Nature Reviews Chemistry

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Proteins turn up the contrast835
Fabricating functionalized fibres766
Watching RNA in action with a green lantern658
From hardship to scholarship555
Pregnancy in the lab503
Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity467
Cracking the Z-scheme water-splitting puzzles437
Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases356
Ni-catalysed remote C(sp3)–H functionalization using chain-walking strategies349
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources328
Weighing up solvent effects319
CACHE (Critical Assessment of Computational Hit-finding Experiments): A public–private partnership benchmarking initiative to enable the development of computational methods for hit-finding308
Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces304
Boosting band structure275
Boosting solid stability274
Advancing lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis261
Ultrafast spectroscopy of liquids using extreme-ultraviolet to soft-X-ray pulses244
Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes226
Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems220
Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization219
A comparison of RAFT and ATRP methods for controlled radical polymerization205
Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick?200
Hot electrodes, cool reduction199
Improving the quantum cycle198
Understanding covalency in molecular f-block compounds from the synergy of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry195
Meditations on mentorship and legacy195
Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one186
Charge-transfer dynamics in S-scheme photocatalyst182
Surface coating captures droplets177
The cosmochemistry of planetary systems170
The future of chemistry is language169
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition167
Cleaning up with catalysts166
Plastics from proteins165
You can judge a book by its spectra159
Picking an inter-locked cage158
Bugging out for jet fuel157
Author Correction: Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts152
Presenting the tactile periodic table149
Supramolecular approaches for the treatment of hypoxic regions in tumours144
Radical philicity and its role in selective organic transformations142
Water at charged interfaces131
Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis130
Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing127
Non-specificity as the sticky problem in therapeutic antibody development122
Dual-locked spectroscopic probes for sensing and therapy113
Light my fire112
Inclusive teaching at your fingertips111
Gender equity in funding109
A life of leaving the door open106
Microplastics that don’t come out in the wash105
A new actinide sandwich on the menu104
Examining actinides with X-ray spectroscopy104
Rearrangements come to Scholl104
Halogen chemistry of solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries97
Direct air capture: fledgling technology or world saviour?96
Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis94
Opening the flood gates90
Accessing monomers from lignin through carbon–carbon bond cleavage90
Look what the catenane dragged in89
Staying alive89
The need to normalize failure86
Scintillating observations82
Author Correction: Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus80
Reviving antibiotic power78
Go with the flow for high-throughput electrochemistry78
Fluorinated solvents for better batteries78
Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts78
Studying protein structure and function by native separation–mass spectrometry76
Chemical approaches to cryopreservation76
Stabilization of photoactive phases for perovskite photovoltaics75
Continuous monitoring of chemical signals in plants under stress72
Wearable chemical sensors for biomarker discovery in the omics era71
Cap and release70
Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods70
Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis69
An algorithmic looking glass for transitions64
The synthesis behind the 2023 Nobel Prize63
Unveiling the final nitrogenase62
Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface61
A career in pursuit of the fundamentals61
Molecular chameleons in drug discovery59
Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies57
Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance57
Radical C(sp3)–H functionalization and cross-coupling reactions56
Super on-surface synthesis56
Hierarchical pore assembly55
How to drink like a liposome54
Threading career skills into classrooms54
Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics54
Deceptive simplicity54
The application of modern reactions in large-scale synthesis54
Making and breaking cages53
A silicon solution53
Pump up the ultrasound52
Chiral and magnetic butterflies52
Radically new reactivity52
Another side of side chains51
Reflections on the pigments of life51
Chemotherapy gets tuned in51
Snooping on the conical intersection50
Optimizing the semiconductor–metal-single-atom interaction for photocatalytic reactivity47
Reconfigurable microfluidics46
Motile behaviour of droplets in lipid systems44
Recent advances in visible light-induced C(sp3)–N bond formation44
Secrets from a spin-out success story42
A glass of half and half42
Carbon on the move41
Turning solvents into something41
Interfacial interpretation41
Battered and bruised, but not broken40
The dawn of solar ethylene40
From autocatalysis to survival of the fittest in self-reproducing lipid systems39
Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture37
A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy37
The future is light36
Solid state synthesis sustains34
Making cells from bacteria34
Converting benzene to pyridine32
Publisher Correction: Fluorinated solvents for better batteries32
Biological and environmental degradation of two-dimensional materials29
Asymmetric reactions involving aryne intermediates29
Exploiting non-covalent interactions in selective carbohydrate synthesis28
Chemical syntheses of bioinspired and biomimetic polymers toward biobased materials27
Clarifying the four core effects of high-entropy materials27
Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis26
Sweet 17O25
Following proteins with fluorine25
NMR deconvolution in the blink of an AI25
A practical guide to electrosynthesis25
A radical departure for supramolecular chemistry24
Forensic science is more than a test result24
A career with an eye to the sky23
Synthetically encoded complementary oligomers22
Self-assembled inorganic chiral superstructures21
Lipopeptides as tools in catalysis, supramolecular, materials and medicinal chemistry21
Re-examining Fenton and Fenton-like reactions21
Strategic application of C–H oxidation in natural product total synthesis21
Exploiting chemical bonding principles to design high-performance thermoelectric materials20
Another Lindlar catalyst? I don’t zinc so20
Nickel doesn’t get a slice of the pi17
Publisher Correction: Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces17
Spectrum of the past17
Electrochemical cell for neutron scattering17
Bonds in all the right places16
Empowering women and young people in STEM16
In an exoplanet atmosphere far, far away16
Gaming stereochemistry14
Chemical targets to deactivate biological and chemical toxins using surfaces and fabrics14
Physicochemical reactions in e-waste recycling 13
The role of biomolecular condensates in protein aggregation13
Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus13
Chemically-powered swimming and diffusion in the microscopic world13
A series of selective events12
Robust scientific advisory mechanisms future-proof disarmament treaties12
Evaluation guidelines for machine learning tools in the chemical sciences12
Decoupled aqueous batteries using pH-decoupling electrolytes12
Discretion is the better part of valence12
Hole utilization in solar hydrogen production12
Publisher Correction: DNA synthesis technologies to close the gene writing gap12
Voltammetric drug testing makes sense at the border11
Cracking the triple helix11
Modern chemistry is rubbish10
Exploiting photoredox catalysis for carbohydrate modification through C–H and C–C bond activation10
Synthesis and applications of mirror-image proteins10
DNA-empowered synthetic cells as minimalistic life forms9
Haemostatic materials for wound healing applications9
Hit, miss or maybe9
The current utility and future potential of multiborylated alkanes9
Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films9
The Science of the Modern Kitchen9
Engineering chemistry to meet COP26 targets9
Storybook science9
The quest for safer nuclear fuels8
Self-reproducing catalytic micelles as nanoscopic protocell precursors8
Later but better peptide modulations8
Ensemble determination by NMR data deconvolution8
Carboranes in drug discovery, chemical biology and molecular imaging7
Electrochemical hydrogenation and oxidation of organic species involving water7
Taking dynamic covalent chemistry out of the lab and into reprocessable industrial thermosets6
Anion chemistry in energy storage devices6
Nanoscale molecular rectifiers6
Editing of polymer backbones6
Light-assisted functionalization of aryl radicals towards metal-free cross-coupling5
Tricycles from bicycles5
Emerging chemistries and molecular designs for flow batteries5
Collaborative catalysis5
Let’s twist again5
Cages within cages5
MOFs in the time domain4
Transient directing ligands for selective metal-catalysed C–H activation4
Investigating the function and design of molecular materials through terahertz vibrational spectroscopy4
Author Correction: Natural product anticipation through synthesis4
Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction4
A single-molecule blueprint for synthesis4
Co-solvent strategy for rechargeable post-lithium metal batteries4
Designing electrolytes and interphases for high-energy lithium batteries3
The power of putting education first3
Planning a family3
Publisher Correction: Loop dynamics and the evolution of enzyme activity3
Bridging the gap3
Boosting reactions with microbubbles3
Targeting TAMs3
The Not Voodoo website after twenty dynamic years3
Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources3
Origins of non-ideal behaviour in voltammetric analysis of redox-active monolayers3
Finding reverse3
On the aqueous origins of the condensation polymers of life3
Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions3
Looking at your lab through a new lens3
Demystifying racemic natural products in the homochiral world2
Molecular pyramids — from tetrahedranes to [6]pyramidanes2
The experiment is the limit2
Detection and analysis of chiral molecules as disease biomarkers2
Opportunities with calcium Grignard reagents and other heavy alkaline-earth organometallics2
Tailor-made glycans2
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Direct synthesis of amorphous coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks2
The dawn of asymmetry2
Computational design of magnetic molecules and their environment using quantum chemistry, machine learning and multiscale simulations2
Pushing the limits2
Three-dimensional saturated C(sp3)-rich bioisosteres for benzene2
Detection of protein oligomers with nanopores 2
Ions go in and new phases appear2
A radiant start to life2
Neurodiverse scientists in the workplace2
The man of MOFs and more2
Construction of C–N bonds from small-molecule precursors through heterogeneous electrocatalysis2
Catalytically faster power2
Properties and applications of photoexcited chromophore–radical systems2
Counterintuitive chemoselectivity in the reduction of carbonyl compounds2
Publisher Correction: Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties2
Speciation controls selectivity2
Taking fluorine to the bridge2
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