Nature Protocols

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Protocols is 27. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Author Correction: Z-REX: shepherding reactive electrophiles to specific proteins expressed tissue specifically or ubiquitously, and recording the resultant functional electrophile-induced redox respo1091
Author Correction: cfSNV: a software tool for the sensitive detection of somatic mutations from cell-free DNA534
Open-vessel polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) for polypeptide synthesis406
Open thoracic surgical implantation of cardiac pacemakers in rats382
Purification and functional characterization of novel human skeletal stem cell lineages369
Isoform-specific RNA structure determination using Nano-DMS-MaP328
ChromEMT: visualizing and reconstructing chromatin ultrastructure and 3D organization in situ316
Routine culture and study of adult human brain cells from neurosurgical specimens310
Design and application of the transformer base editor in mammalian cells and mice258
Analysis of combinatorial CRISPR screens with the Orthrus scoring pipeline245
Visualization of metabolites and microbes at high spatial resolution using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging and in situ fluorescence labeling234
Generating human bone marrow organoids for disease modeling and drug discovery220
GLORI for absolute quantification of transcriptome-wide m6A at single-base resolution219
Generation of heart-forming organoids from human pluripotent stem cells209
Reproducible strategy for excisional skin-wound-healing studies in mice204
Quantitative molecular imaging using deep magnetic resonance fingerprinting178
Expansion and fluctuations-enhanced microscopy for nanoscale molecular profiling of cells and tissues176
Author Correction: Reliable detection of somatic mutations in solid tissues by laser-capture microdissection and low-input DNA sequencing174
Head-mounted central venous access during optical recordings and manipulations of neural activity in mice166
Author Correction: Chromatin integration labeling for mapping DNA-binding proteins and modifications with low input165
Publisher Correction: Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy162
How to isolate channel-forming membrane proteins using the E. coli expression system161
Publisher Correction: In vivo pulse labeling of isochronic cohorts of cells in the central nervous system using FlashTag159
Fabrication of thin-film electrodes and organic electrochemical transistors for neural implants154
Precise tracking of nanoparticles in plant roots149
Preparation and biomedical applications of single-metal atom catalysts148
Spatially resolved epigenome sequencing via Tn5 transposition and deterministic DNA barcoding in tissue147
Photoimmunotechnology as a powerful biological tool for molecular-based elimination of target cells and microbes, including bacteria, fungi and viruses141
Hyperosmolar blood–brain barrier opening using intra-arterial injection of hyperosmotic mannitol in mice under real-time MRI guidance137
Small RNA structural biochemistry in a post-sequencing era136
High-throughput fabrication of antimicrobial phage microgels and example applications in food decontamination128
SubCellBarCode: integrated workflow for robust spatial proteomics by mass spectrometry128
Generation and characterization of hair-bearing skin organoids from human pluripotent stem cells127
Stable isotope tracing to assess tumor metabolism in vivo124
Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy120
Three-dimensional human neural culture on a chip recapitulating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration116
Fabrication of electron tunneling probes for measuring single-protein conductance113
Tutorial: using nanoneedles for intracellular delivery105
Chromatin accessibility profiling by ATAC-seq104
Bioengineering human intestinal mucosal grafts using patient-derived organoids, fibroblasts and scaffolds99
Establishment of human induced trophoblast stem cells via reprogramming of fibroblasts98
Sequential orthogonal assays for longitudinal and endpoint characterization of three-dimensional spheroids97
Generation and long-term culture of human cerebellar organoids from pluripotent stem cells95
Gene expression and chromatin state mapped in space95
Sonoafterglow nanoprobes for deep-tissue imaging of peroxynitrite95
Achieving transient and reversible optical transparency in live mice with tartrazine95
A versatile tissue-rolling technique for spatial-omics analyses of the entire murine gastrointestinal tract95
Scalable growth of vertical graphene nanosheets by thermal chemical vapor deposition94
Structural connectome construction using constrained spherical deconvolution in multi-shell diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging92
Fibrous polyisocyanide hydrogels for 3D cell culture applications91
Generation of iPSC-derived human forebrain organoids assembling bilateral eye primordia90
mRNA lipid nanoparticle formulation, characterization and evaluation89
Unraveling cell–cell communication with NicheNet by inferring active ligands from transcriptomics data83
Large-scale growth of C. elegans and isolation of membrane protein complexes83
Honey bee functional genomics using symbiont-mediated RNAi83
Controlling the polarity of human gastrointestinal organoids to investigate epithelial biology and infectious diseases81
Collections from Nature Protocols81
Mitochondrial single-cell ATAC-seq for high-throughput multi-omic detection of mitochondrial genotypes and chromatin accessibility76
Preparation of selective organ-targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using multiple technical methods for tissue-specific mRNA delivery75
A ‘print–pause–print’ protocol for 3D printing microfluidics using multimaterial stereolithography75
Comprehensive synthesis of Ti3C2Tx from MAX phase to MXene74
Preparation and quantitative analysis of multicenter luminescence materials for sensing function73
Publisher Correction: A reconstituted cell-free assay for the evaluation of the intrinsic activity of purified human ribosomes72
Author Correction: Efficient and strand-specific profiling of replicating chromatin with enrichment and sequencing of protein-associated nascent DNA in mammalian cells71
A bifunctional molecule-assisted synthesis of mimics for use in probing the ubiquitination system71
Integrating genome-wide CRISPR screens and in silico drug profiling for targeted antidote development70
Identification of immunogenic commensal antigens using phage display69
Genome-wide quantification of transcription factor binding at single-DNA-molecule resolution using methyl-transferase footprinting67
Divergent synthesis of amino acid-linked O-GalNAc glycan core structures67
Plant sperm cell sequencing for genome phasing and determination of meiotic crossover points61
Electrochemical molecular intercalation and exfoliation of solution-processable two-dimensional crystals60
All-optical interrogation of neural circuits in behaving mice59
Scalable tissue labeling and clearing of intact human organs59
CONIPHER: a computational framework for scalable phylogenetic reconstruction with error correction58
Chemometric analysis in Raman spectroscopy from experimental design to machine learning–based modeling57
Web-based multi-omics integration using the Analyst software suite57
High-throughput single-cell transcriptomics of bacteria using combinatorial barcoding56
Surface nanocoating of bacteria as a versatile platform to develop living therapeutics56
In vitro reconstitution of COPII vesicles from Arabidopsis thaliana suspension-cultured cells55
A guide to building a low-cost centrifuge force microscope module for single-molecule force experiments54
Author Correction: Capture-C: a modular and flexible approach for high-resolution chromosome conformation capture54
A scalable protocol for the radiosynthesis of clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents54
Use of synthetic circular RNA spike-ins (SynCRS) for normalization of circular RNA sequencing data54
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
Sonication-assisted protein extraction improves proteomic detection of membrane-bound and DNA-binding proteins from tumor tissues53
Enhancing consistency in brain imaging research for population neuroimaging51
Genome-wide analysis of the biophysical properties of chromatin and nuclear proteins in living cells with Hi-D51
A guide to precise measurements of isotope abundance by ESI-Orbitrap MS50
GlYcoLISA: antigen-specific and subclass-specific IgG Fc glycosylation analysis based on an immunosorbent assay with an LC–MS readout50
Identification and validation of microbial biomarkers from cross-cohort datasets using xMarkerFinder50
Comprehensive microcrystal electron diffraction sample preparation for cryo-EM49
Integrating optical neuroscience tools into touchscreen operant systems49
Profiling native pulmonary basement membrane stiffness using atomic force microscopy49
Accurate determination of protein:ligand standard binding free energies from molecular dynamics simulations48
Seed amplification assay for the detection of pathologic alpha-synuclein aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid48
Easy and accurate protein structure prediction using ColabFold47
Capturing acyl–enzyme intermediates with genetically encoded 2,3-diaminopropionic acid for hydrolase substrate identification47
Construction of complex bacteriogenic protocells from living material assembly47
Droplet-based functional CRISPR screening of cell–cell interactions by SPEAC-seq46
High-confidence and high-throughput quantification of synapse engulfment by oligodendrocyte precursor cells46
Spatial analysis of tissue immunity and vascularity by light sheet fluorescence microscopy46
A graphic and command line protocol for quick and accurate comparisons of protein and nucleic acid structures with US-align45
Annotating genetic variants to target genes using H-MAGMA45
Constructing and interpreting volcano plots and activity maps to navigate homogeneous catalyst landscapes45
In vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological study of the mouse heart to characterize the cardiac conduction system, including atrial and ventricular vulnerability45
Outcome devaluation as a method for identifying goal-directed behaviors in rats45
CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell–cell communication from single-cell multiomics data44
An optimized culture system for efficient derivation of porcine expanded potential stem cells from preimplantation embryos and by reprogramming somatic cells44
Preparation and use of wireless reprogrammable multilateral optogenetic devices for behavioral neuroscience44
Optimal 13C NMR investigation of intrinsically disordered proteins at 1.2 GHz44
Analyzing somatic mutations by single-cell whole-genome sequencing43
Applications of and considerations for using CRISPR–Cas9-mediated gene conversion systems in rodents43
Author Correction: PepSeq: a fully in vitro platform for highly multiplexed serology using customizable DNA-barcoded peptide libraries43
Stabilization and structure determination of integral membrane proteins by termini restraining42
CRISPR-Combo–mediated orthogonal genome editing and transcriptional activation for plant breeding42
RNA sample optimization for cryo-EM analysis41
High-speed laser-scanning biological microscopy using FACED40
Standardized production of hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte aggregates in stirred spinner flasks40
Printed photonic crystal biochips for rapid and sensitive detection of biomarkers in various body fluids39
Capture of the newly transcribed RNA interactome using click chemistry39
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 editing38
Surface photovoltage microscopy for mapping charge separation on photocatalyst particles38
High-resolution in situ structure determination by cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging using emClarity38
Physical dynamic double-network hydrogels as dressings to facilitate tissue repair37
Fabrication of liquid cell for in situ transmission electron microscopy of electrochemical processes37
Addendum: Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice37
Preparation of near-infrared AIEgen-active fluorescent probes for mapping amyloid-β plaques in brain tissues and living mice37
Biomarker analysis from complex biofluids by an on-chip chemically modified light-controlled vertical nanopillar array device36
Author Correction: Production and use of antigen tetramers to study antigen-specific B cells36
Improving accuracy and reproducibility of mass spectrometry characterization of protein coronas on nanoparticles35
Synthesis of N-heterocycles through alcohol dehydrogenative coupling35
Direct analysis of biotransformations with mass spectrometry—DiBT-MS35
Simultaneous ribosome profiling of hundreds of microbes from the human microbiome35
YCharOS protocol for antibody validation35
Spatially resolved genome-wide joint profiling of epigenome and transcriptome with spatial-ATAC-RNA-seq and spatial-CUT&Tag-RNA-seq35
Mapping T cell dynamics to molecular profiles through behavior-guided transcriptomics34
High-throughput multiplex voltage-clamp/current-clamp evaluation of acutely isolated neurons34
Activation of mechanoluminescent nanotransducers by focused ultrasound enables light delivery to deep-seated tissue in vivo33
m6A-SAC-seq for quantitative whole transcriptome m6A profiling33
Co-fractionation–mass spectrometry to characterize native mitochondrial protein assemblies in mammalian neurons and brain33
Visualizing epigenetic modifications and their spatial proximities in single cells using three DNA-encoded amplifying FISH imaging strategies: BEA-FISH, PPDA-FISH and Cell-TALKING33
A detailed guide to assessing genome assembly based on long-read sequencing data using Inspector31
A multi-glycomic platform for the analysis of food carbohydrates31
DARLIN mouse for in vivo lineage tracing at high efficiency and clonal diversity31
Purification of mammalian telomeric DNA for single-molecule analysis30
Luciferase- and HaloTag-based reporter assays to measure small-molecule-induced degradation pathway in living cells30
Tutorial: a guide to diffusion MRI and structural connectomics30
Nano3P-seq: charting the coding and noncoding transcriptome at single-molecule resolution30
Generation of ‘semi-guided’ cortical organoids with complex neural oscillations30
A consensus platform for antibody characterization30
Universal platform for the generation of thermostabilized GPCRs that crystallize in LCP29
Determining chromatin architecture with Micro Capture-C29
Graphene–molecule–graphene single-molecule junctions to detect electronic reactions at the molecular scale28
A proposed framework to evaluate the quality and reliability of targeted metabolomics assays from the UK Consortium on Metabolic Phenotyping (MAP/UK)28
The HADDOCK2.4 web server for integrative modeling of biomolecular complexes28
A clinically relevant model of focal embolic cerebral ischemia by thrombus and thrombolysis in rhesus monkeys28
Fabrication and use of silicon hollow-needle arrays to achieve tissue nanotransfection in mouse tissue in vivo28
Protocols and risks: when less is more28
A new era begins at Nature Protocols27
Preparation, maintenance and propagation of synchronous cultures of photoactive Chlamydomonas cells27
Photothermal nanofiber-mediated photoporation for gentle and efficient intracellular delivery of macromolecules27
High spatial and temporal resolution Ca2+ imaging of myocardial strips from human, pig and rat27
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