Chemical Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Chemical Science is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Back cover344
Back cover337
Contents list307
Inside front cover289
Inside front cover257
Gaining control on optical force by the stimulated-emission resonance effect216
Back cover203
Front cover192
Contents list188
Inside front cover183
Inside back cover175
Back cover170
Front cover158
Back cover156
Inside front cover156
Contents list145
Front cover137
18F-Labeled brain-penetrant EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors for PET imaging of glioblastoma129
Multi-region mapping of ligand binding and structural changes in the β-1 adrenergic receptor using carbene footprinting and mass spectrometry129
Exploring Au(i) involving halogen bonding with N-heterocyclic carbene Au(i) aryl complexes in crystalline media126
Self-sensitized Cu(ii)-complex catalyzed solar driven CO2 reduction125
Photolysis-driven bond activation by thorium and uranium tetraosmate polyhydride complexes122
Back cover120
Back cover120
Detection of single-cell enzyme activity by single-time-point stable isotope probing-mass spectrometry118
Front cover118
Engineering Pd-based charge-asymmetrical metal pair sites to promote *CHO–CHO coupling for selective C 2 photoreduction to C 118
A methyltransferase molecular switch unlocks para -quinone methide generation and oligomerization116
Probing substrate binding inside a paramagnetic cavity: a NMR spectroscopy toolbox for combined experimental and theoretical investigation111
Inside front cover111
Front cover111
Arresting dissolution of two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks enables long life in electrochemical devices110
Polarization-induced nanohelixes of organic cocrystals from asymmetric components with dopant-induced chirality inversion109
Light-controlled enzymatic synthesis of γ-CD using a recyclable azobenzene template108
Evolutionary adaptation from hydrolytic to oxygenolytic catalysis at the α/β-hydrolase fold107
An AND-gate bioluminescent probe for precise tumor imaging106
A theoretical framework to understand high electron mobilities in cable bacteria104
Rational design of circularly polarized luminescence active chiral metal–organic frameworks for logic devices103
Back cover98
pH jump kinetics in colliding microdroplets: accelerated synthesis of azamonardine from dopamine and resorcinol97
A reflection on ‘A hydrazone-based covalent organic framework for photocatalytic hydrogen production’: teaching sponges new tricks97
Negative cooperativity in the formation of H-bond networks involving primary anilines96
Revealing the nature of covalently tethered distonic radical anions in the generation of heteroatom-centered radicals: evidence for the polarity-matching PCET pathway96
Boraindenes as versatile precursors to benzannulated boron heterocycles94
Deconvoluting binding sites in amyloid nanofibrils using time-resolved spectroscopy93
Structure–function relationships in pure archaeal bipolar tetraether lipids92
Inside front cover92
Polymerization-induced self-assembly enables access to diverse highly ordered structures through kinetic and thermodynamic pathways91
Three-dimensional structural alignment based discovery and molecular basis of AtoB, catalyzing linear tetracyclic formation90
Correction: Structural tuning of organoruthenium compounds allows oxidative switch to control ER stress pathways and bypass multidrug resistance90
Correction: Multi-stimuli programmable FRET based RGB absorbing antennae towards ratiometric temperature, pH and multiple metal ion sensing90
Correction: Magnetic coupling between Fe(NO) spin probe ligands through diamagnetic Ni II , Pd II 89
Correction: FragGen: towards 3D geometry reliable fragment-based molecular generation89
Correction: When SF 5 outplays CF 3 : effects of pentafluorosulfanyl decorated scorpionates on cop89
Synergistic effect of MOF fillers and succinonitrile in PEO-based electrolytes for long-cycle all-solid-state Li–CO 2 batteries88
Correction: Site- and stereoselective silver-catalyzed intramolecular amination of electron-deficient heterobenzylic C–H bonds88
Mechanochemically-induced glass formation from two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites88
The organophosphorus synthesis triangle: introducing methods for the missing quaternization and de-quaternization routes88
Revisiting the reaction pathways for phospholipid hydrolysis catalyzed by phospholipase A2 with QM/MM methods87
Catalytic asymmetric P (III) -additions to salicylaldehydes enable divergent stereoselective dearomatizations of phenols87
Superstructure-induced enhancement of solid-state triphenylacrylonitrile photochromism via a macrocycle-mediated blocking strategy86
Inside front cover86
Chiral cobalt( ii ) complex-promoted asymmetric para -Claisen rearrangement of allyl α-naphthol ethers86
Competing dynamics of intramolecular deactivation and bimolecular charge transfer processes in luminescent Fe(iii) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes86
Visible-light-initiated metal-free Csp3–Csp3 to Csp3–N conversion in homobenzylic sulfonamides with N-iodoimides83
Transcriptome-wide identification of single-stranded RNA binding proteins83
Toward functional and structurally complex Frank–Kasper phases via creating concavities on supramolecular micelles83
Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck cyclizations of amide electrophiles82
Biosynthesis of pleuromutilin congeners using an Aspergillus oryzae expression platform81
Influence of the Pt/ionomer/water interface on the oxygen reduction reaction: insights into the micro-three-phase interface80
Bucking the trend: understanding lipopolysaccharide structure and outer membrane dynamics in cold-adapted Pseudomonas isolated from Enigma Lake, Antarctica80
With or without a co-solvent? highly efficient ultrafast phenanthrenequinone-electron rich alkene (PQ-ERA) photoclick reactions79
Identification of metal-centered excited states in Cr(iii) complexes with time-resolved L-edge X-ray spectroscopy79
Intramolecular-locking modification enables efficient asymmetric donor–acceptor–donor′ type ultraviolet emitters for high-performance OLEDs with reduced efficiency roll-off and high color purity78
Lattice-coherent interface-reinforced sodium-layered oxide cathodes78
Proton transfer induced excited-state aromaticity gain for chromophores with maximal Stokes shifts77
Molybdenum carbonyl assisted reductive tetramerization of CO by activated magnesium( i ) compounds: squarate dianion vs. 77
Planar pentacoordinate s-block metals77
Molecular engineering of 1D conjugated copper anilate coordination polymers for boosting electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia77
NH 4 + -mediated interfacial chemistry for collaborative dual-pathway high-mass-loading energy storage77
HCl-mediated silylation of C–H bonds in (hetero)arenes with trialkylsilanes76
A method to identify small molecule/protein pairs susceptible to protein ubiquitination by the CRBN E3 ligase75
Inch-sized achiral perovskite ferroelectric single crystals for multiaxial passive circularly polarized light response75
Reactivity of 1,3-enyne MIDA boronates: exploration of novel 1,2-alkyne shift via gem-difluorination74
Beyond diffusion: ion and electron migration contribute to charge transport in redox-conducting metal–organic frameworks74
Molecular cyclo-P3 complexes of the rare-earth elements via a one-pot reaction and selective reduction73
Isostructural bridging diferrous chalcogenide cores [FeII(μ-E)FeII] (E = O, S, Se, Te) with decreasing antiferromagnetic coupling down the chalcogenide series73
Facile modification of phosphole-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens with sulfonyl isocyanates73
Electrochemical hydrogenative coupling of nitrobenzene into azobenzene over a mesoporous palladium–sulfur cathode73
(3 + 2)-Cycloaddition of bicyclobutanes and thioketones: access to 2-thiabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes without the use of catalysts or light73
Non-radical pathways control methane sulfonation versus oxygenation C–H functionalization selectivity with Hg( ii 72
Development of 8–17 XNAzymes that are functional in cells72
Double coordination shell modulation of nitrogen-free atomic manganese sites for enhancing oxygen reduction performance71
A solid composite electrolyte based on three-dimensional structured zeolite networks for high-performance solid-state lithium metal batteries71
Two-sided asymmetric nanofluidic membrane for enhanced ion transport and osmotic energy harvesting70
Synthesis of polysubstituted cyclobutanes through a photoredox strain-release/[3,3]-rearrangement cascade70
Chemiluminescent duplex analysis using phenoxy-1,2-dioxetane luminophores with color modulation70
Isothiourea-catalysed enantioselective synthesis of phosphonate-functionalised β-lactones69
Axially chiral thiophene scaffolds: configurational stability and circularly polarized luminescence69
Platinum-based phosphorescent lifetime probes for the visualisation of G-quadruplex DNA in cells68
Room temperature dinitrogen cleavage and hydrogenation with organometallic complexes of uranium67
Synthesis of functionalised isochromans: epoxides as aldehyde surrogates in hexafluoroisopropanol67
Time-resolved circular dichroism of excitonic systems: theory and experiment on an exemplary squaraine polymer67
Phototoxicity of hydroxymethyl-BODIPYs: are photocages that innocent?67
Intramolecular CH⋯π attraction mediated conformational polymorphism of constrained helical peptides66
Easy access to amphiphilic nitrogenous block copolymers via switchable catalysis66
Formal synthesis of kibdelomycin and derivatisation of amycolose glycosides66
[2 + 2] cycloaddition and its photomechanical effects on 1D coordination polymers with reversible amide bonds and coordination site regulation65
Photochemical synthesis of carbazole-fused Blatter radicals: effective spin injection to the carbazole system65
Study of the thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) mechanism of phenothiazine–dibenzothiophene- S , S 65
Zero-trigger ultrafast charge-transfer J-aggregates via Se/π-directed assembly enable synchronous ROS/heat amplification for NIR-II photoimmunotherapy65
Light-induced twisting, untwisting, and retwisting of aromatic polyamides: an interplay between the induced chirality and the co-facial π-stacking interactions65
RGB tri-luminescence in organic–inorganic zirconium halide perovskites65
Correction: Polyterrylenes: synthesis and regioregularity effect on p-type charge transport and deep-red light photodetection in OFETs65
Photocatalytic remote C(sp 3 )–H alkylation of long-chain alkenes: A tandem multicomponent approach via 65
Excitation generated preferential binding sites for ethane on porous carbon–copper porphyrin sorbents: ethane/ethylene adsorptive separation improved by light64
Therapeutic efficacy of 211 At-radiolabeled 2,6-diisopropylphenyl azide in mouse models of human lung cancer64
Multifaceted nucleic acid probing with a rationally upgraded molecular rotor64
Photochemical H 2 activation by an Zn–Fe heterometallic: a mechanistic investigation64
Characterization of a LanC-free pathway for the formation of an ll -MeLan residue and an allo AviMeCys63
Thinking outside the library: cluster synthesis of diverse molecules on a single robotic platform63
A silylboronate-mediated strategy for cross-coupling of alkyl fluorides with aryl alkanes: mechanistic insights and scope expansion63
Coexisting gases regulate the rates of water adsorption by a flexible one-dimensional coordination polymer62
Intramolecular transamidation enables one-pot synthesis of three chiral, Z-shaped perilenediimides for null-type supramolecular polymer formation62
Affinity-based protein profiling of MDM2 inhibitor Navtemadlin62
A pair of conjoined trinuclear sub-frameworks in a pentanuclear double-cavity discrete coordination cage62
Photo-generated radical mediated molecular luminescence enhancement61
Aminocatalytic enantioselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes61
Nature of the heavy formal double bonds AsCh, SbCh and BiCh (Ch = S, Se, Te) in NCN-pincer supported arsinidene, stibinidene and bismuthinidene chalcogenides61
Facile preparation of sulfonium peptide and protein probes for selective crosslinking of methyllysine readers61
Ambipolar conjugated ladder polymers by room-temperature Knoevenagel polymerization60
Simulation of ultrafast transient absorption spectra of a perylene-based light harvesting antenna60
Correction: Ultrahigh photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of linear conjugated terpolymers enabled by an ultra-low ratio of the benzothiadiazole monomer60
Inter-layer magnetic tuning by gas adsorption in π-stacked pillared-layer framework magnets59
More π, please: What drives the formation of unsaturated molecules in the interstellar medium?59
Beyond chemical structures: lessons and guiding principles for the next generation of molecular databases59
Sodium-based donor–acceptor assemblies featuring thermally activated delayed fluorescence enabled by highly efficient through-space charge transfer59
Substituent effects on paratropicity and diatropicity in π-extended hexapyrrolohexaazacoronene59
Solvation-driven interphase engineering and mechanical failure pathways in large-scale anode-free lithium metal batteries58
Engineering the solid electrolyte interphase for enhancing high-rate cycling and temperature adaptability of lithium-ion batteries58
Efficient helical columnar emitters of chiral homoleptic Pt(ii) metallomesogens for circularly polarized electroluminescence58
“Mn-locking” effect by anionic coordination manipulation stabilizing Mn-rich phosphate cathodes57
Peripherally fused spiro structures enable the development of narrowband TADF emitters for highly efficient blue OLEDs57
Simultaneously enhancing the planarity and electron-donating capability of donors for through-space charge transfer TADF towards deep-red emission57
Nanoarchitectonics of molecular machines, biomolecular machines, and microrobots in their collective behaviour57
Strain-enabled radical spirocyclization cascades: rapid access to spirocyclobutyl lactones and – lactams57
Deciphering the chemical bonding of the trivalent oxygen atom in oxygen doped graphene56
Coupled dehydration and hydrogenation catalysis for one-pot conversion of saccharides into high-value furanic compounds56
Engineering mechanisms of proton-coupled electron transfer to a titanium-substituted polyoxovanadate–alkoxide56
Leveraging heterocycle-fused 1,4-benzoquinone to design chemical modulators for both metal-free and metal-bound amyloid-β56
Fast hydrated-ion transport and desolvation in pyridinyl COF membranes via competitive coordination55
Few-shot molecular property optimization via a domain-specialized large language model55
Curved graphene nanoribbons derived from tetrahydropyrene-based polyphenylenesviaone-pot K-region oxidation and Scholl cyclization55
De novo synthesis of inherently chiral heteracalix[4]aromatics from enantioselective macrocyclization enabled by chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed intramolecular SNAr reaction55
Ultra-long cycle sodium ion batteries enabled by the glutaric anhydride additive55
Orbital electron delocalization of axial-coordinated modified FeN4 and structurally ordered PtFe intermetallic synergistically for efficient oxygen reduction reaction catalysis55
Metal–ligand covalency of C–H activating iridium complexes from L-edge valence-to-core resonant inelastic X-ray scattering54
Dynamic-structural-distortion of spheroidene activates a hidden 3A g state mediating carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophy54
Guiding catalytic CO 2 reduction to ethanol with copper grain boundaries54
Microstructure of amide-functionalized polyethylenes determined by NMR relaxometry54
High order assembly of multiple protein cages with homogeneous sizes and shapes via limited cage surface engineering54
Peptide stereocomplex cross-links for polymer hydrogels53
Spin polarized electron dynamics enhance water splitting efficiency by yttrium iron garnet photoanodes: a new platform for spin selective photocatalysis53
RAFT step-growth polymerization via the Z-group approach and deconstruction by RAFT interchange53
First synthesis of RuSn solid-solution alloy nanoparticles and their enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction activity53
Unraveling the local coordination effect of Cu–N–C single-atom catalysts towards CO adsorption via a gas-phase cluster model approach53
“Dual lock-and-key” triggered and endoplasmic reticulum targeting nanophotosensitizers for activatable Type-I photodynamic and photothermal therapies53
Mechanism and dynamics of photoswitchable flavoprotein charge-transfer complexes53
A tetraazanaphthalene radical-bridged dysprosium single-molecule magnet with a large coercive field53
Polymorphism-driven coordination geometry engineering for boosting nitrate electroreduction in Cu-pyrazolate chains53
Effect of cyclic topology versus linear terpolymers on antibacterial activity and biocompatibility: antimicrobial peptide avatars53
Modulatory spin-flip of triplet excitons via diversiform electron-donating units for MR-TADF emitters towards solution-processed narrowband OLEDs53
Biocatalytic reductive amination as a route to isotopically labelled amino acids suitable for analysis of large proteins by NMR52
Probing the water adsorption and stability under steam flow of Zr-based metal–organic frameworks using 91Zr solid-state NMR spectroscopy52
Leveraging reactivity to gain precise control over macromolecular structures with photocatalysis in reversible-deactivation radical polymerizations52
Mechanisms of controlled stabilizer-free synthesis of gold nanoparticles in liquid aerosol containing plasma52
Catalysis of a LiF-rich SEI by aromatic structure modified porous polyamine for stable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries52
Bromine radical release from a nickel-complex facilitates the activation of alkyl boronic acids: a boron selective Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling52
Structural insights into a bacterial terpene cyclase fused with haloacid Dehalogenase-like phosphatase52
Generative intelligence explores the chemical space of ten million catalysts51
Free-energy decomposition of salt effects on the solubilities of small molecules and the role of excluded-volume effects51
Isoacridone dyes with parallel reactivity from both singlet and triplet excited states for biphotonic catalysis and upconversion51
Identification of allosteric sites and ligand-induced modulation in the dopamine receptor through large-scale alchemical mutation scan51
Luminescent carbene–copper(i)–amide polymers for efficient host-free solution-processed OLEDs51
Dynamic handedness inversion of self-organized helical superstructures enabled by novel thermally stable light-driven chiral hydrazone switches51
Sequence-dependent conformational transitions of disordered proteins during condensation51
Molten-Salt Flash Synthesis of P-Doped Iron Oxide with Engineered Oxygen Vacancies for Lattice-Oxygen Water Oxidation51
How do donor and acceptor substituents change the photophysical and photochemical behavior of dithienylethenes? The search for a water-soluble visible-light photoswitch51
Mechanism of action and evaluation of ratiometric probes for uric acid using lanthanide complexes with tetraazatriphenylene sensitisers51
Mori generalized master equations offer an efficient route to predict and interpret polaron transport50
Metal-free visible-light carbonylation of alkyl iodides to amides via consecutive photoinduced electron transfer50
A high-affinity dopamine aptamer: implications of library diversity and negative selection50
The supersaturation perspective on the amyloid hypothesis50
Stepwise BN bond cleavage by isocyanides: access to the 3-azaborole structural motif50
On the use of real-world datasets for reaction yield prediction50
MR-TADF liquid crystals: towards self assembling host–guest mixtures showing narrowband emission from the mesophase50
LnDOTA puppeteering: removing the water molecule and imposing tetragonal symmetry49
Distinct Adsorption Behavior and Structures of Cell-Penetrating Peptides at a Model Lipid Membrane Interface: A Heterodyne-Detected Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Study49
Impact of vibrational strong coupling on liquid–liquid phase separation in supramolecular polymers49
Roles of adhesives in forming mechanically robust superhydrophobic coatings49
Unveiling upsurge of photogenerated ROS: control of intersystem crossing through tuning aggregation patterns49
In silico screening of LRRK2 WDR domain inhibitors using deep docking and free energy simulations49
Visible light-driven dearomative ring expansion of (aza)arenes to access dihydrofuran-based polycyclic compounds49
Unified ionic and radical C-4 alkylation and arylation of pyridines49
Drop-cast gold nanoparticles are not always electrocatalytically active for the borohydride oxidation reaction49
Augmenting genetic algorithms with machine learning for inverse molecular design49
Hydroalkylation of styrenes enabled by boryl radical mediated halogen atom transfer49
Enhanced ion intercalation in Ni x K 1−2 49
Acridine photocatalysis enables tricomponent direct decarboxylative amine construction49
109 Ag NMR chemical shift as a descriptor for Brønsted acidity from molecules to materials49
A demethylation-activated fluorescent DNA aptamer strategy for visualising DNA alkylation repair in living cells49
Molecular brush-based ultrathin polymer electrolytes with stable interfaces for high-voltage large-areal-capacity lithium metal batteries48
A constitutional isomer selective chemical proteomic strategy for system-wide profiling of protein lysine 5-hydroxylation48
Delayed luminescence guided enhanced circularly polarized emission in atomically precise copper nanoclusters48
Engineered π⋯π interactions favour supramolecular dimers X@[FeL 3 ] 2 (X = Cl, Br, I): solid state48
Visible-light-induced organocatalytic enantioselective N–H insertion of α-diazoesters enabled by indirect free carbene capture48
Contents list48
Front cover48
Front cover48
Deciphering the mechanism of hydrogen peroxide formation in ultrasound-mediated water-in-oil microdroplets48
Inside front cover48
Experiment-guided molecular simulations define a heterogeneous structural ensemble for the PTPN11 tandem SH2 domains48
Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopic study of molecular nanoaggregate photocatalysts47
Yeast [FeFe]-hydrogenase-like protein Nar1 binds a [2Fe–2S] cluster47
Transient-absorption spectroscopy of dendrimers via nonadiabatic excited-state dynamics simulations47
Plastic recognition and electrogenic uniport translocation of 1 st -, 2 nd -, and 3 47
Asymmetric vicinal C(sp 3 )–H difunctionalization of saturated cyclic amines via synergistic photoredo47
Design and synthesis of macrocycles with tuneable diameters and helical foldamers with customizable peripheral side chains47
Catalytic asymmetric construction of 1,5-remote Si- and C-stereocenters via desymmetrizing ene reaction of bis(methallyl)silanes47
A metal-free strategy to construct fluoroalkyl–olefin linkages using fluoroalkanes47
Uncovering intramolecular singlet fission at the root of the dual fluorescence of 1,4-bis( p -nitro-β-styryl)benzene in solution47
Front cover46
Synthesis of N-CD 3 aryl amines via iron-catalysed site-selective aromatic C–H amination46
Unlocking radical reactivity of cyclic diaryl λ 3 -chloranes through NHC-catalyzed three-component coupling46
Cobalt- or rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of 1,2-dihydrophosphete oxides via C–H activation and formal phosphoryl migration46
Back cover46
Back cover46
Fast synthesis of Cu@zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) derived Cu/ZnO catalysts via a facile mechanical grinding method for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol46
A highly efficient synthetic strategy for de novo NP encapsulation into metal–organic frameworks: enabling further modulated control of catalytic propert46
Statistical copolymer metal organic nanotubes46
Trialkylphosphonium oxoborates as C(sp3)–H oxyanion holes and their application in catalytic chemoselective acetalization46
Viscoelasticity of globular protein-based biomolecular condensates46
Deducing the conformational space for an octa-proline helix46
Accelerated confined mass transfer in piezoelectric semiconducting metal–organic frameworks for H 2 O 2 46
Beyond real: alternative unitary cluster Jastrow models for molecular electronic structure calculations on near-term quantum computers46
Single solvent molecule effect over SN2 and E2 competition in the hydroperoxide anion reaction with ethyl-iodide45
Alkaline-earth ion stabilized sub-nano-platinum tin clusters for propane dehydrogenation45
The merger of electro-reduction and hydrogen bonding activation for a radical Smiles rearrangement45
The spatial distribution of cobalt phthalocyanine and copper nanocubes controls the selectivity towards C2 products in tandem electrocatalytic CO2 reduction45
Visualization of drug release in a chemo-immunotherapy nanoplatform via ratiometric 19F magnetic resonance imaging45
0.046066045761108