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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Greenwashed catalysis?883
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis681
Bioproduction from methanol584
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling568
PASADENA NMR566
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction464
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3459
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes433
Imagine polypropylene399
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis388
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis386
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields385
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase380
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries372
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors341
N-between the aryls341
Zeolites like to move it333
Supramolecular control of cationic intermediates319
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis310
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene292
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions290
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde274
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water272
Pulsed away271
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents270
Growing the carbon chain269
Density control264
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9263
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation260
Behind the curtain253
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts250
Motorized catalysis247
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase230
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts229
Tailored water–surface interactions on cobalt oxide for stable proton-exchange-membrane water electrolysis229
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface222
Fluoroform for PET213
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions209
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering206
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface206
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol203
Iron-based single-atom catalysts for selective ammoxidation of C(sp3)–H bonds and oxidative C–C cleavage reactions200
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides197
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation195
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2189
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme186
Heavy labels from gas surrogates183
Optimizing iridium sites181
Electrolysis in tandem180
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase176
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success176
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis175
Active sites overcrowding169
Quantum-sensing-enabled in situ imaging of free radicals in chemical reactions168
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses165
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction163
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers162
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis162
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide161
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst161
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds160
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics155
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation155
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media154
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis154
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion151
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products151
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis149
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis147
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity145
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy143
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds140
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds136
Modulation to probe the interface135
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis135
Catalysing rate and capacity134
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes134
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple133
Bubble trouble131
Practical conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles131
One, two, three, four, five!129
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds128
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction124
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex124
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization123
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation122
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis121
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling119
Splitting water under dryness117
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis115
Blowing in the tube113
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world112
Frustration-driven efficiency111
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling111
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis111
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture110
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol109
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation109
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces107
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides106
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification105
Bridging catalysis104
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide104
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation104
A fine adjustment103
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings103
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli101
Author Correction: A polyketide-based biosynthetic platform for diols, amino alcohols and hydroxy acids101
And yet it catalyses101
Continuity of reaction kinetics across the pressure and materials gaps in CO oxidation on FeO–Pt interfaces100
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process100
Understanding Mn-modulated restructuring of Fe-based catalysts for controlling selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to olefins99
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO298
Silicon frustrated Lewis pairs catalyse α-deuteration of amides and esters98
Dissolved Fe species enable a cooperative solid–molecular mechanism for the oxygen evolution reaction on NiFe-based catalysts97
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides96
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis95
Terpene synthases in giant viruses94
Divide and conquer towards synthetic autotrophy93
Identifying restructured motifs on iridium oxide catalyst surfaces for water electrolysis93
Shining light to break planarity93
Monitoring catalytic nanosites in action92
A TIM-barrel metalloenzyme with sugar-cleavage activity92
Catalyst optimization through synthetic Darwinian evolution92
Cations in alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis91
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products91
The STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines for cataloguing metadata91
A modular synthesis of azetidines from reactive triplet imine intermediates using an intermolecular aza Paternò–Büchi reaction90
Molecular-scale interactions in heterogeneous (photo)electrocatalysis90
Metastable nickel–oxygen species modulate rate oscillations during dry reforming of methane89
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes89
Atomically dispersed ruthenium hydride on beta zeolite as catalysts for the isomerization of muconates89
Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling89
Cobalt hydride-mediated photocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for continuous-flow production of polymer-grade ethylene88
Iron-only Fe-nitrogenase underscores common catalytic principles in biological nitrogen fixation87
Stable acidic oxygen-evolving catalyst discovery through mixed accelerations87
Identifying and alleviating the durability challenges in membrane-electrode-assembly devices for high-rate CO electrolysis87
Generative machine learning produces kinetic models that accurately characterize intracellular metabolic states87
Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts85
Boron clusters as efficient shuttles for electrocatalytic deuterium labelling via radical H/D exchange84
Understanding two voltammetric features of water reduction and water oxidation in mild pH solutions84
Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier83
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals82
A hydrogenative oxidation strategy for the single-step synthesis of lactams from N-heteroarenes using water82
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis80
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%79
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation79
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis78
Long-range enhancements of micropollutant adsorption on metal-promoted photocatalysts77
The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis77
Scatter and conquer76
Recharge your batteries76
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation75
Shielding PEM electrolysers from real-world water75
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst74
Electrochemical imaging of thermochemical catalysis73
Author Correction: Co3O4 as full-solar-spectrum photocatalyst for selective methane conversion through reactive oxygen species control71
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism70
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase70
Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond formation by synergistic thiamine-dependent radical biocatalysis and photoredox catalysis69
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites68
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process68
Photobiocatalytic stereocontrol of two prochiral radicals68
An antidote for chemical reaction networks68
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination67
Shape matters too66
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis66
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects66
Challenges and prospects in precision medicine with RNA-based biocatalysts65
Light-driven metabolic makeover65
Synthesis of α,α-diheteroatomic carboxylic acids64
Seeking selectivity in alkene couplings64
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical64
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production64
Complex behaviour of isotopes in CO2 electroreduction64
Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization64
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine63
Benign hyperpolarization63
Deciphering electrochemical methanol production63
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay62
Effective anions62
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction62
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts61
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis59
Unlocking iron spin states for oxygen reduction59
A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase59
Harnessing thia-Rh-carbenes for the enantioselective synthesis of chiral α,α-diheteroatomic carboxylic acids58
Organocatalytic regio- and stereoselective cyclopropanation of olefins58
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers58
A radical way to ethylene58
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