Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Catalysis is 59. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling962
Greenwashed catalysis?765
Bioproduction from methanol662
An NAD⁺ analogue enables assembly of structurally diverse artificial photoenzymes for enantiodivergent [2 + 2] cycloadditions600
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3570
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes552
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase542
PASADENA NMR533
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis515
N-between the aryls501
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis495
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields394
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis394
Imagine polypropylene388
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis367
Electrocatalytic upcycling of high-pressure captured CO2 to ethylene361
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors351
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction343
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries338
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde324
Pulsed away323
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water323
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering312
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts306
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-lactamase300
Behind the curtain295
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions278
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface269
Motorized catalysis268
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents265
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts244
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation242
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation241
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation241
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2240
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2238
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides236
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol232
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface227
O2 so good226
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme223
Heavy labels from gas surrogates222
Optimizing iridium sites221
Electrolysis in tandem219
Active sites overcrowding216
Substrate promiscuity fuels biosynthesis success216
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase210
Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers200
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses196
Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis194
Electrolyte effects in proton–electron transfer reactions and implications for renewable fuels and chemicals synthesis191
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity187
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics182
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products181
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis180
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction180
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis178
Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy178
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide175
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis170
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds166
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media159
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation157
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst156
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion156
One, two, three, four, five!149
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds148
Modulation to probe the interface146
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis143
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling142
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple139
Determining CO adsorption free energies on CO2 electroreduction active sites through kinetic analysis138
Bubble trouble138
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds137
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex135
Structural insights and engineering of the T4 td intron for improved RNA circularization134
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes133
Triplet quenchers for energy-transfer photobiocatalysis133
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds132
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction132
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation131
Catalysing rate and capacity131
Lengthened by ethylene130
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling126
Blowing in the tube126
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world124
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation124
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis123
Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from ethylene coupled with CO2 capture121
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide119
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings119
Frustration-driven efficiency118
Silicon frustrated Lewis pairs catalyse α-deuteration of amides and esters118
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol117
Bridging catalysis117
A fine adjustment117
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification117
Understanding Mn-modulated restructuring of Fe-based catalysts for controlling selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to olefins117
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides112
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides109
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO2109
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces106
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation106
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process105
Dissolved Fe species enable a cooperative solid–molecular mechanism for the oxygen evolution reaction on NiFe-based catalysts104
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli104
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis104
An efficient Morita–Baylis–Hillmanase102
Terpene synthases in giant viruses101
Divide and conquer towards synthetic autotrophy100
Shining light to break planarity100
Catalyst optimization through synthetic Darwinian evolution99
A TIM-barrel metalloenzyme with sugar-cleavage activity99
Identifying restructured motifs on iridium oxide catalyst surfaces for water electrolysis99
Cations in alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis98
A modular synthesis of azetidines from reactive triplet imine intermediates using an intermolecular aza Paternò–Büchi reaction98
A hydrogenative oxidation strategy for the single-step synthesis of lactams from N-heteroarenes using water98
Monitoring catalytic nanosites in action98
Atomically dispersed ruthenium hydride on beta zeolite as catalysts for the isomerization of muconates98
Cobalt hydride-mediated photocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for continuous-flow production of polymer-grade ethylene97
Understanding two voltammetric features of water reduction and water oxidation in mild pH solutions96
Boron clusters as efficient shuttles for electrocatalytic deuterium labelling via radical H/D exchange95
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering94
Author Correction: Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface94
Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier92
Long-range enhancements of micropollutant adsorption on metal-promoted photocatalysts91
Mass-based biocatalyst metrics to guide protein engineering and bioprocess development91
The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis91
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis90
The STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines for cataloguing metadata89
Generative machine learning produces kinetic models that accurately characterize intracellular metabolic states89
Identifying and alleviating the durability challenges in membrane-electrode-assembly devices for high-rate CO electrolysis88
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation88
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%86
Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling86
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis85
Iron-only Fe-nitrogenase underscores common catalytic principles in biological nitrogen fixation83
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals82
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes82
Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts81
Metastable nickel–oxygen species modulate rate oscillations during dry reforming of methane81
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products81
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation80
Scatter and conquer80
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase80
Recharge your batteries80
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst79
An antidote for chemical reaction networks78
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism78
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites78
Challenges and prospects in precision medicine with RNA-based biocatalysts76
Shape matters too76
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process76
Complex behaviour of isotopes in CO2 electroreduction75
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination74
Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization74
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical73
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis73
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production73
Self-correcting science at work72
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects72
Seeking selectivity in alkene couplings72
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production72
Deciphering electrochemical methanol production71
Benign hyperpolarization70
Chiral phosphorus compounds by catalytic asymmetric C–P coupling70
A radical way to ethylene69
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts68
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine68
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction68
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers67
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis67
Organocatalytic regio- and stereoselective cyclopropanation of olefins65
Organocatalytic asymmetric α-C–H functionalization of alkyl amines65
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction64
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay63
A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase63
Revealing in-plane movement of platinum in polymer electrolyte fuel cells after heavy-duty vehicle lifetime63
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation62
Unlocking iron spin states for oxygen reduction62
Regioselective hydroformylation with subnanometre Rh clusters in MFI zeolite61
Effective anions60
Eliminating redox-mediated electron transfer mechanisms on a supported molecular catalyst enables CO2 conversion to ethanol60
Operando probing dynamic migration of copper carbonyl during electrocatalytic CO2 reduction59
Rising to the surface59
Pushing the boundaries of biocatalysis59
Controlling carbocations59
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