Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Catalysis is 61. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling933
Greenwashed catalysis?733
Bioproduction from methanol647
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3589
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis556
Imagine polypropylene540
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis538
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis532
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase520
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis504
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene490
PASADENA NMR485
N-between the aryls385
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors374
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions373
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes353
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction346
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries336
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields336
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde327
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water321
Motorized catalysis314
Pulsed away310
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering309
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts308
Density control304
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9302
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase301
Behind the curtain295
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions291
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface290
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts290
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides276
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents258
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation253
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface251
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation239
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation236
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts236
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2233
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol231
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2231
O2 so good229
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme228
Heavy labels from gas surrogates218
Optimizing iridium sites217
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy215
Electrolysis in tandem214
Active sites overcrowding209
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success209
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase204
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses199
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products194
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis194
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds194
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide191
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis187
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis181
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction180
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis174
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst174
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics173
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis171
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers168
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion167
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation163
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity159
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media158
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds154
One, two, three, four, five!154
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex150
Bubble trouble146
Modulation to probe the interface140
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis139
Catalysing rate and capacity138
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction137
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes136
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling136
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds136
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple135
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis132
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation132
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds131
Blowing in the tube130
Lengthened by ethylene130
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling129
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world128
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation127
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis127
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides126
Frustration-driven efficiency123
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation121
A fine adjustment119
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process118
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol118
Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction116
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings116
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture116
Silicon frustrated Lewis pairs catalyse α-deuteration of amides and esters116
Bridging catalysis115
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification115
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide114
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli114
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces114
Dissolved Fe species enable a cooperative solid–molecular mechanism for the oxygen evolution reaction on NiFe-based catalysts111
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides110
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO2110
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis109
An efficient Morita–Baylis–Hillmanase106
Understanding Mn-modulated restructuring of Fe-based catalysts for controlling selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to olefins106
Terpene synthases in giant viruses103
Divide and conquer towards synthetic autotrophy102
Identifying restructured motifs on iridium oxide catalyst surfaces for water electrolysis101
Shining light to break planarity101
Author Correction: Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface100
Monitoring catalytic nanosites in action98
A hydrogenative oxidation strategy for the single-step synthesis of lactams from N-heteroarenes using water98
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes97
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering97
The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis97
Long-range enhancements of micropollutant adsorption on metal-promoted photocatalysts97
Catalyst optimization through synthetic Darwinian evolution95
Generative machine learning produces kinetic models that accurately characterize intracellular metabolic states95
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation94
A TIM-barrel metalloenzyme with sugar-cleavage activity94
Understanding two voltammetric features of water reduction and water oxidation in mild pH solutions93
Metastable nickel–oxygen species modulate rate oscillations during dry reforming of methane93
Boron clusters as efficient shuttles for electrocatalytic deuterium labelling via radical H/D exchange92
Cobalt hydride-mediated photocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for continuous-flow production of polymer-grade ethylene92
Cations in alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis91
Atomically dispersed ruthenium hydride on beta zeolite as catalysts for the isomerization of muconates91
A modular synthesis of azetidines from reactive triplet imine intermediates using an intermolecular aza Paternò–Büchi reaction91
Identifying and alleviating the durability challenges in membrane-electrode-assembly devices for high-rate CO electrolysis91
Atomically dispersed iridium on MgO(111) nanosheets catalyses benzene–ethylene coupling towards styrene88
Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling88
Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier88
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products87
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%87
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals86
Mass-based biocatalyst metrics to guide protein engineering and bioprocess development85
The STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines for cataloguing metadata85
Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts83
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis82
Recharge your batteries81
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis81
Iron-only Fe-nitrogenase underscores common catalytic principles in biological nitrogen fixation81
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites80
Scatter and conquer80
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation78
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism78
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst78
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase78
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture78
An antidote for chemical reaction networks77
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process76
Challenges and prospects in precision medicine with RNA-based biocatalysts76
Shape matters too76
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis76
Complex behaviour of isotopes in CO2 electroreduction75
Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization74
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical74
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production73
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination73
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects73
Self-correcting science at work72
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production72
Deciphering electrochemical methanol production70
Seeking selectivity in alkene couplings70
Effective anions70
Chiral phosphorus compounds by catalytic asymmetric C–P coupling69
Benign hyperpolarization69
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis68
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine68
A radical way to ethylene68
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction67
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts66
Organocatalytic asymmetric α-C–H functionalization of alkyl amines65
Organocatalytic regio- and stereoselective cyclopropanation of olefins65
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction65
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation64
A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase64
Unlocking iron spin states for oxygen reduction63
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay63
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers63
Operando probing dynamic migration of copper carbonyl during electrocatalytic CO2 reduction61
Regioselective hydroformylation with subnanometre Rh clusters in MFI zeolite61
Revealing in-plane movement of platinum in polymer electrolyte fuel cells after heavy-duty vehicle lifetime61
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