Nature Protocols

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Protocols 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Author Correction: Z-REX: shepherding reactive electrophiles to specific proteins expressed tissue specifically or ubiquitously, and recording the resultant functional electrophile-induced redox respo1140
Author Correction: cfSNV: a software tool for the sensitive detection of somatic mutations from cell-free DNA565
Visualization of metabolites and microbes at high spatial resolution using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging and in situ fluorescence labeling455
Expansion of human pluripotent stem cell–induced nephron progenitor cells (iNPCs) and the generation of nephron organoids from iNPCs451
Design and application of the transformer base editor in mammalian cells and mice399
Routine culture and study of adult human brain cells from neurosurgical specimens345
Spontaneous and experimental models of lymph node metastasis337
Open-vessel polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) for polypeptide synthesis325
GLORI for absolute quantification of transcriptome-wide m6A at single-base resolution281
Generating human bone marrow organoids for disease modeling and drug discovery259
Isoform-specific RNA structure determination using Nano-DMS-MaP240
ChromEMT: visualizing and reconstructing chromatin ultrastructure and 3D organization in situ240
Reproducible strategy for excisional skin-wound-healing studies in mice222
Generation of heart-forming organoids from human pluripotent stem cells221
Purification and functional characterization of novel human skeletal stem cell lineages215
Open thoracic surgical implantation of cardiac pacemakers in rats190
Generation and characterization of hair-bearing skin organoids from human pluripotent stem cells188
Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy177
Author Correction: Reliable detection of somatic mutations in solid tissues by laser-capture microdissection and low-input DNA sequencing176
Head-mounted central venous access during optical recordings and manipulations of neural activity in mice172
Author Correction: Chromatin integration labeling for mapping DNA-binding proteins and modifications with low input171
Publisher Correction: Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy161
How to isolate channel-forming membrane proteins using the E. coli expression system160
Preparation and biomedical applications of single-metal atom catalysts159
Spatially resolved epigenome sequencing via Tn5 transposition and deterministic DNA barcoding in tissue158
Fabrication of electron tunneling probes for measuring single-protein conductance157
Metabolomics using anion-exchange chromatography mass spectrometry for the analysis of cells, tissues and biofluids155
Precise tracking of nanoparticles in plant roots146
Expansion and fluctuations-enhanced microscopy for nanoscale molecular profiling of cells and tissues136
Fabrication of thin-film electrodes and organic electrochemical transistors for neural implants134
Publisher Correction: In vivo pulse labeling of isochronic cohorts of cells in the central nervous system using FlashTag133
Quantitative molecular imaging using deep magnetic resonance fingerprinting133
SubCellBarCode: integrated workflow for robust spatial proteomics by mass spectrometry132
High-throughput fabrication of antimicrobial phage microgels and example applications in food decontamination121
Bioengineering human intestinal mucosal grafts using patient-derived organoids, fibroblasts and scaffolds115
Small RNA structural biochemistry in a post-sequencing era113
Hyperosmolar blood–brain barrier opening using intra-arterial injection of hyperosmotic mannitol in mice under real-time MRI guidance110
Three-dimensional human neural culture on a chip recapitulating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration108
Photoimmunotechnology as a powerful biological tool for molecular-based elimination of target cells and microbes, including bacteria, fungi and viruses105
Chromatin accessibility profiling by ATAC-seq103
Sequential orthogonal assays for longitudinal and endpoint characterization of three-dimensional spheroids103
Large-scale growth of C. elegans and isolation of membrane protein complexes102
Generation and long-term culture of human cerebellar organoids from pluripotent stem cells100
Collections from Nature Protocols100
A practical guide to identifying associations between tandem repeats and complex human traits using consensus genotypes from multiple tools99
Generation of iPSC-derived human forebrain organoids assembling bilateral eye primordia99
Gene expression and chromatin state mapped in space96
Expansion of human hepatocytes and their application in three-dimensional culture and genetic manipulation88
Scalable growth of vertical graphene nanosheets by thermal chemical vapor deposition87
Achieving transient and reversible optical transparency in live mice with tartrazine85
Fibrous polyisocyanide hydrogels for 3D cell culture applications82
Establishment of human induced trophoblast stem cells via reprogramming of fibroblasts81
A versatile tissue-rolling technique for spatial-omics analyses of the entire murine gastrointestinal tract80
Structural connectome construction using constrained spherical deconvolution in multi-shell diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging78
A ‘print–pause–print’ protocol for 3D printing microfluidics using multimaterial stereolithography77
Unraveling cell–cell communication with NicheNet by inferring active ligands from transcriptomics data76
Honey bee functional genomics using symbiont-mediated RNAi75
mRNA lipid nanoparticle formulation, characterization and evaluation73
Mitochondrial single-cell ATAC-seq for high-throughput multi-omic detection of mitochondrial genotypes and chromatin accessibility73
Sonoafterglow nanoprobes for deep-tissue imaging of peroxynitrite72
Controlling the polarity of human gastrointestinal organoids to investigate epithelial biology and infectious diseases72
Preparation of selective organ-targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using multiple technical methods for tissue-specific mRNA delivery72
Comprehensive synthesis of Ti3C2Tx from MAX phase to MXene69
Publisher Correction: A reconstituted cell-free assay for the evaluation of the intrinsic activity of purified human ribosomes66
Preparation and quantitative analysis of multicenter luminescence materials for sensing function66
Integrating genome-wide CRISPR screens and in silico drug profiling for targeted antidote development65
Identification of immunogenic commensal antigens using phage display64
Surface nanocoating of bacteria as a versatile platform to develop living therapeutics64
Genome-wide quantification of transcription factor binding at single-DNA-molecule resolution using methyl-transferase footprinting64
Plant sperm cell sequencing for genome phasing and determination of meiotic crossover points63
Divergent synthesis of amino acid-linked O-GalNAc glycan core structures61
Electrochemical molecular intercalation and exfoliation of solution-processable two-dimensional crystals61
A bifunctional molecule-assisted synthesis of mimics for use in probing the ubiquitination system60
Scalable tissue labeling and clearing of intact human organs59
High-throughput single-cell transcriptomics of bacteria using combinatorial barcoding59
Web-based multi-omics integration using the Analyst software suite58
All-optical interrogation of neural circuits in behaving mice58
Chemometric analysis in Raman spectroscopy from experimental design to machine learning–based modeling58
CONIPHER: a computational framework for scalable phylogenetic reconstruction with error correction57
In vitro reconstitution of COPII vesicles from Arabidopsis thaliana suspension-cultured cells56
Author Correction: Capture-C: a modular and flexible approach for high-resolution chromosome conformation capture55
Use of synthetic circular RNA spike-ins (SynCRS) for normalization of circular RNA sequencing data54
A guide to precise measurements of isotope abundance by ESI-Orbitrap MS53
Design and simulation of DNA, RNA and hybrid protein–nucleic acid nanostructures with oxView53
Enzyme-free targeted DNA demethylation using CRISPR–dCas9-based steric hindrance to identify DNA methylation marks causal to altered gene expression53
A scalable protocol for the radiosynthesis of clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents53
Identification and validation of microbial biomarkers from cross-cohort datasets using xMarkerFinder53
A guide to building a low-cost centrifuge force microscope module for single-molecule force experiments53
Profiling native pulmonary basement membrane stiffness using atomic force microscopy52
Enhancing consistency in brain imaging research for population neuroimaging52
Genome-wide analysis of the biophysical properties of chromatin and nuclear proteins in living cells with Hi-D52
Comprehensive microcrystal electron diffraction sample preparation for cryo-EM51
Integrating optical neuroscience tools into touchscreen operant systems51
Sonication-assisted protein extraction improves proteomic detection of membrane-bound and DNA-binding proteins from tumor tissues51
Seed amplification assay for the detection of pathologic alpha-synuclein aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid50
GlYcoLISA: antigen-specific and subclass-specific IgG Fc glycosylation analysis based on an immunosorbent assay with an LC–MS readout50
Easy and accurate protein structure prediction using ColabFold50
Accurate determination of protein:ligand standard binding free energies from molecular dynamics simulations49
Capturing acyl–enzyme intermediates with genetically encoded 2,3-diaminopropionic acid for hydrolase substrate identification48
A graphic and command line protocol for quick and accurate comparisons of protein and nucleic acid structures with US-align48
High-confidence and high-throughput quantification of synapse engulfment by oligodendrocyte precursor cells48
Droplet-based functional CRISPR screening of cell–cell interactions by SPEAC-seq48
Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats47
In vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological study of the mouse heart to characterize the cardiac conduction system, including atrial and ventricular vulnerability47
Constructing and interpreting volcano plots and activity maps to navigate homogeneous catalyst landscapes46
Purifying recombinant proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana for structural studies46
Spatial analysis of tissue immunity and vascularity by light sheet fluorescence microscopy46
Construction of complex bacteriogenic protocells from living material assembly45
Preparation and use of wireless reprogrammable multilateral optogenetic devices for behavioral neuroscience44
CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell–cell communication from single-cell multiomics data43
An optimized culture system for efficient derivation of porcine expanded potential stem cells from preimplantation embryos and by reprogramming somatic cells43
Analyzing somatic mutations by single-cell whole-genome sequencing43
Annotating genetic variants to target genes using H-MAGMA42
Optimal 13C NMR investigation of intrinsically disordered proteins at 1.2 GHz42
Stabilization and structure determination of integral membrane proteins by termini restraining41
Author Correction: PepSeq: a fully in vitro platform for highly multiplexed serology using customizable DNA-barcoded peptide libraries41
Applications of and considerations for using CRISPR–Cas9-mediated gene conversion systems in rodents41
High-resolution in situ structure determination by cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging using emClarity41
RNA sample optimization for cryo-EM analysis41
Surface photovoltage microscopy for mapping charge separation on photocatalyst particles40
Printed photonic crystal biochips for rapid and sensitive detection of biomarkers in various body fluids40
Physical dynamic double-network hydrogels as dressings to facilitate tissue repair40
Circular Vectors as an efficient, fully synthetic, cell-free approach for preparing small circular DNA as a plasmid substitute for guide RNA expression in CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing40
Preparation of near-infrared AIEgen-active fluorescent probes for mapping amyloid-β plaques in brain tissues and living mice39
CRISPR-Combo–mediated orthogonal genome editing and transcriptional activation for plant breeding38
Fabrication of liquid cell for in situ transmission electron microscopy of electrochemical processes38
Capture of the newly transcribed RNA interactome using click chemistry37
Author Correction: Production and use of antigen tetramers to study antigen-specific B cells36
Addendum: Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice36
Standardized production of hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte aggregates in stirred spinner flasks36
Biomarker analysis from complex biofluids by an on-chip chemically modified light-controlled vertical nanopillar array device35
YCharOS protocol for antibody validation35
A multi-glycomic platform for the analysis of food carbohydrates34
Spatially resolved genome-wide joint profiling of epigenome and transcriptome with spatial-ATAC-RNA-seq and spatial-CUT&Tag-RNA-seq34
Derivation, expansion and cryopreservation of primary fetal organoids from second and third trimester human amniotic fluid cells34
Activation of mechanoluminescent nanotransducers by focused ultrasound enables light delivery to deep-seated tissue in vivo33
Synthesis of N-heterocycles through alcohol dehydrogenative coupling33
m6A-SAC-seq for quantitative whole transcriptome m6A profiling32
Co-fractionation–mass spectrometry to characterize native mitochondrial protein assemblies in mammalian neurons and brain32
Visualizing epigenetic modifications and their spatial proximities in single cells using three DNA-encoded amplifying FISH imaging strategies: BEA-FISH, PPDA-FISH and Cell-TALKING31
High-throughput multiplex voltage-clamp/current-clamp evaluation of acutely isolated neurons31
Direct analysis of biotransformations with mass spectrometry—DiBT-MS31
A detailed guide to assessing genome assembly based on long-read sequencing data using Inspector30
DARLIN mouse for in vivo lineage tracing at high efficiency and clonal diversity30
Graphene–molecule–graphene single-molecule junctions to detect electronic reactions at the molecular scale30
Improving accuracy and reproducibility of mass spectrometry characterization of protein coronas on nanoparticles30
Mapping T cell dynamics to molecular profiles through behavior-guided transcriptomics30
Protocols and risks: when less is more30
Luciferase- and HaloTag-based reporter assays to measure small-molecule-induced degradation pathway in living cells30
A consensus platform for antibody characterization30
A proposed framework to evaluate the quality and reliability of targeted metabolomics assays from the UK Consortium on Metabolic Phenotyping (MAP/UK)29
Determining chromatin architecture with Micro Capture-C29
Generation of ‘semi-guided’ cortical organoids with complex neural oscillations28
Nano3P-seq: charting the coding and noncoding transcriptome at single-molecule resolution28
Purification of mammalian telomeric DNA for single-molecule analysis28
Fabrication and use of silicon hollow-needle arrays to achieve tissue nanotransfection in mouse tissue in vivo28
Tutorial: a guide to diffusion MRI and structural connectomics28
Universal platform for the generation of thermostabilized GPCRs that crystallize in LCP28
A clinically relevant model of focal embolic cerebral ischemia by thrombus and thrombolysis in rhesus monkeys28
The GFP thermal shift assay for screening ligand and lipid interactions to solute carrier transporters27
Synthesis of ordered mesoporous metal oxides by solvent evaporation-induced cooperative assembly27
Patient-derived and mouse endo-ectocervical organoid generation, genetic manipulation and applications to model infection27
Labeling, isolation and characterization of cell-type-specific exosomes derived from mouse skin tissue27
scGPT: end-to-end protocol for fine-tuned retinal cell type annotation27
The HADDOCK2.4 web server for integrative modeling of biomolecular complexes27
A new era begins at Nature Protocols27
Inferring cellular and molecular processes in single-cell data with non-negative matrix factorization using Python, R and GenePattern Notebook implementations of CoGAPS27
Solution-based self-assembly synthesis of two-dimensional-ordered mesoporous conducting polymer nanosheets with versatile properties27
Pan-evolutionary and regulatory genome architecture delineated by an integrated macro- and microsynteny approach27
Bio-orthogonal tuning of matrix properties during 3D cell culture to induce morphological and phenotypic changes26
Designing and executing prime editing experiments in mammalian cells26
Bioconjugates of photon-upconversion nanoparticles for cancer biomarker detection and imaging26
The OBSERVE guidelines provide refinement criteria for rodent oncology models26
Photothermal nanofiber-mediated photoporation for gentle and efficient intracellular delivery of macromolecules26
Generation of quality-controlled SARS-CoV-2 variant stocks26
Preparation, maintenance and propagation of synchronous cultures of photoactive Chlamydomonas cells26
In vivo ultrasound-induced luminescence imaging via trianthracene derivatives nanomaterials25
Facile synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 architectures with tunable configurations and nanometer precision25
Measuring key human carbohydrate digestive enzyme activities using high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection25
Molecular recording using DNA Typewriter25
Integration of diverse bioactivity data into the Chemical Checker compound universe25
Generation and characterization of vestibular inner ear organoids from human pluripotent stem cells25
Scanorama: integrating large and diverse single-cell transcriptomic datasets25
Precise mutagenesis in zebrafish using cytosine base editors25
A metabolic modeling platform for the computation of microbial ecosystems in time and space (COMETS)25
A guide to reverse metabolomics—a framework for big data discovery strategy24
A versatile toolkit for drug metabolism studies with GNPS2: from drug development to clinical monitoring24
The use of methanol as a C1 building block24
Retina-specific laminin-based generation of photoreceptor progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells under xeno-free and chemically defined conditions23
Mapping protein–RNA binding in plants with individual-nucleotide-resolution UV cross-linking and immunoprecipitation (plant iCLIP2)23
Author Correction: Constructing a cost-efficient, high-throughput and high-quality single-molecule localization microscope for super-resolution imaging23
Versatile synthesis of uniform mesoporous superparticles from stable monomicelle units23
Ultra-fast supercritically solvothermal polymerization for large single-crystalline covalent organic frameworks23
Detection of intramolecular protein dynamics on nanosecond-to-microsecond timescales by nanoparticle-assisted NMR spin relaxation (NASR)22
Engineered human blood–brain barrier microfluidic model for vascular permeability analyses22
Integrative structural modeling of macromolecular complexes using Assembline22
Correlative light and electron microscopy for human brain and other biological models22
Native MS-guided lipidomics to define endogenous lipid microenvironments of eukaryotic receptors and transporters22
Optimizing the Cell Painting assay for image-based profiling22
Publisher Correction: Precision genome editing using cytosine and adenine base editors in mammalian cells22
Click chemistry: a transformative technology in nuclear medicine22
Formulation of two lipid-based membrane–core nanoparticles for FOLFOX combination therapy22
Reply to: Byproducts in the synthesis of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-1121
Selecting aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pairs for efficient genetic encoding of noncanonical amino acids into proteins21
Pooled genetic perturbation screens with image-based phenotypes21
Precise kilobase-scale genomic insertions in mammalian cells using PASTE21
A puromycin-dependent activity-based sensing probe for histochemical staining of hydrogen peroxide in cells and animal tissues21
Reprogramming fibroblast into human iBlastoids21
A bioswitchable delivery system for microRNA therapeutics based on a tetrahedral DNA nanostructure21
Author Correction: Life-long functional regeneration of in vivo airway epithelium by the engraftment of airway basal stem cells20
In vivo identification of astrocyte and neuron subproteomes by proximity-dependent biotinylation20
A workflow for the development of template-assisted membrane crystallization downstream processing for monoclonal antibody purification20
Scale-up approach for the preparation of magnetic ferrite nanocubes and other shapes with benchmark performance for magnetic hyperthermia applications20
Tutorial: design, production and testing of oncolytic viruses for cancer immunotherapy20
Neural cell isolation from adult macaques for high-throughput analyses and neurosphere cultures20
Preparation of AIEgen-based near-infrared afterglow luminescence nanoprobes for tumor imaging and image-guided tumor resection20
Real-time imaging of axonal membrane protein life cycles20
A multimodal imaging pipeline to decipher cell-specific metabolic functions and tissue microenvironment dynamics19
Reconstructing phylogenetic trees from genome-wide somatic mutations in clonal samples19
Consensus guidelines for the use of concurrent TMS-fMRI in cognitive and clinical neuroscience19
Transcriptome-wide measurement of poly(A) tail length and composition at subnanogram total RNA sensitivity by PAIso-seq19
Transcriptomic profiling of individual bacteria by MATQ-seq19
Modeling heart rhythm using human engineered heart tissues19
Publisher Correction: A practical guide to large-scale docking19
Multiplexed chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing for quantitative study of histone modifications and chromatin factors19
Absolute quantification of prokaryotes in the microbiome by 16S rRNA qPCR or ddPCR19
Subretinal injection in mice to study retinal physiology and disease18
Defining genome-wide CRISPR–Cas genome-editing nuclease activity with GUIDE-seq18
Improved sampling and DNA extraction procedures for microbiome analysis in food-processing environments18
Construction and use of an adaptive optics two-photon microscope with direct wavefront sensing18
Comprehensive multiscale analysis of lactate metabolic dynamics in vitro and in vivo using highly responsive biosensors18
OptADMET: a web-based tool for substructure modifications to improve ADMET properties of lead compounds18
Isocyanide-based multi-component reactions for carrier-free and carrier-bound covalent immobilization of enzymes18
Author Correction: Fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass to produce uncondensed aldehyde-stabilized lignin18
Induction of human trophoblast stem cells18
Assembly of a stem cell-derived human postimplantation embryo model18
An inexpensive semi-automated sample processing pipeline for cell-free RNA extraction18
Human primordial germ cell-like cells specified from resetting precursors develop in human hindgut organoids17
A flow cytometry-based protocol for syngenic isolation of neurovascular unit cells from mouse and human tissues17
Controlled synthesis of noble metal aerogels mediated by salts17
Selective footprinting of 40S and 80S ribosome subpopulations (Sel-TCP-seq) to study translation and its control17
Expression and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins17
Multidimensional analysis of host–virus interactions using the virus-encoded CRISPR-based direct readout system (VECOS)17
Simple, efficient and thorough shotgun proteomic analysis with PatternLab V17
Streamlining spatial omics data analysis with Pysodb17
Metagenome-assembled genome extraction and analysis from microbiomes using KBase17
A practical guide to machine-learning scoring for structure-based virtual screening17
High-resolution topographic surveying and change detection with the iPhone LiDAR17
Peptide-enabled ribonucleoprotein delivery for CRISPR engineering (PERC) in primary human immune cells and hematopoietic stem cells17
Spotting-based differentiation of functional dopaminergic progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells16
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