems218
Improving the quantum cycle203
Hot electrodes, cool reduction190
The cosmochemistry of planetary systems170
The future of chemistry is language169
Mapping a career in electron microscopy166
Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick?163
The ideal recyclable solar cell149
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition149
Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one148
Coupling experiment and theory to push the state-of-the-art in X-ray spectroscopy147
Understanding covalency in molecular f-block compounds from the synergy of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry144
Charge-transfer dynamics in S-scheme photocatalyst142
Cleaning up with catalysts139
You can judge a book by its spectra132
Author Correction: Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts129
Non-specificity as the sticky problem in therapeutic antibody development127
The future of reviews writing in the AI era119
Picking an inter-locked cage117
Synthetic methodologies for the chemical recycling of fluorocarbons114
Supramolecular approaches for the treatment of hypoxic regions in tumours113
Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis113
Presenting the tactile periodic table111
Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing107
A career of taking biological species for a spin105
A life of leaving the door open101
Light my fire101
Advances in electrochemical peptide synthesis and modification101
A new actinide sandwich on the menu100
Inclusive teaching at your fingertips99
Biomolecular coronas govern the environmental fate of metal–organic frameworks97
Direct air capture: fledgling technology or world saviour?95
Microplastics that don’t come out in the wash94
The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance93
Examining actinides with X-ray spectroscopy92
Precision chemical engineering of dendrimers for nucleic acid delivery90
Bridging stimulus-responsive and dissipative peptide assemblies to build complex interactive biomaterials86
Halogen chemistry of solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries83
Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis82
Accessing monomers from lignin through carbon–carbon bond cleavage82
Staying alive82
Opening the flood gates80
Look what the catenane dragged in79
Go with the flow for high-throughput electrochemistry78
Scintillating observations76
The need to normalize failure76
Scientific collaboration to rid the world of chemical weapons75
Author Correction: Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus75
Reviving antibiotic power74
Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts73
The role and structure of molecular glues in plant signalling networks69
Devising a divisome for synthetic cells67
Unchained power67
Stabilization of photoactive phases for perovskite photovoltaics66
Continuous monitoring of chemical signals in plants under stress62
Wearable chemical sensors for biomarker discovery in the omics era62
Supramolecular self-assembly by layering orthogonality to program identity, connectivity and conformation60
Cap and release60
An algorithmic looking glass for transitions59
Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis59
Element sets for schools59
A career in pursuit of the fundamentals58
Unveiling the final nitrogenase58
Making sense of hydrogen evolution57
The synthesis behind the 2023 Nobel Prize57
Molecular chameleons in drug discovery55
Author Correction: Why university-level chemistry education in the UK is under threat54
Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface54
Publisher Correction: Reprogramming CO2 reduction through interfacial water53
Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance50
A career with a natural interest in total synthesis48
Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies48
Strengthening school–university collaborations48
Photochemistry of interstellar ice forming complex organic molecules46
How to drink like a liposome46
Hierarchical pore assembly46
Dynamics in electrochemical organic oxidation reactions from in situ and operando techniques45
Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics43
Making and breaking cages43
Pump up the ultrasound39
Radically new reactivity38
Chiral and magnetic butterflies37
Developing a tool for teaching chemistry to people with visual impairments36
Reflections on the pigments of life36
Snooping on the conical intersection35
Another side of side chains35
Optimizing the semiconductor–metal-single-atom interaction for photocatalytic reactivity35
Secrets from a spin-out success story34
A glass of half and half33
Interfacial interpretation31
Carbon on the move31
From autocatalysis to survival of the fittest in self-reproducing lipid systems31
Core mission: mRNA endosomal escape30
Towards effective and ethical GenAI in chemistry education30
Reclaiming rare earths29
Publisher Correction: Chemistry advances driving industrial carbon capture technologies29
Battered and bruised, but not broken29
Author Correction: NMR spectrometers that go places others can’t.28
Reprogramming CO2 reduction through interfacial water28
Chemical heterogeneity for battery materials27
A trigger that feeds itself27
Understanding the degradation complexity of ultrahigh-energy lithium metal batteries25
The dawn of solar ethylene25
A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy25
The future is light24
Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture24
Making cells from bacteria24
Biological and environmental degradation of two-dimensional materials23
Converting benzene to pyridine23
Asymmetric reactions involving aryne intermediates23
Production of bio-based lactones as monomers for a circular polymer economy22
Dialling in the heat22
Small but powerful22
Photoisomerizing molecules in biological membranes22
Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis22
Meditations from an air quality master22
Forensic science is more than a test result21
The role of ionizing radiation-initiated reactions in targeted activation of chemotherapeutics21
Clarifying the four core effects of high-entropy materials21
Steering towards safe self-driving laboratories21
A career with an eye to the sky20
NMR deconvolution in the blink of an AI20
Carbon capture with COFs19
Hydrogen generation promoted by single-atom-based thermochemical catalysts19
Exploiting chemical bonding principles to design high-performance thermoelectric materials18
Strategic application of C–H oxidation in natural product total synthesis17
Empowering women and young people in STEM17
Synthetically encoded complementary oligomers17
Lipopeptides as tools in catalysis, supramolecular, materials and medicinal chemistry17
Electrochemical cell for neutron scattering16
In an exoplanet atmosphere far, far away16
The story of a structural sage16
Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus15
Another Lindlar catalyst? I don’t zinc so14
Spectrum of the past14
Publisher Correction: Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces14
The role of biomolecular condensates in protein aggregation13
Building a neuroinclusive lab13
Publisher Correction: DNA synthesis technologies to close the gene writing gap12
Physicochemical reactions in e-waste recycling 12
Cracking the triple helix12
Robust scientific advisory mechanisms future-proof disarmament treaties12
Making chemistry compute with non-steady-state chemical dynamics11
Modern chemistry is rubbish11
The current utility and future potential of multiborylated alkanes11
DNA-empowered synthetic cells as minimalistic life forms11
Voltammetric drug testing makes sense at the border10
Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films10
More than just a delivery system10
Synthesis and applications of mirror-image proteins9
Exploiting photoredox catalysis for carbohydrate modification through C–H and C–C bond activation9
Later but better peptide modulations9
The Science of the Modern Kitchen9
Redefining peptide chemistry beyond accumulating analogues8
Tin, Sn!8
The quest for safer nuclear fuels8
Ensemble determination by NMR data deconvolution7
Light-assisted functionalization of aryl radicals towards metal-free cross-coupling7
Anion chemistry in energy storage devices7
Nanoscale molecular rectifiers7
The chemistry of magnetoelectric multiferroics6
Electrochemical hydrogenation and oxidation of organic species involving water6
Tricycles from bicycles6
Let’s twist again6
Substitution and electrochemistry in layered oxide cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries6
Taking dynamic covalent chemistry out of the lab and into reprocessable industrial thermosets6
Bringing geopolitics to the periodic table6
Editing of polymer backbones6
Rethinking carbanion chemistry from donor substituents to weakly coordinating carbanions6
Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction5
The power of putting education first5
Planning a family5
Targeting TAMs5
Investigating the function and design of molecular materials through terahertz vibrational spectroscopy5
Designing electrolytes and interphases for high-energy lithium batteries5
Bridging the gap5
The Not Voodoo website after twenty dynamic years5
Origins of non-ideal behaviour in voltammetric analysis of redox-active monolayers5
Co-solvent strategy for rechargeable post-lithium metal batteries5
Looking at your lab through a new lens5
Fear the worst, smell the best5
Emerging mechanically interlocked cages4
Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions4
Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources4
A radiant start to life4
Ions go in and new phases appear4
Counterintuitive chemoselectivity in the reduction of carbonyl compounds4
Mathematics and mentorship make a recipe for success4
Protein–ligand data at scale to support machine learning4
Chronicles from the crystallography connoisseur4
Inclusive chemistry begins with you4
Publisher Correction: Loop dynamics and the evolution of enzyme activity4
Methods and applications for epoxide C–C bond cleavage reactions4
Light-driven reforming of methane through photothermal catalysis4
Tailor-made glycans4
Growing pains4
On the aqueous origins of the condensation polymers of life4
Opportunities with calcium Grignard reagents and other heavy alkaline-earth organometallics3
The past, present and future of self-driving laboratories3
Light-responsive DNA nanostructures3
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Publisher Correction: Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties3
Three-dimensional saturated C(sp3)-rich bioisosteres for benzene3
Inhibiting and rejuvenating dead lithium in battery materials3
Neurodiverse scientists in the workplace3
Properties and applications of photoexcited chromophore–radical systems3
Detection and analysis of chiral molecules as disease biomarkers3
Detection of protein oligomers with nanopores 3
Direct synthesis of amorphous coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks3
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