Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Catalysis is 58. 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
Setting the standard817
N-between the aryls809
Greenwashed catalysis?738
PASADENA NMR707
Bioproduction from methanol672
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis630
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3515
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis514
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes510
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling493
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction480
Imagine polypropylene446
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields434
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries423
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis418
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase409
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors397
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis383
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water382
Silver linings320
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde316
Density control310
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface284
Identification of the active sites in supported subnanometric metal catalysts284
Programmed exosome fusion for energy generation in living cells278
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions269
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface267
RNA-catalysed guanosine methylation263
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9256
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase251
Motorized catalysis250
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts250
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides245
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents244
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation243
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts241
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2240
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation234
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol233
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2232
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts230
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation217
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme215
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics213
O2 so good207
Active sites overcrowding201
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase199
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis198
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide197
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis195
Metabolic network remodelling enhances yeast’s fitness on xylose using aerobic glycolysis194
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds190
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products186
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity184
Optimizing iridium sites172
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses172
Heavy labels from gas surrogates169
Retro Hits168
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst166
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion165
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media164
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis164
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction162
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation159
One, two, three, four, five!158
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds157
Onto the Surface156
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds152
Catalysing rate and capacity151
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes150
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds149
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis147
Bubble trouble147
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction142
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling142
N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces141
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation141
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple140
A fine adjustment137
Lengthened by ethylene136
Doing without diazos134
Frustration-driven efficiency134
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world132
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling132
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation125
Blowing in the tube123
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis122
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings115
Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction115
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces113
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli112
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation112
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification111
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides110
Bridging catalysis110
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO2107
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides107
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol106
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process106
The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum105
An efficient Morita–Baylis–Hillmanase105
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis105
Chemoselective carbene transfer103
Cations in alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis103
A hydrogenative oxidation strategy for the single-step synthesis of lactams from N-heteroarenes using water103
Modular biocatalysis for polyamines103
Divide and conquer towards synthetic autotrophy102
The STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines for cataloguing metadata101
Shining light to break planarity99
Identifying restructured motifs on iridium oxide catalyst surfaces for water electrolysis98
Terpene synthases in giant viruses98
Monitoring catalytic nanosites in action97
Atomically dispersed iridium on MgO(111) nanosheets catalyses benzene–ethylene coupling towards styrene96
Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling95
Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts94
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes93
The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis93
Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces92
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products91
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%91
Mass-based biocatalyst metrics to guide protein engineering and bioprocess development90
Atomically dispersed ruthenium hydride on beta zeolite as catalysts for the isomerization of muconates88
The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis88
Author Correction: Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface87
Generative machine learning produces kinetic models that accurately characterize intracellular metabolic states86
Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier86
Metastable nickel–oxygen species modulate rate oscillations during dry reforming of methane86
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals85
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation84
Iron-only Fe-nitrogenase underscores common catalytic principles in biological nitrogen fixation82
Analysis of the limitations in the oxygen reduction activity of transition metal oxide surfaces81
Long-range enhancements of micropollutant adsorption on metal-promoted photocatalysts81
Identifying and alleviating the durability challenges in membrane-electrode-assembly devices for high-rate CO electrolysis81
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis81
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering79
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis79
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation78
Recharge your batteries78
Scatter and conquer78
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase78
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites77
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture76
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst75
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical75
An antidote for chemical reaction networks75
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process75
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism75
Light on peroxide75
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis73
Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization73
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination71
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production71
Olefin functionalization/isomerization enables stereoselective alkene synthesis70
Deciphering electrochemical methanol production69
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects69
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts69
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production69
Seeking selectivity in alkene couplings68
Organocatalytic asymmetric α-C–H functionalization of alkyl amines68
Self-correcting science at work68
Benign hyperpolarization68
Effective anions67
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction65
Chiral phosphorus compounds by catalytic asymmetric C–P coupling65
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis65
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction63
Revealing in-plane movement of platinum in polymer electrolyte fuel cells after heavy-duty vehicle lifetime63
A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase63
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay62
Regioselective hydroformylation with subnanometre Rh clusters in MFI zeolite62
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers62
Eliminating redox-mediated electron transfer mechanisms on a supported molecular catalyst enables CO2 conversion to ethanol62
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation61
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine61
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction60
Assisting with protons59
A structured catalyst for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis59
Rising to the surface59
Electrons are catalysts too59
Electrifying start-up58
Artificial enzymes for artificial photosynthesis58
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