Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Catalysis 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Greenwashed catalysis?951
Bioproduction from methanol775
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling594
PASADENA NMR530
N-between the aryls516
Zeolites like to move it442
Supramolecular control of cationic intermediates441
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes437
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase421
Imagine polypropylene412
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3412
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis400
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions352
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene343
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries332
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors332
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis311
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction304
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields301
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis292
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde288
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water283
Pulsed away271
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents266
Growing the carbon chain259
Density control258
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9253
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts250
Fluoroform for PET244
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation241
Behind the curtain221
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering215
Motorized catalysis214
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts213
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase211
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides210
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions210
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol210
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2209
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface206
Publisher Correction: Atomically precise layer-by-layer titration of perovskite oxides reveals the termination-specific reactivity in oxygen electrocatalysis204
Iron-based single-atom catalysts for selective ammoxidation of C(sp3)–H bonds and oxidative C–C cleavage reactions201
Rapid screening platform for peptide prenyltransferases to diversify pseudo-natural prenylated peptides200
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface197
Tailored water–surface interactions on cobalt oxide for stable proton-exchange-membrane water electrolysis187
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation187
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme186
Heavy labels from gas surrogates183
Author Correction: Bifunctional molecular additives enable efficient oxygen reduction reaction on platinum electrodes in the presence of strongly binding anions181
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase177
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide177
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis173
Electrolysis in tandem166
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success163
Active sites overcrowding161
Subnanometre PtSn alloyed clusters encapsulated in silicalite-1 sustain high productivity in propane dehydrogenation160
Quantum-sensing-enabled in situ imaging of free radicals in chemical reactions160
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics157
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers154
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses148
Overcoming conformational strain in directed C3-C(sp3)–H activation for saturated azacycles147
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation146
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst146
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds145
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis145
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products144
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis143
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis143
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion141
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy139
Ligand-mediated radical orientation enables asymmetric cyanation of unstabilized alkyl C-radicals137
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity137
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction136
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media135
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds134
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds134
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis134
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis133
Modulation to probe the interface130
Catalysing rate and capacity127
Bubble trouble126
Practical conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles124
One, two, three, four, five!122
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds118
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization117
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes117
Splitting water under dryness117
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex116
Dual protection115
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis115
The interphase behind lithium-mediated ammonia114
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation112
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple112
Blowing in the tube111
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling111
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis111
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world110
Frustration-driven efficiency108
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis108
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling108
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification107
A fine adjustment106
Bridging catalysis106
Author Correction: A polyketide-based biosynthetic platform for diols, amino alcohols and hydroxy acids106
And yet it catalyses103
Continuity of reaction kinetics across the pressure and materials gaps in CO oxidation on FeO–Pt interfaces102
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide102
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides101
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol101
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides100
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process100
Silicon frustrated Lewis pairs catalyse α-deuteration of amides and esters99
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings98
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation98
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation98
Dissolved Fe species enable a cooperative solid–molecular mechanism for the oxygen evolution reaction on NiFe-based catalysts98
Transient dynamics of flavonoid metabolons tune chalcone synthase specificity97
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis97
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces97
Direct electrochemical propylene epoxidation over amorphized perovskite oxide in non-halogenated aqueous electrolyte97
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli96
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO295
Understanding Mn-modulated restructuring of Fe-based catalysts for controlling selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to olefins95
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture95
Divide and conquer towards synthetic autotrophy93
Terpene synthases in giant viruses93
Shining light to break planarity90
Identifying restructured motifs on iridium oxide catalyst surfaces for water electrolysis88
Monitoring catalytic nanosites in action88
Catalyst optimization through synthetic Darwinian evolution88
A TIM-barrel metalloenzyme with sugar-cleavage activity88
Molecular-scale interactions in heterogeneous (photo)electrocatalysis88
Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling87
A modular synthesis of azetidines from reactive triplet imine intermediates using an intermolecular aza Paternò–Büchi reaction87
The STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines for cataloguing metadata86
Cations in alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis86
A hydrogenative oxidation strategy for the single-step synthesis of lactams from N-heteroarenes using water86
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes86
Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier85
Long-range enhancements of micropollutant adsorption on metal-promoted photocatalysts82
Metastable nickel–oxygen species modulate rate oscillations during dry reforming of methane82
Identifying and alleviating the durability challenges in membrane-electrode-assembly devices for high-rate CO electrolysis82
Cobalt hydride-mediated photocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for continuous-flow production of polymer-grade ethylene80
Atomically dispersed ruthenium hydride on beta zeolite as catalysts for the isomerization of muconates76
The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis76
Understanding two voltammetric features of water reduction and water oxidation in mild pH solutions75
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation75
Iron-only Fe-nitrogenase underscores common catalytic principles in biological nitrogen fixation75
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis75
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%74
Boron clusters as efficient shuttles for electrocatalytic deuterium labelling via radical H/D exchange74
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals72
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products72
Stable acidic oxygen-evolving catalyst discovery through mixed accelerations72
Generative machine learning produces kinetic models that accurately characterize intracellular metabolic states70
Recharge your batteries69
Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts69
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis69
Shielding PEM electrolysers from real-world water68
Scatter and conquer68
Author Correction: Co3O4 as full-solar-spectrum photocatalyst for selective methane conversion through reactive oxygen species control67
Electrochemical imaging of thermochemical catalysis67
Photobiocatalytic stereocontrol of two prochiral radicals67
Taming palladium mobility by redox coupling66
Industrial waste reformed66
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst66
Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond formation by synergistic thiamine-dependent radical biocatalysis and photoredox catalysis66
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism65
Light-driven metabolic makeover65
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation65
An antidote for chemical reaction networks65
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase65
Complex behaviour of isotopes in CO2 electroreduction64
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination62
Shape matters too62
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process62
Synthesis of α,α-diheteroatomic carboxylic acids62
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical62
A metabolon that GATEs62
Challenges and prospects in precision medicine with RNA-based biocatalysts61
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects61
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis61
Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization60
Seeking selectivity in alkene couplings60
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production60
Benign hyperpolarization59
Unlocking iron spin states for oxygen reduction59
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction58
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis58
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts57
Deciphering electrochemical methanol production55
Organocatalytic asymmetric α-C–H functionalization of alkyl amines55
A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase55
Effective anions55
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers55
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay54
Harnessing thia-Rh-carbenes for the enantioselective synthesis of chiral α,α-diheteroatomic carboxylic acids54
Organocatalytic regio- and stereoselective cyclopropanation of olefins54
A radical way to ethylene54
Eliminating redox-mediated electron transfer mechanisms on a supported molecular catalyst enables CO2 conversion to ethanol53
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine53
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation53
Revealing in-plane movement of platinum in polymer electrolyte fuel cells after heavy-duty vehicle lifetime52
Regioselective hydroformylation with subnanometre Rh clusters in MFI zeolite51
Rising to the surface51
Operando probing dynamic migration of copper carbonyl during electrocatalytic CO2 reduction51
Iron-catalysed carbene and carbene radical cascade reactions for the synthesis of carbocyclic molecules50
Controlling carbocations50
A structured catalyst for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis49
Immobilized cations boost acidic CO2 reduction49
Direct copper-catalysed deaminative cyanation of aliphatic primary amines47
Pushing the boundaries of biocatalysis47
The value of negative results in data-driven catalysis research46
A red-light-powered silicon nanowire biophotochemical diode for simultaneous CO2 reduction and glycerol valorization46
Blocking the reverse reactions of overall water splitting on a Rh/GaN–ZnO photocatalyst modified with Al2O346
Artificial enzymes for artificial photosynthesis46
Strain boosts propanol electrosynthesis from CO on copper46
Congested C(sp3)-rich architectures enabled by iron-catalysed conjunctive alkylation46
Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO245
Catalytic mechanism for Renilla-type luciferases45
Sustainable methanol synthesis44
The functional coupling between restriction and DNA phosphorothioate modification systems underlying the DndFGH restriction complex44
Unlocking C–C cleavage in the electrochemical toolbox44
The return of the nickel(I) isocyanide44
Active alloy ahoy!44
Tunable layered Mn oxides for oxygen electrocatalysis43
Molecular mechanism of topoisomerase poisoning by the peptide antibiotic albicidin43
Rates against the machine42
Principles of target DNA cleavage and the role of Mg2+ in the catalysis of CRISPR–Cas942
Iron-catalysed alkenylzincation of allenes via electrophilicity reversal42
Author Correction: Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes42
Structurally defined anti-π-allyliridium complexes catalyse Z-retentive asymmetric allylic alkylation of oxindoles41
Clustering for methane41
Alkali metal cation impurities stabilize Cu+ in oxide-derived copper for CO2 electrolysis41
Hydrogen-bonded organic framework-based bioorthogonal catalysis prevents drug metabolic inactivation41
Enantioconvergent copper-catalysed difluoromethylation of alkyl halides41
Catalytic cycle of formate dehydrogenase captured by single-molecule conductance40
Atroposelective organocatalytic nucleophilic aromatic substitution for C–O bond construction40
Different distributions of multi-carbon products in CO2 and CO electroreduction under practical reaction conditions40
Edge sites dominate the hydrogen evolution reaction on platinum nanocatalysts39
Sub-micro- and nano-sized polyethylene terephthalate deconstruction with engineered protein nanopores39
A geometric foundation model for enzyme retrieval with evolutionary insights39
The era of stable electrocatalysis38
Radical dissolution38
Degradation through filaments38
Microenvironment control38
Decoding CO2 hydrogenation38
Split cross-coupling via Rh-catalysed activation of unstrained aryl–aryl bonds38
Establishing coupling trends38
The deuterium source matters38
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